Letters From Iwo Jima & Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood Whakapapa

Clint Eastwood is best known for acting and directing. In fact, he is a bit of an American screen legend. In his early work, he was often the cowboy who saved the settlers from Indian invasion. Interestingly, his work as a director, often looks at the other side of the story. The two films of Eastwood's that we'll look at do just this:

Letters from Iwo Jima - looks at the Japanese side of the story in an invasion of the island of Iwo Jima late in WW2
Gran Torino - looks at the story of a returned Korean War Veteran whose neighbours are Asian.

Both of these stories have powerful messages for their intended target audience - white, middle class, patriotic Americans - and break powerful war film genres that help to amplify their message.

Some important scenes from Gran Torino

Use these important scenes to refresh your memory of Gran Torino. Which other scenes do you need to review?

Gran Torino Revision

Important quotes - use and add to this bank of important quotes that will help you to use evidence in your essays. Turn these quotes into flashcards to help you remember them.

Film techniques - use this Sway presentation to revise important film techniques that you will need to discuss in your essays.

NCEA exams and exemplars - use this is to have a look at past exam papers, exemplars and the marker's reports to get insight into how to make your essays stand out.

Use this REVISION NOTES planner to help you get sorted for exams - stick it in obvious places so that it is constantly in front of your face.

Model essays that we've worked on in class to rejog your memory:

The most valuable thing you can do is to practise, practise, practise. Even if you are just bullet pointing what you would write, it is one of the most valuable things that you can do. Ask for feedback on both your essays and your plans.

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