Bigger Than Life & The Steel Helmet

"To understand those American films of the 1950s that seem most interesting decades later requires a careful look at the differences between the clear values on their narrative surfaces and the more complicated social and psychological questions beneath... " -Mast & Kawin, A Short History of the Movies Response #5: Bigger Than Life & The Steel Helmet. Use at least 1 citation from our book or you will receive a 0] 1. Explore the surfaces and subversion in Bigger than Life and The Steel Helmet. How do both films embrace and reject the conventions of their genres (the family melodrama, the war film). How do these unique filmmakers use elements of cinematic style to express or emphasize what's going on 'beneath the surface'?      

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