Narrative technique · used in 1 film

All-Male World Structure

Setting the film entirely in male spaces such as war, politics and the desert. The absence of women is deliberate and points at the places where certain ambition and self-destruction are allowed.

Examples

Where you can see it

  1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) poster

    Lawrence of Arabia

    David Lean · 1962

    There are no women with speaking roles in Lawrence of Arabia. That shapes how the film makes its point about society. The all-male world of war and empire is a place where Lawrence's particular madness can be grown, celebrated and finally broken. The film looks at what men become when only other men ever see them.

    Where to see it: The commanders' meetings. In this all-male political theater, the self Lawrence performs gets built up and then destroyed.

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Quick answers

What is all-male world structure in film?
Setting the film entirely in male spaces such as war, politics and the desert. The absence of women is deliberate and points at the places where certain ambition and self-destruction are allowed.
Which films use all-male world structure?
Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
What kind of technique is all-male world structure?
It is a narrative technique. Related narrative techniques include Symbolic Object, Observational Restraint, Earned Catharsis.

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