romantic movies - history of emotions slides

EMOTIONS THROUGH MOVIES

Ryan : comedy moviesDamian: dramatic movies

Jonah: Horror movies Gabrielle: Romantic movies

ROMANTIC MOVIESLOVE: the « everywhere»

emotion

Romantic movies: LOVE, HAPPINESS, HATE, JEALOUSY….

• IDEAL LOVE• ILLUSION OF REALITY

The impact of romantic movies on the brain

The use of the right hemisphere: The visual area Memory area Emotion area

DISTRESS: melancholy, depression,sadness

LOVEANGER

Casablanca

MICHEL CURTIZ (1886-1962)

Peter LorreSignor Ugarte

Ingrid Bergman Humphred BogartIlsa Lund Rick Blaine

Paul HenreidVictor Laszlo

Claude RainsCaptain Louis Renault

Conrad VeidtMajor Heinrich Strasser

• American movie • 1942• Won 3 Oscars• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt1vQ81jNWw• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc02Y4xHWys

THE ICONIC CHARACTERS

CASABLANCA: the Cliché movie

Max Steiner (1888- 1971)

• Political idea: To put love aside for the

cause: The involvement in the war• The Music: La Marseillaise, Gone with

the wind smooth and melancholic atmosphere

• Black and white The audience focus on the characteres

• The facial expressions • The actions, use of object• Language:‘Here ’s looking at you kid’

The eyes, and facials expressions

Silent movie: Seventh Heaven

• American, • 1927• Expressionism• Iconic couple

Frank Borzage(1894-1962)

Evolution of romantic movies: The cultural and historical impact.• Technical evolutions: more realism• Countries have their own way to deal with

romantic movies:• Happy ending culture: Love is stronger than your duty in the

society. The importance of LOVE is different

• The use of the body (kiss, nudity, sexual scenes…), what is moraly acceptable

Passion and Tenderness

The Kiss (1896)https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=zURTEs8C1lo

HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL IMPACTLE QUAI DES BRUMESPort of Shadows

• 1938• Jacques Prevert and Pierre Dumarchais• ‘t’as d’beaux yeux tu sais?’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=snY3L7RYOOs• Censure of the totalitarian regime • ‘No one consider the barometer responsible for the storm and

the function of the artist s to be the barometer of the time.’• Cultural differences• Country specificities• How dangerous movie can be for regimes

Marcel Carné (1906-1993)