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Understanding Melodrama - Page 5

MD = Melodrama
(1-8: Sirk's Universal MDs)
(8-13: "Sirkian" MDs)
(14-35: The Woman's Film)
(36-43: Romance/Doomed Love)
(44-53: Family MD)
(54-64: The Male MD I: The Male Weepie)
(65-71: The Male MD II: The Action MD)
(72-76: Maternal MD)
(77-88: Musical MD)
(89-96: Silent MD)
(97-105: War Films)
(106-113: Gainsborough MD)
(114-121: Historical Costume MD)
(122-135: Aids, Gay, Lesbian and Queer Cinema)
(136-147: Film Noir)
(148-155: Western MD)
(156-166: Psychological MD)
(167-179: Brittish MD)
(180-186: Bollywood MD)
(187-194: Chinese MD)
(195-202: European MD)
Short Cuts, a series of books on film studies, defines "melodrama" not as a film genre, but as a widely comprehensive and pervasive cinematic structure, characterized by the use of musical accompaniment to punctuate the emotional effects and a narrative marked by pathos, aiming to culminate in tears or strong emotions among the audience. This is a list of films they use to illustrate their wonderful analysis.
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Possessed (1947)
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Psycho (1960)
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Brief Encounter (1945)
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Dance With a Stranger (1985)
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I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
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It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
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Mandy (1952)
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The Spanish Gardener (1956)
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The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
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That Hamilton Woman (1941)
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Yield to the Night (1956)
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Asoka (2001)
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Devdas (1955)
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Devdas (2002)
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Kabhi Kabhie (1976)
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Pakeezah (1972)
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Sholay (1975)
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Farewell My Concubine (1993)
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Ju Dou (1990)
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Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
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Shanghai Triad (1995)
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The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
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Temptress Moon (1996)
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To Live (1994)
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Autumn Sonata (1978)
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Cries and Whispers (1972)
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Les Dames Du Bois De Boulogne (1945)
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The Damned (1969)
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The Innocent (1976)
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The Passion of Anna (1969)
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