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Question: American Beauty is a film that has many theatrical qualities.’
Discuss this statement in relation to the film and commentary by its director.

Answer: ‘It’s a movie and I went out of my way not to do theatre with the movie.’ Despite this quote by Sam Mendes there are many techniques implied that are usually associated with the theatre. American Beauty is Mendes’ first film and he has only ever done theatre before so theatrical techniques are likely to be present in the film....(short extract)

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Details: Mark: 60% | Subject: Drama | Course: Drama | Level: A-Level | Year: Not applicable | Document type: Essay* | Words: 739 | References: No | Date written: Not available | Date submitted: November 03, 2009 | Essay ID: 2269

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