FILM 1502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Final Girl, Nuclear Family
12 Nov 2018
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Iconography as narrative and visual coding resulting from the repetition of a popular film story. Horror as originating from what we can"t understand. Isolation as horror; powerlessness created as a result of a lack of belief. Deals with violations of the body (ie. knives as weapons that produce blood) Violation and blurring of boundaries (lacks distinction of the status quo) Horror films provide insight into cultural anxieties (phillips) The 1970s as a cultural reaction to the liberalism and counterculture of the 1960s through a return to conservative cultural values. Paranoia and political distrust as a result of the us"s faltering involvement in the vietnam war and the political scandal of watergate. Economic recession and surges in gas pricing led to the rise of 2 income households (both husband and wife work) The rise of divorce shattered the american dream of the nuclear family.
