FILM 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Jordan Peele, Spike Lee, Blaxploitation
20 Jan 2018
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Get out is a documentary : race, horror and zombies in the time of trump. Remaking guess who"s coming to dinner and jungle fever and night of the living dead. How does a racial lens change the way in which a film genre could be defined (ie, birth of a nation; King kong; night of the living dead, etc). Horror movies go back to the racial tension and inequalities that society has worked so hard to diminish. As much as it is a zombie/horror film, it also plays with blaxploitation and the interracial romance a nd e ve n docume nta ry! With this in mind, take notes in response to the following questions and be prepared to discuss them in tutorial: what are the main ways get out references the mise-en-scene of guess who"s.
