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PosterPresentations.com In the scholarly study of American film’s New Hollywood era, In review of Altman’s filmmaking during the 1970s, I argue that ESCAPE FROM CLASSICAL NARRATIVE CINEMA Having closely analyzed these few films, I realized the importance of Altman’s films display a perspective of feminism called “Altman’s analyzing Altman’s work through a feminist framework. The feminist occurring from the late 1960s to the late 1970s, director Robert 3 Women is classified as one of Altman’s personal films. These Altman’s work is not discussed as much as his contemporaries, such Feminism.” Except for his commercial hit M*A*S*H (1970), all of psychoanalytic framework could be extended to include other How to add Text Need assistance? Call us at 1.510.649.3001 personal films can also be categorized as art cinema. Scholar Robert as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. While an innovator of Altman’s 1970s can arguably be labeled as “Altman Feminist.” T. Self defines art cinema as a form that “seeks to liberate the theorists, such as Kaja Silverman and Teresa de Lauretis. In addition, The template comes with a number of pre- formatted placeholders for headers and text directorial style, Robert Altman was also unique in the inclusion and spatial and temporal systems from subservience to narrative cause the feminist framework can be expanded to include not just the blocks. You can add more blocks by copying and positive portrayal of women in his films. and effect,” as well as “call[ing] attention not to some story, that psychoanalytic perspective, but also to other feminist frameworks, What is “Altman’s Feminism”? After examining the portrayal, the pasting the existing ones or by adding a text box implicit chronology of realistic events, but to narration, to the such as an intersectional lens. QUICK START roles, and the relationships of women in Altman’s 1970s films, I from the HOME menu. explicit manner of the film’s presentation” (46). MY GOAL define “Altman’s Feminism” as either the sole or equal focus on the female characters whose presence furthers the narrative, are treated Overall, my research provides substantial evidence for Altman to be Zoom in and out After comparing Altman’s films to other films of the New Hollywood Text size period, I believe that Altman’s films have a feminist quality. By with respect and/or sympathy, and are given traits that label them as In other words, art cinema is a deliberate break from the classical considered a feminist director, specifically in his feminism. This As you work on your poster zoom in and out to the level Adjust the size of your text based on how much content you have to analyzing the role and treatment of women in his 1970s film, I a subject rather than a sexual object. narrative mode, which “situates the viewer, voyeuristically safe and research can be expanded to analyze all of Robert Altman’s that is more comfortable to you. present. The default template text offers a good starting point. Follow distanced, as a passive, unself-conscious consumer of a story that filmography. Go to VIEW > ZOOM. submit that Altman’s films should also be analyzed through a the conference requirements. seems to tell itself” (Self 45). Choosing such a route for 3 Women, I feminist lens. However Altman’s perspective is not in complete The two films I discuss in my thesis that best exemplify “Altman’s accord with Second Wave feminist goals. Therefore, I define Feminism” are McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) and Nashville (1975). argue that, in accord with the film’s eventual forming of a matriarchy, Regardless of viewpoints of what feminism should or should not be, Title, Authors, and Affiliations How to add Tables Altman’s form of feminism as “Altman’s Feminism.” For my thesis, I For McCabe & Mrs. Miller, the inclusion of Mrs. Miller (Julie 3 Women needed to pursue an art cinema route because it breaks Altman’s films maintain that women are equally represented with an To add a table from scratch go to the INSERT menu and Start designing your poster by adding the title, the names of the authors, utilized a feminist psychoanalytic lens, specifically referring to Laura Christie), pictured below, depicts a “new view of the West” as seen from “the ways the unconscious…structure ways of seeing and equally valid perspective. Altman’s female characters are treated as click on TABLE. A drop-down box will help you select rows and the affiliated institutions. You can type or paste text into the Mulvey’s famous essay, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” to through the female perspective (Self). Further she is much more pleasure in looking” (Mulvey 712). people, typically with respect and trust, as people with both flaws and columns. provided boxes. The template will automatically adjust the size of your argue that 3 Women (1977) is an “Altman Feminist” film. business savvy than McCabe, who, in contrast, is presented as and favorable attributes. Whatever the case, Altman’s films can be You can also copy and a paste a table from Word or another PowerPoint text to fit the title box. You can manually override this feature and dimwitted. considered as a feminist outlet for the New Hollywood era. document. A pasted table may need to be re-formatted by RIGHT-CLICK > change the size of your text. GOAL FOR ANALYSIS OF 3 WOMEN FORMAT SHAPE, TEXT BOX, Margins.

The goal of my analysis of 3 Women is to argue that the film is an TIP: The font size of your title should be bigger than your name(s) and In Nashville, the women are presented as more logical and caring “Altman Feminist” film because its art cinema approach criticizes institution name(s). whereas the men are depicted as conceited and greedy. The film patriarchy’s hold on women, and allows the three women in the film Graphs / Charts arguably centers around country singer Barbara Jean (Ronee to create a matriarchy. In addition, the three women are the film’s You can simply copy and paste charts and graphs from Excel or Word. Some reformatting may be required depending on how the original Blakely) and her actions. As seen through the close-ups of Jean as protagonists and their relationships with one another and their document has been created. she sings, the film is much more sympathetic to Jean than her male surroundings place them at the center of the narrative. Like Mulvey’s

