1) Write at least 2 paragraphs on the 3rd film. Answer at least two of the following questions:
- In what specific ways do you feel this film meant more to you after learning so much about this country?
- What did you like and dislike about the film? Why?
- What do you feel that Hollywood filmmakers could learn from this movie?
2) Now, write at least 3 more paragraphs about your overall experience learning about your chosen culture. Answer at least 2 of the following questions:
- What are the most important things you learned about this culture? What do you still want to learn about this culture?
- Using examples from your experience in this class, discuss why it matters to learn about other cultures and countries.
- How did the films you watched help you understand your chosen culture in ways that the interviews alone could not? In turn, why was it important to do the interviews and not just watch the films?
When will this one be due?
ReplyDeleteMay 22. Tuesday.
DeleteI adore this film, I really do. It was such a great find, and the other day as I was sitting in my seat, I noticed that the film I've been watching for this entire project (The Nasty Girl) was one of the covers on one of your tables. I was all, "MY MOOOOVVVIIIIIE." Then Tucker said, "Shush Rose. Noah's a wiener." And that was the end of that.
ReplyDeleteOverall, it was watching Lena Stolze play Sonja. She is so entertaining to watch on screen, totally gorgeous and has so much talent for a girl her age. I couldn't help comparing to her to all the other young actresses out there with that certain kind of quirky, unique acting style. (In example, Ellen Page, Zooey Deschanel, Audrey Tautou in Amelie.)
The humor in this film is very 'black' and 'dry' - but it keeps you entertained and is a good kind of faux-documentary style film.
The Nasty Girl also helped me to see more into the reactions of the German, and their denial and regrets or hush-hush cover ups of their dirty pasts involving Auschwitz. It's obvious that even talking from my friend Sabrina, and watching this film, there definitely is that lingering black smoke above most Germans heads surrounding their involvement with the Nazis.
With Sonja, she sassily uncovers dark secrets from her town and the people, and though on a serious note, the film has the style of light and humorous.
As I have said in my past few entries, there isn't much I didn't like. Overall, I quite enjoyed everything. I guess if you're a strong believer in Christianity, this movie can be possibly offensive - and also the title 'The Nasty Girl' is very misleading. There is no porn or sex scenes (well, a brief nude swimming scene but it's not scarring for young children haha.) but just a young teen investigating some "dirty" things.
I would LOVE to see more Hollywood films like THIS. Pseudo-documentary style with a fierce female role (okay okay, we have a lot of those but the more the merrier in my opinion. They're fun to watch and look up to.) and some type of serious plot line strung together with strong humor and brilliant acting.
It always matters to learn about other countries and cultures; not only do you become more educated and have a variety of knowledge in your mind, but you can share the information with others and teach someone else something interesting. If you were to ever travel out of country, it's so helpful to know a little about the past, the culture, customs, etc. When you see foreign films, your experience will probably be much better if you have some knowledge on the country that made it - or if you happen to make a break into the film industry, there's no doubt you can add something refreshing to your Hollywood film. It's always good to know, to learn. :)
It's great to see how the interviews changed how you see and appreciate the film. And I'm very glad that you appreciate the value of being other-culture-minded. You mention that it will help you if you travel to another country. What if you learn about one country and then travel to a different one (e.g. you learn about Germany but then go to Hong Kong)? Was it still helpful to have learned about Germany? What if you never travel at all but just stay in Utah your whole life? Can learning about other cultures still help you in your relationships with people here? Even with people who have lived in the U.S. their entire lives?
