Title: 10 Classic Movie Themes With Examples - 2021 - MasterClass
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10 Classic Movie Themes With Examples
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What Is a Theme in Movies?
What Is the Purpose of a Movie Theme?
What Is the Purpose of a Movie Theme?
10 Classic Movie Themes and Why They Matter
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Content: Indiana Jones is an academic and a skeptic, a man of reason (for all his derring-do) who rejects “superstitious hocus-pocus.” But over the course of the film, he’s forced to confront a divine force that defies explanation, embodied by the Ark. In a quite rare turn for an action hero, he seems to fail in his quest to defeat the villains and save the heroine when he can’t bring himself to destroy the holy relic. And yet in the film’s climax, Indy succeeds by closing his eyes and accepting an otherworldly power. The musical motif that John Williams dedicates to the Ark is simultaneously haunting, ancient, and grand, perfectly evoking this feeling of a God who can never quite be known or rationally explained. Justice. Decade after decade, film adaptations of the Robin Hood legend—The Adventures of Robin Hood, Disney’s Robin Hood, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, among many others—spin an adventure story around this deeply resonant theme. In a time when the normal systems of justice have been corrupted, allowing the powerful to exploit the weak and the wealthy to leech off the poor, the hero becomes an outlaw so that true justice can prevail. MasterClass
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