ABSTRACT

Films mentioned If you are working your way through the whole or parts of this chapter you will find it useful to have watched Seven (Fincher, 1995) and perhaps Run Lola Run (Tykwer, 1999), and helpful to have access to scenes, clips and single shots from at least some of the following films:

n Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) n Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Ritchie, 1998) n Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson, 2001) n Four Weddings and a Funeral (Newell, 1994) n Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942), n High Noon (Zinnemann, 1952)

This chapter will provide underpinning knowledge relevant to the study of British and US film in sections B and C of FM2: British and American Film for the WJEC’s AS level in Film Studies.