SCREEN-L Archives

August 1998, Week 4

SCREEN-L@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
JEFFREY STRASBURG <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 23 Aug 1998 10:09:42 -0700
Content-Type:
TEXT/PLAIN
Parts/Attachments:
TEXT/PLAIN (27 lines)
Just a thought -- after watching FALLEN the other night, with Denzel
Washington's voice-over serving as the film's "narration," one difference
that comes to mind is that film (particulary Hollywood films) can use the
recognition of a "star" as a means of creating unreliability -- in the
above-mentioned film, the audience clearly recognizes Washington's voice
and immediately associates the narrative with his character -- this, of
course, is proven a false assumption at the end of the film. I can't
think of other examples right off the top of my head (it's Sunday
morning...), but are there other examples of producing unreliability in
this manner?
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeff McIntire-Strasburg Office: FDH 644
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Phone:(702) 895-4001
Dept. of English -- Box 455011 Fax:(702) 895-4801
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy. email: [log in to unmask]
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/5054
 
        "The only way to teach these people is to kill them."
                                        --David Mamet, _American Buffalo_
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----
To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L
in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]

ATOM RSS1 RSS2