Sholay, Women on the verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and Amores Perros have very different cinematic styles; yet, are equally able to convey their messages effectively to their audience. These films span four decades (from the 1970s to 2000s), take place in very different countries; however, are all connected in that all three films are masterful works of cinematic genus and that globalization greatly affected each film. Sholay, a 1975 Bollywood masala film directed by Ramesh Sippy, plays a huge role
Crash by Paul Haggis, and Amores Perros by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu are filmed in popular cities, yet each film shows a perspective of the city that people who don’t live there aren’t often able to see. Set in Los Angeles, Crash shows none of the popular visual signifiers those who aren’t familiar with the city would use to identify it. That said, there are many visual signifiers within both films which denote class difference between the characters. The differences in the classes are primarily
Andreas Capellanus' De Amore: An Instructional Book for Men in the Ways to Treat Women Andreas Capellanus was born between the years 1150-1160 and died sometime after 1186. Not much of his life is known besides that he is believed to have been a chaplain in the Court of Henry of Troy. Capellanus wrote a book named De Amore, which became the definitive work on the subject of courtly love throughout medieval times. De Amore is a book stylized in the form of a letter to a fictitious friend, Walter
Richard Barber first published The Knight and Chivalry in 1970. At the time, not a whole lot had been written on the subject of chivalry. Thus, Barber can be viewed is sort of an original scholarly writer on this subject matter. His work is extensive. In this particular book he covers the following concepts: the transition of the Knight from mounted warrior, chivalry and literature, chivalry in the field, chivalry in religion, and finally, chivalry in the state. All five parts present pages of rich
Courtly Love “‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all” (Miriam-Webster 253). This quote has been used for centuries as both persuasion in favor of loving and also as comfort in times of heartbreak and loss. However, is this statement completely true, or does it offer false hope to anguishing lovers? In fact, are the rules and costs of loving and being loved so great that in fact it is actually better to never have loved at all? When pondering these questions, one
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them in a very restrictive image. This is the virgin/whore dichotomy or the idea that female characters are painted as one dimensional either being good, pure, and virginal or evil, manipulative, and promiscuous. In the early 2000s movies like Amores Perros and Y Tu Mamá También had begun to challenge this kind of narrative. “The movie continues the revisionist a revisionist trend that questions the position of women in vis-à-vis narrative in contemporary Mexican
As the fabric of time continuous to be sewn, unnecessary cultural patches are placed to cover the nature of the true textile itself. The patches are placed to censor the “unacceptable” art forms, such as words, images, and philosophies. In Rumbrant Peale’s, an American colonial artist, painting, Venus Rising from the Sea, he decided to censor the nude figure of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, by placing a suspended white sheet in the foreground. Though the art-piece was flawlessly executed
Juan Carlos Rulfo provides an interesting example of the more paradoxical nature of political engagement in documentary. Rulfo’s En el hoyo (2006) deservedly became one of the paradigmatic examples of the genre in Mexico. It documents the story of the construction workers involved in building the upper tier of Mexico City’s Periférico Avenue, a landmark public works project of then left-wing presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration as city mayor. MacLaird reads the film
The Chivo mask is from Mexico, typically found in the state of Guerrero. The mask was first created and used in the village, Zitlala, after the Mexican Revolution. It is used for the ritual dance called “La Danza de los Chivos” or Dance of the Goats. However, the dance is now used in many other celebrations and festivities throughout other areas of Mexico, as well. The mask is part of the ceremony known as "the Dance of the Goats” or La Danza de los Chivos. The mask on masksoftheworld.com is from