South Florida American Beauty 1999 Film Analysis School

SECTION C: Select TWO issues from the list below and apply them to one or more films viewed in class.

1. Cultural assumptions of society and audience

2. Character Stereotyping

3 Relationships, including love

4 Issues of identity

5 Images of women

6 Issues of Technology, including AI and Robotics

7 Issues of gender

8 Journey motif(s)

9 Themes of nostalgia and loss

10 Comic irony/satire/parody

11 Racial and ethnic portraits

12 American myth

13 Degradation/corruption

14 Portraits of Romance

15 Strategic or critical moment in a film

16 Ethical issues

17 Terror, horror, fear

18. International representations

19. Uses of violence

20. Issues of obsession

21. Coming of age narrative

22. Representations of urban life

23. Representations of rural life

List of Movies you can choose from

  • Casablanc
  • Invictus
  • The Graduate
  • LA Confidential
  • American Beauty
  • Silence of the Lambs
  • Green Book
  • Memento
  • The Imitation Game
  • Hidden Figures
  • Ex Machina
  • Interstellar