compare two movies

1.  How are issues of ethnicity and sexual Others represented in two or three films?  Do the narratives use “silence” or “erasure” in dealing with (or not dealing with) them?  How is the “silence” represented?  What are the consequences? 

Regarding sexual “Others,” how do the films accommodate or overturn the normative, heterosexual system that structures society?  How do the narratives ultimately replicate or complicate/deconstruct sexual roles?

You are not required to answer all of these questions.  I hope they stimulate your thinking and suggest avenues of approach.

I recommend focusing on two films so that you don’t spread yourself too thin.  Of course, you can mention other films in passing, but you should focus on two or three films.

Hashiguchi Ryōsuke, “Hush” (2001, Japan)

Yukisada Isao, “Go” (2001, Japan)