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Taboo: religion

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The Last Temptation of Christ, 1988, US
The Passion of the Christ, 2004, US - approved by Vatican

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Taboo: pedophilia

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Lolita, Stanley Kubrick, 1962, UK/US
Lolita, 1997, US/FR - differences in portrayal, changes the meaning/justification of taboo
Kung-fu Master,1988, FR - woman pedophile
Harold and Maude,1971, US - big age difference

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taboo: incest

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Festen, 1998, Denmark

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Banality of Evil

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The Zone of Interest, 2023, US/UK/Poland

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threesomes

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Jules et James, 1962, France
Y Tu Mama Tambien, 2001, Mexico

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Rape scene - separating movie from its background

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Last Tango in Paris, 1972, FR/IT

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5 inner demons, Pinker typology of violence

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  1. practical - Animal Kingdom, 2010, Australia) - gang initiation
  2. dominance - Whiplash, 2014, US - authority
  3. Revenge - Deliverance, 1972, US
  4. Sadism - The Sandford Prison Experiment, 2015, US)
  5. Ideology - beliefs that shape the way people live - can contribute to violence due to extremist views, justifying aggression towards ‘‘enemy’’, intolerance towards those who think differently
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2 powerful women in history

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  1. Golda Meir - Munich, 2005, US/FR/Canada
  2. Margaret Thatcher - Iron Lady, 2011, UK/FR
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ritual violence

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The Purge, 2013, US

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3 films that started violence

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  1. Bonnie and Clyde, 1969, US
  2. The Wild Bunch, 1969, US
  3. The Clockwork Orange, 1971, US/UK
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Vigilante

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Batman, 1989, US

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Denmark cinema practical violence

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Pusher III, 2005, Denmark

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Movie’s ending changed as an attempt of censorship

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Fight Club, 1999, US/Germany

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Sound changes the tone and influences what is shown

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Letters from Siberia, France, 1957

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one of the most influential propaganda films

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Battleship Potemkin, 1925, USSR

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Kinder, Kuchen, Kirche

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Four Companions, 1938, Germany

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Nazi propaganda

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The Jew Suss, 1934, UK
The Jew Suss, 1940, Germany

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UK propaganda films

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London Can Take It, 1940, UK
first UK propaganda war film Britain Prepared, 1915, UK

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1st Oscar

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Wings, 1927, US

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Why We Fight 7 documentaries explaining US participation in the war

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Prelude to war, 1942, US
The Nazis strike, 1943, US
The Battle of Russia, 1943, US
The Battle of China, 1944, US
War Comes to America, 1945, US

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Explaining participation in the Vietnam war - saving innocent Vietnamese

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The Green Berets, 1968, US

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War on Terror propaganda

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American Sniper, US, 2014

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Rashomon effect

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Persepolis, 2007, FR/US

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Imaginative resistance

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300, 2006, US

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First documentary

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Nanook of the North, 1922, US

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Mocumentary

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Zelig, 1983, US

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showing the unspeakable

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Nuit et Brouillard, 1955, France

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3 guilty pleasure movies

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superbad, 2007, US
Draft day, 2014, US
Wonka, 2023, US/UK/Canada

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1st film

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A Scene of the Garden of Roundhay, 1888, France
Newark Athlete, Edison, 1891, US

30
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first real motion picture

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Workers leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon, 1895, France

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First paid cinema projection

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Sprinkler gets sprinkled, 1895, France

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matilda effect, Alice Guy-Blache came up with the storytelling

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Tha Cabbage Fairy, 1896, France

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cinema as entertainment, first sci-fi movie

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A trip to the moon, 1902, France

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film about George Melies

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Hugo, 2011, US

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German Expressionism

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920, Germany
Metropolis, 1927, Germany
Nosferatu, 1922, Germany
Sunrise, 1927, US

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French Political Realism

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Rules of the Game, 1939, France

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Italian Neorealism

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The Bicycle Thief, 1948, Italy

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French New Wave

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Francois Truffaut -
The 400 Blows, 1959, France
Breathless, 1969, France

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Agnes Varda, Matilda effect (French new wave)

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Cleo From 5 to 7, 1962, Fr/It

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Rotten Tomatoes nr. 1 film

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Happened One Night, 1934, US

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focus on 3 films, ranking changed after 2022

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Playtime, 1967, France
Wings of Desire, 1987, France/Germany
Jeanne Dielman, 1975 - Chantal Akerman

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Cinematic legend

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Arrival of a train at La Ciotat, 1896, France

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Road Movies

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Thelma & Louise, 1991, US

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The American dream

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Godfather, 1972, US

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Taylorism

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Modern times, 1936, US

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Musicals

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Singin in the Rain, 1952, US

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3 stages of classic Hollywood movie

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  1. presentation - America, America, 1963, US
  2. Crisis - Gone with the Wind, 1939, US - Hattie McDaniel
  3. Resolution - It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946, US
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Boxing movies

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Rocky, 1976, US
Rocky IV, 1985, US
Raging Bull, 1980 US

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Denis Hopper, made Hollywood famous again

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Easy Rider, 1969, US

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new hollywood

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Jaws, 1975, US

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Francis Ford Coppola, revolutionized Hollywood

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The Godfather, 1972, US
Apocalypse Now, 1979, US

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The Irish community, Martin Scorsese

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Gangs of New York, 2002, US

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New Hollywood, Spike Lee, Sophia Coppola

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Do the Right Thing, 1989, US
Sophia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides, 1999, US

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Japan fears

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Barefoot Gen, 1983, Japan
Godzilla, 1954, Japan
Godzilla, 1998, Japan/Us
The Pacific Rim, 2013, US

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Nuclear war

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Dr. Strangelove, 1964, US
Wargames, 1983, US

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terrorism

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Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing, 1997, US
The Siege, 1998, US
Adam Curtis - The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear, 2004, UK

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Superheroes

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Golem, 1920, Germany
Superman, 1978, US/UK/Can/Switzerland
Man of Steel, 2013, US/UK

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Anger

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Network, 1976, US
Pink Floyd, The Wall, 1982, UK

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Movie with two lies, actually from South Africa; Return of the Nanook

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The Gods Must be Crazy, 1980, Botswana

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films that help us understand the anger and change the world

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The Day After Tomorrow, 2004, US
Blackfish, 2013, US
Parasite, 2019, South Korea

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Films that changed how we eat

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Super Size Me, 2004, US
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken, 2017, US
Cowspiracy, 2014, US
What the Health, 2017, US

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Films that changed the world fr

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Errol Morris - The Thin Blue Line, 1988, US
The Fog of War, 2003, US

63
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Inspirational heroes

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Invictus, 2020, US - Nelson Mandela

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“When a legend becomes fact, print the legend”

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962, US

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a film that created heroes

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Blue Crush, 2022, US

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Cult Movies

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975, US
The Fame, 1980, US

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AI

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Sunspring, 2016, US/UK
The Frost, 2023, US
The Congress, 2013, Israel/Germany/Poland

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