The School of Thinking and Feeling
The Class of Love
2010-11
Watch and analyze 10 films crossing different time periods with the theme of love, break down connections and disconnections, common themes that relate to economic, sociological, psychological and political themes and historical significant factors that may influence themes. Based on data, using themes, create outline for movie for this decade.
Love and the Cinema thru Time
10-11-29
Love and the Cinema 3
Head of Class
Johanna Gunther
Resident of Love
Interns of Love
Simon
Feyzan
Linda
Egor
Theodora
Leonie
Judith
Matthias
Andrea
Erika
Michael
Corinna
Lisa-Christin
Madlen
Astrid
Severin
Ann-Kathrin
Jasmin
Janick
Sven
Pia
Jelena
Philipp
Lea
Torsten
Sonja
Sharing Love...
Research Project - Love & Cinema - Erika
What is or are the questions you want to answer?
- How does the concept of love has changed through the different epochs?
- In what way influences a determinate society (and its historical background) the way a person expresses love?
- Are movies capable to transmit the emotion of love? If yes, how it is achieve?
List possible research and resources
Movies:
“Avatar” directed by James Cameron (2009)
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” directed by Blake Edwards (1961)
“Grease” directed by Randal Kleiser (1978)
“In love and war” directed by Richard Attenborough(1996)
“Love actually” directed by Richard Curtis (2003)
“Paris, je t'aime” (2006)
“Sense and Sensibility” directed by Ang Lee (1995)
“Slumdog Millionare” directed by Dany Boyle (2008)
“The Duchess” directed by Susanne Bier (2008)
“The Breakfast club” directed by John Hughes (1985)
“The Notebook” directed by Nick Cassavates (2004)
“Titanic” directed by James Cameron (1997)
“You’ve got an email” directed by Nora Ephron (1998)
Books:
Dux, Günter (1994): Geschlecht und Gesellschaft. Warum wir lieben: Die romantische Liebe nach Verlust der Welt. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag.
Guth, Doris/Hammer, Heide (Hg.) (2009): Love me or leave me. Liebeskonstrukte in der Populärkultur. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag.
Hondrich, Karl Otto (2004): Liebe in den Zeiten der Weltgesellschaft. . Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag.
Stauf, Renat/ Simonis, Anette/ Paulus, Jörg (Hg.) (2008): Der Liebesbrief. Schriftkultur und Medienwechsel vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Verlag.
Swidler, Ann (2001): The Talk of Love. How culture matters. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press Verlag.
Consider possible outcomes – Hypothesis
I think love has evolved parallel to the societies. The way it is expressed is what changes according to the society’s rules. By society its also meant culture. Each epoch has its own characteristics, for example, the way of flirting and behaving.