Examples of Essay Questions on Films

Year of Living Dangerously

How do the movie characters Guy Hamilton [played by Mel Gibson], Jill Bryant [played by Sigourney Weaver] and Billy Kwan [played by Linda Hunt] express the tension between personal uses of media and public, commercial, and political uses?

 Slumdog Millionaire

What are some of the specific ways that globalization is represented in the movie Slumdog Millionaire?

 Exit Through the Gift Shop

In what ways is Banksy’s graffiti art a political and cultural commentary?

CBQM

How does local radio inFortMacPherson, NWT as portrayed in the movie CBQM both reflect and create community?

 Transfictions

In what ways does the movie Transfictions parallel the techniques and objectives of Theatre for Living as described by Director David Diamond in his class presentation. What sorts of concerns in the lives of transsexuals does the movie address?

 

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