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	100 Greatest Films of All Time
		The ranked list represents a wide range of some of the most innovative, popular and striking films across all major genres, with special consideration of their appeal and significance to a modern British audience.
		The list aimed to include films that are generally considered as classics of cinema, broke new ground in technique, subject matter or ideas, had phenomenal popular appeal and a lasting impact on popular culture and represent the greatest work of cinema's most respected directors and performers.
		That's not to say it will have you hiding behind the sofa but, for a film that deals with missed opportunities and one man's dark night of the soul, it is all the more impressive it has garnered a feel-good reputation.
	www.filmsite.org /filmfour.html (919 words)

	Searching for films by genre
		Adventure films are set in an exotic location or different historical period, from the middle ages through the 19th century.
		In the hard-boiled detective film, crime becomes a dark metaphor that is symptomatic of what is wrong with society, rather than simply a single aberration from the norm.
		Film noir was primarily made in a cycle during the 1940s and into the 1950s, but includes work made in previous and subsequent years that invoke the feel and mood of classical film noir.
	ww2.lafayette.edu /~library/guides/filmgenres.html (3880 words)

	Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies - Intervention
		The film is a loose adaptation of the graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd.
		Thus, the film presents a "success story" of how cycles of humiliation can be left behind; the documentary shows how the discontinuation of practices that are experienced as humiliating is achieved by methods that do not humiliate the "perpetrators," but convince them respectfully to change their ways.
		Viewing the film is like receiving a nuanced introduction into the human condition that allows for, as one might formulate it, choosing oneself "away." Or, for humbleness that goes too far and turns into some kind of voluntary self-humiliation, a humiliation of the human capacity for judgment.
	www.humiliationstudies.org /intervention/filmslist.php (2065 words)

	List of dystopian films - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of films commonly regarded as dystopian.
		Many of the listed works are not controversial, in the sense that their dystopian character is generally acknowledged.
		Critics do not always agree whether a particular work is genuinely dystopian or whether - despite the more menacing and dehumanising elements in the society it portrays - it is really an attempt to depict a heterotopia, a society that is neither utopian nor entirely bad, but different from our own.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_dystopian_films (616 words)

	The Metropolis Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Chaplin pressed on, investing his fortune in the film, because he was "determined to go ahead for Hitler must be laughed at." Sometimes evil is so ridiculous and contrary to humanity that comedy is the only appropriate way to deal with it.
		Hitler was a film buff (much like another recently satirized dictator) and it is confirmed that he saw the movie at least once, and probably twice.
		Film adaptations of two of my favorite books are in the works - The Giver is in pre-production and Atlas Shrugged is being written.
	themetropolistimes.blogspirit.com (2704 words)

	ECN: Filmography
		For each film listed here, I have provided the year it was released, the director's name, a link to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) page for that film, and in some cases, a description/review/comment and/or keywords related to the film.
		This is an extremely cheesy film featuring John Ritter as the President of a United States that is bankrupt and devoid of oil.
		Considered one of Kurosawa's masterpieces, one of the main themes of this film is the clash of civilization and nature.
	www.esf.edu /ecn/films.htm (1805 words)

	Top 10 sci-fi films \| Science \| Guardian Unlimited
		Whatever the answer, it is a worthy winner also because of the quality of the film-making: Vangelis' brooding score, Rutger Hauer's replicant's seminal "I've seen things..." speech and that shot of the future LA cityscape, which kicks off the story.
		Its use of science is sketchy at best - light-speed travel is dealt with by the use of a "hyperspace" where the normal laws of physics don't seem to apply and force-wielding Jedi fight with theoretically impossible lightsabers - but the emphasis here is certainly not on answering the problems of the human condition.
		One of a few films to deal with problems of time travel, such as the grandfather paradox: if you travel back in time and kill your grandfather, you wouldn't exist so wouldn't be able to travel back in time to...
	www.guardian.co.uk /life/news/page/0,12983,1290764,00.html (1439 words)

	Films on Liberty and the State
		Though the conflict in the film is with a corporatist state, the film is a comedy and it's central focus is this quirky but loving family and their castle that is more than a house...
		This film is a melancholy, dream-like poetic film.
		This epic three hour film holds you throughout it's length and is an excellent document of the tragic 20th century, the century of the State.
	www.mises.org /film.asp (10344 words)

	Films with urban themes from our university library
		Teased by her classmates and tormented by the school bully, Dawn develops an improbable plan to seduce the star of a high-school garage band. An excellent film on the suburban condition.
		After Alexis is killed, Fernando hunts for his killer in the Medellin slums and falls in love with Wilmar, a boy who resembles Alexis. An excellent urban film.
		The setting is Moscow in 1958, and three small town girls have just arrived to pursue their separate dreams in the big city.
	www.csulb.edu /~dsidorov/Urban_467/Urban_Library_Films.htm (927 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Dystopian politics, however, are considered flawed in some way or have negative connotations amongst the inhabitants of the dystopian 'world'.
		Dystopian politics are portrayed in films such as The Island">The Island, Fahrenheit 451">Fahrenheit 451, Brazil">Brazil and THX 1138">THX 1138.
		The economic structures of dystopian societies in literature and other media have many variations, as the economy often relates directly to the elements that the writer is depicting as the source of the oppression.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Dystopia (3782 words)

