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Context:

Now you are asked to write a critical essay that falls between the theoretical essay and the movie review for both the critical community of cinephiles and film scholars in the academia. The writer of this kind of essay presumes that his or her reader has seen or is at least familiar with the film under discussion. The writer might therefore remind the reader of key themes and elements of the plot, but a lengthy retelling of the story of the film is neither needed nor acceptable. The focus of the essay is far more specific than that of a review because the writer hopes to reveal subtleties or complexities that may have escaped viewers on the first or even the second viewing. The essay may focus on a short sequence at the beginning of the film in relation to other films or on a particular camera angle that becomes associated with a specific character who either fits into a category of cultural analysis or helps define a film genre. Basically, what you write takes a comparative approach to a critical analysis of the film(s) that integrates the formal analysis and cultural analysis (please refer to your handbook Writing about Movies).

The Assignment:

Please write a critical essay either based on the question you raised in your SA1.2 or about one or multiple kind(s) of love in and beyond the films. Pick just one (1) of these two options and explore it in depth through two (2) of the following films: Farewell My Concubine 1993 by Chen Kaige (PRC), Love Letter 1995 by Shunji Iwai (Japan), In the Mood for Love 2000 by Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong),The Handmaiden 2016 by Chan-wook Park (South Korea), and The Fourth Portrait 2010 by Chung Mong-hong (Taiwan), and a body of optional films listed by me (should be on Canvas). You can also mention any other film that you watched before except the selected two if any need.

Here is a brief outline that I would like you to follow when it comes to paragraphing: (1) Identify the specific question/problem to be explored and briefly suggest what makes it a question/problem. Define your terms to prepare the discussion of specific examples. (2) Analyze selected examples from one film. (3) Analyze selected examples from another film. (4) Explore both connections and differences among the selected films; situate those in a larger context. In other words, complicate the discussion and engage with sort of the social/cultural concerns of our times. And then, (5) draw a conclusion from it, however provisional that conclusion may be. Remember: the goal of exploratory writing is to open up discussion, rather than shut it down. Ideally, your essay would also integrate at least some discussion of one or more of the assigned readings, and do so strategically, in order to develop a point of your own, a complex claim. Note: Every essay needs a title.

Format

  • 4-6 pages in total
  • Double-spaced, with standard margins
  • 12 pt Times New Roma

i will upload the past short essay about those film that i already submitted so you can read it !