Edward Zwick (Director)
Themes and Style, Representation of oppression
How about the representation of oppression in Edward Zwick's films, both thematically and stylistically.
Focus Film - Blood Diamond (2006)
Secondary Films
The Last Samurai (2004)
Glory (1989)
Defiance (2008)
Internet
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009458-defiance/news/1790785/rt_interview_defiance_director_edward_zwick_on_his_favorite_films_rejecting_auteur_theory_and_more/ - Edward Zwick interview, on his favorite films (Source 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUo4bl5sdA4 - Interview Edward Zwick (Source 3)
http://etd.eprints.ums.ac.id/4032/1/A320040275.pdf - Oppression against labor in Edward Zwick (Source 4)
http://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=16457 - Blood diamond interview, Edward Zwick (Source 5)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/ - Edward Zwick Imdb (Source 6)
http://movies.about.com/od/blooddiamond/a/bloodez112806.htm - Edward Zwick Interview (Source 9)
http://tech.mit.edu/V109/N60/zwick.60a.html - Glory Discussion about motivations Ed Zwick (Source 10)
http://geology.com/articles/blood-diamonds.shtml - Background on 'conflict' Diamonds. (Source 11)
Books
The Power of the Movies - Colin McGinn (2005) (Source 7)
Studying Film - Abrams, Bell - (2001) (Source 8)
Magazines
Empire magazine - March 2008 - (Source 1)
Newspaper
Thursday 5 March 2009, The Guardian - Outrage from poland about 'Defiance' (Source 12)
Sunday 28 January 2007, The Guardian - Review Blood Diamond (Source 13)
Useful Quotes
"There is a very important Hollywood Tradition of movies that have a social conscience" (Source 5)
"It's important to realize that a filmmaker is in his universe" (Source 5)"Come certain responsibilities about holding up a mirror to the world and, at times that mirror is unattractive" (Source 5)
"I like it frankly not because of it's sentimentality but because of it's darkness" (Source 2)"I always believed that the stories and the performance are more important than I am." (Source 2)
"I think that the more invisible that my hand is, the more attention people can pay to the story and those performances" (Source 1)
"I'm much more interested in realism and verisimilitude" (Source 2)
"we want to not give a "Primary colours" interpretation to the characters." (Source 2)
"Very important to give a complexity to the subject." (Source 2)
"It could be claimed that such films are not 'refection' of society but are particular perceptions of society" (Source 8)
"That TV stuff has given me an opportunity to give voice to a much more nuanced appreciation of human behaviour and a kind of more comedic view, and these movies are 70.ft across and 30ft. high, and somehow the stories feel better when they can fill the screen." (Source 2)
"Sometimes truth can seem even beyond what you would dare write if you were making it up." (Source 2)
"put on a pedestal a man who was bandit and hero rolled into one", referring to the group's leader, Tuvia Bielski." (Source 12)
"RT: So perhaps you don't subscribe to auteur theory. EZ: I don't think that I do" (Source 2)
"There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed." (Source 10)
"It's important to realize that a filmmaker is in his universe" (Source 5)"Come certain responsibilities about holding up a mirror to the world and, at times that mirror is unattractive" (Source 5)
"I like it frankly not because of it's sentimentality but because of it's darkness" (Source 2)"I always believed that the stories and the performance are more important than I am." (Source 2)
"I think that the more invisible that my hand is, the more attention people can pay to the story and those performances" (Source 1)
"I'm much more interested in realism and verisimilitude" (Source 2)
"we want to not give a "Primary colours" interpretation to the characters." (Source 2)
"Very important to give a complexity to the subject." (Source 2)
"It could be claimed that such films are not 'refection' of society but are particular perceptions of society" (Source 8)
"That TV stuff has given me an opportunity to give voice to a much more nuanced appreciation of human behaviour and a kind of more comedic view, and these movies are 70.ft across and 30ft. high, and somehow the stories feel better when they can fill the screen." (Source 2)
"Sometimes truth can seem even beyond what you would dare write if you were making it up." (Source 2)
"put on a pedestal a man who was bandit and hero rolled into one", referring to the group's leader, Tuvia Bielski." (Source 12)
"RT: So perhaps you don't subscribe to auteur theory. EZ: I don't think that I do" (Source 2)
"There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed." (Source 10)
How about the representation of opression in Edward Zwick's films, both thematically and stylistically.
ReplyDeleteCarl.