oral presentation #5 - western film

  • Due Apr 14, 2016 by 11:59pm
  • Points 10

Choose one of the following:

Japanese Americans
  1. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
  2. Come See the Paradise (1990)
  3. Snow Falling on Cedar (1999)
  4. Picture Brides  (1995) (set in Hawaii)
  5. American Pastime (2007)
 On the Road
  1. Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  2. Easy Rider (1969)
  3. Thelma and Louise (1991)
Lamenting the loss of the Old West
  1. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
  2. Last Picture Show (1971)
  3. Don't Come Knocking (2005)
  4. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
  5. No Country for Old Men (2007)
 Hispanics
  1. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)
  2. Mi Familia (1995)
  3. Milagro Bean Field War (1988)
  4. Lone Star (1996)
  5. Zoot Suit (1981)
  6. El Norte (1983)
Into the Wild
  1. Housekeeping (1987)
  2. A River Runs Through It (1992)
 Los Angeles
  1. Chinatown (1974)
  2. L.A. Confidential (1997)
  3. What's Cooking (2000)
  4. L.A. Story (1991)
 It's  a Big Place
  1. Giant (1956)
  2. Grand Canyon (1992)
 Native Americans
  1. Pow Wow Highway (1989)
  2. Thunderheart (1992)
  3. Smoke Signals (1998)

 

Oral presentation should focus on:

  • How is the West necessary to the film?
  • What issues that we have discussed are part of the story?

The Handout should include:

  • a summary of the film
  • information about  screen writer, director, place filmed.
  • if the film is based on a written text -- what is the sources material?.
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