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Clueless (1995) blog by Fanny Clueless (1995) Clueless, a American coming-of-age romantic comedy film which written and directed by Amy Heckerling and produced by Scott Rudin and Robert Lawrence  in 1995. Clueless (1995) is fall under Feminist film movement which started in 1920s. Below are my review about this film and the reason of Clueless (1995) falls under feminist film theory. Feminist film theory is mainly focus on women's expression of her own subjectivity and it was started in 1920s but matured in late 1960s after radicalized feminist movement. It is a set of political practices seen over the analyses of social or historical position of women as subordinated, oppressed or exploited in dominant modes of production or by social relations of patriarchy or male domination. Themes explored in feminist theory is more stressed on women's ideology which include discrimination, stereotyping, objectification, oppression and patriarchy. It categorized as 3 perspectiv...

March of Penguin (2005) blog by Fanny March of Penguin (2005) March of Penguin (2005) as La Marche de l'empereur in French is a feature-length nature documentary which directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet and co-produced by Bonne Pioche and the National Geographic Society. It is an expository documentary which recording the breeding age of penguins and how they hatch their chick and others. Documentary films are non-fiction films and they depict not imaginary but real events, those filmmakers are assumed to observe the events and make objective record of the events. Bill Nichols, who proposed six modes of representation which is poetic, expository, observational, interactive, reflexive and performative. Poetic documentary is a film that representing reality via series of fragmented visuals and subjective impressions, incoherent acts and loose associations. Next, expository documentary film is voiceover by authoritative with the combination with series of imageries to gi...

Breathless ( À  bout de souffle) (1960) blog by Fanny Breathless ( À  bout de souffle) (1960) Breathless is a French New Wave crime drama film which also known as  À  bout de souffle in French that means "out of breath". It is the first feature-length work directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard about a wandering criminal which acted by Jean-Paul Belmondo and his girlfriend which acted by Jean Seberg who is a American. This film is challenging and breaking the traditional rules for films. French New Wave which also known as  La Nouvelle Vague in French is a film movement that developed by Jean-Luc Godard   in 1959. Before 1950s and 1960s, literary adaptations was the main of French films, it usually filmed within studio system or on big budget and international co-productions. But French New Wave was produced in low budget and independent which breaks the traditional culture. It did not emphasis in visual aesthetics and mise-en-sc...

Bicycle Thieves (1948) blog by Fanny Bicycle Thieves (1948) Bicycle Thieves is a Italian drama film which directed by Vittorio De Sica  and published in 1948. This film is talking about a poor father, Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) who get stolen a bicycle when doing his work as delivering and putting up movie poster on wall, and he will lose his work when without a bicycle. This film is categorized as Italian Neorealism which known as cinema of poverty and pessimism. Below are my reviews about why Bicycle Thieves is under Italian Neorealism. Italian Neorealism is a film that suggesting a new from Italian Cinema that abolishes contrived and planned plots, use real people ans locations so that direct contact is established with contemporary social reality. It lloed at plots as a structure of "everyday life", professionals actors which complimented falsehood in unconditional emphasis on the ordinariness of Today. Neorelism was known as a cinema of poverty and pess...

The Maltese Falcon (1941) Blog by Fanny The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Maltese Falcon  is a film that directed by John Huston on October 3, 1941 in New York City base on the novel " The Maltese Falcon " which written by Dashiell Hammett in 1930. This film is categorized as a famous film noir which is a type of American film that invaded and irrupted by French cinemas after the World War II. In addition, it was nominated for three Academy Awards and included in Library of Congress's National Film Registry in 1989. Below are my reviews towards this beautiful and awesome noir film. The Maltese Falcon (1941) Film noir is a term that coined by French critics in 1946 for a type of American films that 'invaded' French cinemas after World War II. Double Indemnity by Billy Wilder, The Woman in the Window by Fritz Lang as well as The Maltese Falcon by John Huston are the great film of film noir. It features a world of criminals, negative, darkness and violence...

Corpse Bride (2005) blog by Fanny Corpse Bride (2005) Corpse Bride is a stop-motion animated film which is musical supernatural dark comedy that directed by Mike Jonson and Tim Burton in 2005. This film also known as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride  which had included the director's name who is also the director for The Nightmare before Christmas (1993) and Frankenweenie (2012). This film is categorized as Horror-Romance genre and also German Expressionism movement due to the filmic style which emerged in Germany from 1919-1926. Below are my review and opinions that support my stand. German Expressionism is a film style that arise in germany from 1919-1926. It influenced by the Expressionist movement in modern art of early 1900s. Revolt, self-analysis, madness and primitive, sexual savagery are the theme that formed up the movement. It spread into cinema in terms of narrative, set and mise-en-scene as well as the painting. Chiaroscuro lighting and set design are the mo...