TAKE A FILM FROM BELOW AND COMPARE OR CONTRAST WITH ANOTHER FILMED PLAY OF YOUR CHOICE OR CHOOSE TWO FILMED PLAYS FROM THIS SESSION AND WRITE WHERE THEY ARE SIMILAR AND WHERE DIFFERENT. WHAT CHOICES WERE MADE IN THE FILM TO OPEN UP THE ACTION OF THE PLAY? WHAT IMPACT DID THE PLAY AND FILM HAVE, WHAT INFLUENCE? IS THE FILM SUCCESSFUL ON ITS OWN AS A MOVIE; IS IT A FILM OF THE PLAY WITH DIALOGUE INTACT?

WHAT THEMES AND ARGUMENTS DO YOU IDENTIFY IN THE PLAY OF THE FILM? IS IT THEATRICAL LIKE CHICAGO OR HEIGHTENED LANGUAGE LIKE GLENGARRY GLENROSS? NATURALISM LIKE FENCES AND A FEW GOOD MEN? WHAT ABOUT TAKING A SCENE AND BREAKING IT DOWN: CAN YOU SEE ANY TACTICS THAT GET THE CHARACTERS WHAT THEY WANT AND NEED?

I’M LOOKING FOR A PERSONAL ESSAY FROM YOU. ARGUED FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW. IS THE FILM SUCCESSFUL FOR YOU? ARE THERE WAYS YOU WOULD IMPROVE THE FILM?

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