Essays on Laura Mulvey

This essay will explore the ‘problem of masculinity’ and the way Classical Hollywood cinema invests and deals with the image of the male body, drawing from the analysis of examples from Top Hat (1935) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Steve Neale argues that ‘it is very rare to find analyses that seek…

In Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, L.B. Jeffries, played by Jimmy Stewart, becomes wholly obsessed with passing all of his waking hours watching his neighbours from his wheelchair. He even uses a camera to break his position and therefore enhances his function as both a witness and a Peeping Tom. This contributes to the creative activity…

Looking at the film industry in the category of gender representation, it is apparent that the majority of the protagonists are male. This margin demonstrates that men dominate and gender is continually misrepresented in cinema. Men are seen as the protectors, the saviors, the breadwinners, and epitomize power and independence. Women are constantly misrepresented in…

Abstract Cinema is meant and believed to entertain, to take the viewer to a world that is starkly different from the real one, a world which provides escape from the daily grind of life. Cinema is a popular media of mass consumption which plays a key role in moulding opinions, constructing images and reinforcing dominant…