DLaurent
Well-known member
I'm particularly interested, well I say interested but only a few films have really piqued my interest, in early feminist films. I think you might be able to pick out earlier films and I'd be interested in hearing about that, but I think that something changed post WW2 when it came to slapping women in films etc. But even deeper than that, the psychological undertones, shown in this film by Max Ophuls called Caught. I think he was a pioneer of a new style of feminism.
I don't think it was much of a coincidence that films like this started to appear after the two great wars as it links in to a different style of government.
The antithesis to this would be the Heimatfilms in West Germany as part of the Denazification process. A clear example of which is below (the German version of Sound of Music) with a strong father figure who sorts out the family.
I still reckon depth psychology is used upon us today, and not for egalitarian reasons, but more to do with the amount of control a state has over a population. It is seen in countries with stronger familial structures that it's more difficult to wield control.
Tell me I'm being old school or barking up the wrong tree but this is something I've been thinking about and wonder if anyone thinks film is as important as me?
I don't think it was much of a coincidence that films like this started to appear after the two great wars as it links in to a different style of government.
The antithesis to this would be the Heimatfilms in West Germany as part of the Denazification process. A clear example of which is below (the German version of Sound of Music) with a strong father figure who sorts out the family.
I still reckon depth psychology is used upon us today, and not for egalitarian reasons, but more to do with the amount of control a state has over a population. It is seen in countries with stronger familial structures that it's more difficult to wield control.
Tell me I'm being old school or barking up the wrong tree but this is something I've been thinking about and wonder if anyone thinks film is as important as me?