	Anti-Authoritarian Films
		This list is by no means exhaustive, but it will give you lots of ideas for films to show at cell meetings, for public events, or as a means to brainwash conservative youth that you kidnapped from Boy Scout outings.
		Of course, any film can be watched and deconstructed for its lessons about race, class, gender and power, but these films make those discussions a little easier.
		While the film is an obvious metaphoric depiction of fascism, it is also a statement of existential despair: no one ever escapes.
	www.changesurfer.com /Acad/Films/Anti.html (2253 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| Beyond the Multiplex: Cannes
		Film festivals, and this one above all others, encourage you to inhabit an alternate universe.
		This universe is one in which Hollywood films, the studios that make them, and the bazillion-dollar deals that process demands, all exist -- but somehow aren't really important.
		Beyond the Multiplex David Lynch discusses his film "Inland Empire," his new signature coffee blend, and why movies should make you dream.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2006/05/27/art_films/print.html (379 words)

	dystopian
		A dystopian society is usually characterized by an authoritarian or totalitarian form of government, or some other kind of oppressive social control.
		In dystopian societies, the economic system is one that centers around stability and is structured so that the government or the economic system is immune to change or disruption.
		That is, the narrative may deal with individuals in a dystopian society who are unsatisfied, and may rebel, but ultimately fail to change anything.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Dystopia.php (1207 words)

	Boston's Weekly Dig: Movies: Heimatfilms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The German film industry responded with Heimatfilm, a style that defied decades of insistently experimental German film to give audiences the same sort of soothing feel-good froth that American audiences were eating up.
		In fact, Heimat films are so devoid of anything that can be called a style it’s almost as if one of the things audiences wanted to be coaxed into forgetting was the constant visual stylization of the past several decades.
		Accordingly, the films all focus on hearty people living by the firm morals of their ancestors as they frisk about in the fresh mountain air—which, when you think about it, is the exact sort of idealization that got the Germans in trouble in the first place.
	www.weeklydig.com /articles/heimatfilms (813 words)

	2006 Traverse City Film Festival: The List
		Director Stanley Kubrick's final film starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman is a searing psychological drama examining the human condition in a marriage gone terribly awry.
		The film is an affectionate, meticulous recreation of those notoriously cheesy clunkers, drawing on a gaggle of beloved stereotypes to pursue "that rarest of all radioactive elements — atmosphereum." Writer/director Larry Blamire heads the cast.
		The film sets out on its own investigation to discover the secret names of the people who sit on the ratings board and then demands to know why it is that they get to decide the ratings fate of movies today.
	www.record-eagle.com /2006/jun/30films.htm (4544 words)

	Alternative Press Review 14 - Top 12 Most Luddite Films of All Time - the Luddite Reader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The film that established the beauty of robots as well as the question of who can remain (and know they are assuredly) “real” in a culture which is replacing humans with machines.
		It has one scene that is unique in the history of film and that will never be equaled in Hollywood: the characters gather around a dinner table and sing a song to the unborn child Jonah, in the hope of his future.
		It features selected books, films, music, and other resources for folks who would like to turn their backs on technology, if only they could be sure that it would not sneak up on them so.
	www.altpr.org /apr14/luddite_films.html (1679 words)

	Laramie Movie Scope: The Best and Worst Films of 2002
		Below the list of top films are a list of honorable mentions, followed by lists of my picks for top director, top actor, top foreign film, etc. Those lists are followed by a list of the worst films I saw this year.
		In all these lists, the name of the film comes first, followed by the name of the person who directed the film, or who appeared in it.
		One of the few sci-fi films not to follow the strict "Blade Runner" type of dystopian model of the furture and one of the few with an even-handed approach to the notion of determinism.
	www.lariat.org /atthemovies/essays/02top10.html (1167 words)

	ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Decoding The Matrix: Exploring Dystopian Characteristics through Film
		This lesson models precisely this move from familiar text to less familiar text—students begin with an exploration of a popular film that many will already be familiar with and then are ready to extend the analytical skills and new ideas to less familiar novels or other texts.
		Have students identify connections between the class list of characteristics for a perfect society and the definition of a utopian society.
		List their observations on the board or on chart paper.
	www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=926 (1791 words)

