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Remind to never, ever choose my own topic for a paper again. Or to choose to analyze a film that was not part of our course, even though the professor said it was okay. Because although every film critic everywhere seems to agree that "12 Angry Men" is a fantastic and insightful film, there has apparently been virtually NO academic criticism written on it, and particularly there is absolutely nothing in the Trinity library even remotely relating to it, aside from a copy of the script. I mean, I have this list of books on 1950s films, and this movie is only ever mentioned in passing as a "great example" of this form of filmmaking or in a list of other really awesome movies of the fifties that we don't have space to elaborate on sorry. If everyone in film studies academia thinks it's so wonderful, WHY DOES NO ONE WRITE ABOUT IT?
Paper due tomorrow. No time to change topic. Must blunder through on my own. BAH.
Also, I really need sleep. *sighs* Twenty-five and a half hours, and it will all be over.
Paper due tomorrow. No time to change topic. Must blunder through on my own. BAH.
Also, I really need sleep. *sighs* Twenty-five and a half hours, and it will all be over.
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Date: 2006-01-12 03:55 pm (UTC)Good luck!!! *throws on cheerleading outfit & shakes pom-poms*
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Date: 2006-01-12 07:20 pm (UTC)Fortunately, I'm comparing it to The Crucible, which sports a veritable assload of critical writings, so I can neatly take those analyses and ingeniously demonstrate how easily they could also be applied to Twelve Angry Men. ;)
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Date: 2006-01-12 06:22 pm (UTC)Anyway, the 3 that include 12 Angry Men are: Greenfield, Steve (2001)
Hero or Villain? Cinematic Lawyers and the Delivery of Justice, Rafter, Nicole (2001)
American Criminal Trial Films: An Overview of Their Development, 1930–2000, and Silbey, Jessica (2001) Patterns of Courtroom Justice. If you want any of them, let me know.
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Date: 2006-01-12 09:51 pm (UTC)for example, when i wrote on chicago & sin city there was practically no critical theory written on either of the films - i just read a lot of theory about action women, objectification, female performers & prostitutes in film, & feminist theory. then talked about how these films supported or subordinated these theories, around the question i made up (eg. is chicago better than sin city in unproblematic/accurate representations of women? yes because this scene demonstrates theorist X who says Y, etc etc etc).
anyhoo. good luck!
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Date: 2006-01-12 11:37 pm (UTC)