AMH 2020 USF The Best Years of Our Lives Film by William Wyler Analysis For sources please use at least 3 sources as mentioned in the instructions below, a

AMH 2020 USF The Best Years of Our Lives Film by William Wyler Analysis For sources please use at least 3 sources as mentioned in the
instructions below, and if possible use Give me liberty or Voices of
freedom as one source. MLA Format, Chicago citation. use any of the films you are best with. instructions: Being able to interpret history goes beyond just reading books and
articles. Many today look at cultural outlets like films, music,
magazines, and other forms of entertainment to get a better understand
of how societies presented and understood issues of the day. These could
be salutary portrayals or subversive criticisms. For this assignment
you will choose of the films listed below or the television series and
write a paper analyzing the film based on the questions provided for
each one. The three films are provided in Canvas in the Pages Tab,
however you will have to find The Twilight Zone episodes on your own;
they are available on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, amongst other sources. This
assignment is to be submitted on Canvas by 11:59PM Sunday April 12th. Essays should be no shorter than 750 words and preferably no longer than
1000. You must use at least three sources to bolster your arguments
including but not limited to class readings, film reviews, academic
articles (check JSTOR and Google Scholar), or websites [for websites
please consult with me in advance on their validity]. Your papers will
be in MLA format with 1 inch margins, double-spaced, in 12 pt Times New
Roman font and include citations for your sources. Please use Chicago
Style citation with footnotes and a works cited page, including
citations for lines taken from the movie. Remember to consider the time
period in which each film was made and how each comments upon their
respective time period. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) won seven Academy Awards, including
Best Picture, and is ranked as one of the best American films ever made
according to the American Film Institute as well as the Internet Movie
Database. Write an analysis of the film’s depiction of the anxieties of
returning veterans and difficulties of post-war demobilization. In your
analysis consider the following questions to guide you: What are the
problems the three leads face in adjusting to peacetime American
society? Consider how one is married with children and relatively
wealthy, the other is married to a wartime bride he hardly knew and
works a lower-class job, and one is physically disabled from the war.
What are things that have changed since they have been away and what are
some of their barriers to doing what they want after serving their
country? Does this film give a hopeful impression of the future for
returning veterans and the United States? The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) is a film about someone who
would be considered an “organization man” one whose loyalty to his
company and demands with keeping up an image of success and prosperity
lead to difficulties in his personal life. His memories of the war and
his past are another factor that haunt him and haunted numerous others
in 1950s society, implying a deeper mark of the conflict on those who
fought it. Write an analysis of how the film deconstructs the
“Organization Man” of the 1950s. What are the differences between the
image of the “fabulous fifties” advertised with the realities as
presented in the film. Consider the following questions when writing
your analysis: How does this film present the “organization man”
complacency of the time with Tom, his boss, and their families? What
pressures does the main character Tom have in his life and why is he not
satisfied with his life when he seems to have everything that 1950s
society advertised for happiness? Do you think the film is supporting
or indicting the image of the happy American suburban family life of the
1950s? Advise and Consent (1962) is a film about political intrigue that was
advertised as being “ripped straight from the headlines.” Analyze the
films depiction of American politics in the early 1960s and describe how
it depicts certain political movements and ideologies of the time.
Consider these questions in your analysis. How does the depict the
influence of the Red and Lavender Scares. How does the Red Scare and the
fear of looking soft to the Soviet Union affect certain congressmen’s
views? For example, Leftingwell being asked if he is an “egghead” or how
he would negotiate with the Soviet Union? How is the fear of homosexual
inversion or being found out? What overall impression does the film
give of the American government? Use scenes and characters from the film
to bolster your answers. The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) was a landmark series in the history of
television that continues to influence storytellers into today.
Throughout its five-year run from 1959 to 1964 it told tales that
shocked, surprised, frightened and even enlightened audiences. However,
it was indubitably a show od its time with several episodes showcasing
the fears, anxieties, and flaws in ideology prevalent in American Cold
War logic. For your essay analyze three of the six episodes of the
Twilight Zone listed – “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,” “Third
from the Sun,” “A Stope at Willoughby,” “The Shelter,” “Two,” and “Four
O’Clock” – on how they critique Cold War influenced notions that
dominated thought in the United States at the time including the Red
Scare, social conformity, and Mutually Assured Destruction. Write an
essay on which themes the episodes have in common or how three episodes
display three different anxieties common to the 1950s-1960s, Cold War
context.