counterparts. Overall, Jean’s character demonstrates the destructive essay, the film calls for a breaking off from the existing order of male hold on women by patriarchal society. How to change the column configuration Adding Logos / Seals dominated society and forming a mode that depicts women as subjects rather than objects. RIGHT-CLICK on the poster background and select LAYOUT to see the Most often, logos are added on each side of the title. You can insert a column options available for this template. The poster columns can also logo by dragging and dropping it from your desktop, copy and paste or by be customized on the Master. VIEW > MASTER. going to INSERT > PICTURES. Logos taken from web sites are likely to be low quality when printed. Zoom it at 100% to see what the logo will look like on the final poster and make any necessary adjustments. How to remove the info bars If you are working in PowerPoint for Windows and have finished your TIP: See if your school’s logo is available on our free poster templates poster, save as PDF and the bars will not be included. You can also delete page. them by going to VIEW > MASTER. On the Mac adjust the Page-Setup to match the Page-Setup in PowerPoint before you create a PDF. You can Photographs / Graphics SAMPLE OF WORKS CITED also delete them from the Slide Master. BACKGROUND You can add images by dragging and dropping from your desktop, copy Haskell, Molly. From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women Save your work and paste, or by going to INSERT > PICTURES. Resize images WOMEN IN THE NEW HOLLYWOOD ERA in the Movies. 2nd Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1987. Save your template as a PowerPoint document. For printing, save as proportionally by holding down the SHIFT key and dragging one of the The New Hollywood era’s films typically center around men and corner handles. For a professional-looking poster, do not distort your PowerPoint or “Print-quality” PDF. pose questions about masculinity, such as The Godfather (1972), images by enlarging them disproportionally. Metz, Christian. “Identification, Mirror.” Film Theory & Criticism. Ed. The Deer Hunter (1978), and Five Easy Pieces (1970). These New Leo Braudy and Marshall Cohen. 7th Edition. New York: Oxford Hollywood films tend to be misogynistic. Such treatment is at odds Print your poster University Press, 2009. 694-710. When you are ready to have your poster printed go online to with the social context of the era, specifically the women’s liberation SAMPLE ANALYSIS PosterPresentations.com and click on the “Order Your Poster” button. movement. PSYCHOANALYSIS AND “VISUAL PLEASURE AND NARRATIVE CINEMA” The screenshot pictured above is an excellent example of my Mulvey, Laura. “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Film Theory Choose the poster type the best suits your needs and submit your order. If argument. This image occurs within minutes of the film’s opening. & Criticism. Ed. Leo Braudy and Marshall Cohen. 7th Edition. New you submit a PowerPoint document you will be receiving a PDF proof for Women’s treatment and representation in film during this era was, your approval prior to printing. If your order is placed and paid for before ORIGINAL DISTORTED I chose to analyze 3 Women through a feminist psychoanalytic Pinky (Sissy Spacek) is waiting in the rehabilitation spa’s doctors’ York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 711-722. Corner handles what film critic Molly Haskell has stated, rather “ambiguous.” While noon, Pacific, Monday through Friday, your order will ship out that same framework. For my thesis, I focused on one text, Laura Mulvey’s office and watching the female staff help the elder patients. As she there are a few “feminist-inspired films”(Haskell) with female day. Next day, Second day, Third day, and Free Ground services are groundbreaking feminist film theory essay, “Visual Pleasure and looks through the window, the spectator sees a faint reflection of Image Quality Check protagonist stories, such as Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), Self, Robert T. Robert Altman’s Subliminal Reality. Minneapolis: offered. Go to PosterPresentations.com for more information. Narrative Cinema.” I chose this text because it is considered to be the scene Pinky is watching. The window simultaneously acts as a Zoom in and look at your images at 100% magnification. If they look good A Woman Under the Influence (1974), and Klute (1971), overall University of Minnesota Press, 2002. one of the founding texts of feminist film theory. screen and mirror. While the connection of film to the screen is they will print well. women are either not represented at all or portrayed very obvious, Christian Metz writes that “film is like mirror,” (696) negatively. solidifying the link between screen and mirror in the opening ______. Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller: Reframing the Critical points in Mulvey’s essay that are important to my research moments of the film. Already the connection between the medium American West. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2007. include: Women in the New Hollywood era tend to be either demonized or of film itself and female spectatorship is acknowledged. • sexualized. Examples of canonical films from the era that sexualize “identification with the image seen” (715) and mirrors • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS prinng quality or demonize women include A Clockwork Orange (1971) and One The two avenues of escape from castration anxiety (718) prinng quality The following image is a medium long shot of Millie (Shelley Duvall) •

Bad Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), respectively. “the way the unconscious of patriarchal society has structured Good helping one of the elder patients. Because the window also serves I would like to thank both of my thesis advisors, Margret Flinn and film form” (711) Student discounts are available on our Facebook page. as a mirror, Pinky sees (or eventually will see) herself as Millie. This Jared Gardner, for all of their support and encouragement Go to PosterPresentations.com and click on the FB icon. Aside from the few female protagonist driven films, the New • The call to a new avenue for feminist filmmaking by “free[ing] the concept of reflecting images in windows can be seen in the throughout this process. I have learned so much and could have Hollywood era was not kind to women. look of the camera” (722) screenshot on the right. never done it without you two! © 2015 PosterPresentaons.com 2117 Fourth Street , Unit C Berkeley CA 94710

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