Cinema Classics Seminar: JAWS from notes on scandal movie Watch Video
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Description: Taught by Jennifer Fleeger, Ph.D., Media and Communication Studies, Ursinus CollegennIt’s hard to think of a movie with a simpler plot yet more elaborate interpretative palette than Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic, JAWS. Variously described over the years as a metaphor for environmental collapse, the Watergate scandal, and even political responses to the pandemic, JAWS is nonetheless the textbook definition of a Hollywood “high-concept” film: giant shark attacks tourist town on the Fourt
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