DeleteHey so i finaly got my laptop back tonight and i just got done watching Jean de Florette, which is really good by the way, i suggest you watch it. so yeah, sorry its late. and sorry for the bad spelling and grammer as well. okay so i watched this movie, and believe me. it was not easy for me to find. first when i did find it, it wouldnt have subtitles, then when i found it with the subtittles it was eather in another launguage or didnt work on my lap top. i finaly found it on youtube and had to watch it in 8 diffrent parts and way bad quality. i dont know, it was just annoying
ReplyDeleteanyways, so i actually enjoyed this movie alot, i kept getting kind of confused on what was happening but i made sense of it in the end. One way i can really think of that ment more to me, was that durring the interview my stepdad told me that people in france are extreemly nice, giving and welcoming, and i guess that the main part of the movie is that no one in the smalltown wanted to help the new famer family was kind of a shock for french people. and that the people living next to them were trying to run them out of the small town was just really diffrent for them to be doing i guess. my stepdad told me it was one of the big important part of the movie to, and i noticed it. which i probably wouldnt have unless he told me all that.
i truely loved this movie, i thought it was so great. the story plot would be kind of blan but something about the acting and the writing made it a beautiful movie. it has a good o=moral in it as well. well i think it does, what i got out of it was tonevergive up. be kind to your naighbore or something along those lines. the only thing i didnt like was that i saw alot of little mistakes they made with the editing, and parts with props. but its from the 80s so i guess i cant be to upset about it. but other than that i really thought it was a beautiful movie.
a thing that i saw that was kind of diffrent with the writing was that it showed the antaganist{or however you spell it} first. like it showed him trying to make money, and made you kind of get close to him first before they showed the main people (jean and florette) which i thought was like, way cool of them to do. kind of diffrent i guess.
the most important thing i think i learned was all aboiut the french new wave. even though you taught us that i still would have never known. now im like planing a trip next year out to france to go to the film festival out there. and all ive been wanting to watch is french films. ive been telling people about it. it just inspired it to want to go there and see the culture for myself. i had no idea i would become so involved but now i am very very happy i picked france for mine.
in this class i learned that subtitles are okay, haha. and also about how amazing other cultures movie is. Like mr. vampire is my new favorite movie, and i had no idea i would even like Hong KOng cinima but i love it. same with france. i always thought that america and canida had the good movies. but boy was i stupid and uneducated. thank you for all of the inlightenment.
I'm glad you were able to enjoy the movie even though the quality was bad. Also, I'm so glad that the interview helped you appreciate deeper dimensions of the film! That is so great! And it makes me so happy that the class has had such an effect on your life. That's really cool! Be sure to send me a message after you visit Cannes and let me know how it went. And if you have an extra ticket, I'll come with :)
DeleteI think hollywood directors could learn a lot from this film. I think it would be really interesting to have them portray a historical event in a modern day situation just like this film (The Wave). But what historical event would be interesting enough to set in modern day? i guess it depends on which event has effected your life more closely.
ReplyDeleteThe holocaust and hitler are one of my favorite things to research about German History, so i already know quite a bit and this filma answered a lot of the questions that remained in my head even after learning about hitler in history classes the past few years. I plan to continue researching this tragic event, i really want to go to Germany and talk to the German people first hand they might have better answers than silly american search engines.
It is super inportant to learn about other cultures to me, because if we didn't know a lot about eachother and our differneces there would be a lot of confusion and may hatred. I enjoy learning new things especially about people or places i would have never thought of learning about in the first place.
I love your comments about how learning about other cultures can help mankind avoid confusion and hatred. Maybe this class matters more than I realized. Thanks for the insight!
DeleteCould you add some more onto this response, share even more of your thoughts. (The directions ask for 5+ paragraphs.)
I think watching the film and doing the interview helped me see from two perspectives, mine and someone actually from the culture it makes you see that our worlds are completely different but can connect in so many different ways. If i didn't see from someone from the cultures perspective i don't think i would have learned as much as i did, or be as interested as i was.
Deletei love this class so much and i kinda want to take it again. But, you should definitely do an Italian section. I think it would be super duper interesting for everyone. (:
You're right. An Italian section would be awesome! If you do ever take the class again with me, I promise to do an Italian week! If you choose to take the class again next year, it will be taught by Brandon Arnold which could be a cool opportunity to get another perspective on things.
DeleteThanks for being so involved in the class! It is always a pleasure to have your participation in class and read your work.