Dr Tim Barnard

A/P  Ian Gordon

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GEM 2005 / HY2243

FILM AND HISTORY

 Project 5 can be downloaded from the workbin for GEM2005

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Your Name: _________________________________Your Group: ______

GEM2005/HY2243 Film & History

Project 5

Chinatown (1974)
Director: Roman Polanski. Writing credits: Robert Towne and Roman Polanski

L.A. Confidential (1997)
Director: Curtis Hanson. Writing credits: James Ellroy, Brian Helgeland, and Curtis Hanson

Swingers (1996)
Director: Doug Liman. Writing credits: Jon Favreau

Project Instructions

Discuss the topic below with your project group using the IVLE. Then submit your own individual answer to the History Department Office (AS1/05-27) by noon Friday November 12. No late papers will be graded. Maximum word limit: 500. Please type and print a copy of your project. No email attachments.

The city of Los Angeles is often portrayed as the American Dream, but these three films show a less utopian vision. How do these movies help us understand the role of nostalgia in shaping both positive and negative views of the city in history?