My thoughts in general: Last weekend, I saw Michael Clayton from writer/director Tony Gilroy. This film has been nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, and Original Score, which I guess is some indication of the quality of the film. I am not convinced that this film should win any of these awards; however, I am not opposed to the nominations. The film stars George Clooney, who is hit-and-miss in his various performances; this is a hit. Clooney's character, the titular Michael Clayton, is a lawyer who gets caught in a John Grisham-esque suspense thriller in which he knows something incriminating about a powerful corporation that wants to silence him. The film felt very much like other movies based on novels by John Grisham, yet this film was not over-dramatic like most John Grisham-adapted films.
My thoughts on application: Again, I don't really know how to use this in a classroom. One thought I have is to compare it with a Grisham-based film. This comparison could show overly-dramatic filmmaking in contrast to simple well done filmmaking that has confidence in its story, acting, etc.
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Brett,
In your posts about films I see you applying CPMLE principle one. I think that you might consider using the other CPMLE parts to investigate the media texts that you are exploring. For example. How might someone else see the text? What are the possiiliites of thinking about these texts as representations/commentary on our current world situation, etc.
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