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The 1980s: Moviemaking and Protest – Around the World.

• The Horse Thief (1988) dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
  • Spoke to power
  • A mystical tradition of the characters
• Yellow Earth (1985) dir. Chen Kaige
  • Framed differently than other films
• Raise the Red Lantern (1991) dir. Zhang Yimou
  • Symmetrical
• House of Flying Daggers (2004) dir. Zhang Yimou
  • Slow-motion moments
• Repentance (1984) dir. Tengiz Abuladze
  • Symbolism
• Arsenal (1929) (introduced in Episode 3) dir. Alexander Dovzhenko
• Come and See (1985) dir. Elem Klimov
  • Nazi bombs
  • Boy gets smaller
  • Tracing scenes
  • Roar of fear
• Long Goodbyes (1971) dir. Kira Muratova\
  • Jump cuts
  • More angles
  • Psychological bondage
  • Banned then unbanned
• A Short Film About Killing (1988) dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
  • Yellow-green imagery
  • Film about killing
  • Changed the death penalty in Poland
• Psycho (1960) (introduced in Episode 8) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
• Wend Kuuni (1983) dir. Gaston Kaboré
  • A landmark in African cinema
  • Flashback to another flashback
• Yeelen (1987) dir. Souleymane Cissé
  • Father becomes an elephant
• Video Killed the Radio Star (1979) (music video) dir. Russell Mulcahy
  • Music video
• Flashdance (1983) dir. Adrian Lyne
  • Editing fast
• Top Gun (1986) dir. Tony Scott
  • Rich color
• Blue Velvet (1986) (introduced in Episode 3) dir. David Lynch
  • Eye of the duck scene
• The Elephant Man (1980) dir. David Lynch
• Do the Right Thing (1989) dir. Spike Lee
• The Third Man (1949) dir. Carol Reed (introduced in Episode 5)
  • Non-horizontal camera angle
• Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980) dir. John Sayles
• Subway (1985) dir. Luc Besson
  • Camera in his point of view
• Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991) dir. Leos Carax
• An American in Paris (1951) dir. Vincente Minnelli (introduced in Episode 5)
• Labyrinth of Passion (1982) dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • Purple 80’s lighting
• A Hard Day’s Night (1964) (introduced in Episode 8) dir. Richard Lester
• The Quince Tree Sun (1992) dir. Víctor Erice
  • Creating a painting
• My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) dir. Stephen Frears
• My Childhood (1972) dir. Bill Douglas
  • Point of view
• Gregory’s Girl (1981) dir. Bill Forsyth
  • Looked hat young people
  • Started horizontal then goes to vertical
• Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) dir. Terence Davies
  • Slow dissolve
  • Framing – Symmetrical
• Intolerance (1916) dir. D. W. Griffith (introduced in Episode 1)
  • Tracking shots
• Young at Heart (1954) dir. Gordon Douglas
• A Zed & Two Noughts (1986) dir. Peter Greenaway
  • Symmetrical
• The Last of England (1988) dir. Derek Jarman
• Videodrome (1983) dir. David Cronenberg
• Crash (1996) dir. David Cronenberg
• Neighbours (1952) dir. Norman McLaren
  • Fight over a flower
• Jesus of Montreal (1989) dir. Denys Arcand
  • The audience walks to follow the action