C LIT 315 Spring Quarter, 2010
East Asian Film Genre

VIEWING RESPONSE: Infernal Affairs
1. How do the police and the gangster societies mirror each other?
2. What makes it difficult for the moles to assume their roles?

Reading Reponse #1
1. How is Infernal Affairs a New Wave film?
2. What is the role of memory and nostalgia in the plot?

VIEWING RESPONSE: Brother
1. Define Brother's main personality characteristics.
2. What is the importance, for the plot, of the fact that Brother operates outside Japan?

Reading Response #2
1. In what ways does Brother continue Kitano's concerns from earlier movies?
2. How does Kitano express his resistance to Hollywood?