Film Theme Analysis

1. Please use parenthetical citations. example here, The essay should demonstrate your command of both lecture and reading materials.  Reading materials should be cited with parenthetical citations (e.g., Prell, “A Serious Man’ in situ: Fear and Loathing in St. Louis Park”); direct and indirect citations of lecture outlines should be cited by week and number (e.g., Lecture 6.2).  2. Please read the prompt i uploaded carefully   Discuss three of the themes listed below in “O Brother, Where Art Thou,” “A Serious Man,” “The Darjeeling Limited” and “Moonrise Kingdom,” The Grand Budapest, and the additional film that you chose(Rushmore) The role of myth in these films. 2. The hero’s quest or the quest for authenticity. 3 The family and its transformations. 4 The sacralization of the profane, mundane, and quotidian world. 5 The powers of humor as described by Jean Paul.   Your essay must discuss three of these in six films.  You may of course, also, discuss the films that we have used in the course, but did not screen in their entirety,  such as “First Reformed” or “True Grit” or “Isle of Dogs.”