1. Write an analytical paper tracing your chosen theme through the past century with
examples of films to demonstrate your key points and observations. 2. How has science and/or /technology played a significant role in Cinema, and how can it
help us (as historians) better understand society throughout the Twentieth Century?
3. As you address this question, you must focus your analysis upon a GROUP of films (Metropolis, Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956), 2001:Space Odyssey(1968), and Gattaca(1997).
4. This essay should include a complete thesis statement within the first paragraph.
5. To narrow your response to this broad question, select a key theme, trope to explore this relationship between science/technology, cinema,
and twentieth-century American culture and society.
examples of films to demonstrate your key points and observations. 2. How has science and/or /technology played a significant role in Cinema, and how can it
help us (as historians) better understand society throughout the Twentieth Century?
3. As you address this question, you must focus your analysis upon a GROUP of films (Metropolis, Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956), 2001:Space Odyssey(1968), and Gattaca(1997).
4. This essay should include a complete thesis statement within the first paragraph.
5. To narrow your response to this broad question, select a key theme, trope to explore this relationship between science/technology, cinema,
and twentieth-century American culture and society.
