DIFFERENT TREATMENT BETWEEN THE POOR AND THE RICH REFLECTED IN NICK CASSAVETE'S JOHN-Q MOVIE (2002): A MARXIST APPROACH

• Main Author: ARIANTO, SADHAR (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2011.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Connect to this object online
• Notes: https://eprints.ums.ac.id/13916/19/DEDICATION.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/13916/2/CHAPTER_I.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/13916/3/CHAPTER_II.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/13916/4/CHAPTER_III.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/13916/5/CHAPTER_IV.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/13916/14/CHAPTER_V.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/13916/16/CHAPTER_VI.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/13916/21/BIBLIOGRAPHY.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/13916/24/APPENDIX.pdf
• Keywords: PN Literature (General)

This study is aimed to show the different treatment between the poor and the rich in John-Q movie by using Marxist approach. It is done by establishing two parts, the first is analyzing the movie based on its structural elements and the second is analyzing the movie based on the Marxist approach. This research is descriptive qualitative research. Type of the data of the study is text and images taken from two data sources: primary and secondary. The primary data source is John-Q movie directed by Nick Cassavetes released in 2002. While the secondary data sources are gained from author biography, essay, comment, historical information, the other books, and the thesis that are related to the research. The result of the study shows that first, based on the structural analysis of each elements, it shows that the character and characterization, casting, plot, setting, point of view, theme, cinematography, Mise_en_Scene, sound , editing are related to each other. Second, based on the Marxist analysis, there is different treatment toward the poor and the rich that were being faced by America society in early twenty first century.