| Abstract: | To argue that films are ideological products is not in any way controversial. Rather, this is the very basis for much discussion, understanding and critique of film. But still, this is an understanding that is very much in need of further critical examination. What does it mean to say that a film carries and transmits ideological notions? The answers to this question actualize several different notions of film as well ideology.
Are films ideological in the sense that they mirror they society in which they are created? Or are they ideological since they discuss and provide certain perspectives on this society? Is it possible that there are different ideological projects in the same film depending on which of these perspectives one chooses?
In the paper, these questions are examined on a theoretical level as well as through examples from the films King Kong, Pretty Woman and American Psycho. |
Ph.D., Lic. Theses
