Learning Target(s)
- I can view the film Pleasantville as an informational text and take notes on the themes as they relate to modern media and my life.
Announcements
- Study, study, study...
Agenda [100]
- FILM: Pleasantville!
- Movie seats IN YOUR ASSIGNED ROWS
- We will not be stopping the film during the showing
- ...unless John gets excited
- Pay attention to how the movie's themes (explained below) connect to your own reality
- You will be discussing the film for credit using evidence from the film
Themes in the movie Pleasantville
- Pleasantville is a movie of contrasts. What are some of the OBVIOUS contrasts they show between the 50’s and the Future? What are some of the film tricks they use to show LITERAL contrast (CONTRAST: The state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something OPPOSITE, or REVERSE)
- The TV 'repairman say’s "I know what I'd feel like if my TV broke; like I'd lost a friend.". How would you feel if you had NO TV, and no Internet TV/YouTube/NetFlix/etc...
- Destiny--everything in Pleasantville is scripted, has a place. What about our lives? Do you ever feel like all the decisions are already made for you?
- Censorship: The mayor of Pleasantville say’s "It seems to me we must separate out the things that are unpleasant from the things that are pleasant.". In Pleasantville personal expression and differences are unacceptable and anything straying from what is known is feared. Think about your family at home, what happens when your ideas or opinions differ from your elders?
- Racism: "No coloreds." reads a sign in Pleasantville window. "Coloreds" are people who have become enlightened or who become passionate; they are rejected from mainstream Pleasantville. Why would the filmmakers use this obvious sign from the USA’s racist past? Is this movie about racism too, or just intolerance? Is this the way the world still is? Why or why not?
adapted from here... and imdb
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