4 pages ESSAY
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Prompt.docxESSAY 3: "Machine Living"
4 pages, 12points, 1.5spaces, Time New Roman
Guide：
Part 1. Compare and contrast three noir films Detour, Double Indemnity, and The Hitch-hiker.
Discuss the films in terms of the studio system versus Andrew Sarris’s auteur theory. ( Google the two terms if you don’t know them)
Make sure you explain what both of these are (Studio System and Auteur Theory).
Part 2. Which of the film held the most power/interest for you and why?
Part 3. Which was most subversive or conservative towards society, in your opinion and why?
Part 4. How does gender figure into these films?
Materials:
Detour (1945) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tap67KjjPu8
Double Indeminty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-baCbEWGCUk
The Hitch-hiker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIeFKTbg3Aw
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