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Film and Intercultural Communication. Requirements for this course. The course is co-taught by four different teachers. Each teacher is in charge of one film. You will study one film every three weeks. Forrest Gump (American Culture) The Lord of the Ring (European Culture)
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Requirements for this course • The course is co-taught by four different teachers. Each teacher is in charge of one film. You will study one film every three weeks. • Forrest Gump (American Culture) • The Lord of the Ring (European Culture) • GuaSha the Treatment • Anna and the King
Your final score will be based on the following elements: • your presence and performance in class(10%,1 point for each lesson); • your homework or in-class test(40%, 10 points for each film); • your final paper(50%).
Warm-up questions: • When you appreciate a film produced by foreigners, what’s your focus? The performance of the actor and actress? The plot and the story? The theme? The beautiful scene? Or anything else? • Have you ever appreciate a film from the intercultural perspective?
You pay attention to the culture reflected in the movie and the relationship between the people brought up in different background. • You attach more importance to the influence of culture on a certain character.
Forrest Gump • Lesson one: the story and the theme • Lesson two: the cultural tip • Lesson three: comparative study
Lesson One • The Story and the Theme
Forrest Gump • Protagonist • (Tom Hanks)
The outline • Forrest Gump , grows up in Greenbow, Alabama, where his mother runs a boarding house. Although Forrest is a little "slow" (his IQ is 75, 5 below the state's definition of "normal"), his mental impairment doesn't seem to bother him, his mother, or his best (and only) friend, Jenny.
During the next thirty years, Forrest becomes a star football player, a war hero, a successful businessman, and something of a pop icon. Through the miracle of visual effects, Forrest meets a lot of famous people - George Wallace, Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, and John Lennon.
Through it all, however, there is one defining element in his life: his love for Jenny. She is never far from his thoughts, no matter what he's doing or where he is. • The most frequently recurring theme is “not to give up on life”.(the American optimism)
Oscar Awards: • 在1995年的第六十七届奥斯卡金像奖最佳影片的角逐中，影片《阿甘正传》一举获得了最佳影片、最佳男主角、最佳导演、最佳改编剧本、最佳剪辑和最佳视觉效果等六项大奖(Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Editing, and Best Writing based on material from another medium — screenplay)。
Introduction • 影片通过对一个智障者(retarded man)生活的描述反映了美国生活的方方面面，从一个独特的角度对美国几十年来社会政治生活中的重要事件作了展现。 • 阿甘在影片中被塑造成了美德的化身，诚实、守信、认真、勇敢而重视感情。在影片中，阿甘是十分纯洁的形象，而珍妮则成了堕落(degeneration)的象征。 • 影片自始自终都是以一种温情和善意的态度来表现的，甚至还加入了诗意化的成分 ,《阿甘正传》是一部以喜剧形式来表现严肃主题(theme)的电影
Theme: • 它的主题有很多，主要有两个：一，对人生意义的思考，对命运的思索。人的命运是按一定的轨迹运行，还是象羽毛那样飘忽不定呢？二，它的反主流(counterculture)、反社会、反传统性。 • 影片以一痴呆的视角来观察美国几十年的历史变迁。一个智商为75的人，却能看到许多“聪明人”看不到的人生美丽。即使是在危机与彷徨中，他依然有星光、彩云(rosy clouds)陪伴，让他一步步跑下去，跑出辉煌的人生历程。
Questions: • What do you think Forrest has learnt from his mother in his life? (3 Points) • What beliefs and values do Americans hold? (3 points) • If you are Forrest, will you love and marry the girl like Jenny? Why? (2 points) • What do you think of Forrest’s life? It’s successful or bitter? (2 points)
For the first two questions, you must give answers with no less than 100 words, for the last two questions, your answer should not be less than 50 words. • Please type your answers out with A4 paper and hand it in when we meet for the third time.
First Scene: • Flashback: Forrest is going to talk with many people sitting on this bench, and he is going to tell us his life story in the process. • Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.(4’20’’)
Second scene: • The background introduction to the family of Forrest Gump.(4’50’’-5’35”) • Forrest has some thing wrong with his legs. And he is retarded. In the eyes of others, he is an idiot. But his mother tells him : • Mrs. Gump (Sally Field) Remember what I told you, Forrest. You're no different than anybody else is. Did you hear what I said, Forrest? You're the same as everybody else. You are no different.