	Speaking of Gay Pride: Queer Folks in the Cinema
		Certainly the unlikeliest entry on this list is E.T., which seems to have every possible theme on its mind except sexuality: we've got the obvious science-fiction elements, the childhood fable, the Christ symbolism, the latchkey syndrome, the distrust of government and institutions, and the carefully mounted special effects.
		His films are typically about men who sleepwalk through strange worlds and subcultures, amassing bizarre experiences as part of an attempt to locate whatever lost, farflung piece will complete their own psychic puzzles.
		Haynes' films are always inquiries into barely phraseable problems, and it is the tireless curiosity of this writer-director which, like that of his characters, makes him inspiring and fascinating even when his optimism is thwarted and his spirits are down.
	www.nicksflickpicks.com /gayfilms.html (7012 words)

	ARTSEDGE: Dystopian Worlds
		Tell students that many writers have produced cautionary tales, in which humankind is plunged into a society that may look inviting on the surface, but is in reality a nightmarish dystopia.
		Distribute the Dystopian Worlds Reading List to students, and allow them to select a book.
		It may be helpful to generate a list of topics to discuss in each session, such as the role of government in the novel, gender roles, representations of rebellion or heroism, ideas of good and evil, etc. (Alternatively, you may ask students to brainstorm a list of topics they wish to discuss.)
	artsedge.kennedy-center.org /content/2346 (1323 words)

	Dystopian Literature — www.greenwood.com
		Description: Dystopian literature is a potent vehicle for criticizing existing social conditions and political systems.
		Often these societies are related to utopias, and the dystopian writers have chosen to reveal shortcomings of those social systems previously considered ideal.
		Because dystopian literature is so closely related to utopian writing, the reference profiles and discusses eight important utopian works.
	www.greenwood.com /catalog/GR9115.aspx (230 words)

	Films
		By that standard, some films listed (domestic, foreign and 'indies') are either 'works of art' in one sense or another or memorable for essentially 'esoteric' reasons neither of which may be noted.
		Linked-to also is a separate list of '90's-and-back Memorable Films' (Films, Part 2) which includes a number of films of release dates unknown to this writer.
		To the studios today, the art of film and TV is a byproduct of their main business, a side effect, and like most side effects, more likely to be a noxious nuisance than a benefit.
	www.condition.org /films.htm (15752 words)

	Lights Out Films - All Film Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Instead of speaking of androids, aliens and Big Brother dystopian elements, Radiohead has touched on the real world and its way of making one feel trapped.
		We plug in, expect a certain kind of melancholy sound, then the damn thing breaks and turns into a wonderfully catchy commercial ditty in which we hail to the thief.
		This is another one to add to that list.
	www.lightsoutfilms.com /music_hailtothethief.html (618 words)

	Movies
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		List of audiovisual entertainment affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks
	listing-index.ebay.com /movies/index_44.html (240 words)

	Film Project
		Or two urban films at least one of which should be a non-American film (e.g.,
		Compare and contrast the films in terms of the urban conditions they portray.
		I will add here a list of relevant titles from the library, but feel free to suggest your own (favorite and not so) films.
	www.csulb.edu /~dsidorov/Urban_467/Film_Project2.html (212 words)

	A list of Reel Pop's ten favorite dystopian films. Running... (kottke.org)
		A list of Reel Pop's ten favorite dystopian films.
		Running Man, La Jetée, and Blade Runner all make the cut.
		If you've reached this point by accident, I suggest panic.
	www.kottke.org /remainder/07/01/12610.html (67 words)

	What makes or breaks the Sci-Fi genre? - SpielbergFilms.com Forum
		I guarantee that if it were 1999, most of you would be agreeing with me (removing "Star Wars" from a poll it doesn't belong in by definition), or at least taking me more seriously than your prejudices in hindsight may allow at this point.
		Star Wars was the film(s) that gave studio's the confidence to greenlight films like this.
		I was speaking specifically about Spielberg and Lucas, and they've continously cited the influence of "2001" on their films, not "Trek" (not nearly as much, at least).
	www.spielbergfilms.com /forum/showthread.php?t=3461 (1658 words)

	Article 03
		With other types of production, in particular food and structure production, it is necessary to have an active agent which can manage and adapt to the circumstances.
		With the extent of our technological capabilities, it should be fairly easy to create robots capable of filling the active agent role (all the while keeping them free of any emotion or consciousness as dystopian sci-fi films/books are so fond of depicting).
		In capitalist society, automation remains a largely neglected and unexplored possibility for the simple reason that if no one works than it becomes hard to justify the enormous disparity of wealth between classes.
	blaseblase.tripod.com /list/article03.html (1057 words)

	Libertarian Film News Archive
		As the film starts, the setting is the Peshawar refugee camps in northwest Pakistan where over 50,000 Afghanis live, awaiting somewhere to go." You can find reviews of this film here.
		Independent Films also get a special place on their movie info page where you can put a URL for members interested in finding out more about you, or purchasing a copy of your movie.
		Uncut film of the 1989 demonstrations which toppled the communist government was followed by the censored version shown to television viewers in the tense days when the communists struggled to hold on to power.
	www.missliberty.com /arch2003.htm (4347 words)

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