Imitation of Life

By Torey 2022-06-21 20:41:46

[Transfer] Laura Mulvey's Marxist Political Analysis of Imitation of life

Introduction: Laura Mulvey is a famous British film theorist, especially famous as a feminist film critic. Her paper "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Film" published in 1975 systematically analyzed the use of classic Hollywood films as a This paper is still the key material for domestic colleges and universities to introduce feminist film criticism at the undergraduate level. But in fact, when "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Film" aroused large-scale...

By Durward 2022-06-21 17:09:30

One of the craziest movies I've ever seen. . . .

What's wrong with not wanting to be black? Don't you have to be black to be called right? If it could change in reality, I guess I would become white. . . . At least in the US. . . .

This is the same reason that poor children think their families are poor. In reality, which poor children do not restrain themselves. . As an ordinary person, I would feel ashamed when I meet rich people, it's human nature.

I didn't expect such a film to be available so early, it is very...

By Carli 2022-06-21 15:44:53

The breakdown of women, races, families.

A family melodrama that emphasizes personal emotions, moral and ethical standards. One of the classic Hollywood genres produced for female audiences. During the transition period of American society in the 1950s, in the post-Paramount Act era, the producers began to consciously present the contradictions and imaginative remedies of women's independence and freedom in the real society. Consciously integrated into the youth issues, racial issues, etc. that were prominent under the prevalence...

By Martina 2022-06-21 14:24:56

[Film Review] Imitation of Life (1934, 7.3/10) and (1959, 7.9/10)

Double bill time! Two film versions of Fannie Hurst's contentious weepie IMITATION OF LIFE, poignantly touches the raw nerve of the star-spangled, inveterate racial discrimination through a brace of mother-daughter dyads, one white, one black, but the latter is stigmatized with a more taxing streak.

John M. Stahl's 1934 Black-and-White version (both versions are made from Universal pictures,...

By Deangelo 2022-06-21 13:05:00

Masterpiece of melodramatic filmmaking

Classic Hollywood Melodrama. Landmark film regarding race relations. A hollow success about career over marriage. A sad story about a girl passing for white.

Sarah Jane is both a victim and a "hero". Unlike her mother who silently accepted her destiny and social status, Sarah Jane seized any opportunity to challenge this unequal status with her skin color and found ways to integrate into the white...

By Destin 2023-09-20 08:23:35

Sirk is...a very twisted irony....but a...

By Shakira 2023-09-10 11:09:16

This woman is so lucky to have love waiting for her ten years later. It's a history of struggle, puppy love, and race. The taste is a bit weird, and the script is wrong. John Gavin is a rare protagonist, and he is amazingly...

By Crystel 2023-09-06 06:25:07

Wang Zhongwang of TV series Faner...

By Manuel 2023-08-30 13:20:59

You can guess the ending, but I didn't expect it to end like...

By August 2023-08-19 16:32:13

A reference to the mirror, emphasizing the atmosphere and mood of the scene, or facing the self. Before Laura and Steve are public, when Laura goes downstairs, there is a triangle composition, and the frame is the daughter and Steve. The mother outside the frame also symbolizes "intervention" in it, thus achieving a triangular relationship. This kind of expression of love triangle has also been seen in "Bitter Rain and Spring Breeze" before. In addition, before this, Lola snubbed Steve twice...