Gender and Sexuality: Velvet Goldmine
Ten percent of nothing is -- let me do the math here -- nothing into nothing, carry the --
Jayne ,'Serenity'
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DavidS - May 06, 2008 8:45:09 am PDT #5539 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hayden - May 06, 2008 8:46:48 am PDT #5540 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
My favorite American directors version (some may have already been mentioned)!
Socialization: The Player, The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Social Interaction: California Split, Major Dundee, Junior Bonner
Crime and Deviance: Thieves Like Us, The Long Goodbye, Badlands, the Getaway
Social Stratification: Short Cuts, Days of Heaven, Straw Dogs
Development and Underdevelopment: McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The New World, The Wild Bunch, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
Race and Ethnicity: Cookie's Fortune, The Searchers
Gender and Sexuality: Streamers
Work: The Company, Gosford Park
Politics: Tanner '88, Nashville, Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Families: 3 Women, A Prairie Home Companion, The Thin Red Line, Stagecoach
Religion: Ride the High Country (obliquely)
Health and Medicine: MASH
Fred Pete - May 06, 2008 9:36:59 am PDT #5541 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
How newish or well known do these have to be?
Crime and Deviance: Monsieur Verdoux, Rope
Family: Nothing in Common
Gender and Sexuality: The Philadelphia Story
Families: Life With Father, Kildred Pierce
Socialization: Now Voyager
Social Stratification: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Would Social Interaction include "circle of friends" movies? I'm thinking of Steel Magnolias, which I've never seen but sounds like it would fit here.
Aims - May 06, 2008 9:42:05 am PDT #5542 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Gender and Sexuality: The Philadelphia Story
I would actually put that under "Social Stratification".
Fred Pete - May 06, 2008 9:48:43 am PDT #5543 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I think it works under either, depending on your focus. I was thinking of all the men's treatment of Tracy, especially her father and Dexter claiming that her failure to "act like a woman" (my words describing their sentiments) causes so many problems.
But if you center on the very class-conscious Mike or George, Social Stratification also works.
Aims - May 06, 2008 9:54:01 am PDT #5544 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oh good god.
I read "The Philadelphia Story", but my brane translated it as "Philadelphia".
t bangs head on desk
Which I guess, same goes.
megan walker - May 06, 2008 9:54:31 am PDT #5545 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think the movies should be fairly newish and not too obscure. but I'm going to throw in a few classics where they really fit the theme.
Thanks again everyone, this is very helpful.
Fred Pete - May 06, 2008 10:24:26 am PDT #5546 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I threw in Monsieur Verdoux because I just saw it and really liked it. Charlie Chaplin in a comedy about a Bluebeard. Truly weird and truly wonderful.
Invisible Green - May 06, 2008 11:22:20 am PDT #5547 of 10000
Gender and Sexuality: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Crime and Deviance: Dressed to Kill (De Palma) [this could fit under gender and sexuality as well]
Technology and Society: Sliver, Cloverfield
Religion: Wide Awake
Social Stratification: Gattaca, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Also, Strega mentioned Cronenberg's Crash, which could fit under Technology and Society in addition to Gender and Sexuality.
Typo Boy - May 06, 2008 1:47:40 pm PDT #5548 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
The Ruling Class - Peter O'Toole: Social Strata and possibly gender - a quirky choice for one of your classics.