In a paper,focus on how the films use cinematic and narrative techniques to emphasize themes, develop characters and their relationships, or critique the society in which the films were created.

Step 1: Choose a theme, such as gender issues, generational conflict, identity, freedom, war, heroism, love vs duty, power, etc. Step 2: Compare and contrast how the theme is interpreted, critiqued, and/or re-envisioned in two films. One of the films must be a film we have watched in the course; the second film may be a film of your choice but should be an American (or foreign) film that is widely-available and well-known to US audiences.In your paper, you should focus on how the films use cinematic and narrative techniques to emphasize themes, develop characters and their relationships, or critique the society in which the films were created. Overall, your goal is to develop an argument about how the films construct the theme and why the films interpret the theme as they do. Focus on having a strong thesis statement, a well-organized paper with clear topic sentences for each paragraph, and a conclusion that sums up your paper First Movie selection ·Kontroll = Control (2003, Director Nimród Antal. Hungarian audio English captioned) Crna macka, beli macor = Black Cat, White Cat (1995, Director Emir Kusturica, English Subtitles) Daisies (Vera Chytilova, Czechoslovakia, 1966, 75 min) A Short Film about Killing (Krzysztof Kieślowski, Poland, 1988, 94 minutes) The Lives of Others (Florian Donnersmarck, Germany, 2006, 137 min) Before the Rain (Milcho Manchevski, Macedonia, 1994, 116 min) Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda, Poland, 1958, 103 minutes) Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland, 2013, 80 min) Little Vera (Vasili Pichul, USSR, 1988) Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky., USSR, 1975, 106 min) Leviathan (Andrei Zyagintsev, Russia, 2014, 141 min) Elena (Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia, 2011, 110 min) Adam’s Rib (1992, Director Vyacheslav Krishtofovich, Russian Audio, English Subtitles)