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Is it sick that I laughed? |
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What is the film’s attitude toward “madness”? |
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Are “buddy” films anti-feminist? |
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What are the likely effects of the screen violence? |
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How are families viewed? |
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How is poverty portrayed? |
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How are drugs, tobacco, alcohol portrayed? |
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How is the dominant culture portrayed? |
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How is social class portrayed? |
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What is the film’s attitude toward death? |
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How are small towns, urban areas, the suburbs depicted? |
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How are science and technology portrayed? |
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History and Film |
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To what extent is the history depicted in the film accurate? |
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To what extent are films a source of historical knowledge? |
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of film as a source of historical knowledge? |
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Why is it necessary to “fictionalize” history? |
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How do mainstream films construct a historical world? |
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How truthful do films need to be? |
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What is the audience member’s responsibility for interpreting a film? |
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How much does the time at which a film was made influence the way history is depicted? |
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Issues of Cultural Pluralism |
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How are the film’s women portrayed? |
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More questions about how women are depicted. |
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How are the male characters depicted? |
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How are “exceptional” people presented? |
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What about the stereotyping, bias, prejudice, and racism? |
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Does the film represent an East or West sensibility about life? |
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The Empathy Questionnaire |