The Dark Stuff Reading NOTES Flashcards
The Crying Game about
Tale of the intricate effects of sex, gender, race, and politics on our identities and interactions
Crying Game Budget/gross
small budget, grossed 12 times budget
Crying Game in UK
BO flop in UK due to terrorist themes
Crying Game Music/Theme
Crying game sets theme at beginning w/ song “When a Man loves a Woman”
Crying Game like _______
Blue Velvet (we are set up with ideal situation, a fair, where dark matters eventually lie
Crying Game themes
David (IRA) /Goliath (UK)
Response to members of IRA being humanized
Not a good taste at the time
Jimmy & Fergus & GF
In London Fergus rescues jimmys girlfriend and relationship
Wings of Desire is ______
existential (What is it to be alive?)
Role of Angels
to see Gods creation
Cinematography in WoD w/ focus on
COLOR (human perspective) MONOCHROME (angels)
WoD more like ______ than movie
poem/music
Who can see angels?
Children
Do the Right Thing BO
Success
Do the Right Thing location
Shot on location in neighborhood where story takes place
Where does Do the right thing take place?
Brooklyn
Pre-release of Do the Right thing fears
It would incite violence, INCENDIARY DIALOGUE, red/colors, etc. Riots??
Spike Lee said “viewers who question riot’s justification”
are failing to see difference between property value and life of a black man
Quotes in Do the Right thing by???
MLK quote at beginning conflicts with Malcom X Quote at the end condoning violence
