Difference between revisions of "Domestic Melodrama as Genre (Discussion)"
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*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332280/ The Notebook]'' (2004) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332280/ The Notebook]'' (2004) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455612/ Madea's Family Reunion]'' (2006) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455612/ Madea's Family Reunion]'' (2006) | ||
| + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457939/ The Holiday]'' (2006) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0778661/ Daddy's Little Girls]'' (2007) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0778661/ Daddy's Little Girls]'' (2007) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0906108/ Why Did I Get Married?]'' (2007) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0906108/ Why Did I Get Married?]'' (2007) | ||
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*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047494/ Meet the Browns]'' (2008) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047494/ Meet the Browns]'' (2008) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142798/ The Family That Preys]'' (2008) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142798/ The Family That Preys]'' (2008) | ||
| + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988595/ 27 Dresses]'' (2008) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385912/ I Can Do Bad All by Myself]'' (2009) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385912/ I Can Do Bad All by Myself]'' (2009) | ||
| + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001508/ He's Just Not That Into You]'' (2009) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1391137/ Why Did I Get Married Too?]'' (2010) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1391137/ Why Did I Get Married Too?]'' (2010) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403981/ Remember Me]'' (2010) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403981/ Remember Me]'' (2010) | ||
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*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1322269/ August: Osage County]'' (2013) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1322269/ August: Osage County]'' (2013) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2465140/ The Single Moms Club]'' (2014) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2465140/ The Single Moms Club]'' (2014) | ||
| + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837709/ Winter's Tale]'' (2014) | ||
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
Revision as of 15:44, 17 March 2014
Molly Haskell
- Group 3: What three types of women does Haskell find in the woman's film? Who would be a recent example of each type?
- What are the woman's film's four main themes? Do you see them operating in the two melodramas we've viewed: Ordinary People (Group 4:) and Imitation of Life (1934--Group 1:)?
- How about in a recent American film?
- Group 2: How is hostility toward children expressed in the woman's film? Have you seen it in a recent American film?
- All Groups: What impact does the issue of race have on the woman's film? Compare/contrast the white and black mothers (Bea and Delilah, respectively) in Imitation of Life.
- All Groups: What theme does Haskell see that entwines the domestic and the romantic?
Recent melodramas
Film melodramas released since 2000.
- In the Bedroom (2001)
- Sweet November (2001)
- Life Is a House (2001)
- A Walk to Remember (2002)
- White Oleander (2002)
- Love Actually (2003)
- The Notebook (2004)
- Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
- The Holiday (2006)
- Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
- Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
- P.S. I Love You (2007)
- Juno (2007)
- Meet the Browns (2008)
- The Family That Preys (2008)
- 27 Dresses (2008)
- I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)
- He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
- Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
- Remember Me (2010)
- The Kids Are All Right (2010)
- Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
- The Descendants (2011)
- Les Misérables (2012)
- The Vow (2012)
- August: Osage County (2013)
- The Single Moms Club (2014)
- Winter's Tale (2014)
Bibliography
- Molly Haskell, "The Woman's Film," in From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies (New York: Penguin, 1974; revised edition 1987) 153-188.
Footnotes
- In spring 2010, this discussion was combined with Domestic Melodrama Since World War II (Discussion), into Domestic Melodrama as Genre (2010 Discussion).
