{"id":20971,"date":"2023-05-27T22:57:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T22:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/heaven-hell-judgment-matter-of-life-and-death-by-its-writers-directors-producers-michael-powell-and-emeric-pressburger\/"},"modified":"2023-05-27T22:57:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T22:57:50","slug":"heaven-hell-judgment-matter-of-life-and-death-by-its-writers-directors-producers-michael-powell-and-emeric-pressburger","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/heaven-hell-judgment-matter-of-life-and-death-by-its-writers-directors-producers-michael-powell-and-emeric-pressburger\/","title":{"rendered":"HEAVEN HELL &#038; JUDGMENT  (Matter of Life and Death by its writers\/directors\/producers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><i><b>please make sure you watch the film first&nbsp;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">FIlm Link:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-t3Xv70vkY8&amp;t=3145<\/span><i><br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Matter of Life and Death<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> by its writers\/directors\/producers Michael Powell and<br \/>\nEmeric Pressburger. For the United States release the Hollywood studio thought<br \/>\nthe word \u201cdeath\u201d in the title too \u2018down\u2019 for marketing and they renamed the<br \/>\nfilm <i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Stairway to Heaven<\/i>. (There is a<br \/>\nspectacular stairway in the film which leads up to another realm.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>First<br \/>\ndiscuss how the original title <i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A Matter<br \/>\nof Life and Death <\/i>fits the film and then how the US title <i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Stairway to Heaven <\/i>fits the film (1<br \/>\npage).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">II.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Then<br \/>\nin about 8 pages [regular margins, double-spaced, pages numbered] write an<br \/>\nanalysis of the film which addresses the following questions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>1. How is death represented in the film? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>2. What kind of judgment is represented in the film?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3. How does this film echo ideas of heaven, hell, and<br \/>\njudgment which we\u2019ve considered in the course? And how does it reshape or<br \/>\ndiffer from these texts and images?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Compare several specific texts and several specific<br \/>\nimages. Touch directly on <i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Inanna<\/i>, the<br \/>\nEgyptian \u201cFeather of Maat, \u201d <i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Revelation,<br \/>\nThe Odyssey,<\/i> Last Judgments, Dante, Milton\u2019s <i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paradise Lost and Blake\u2019s <\/i>The Marriage of Heaven &amp; Hell among<br \/>\nyour choices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 1in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Devote at least one page to comparing &amp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; <\/span>contrasting the film to the Milton and Blake<br \/>\ntexts.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--color-6); color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Your paper is 40% of your<br \/>\ngrade so you should spend time thinking and writing and editing for succinct,<br \/>\ninsightful prose. You\u2019re graded on how well you interpret the film and how well<br \/>\nand accurately you look at it in relation to other texts and images. Be<br \/>\nspecific, remembering Blake\u2019s line \u201cTo Generalize is to be an Idiot. To<br \/>\nParticularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>please make sure you watch the film first&nbsp; FIlm Link:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-t3Xv70vkY8&amp;t=3145 Matter of Life and Death by its writers\/directors\/producers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. For the United States release the Hollywood studio thought the word \u201cdeath\u201d in the title too \u2018down\u2019 for marketing and they renamed the film Stairway to Heaven. 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