Public Relations Movie Reviews Samples For Students

Vertigo is a brilliant piece of work that presents psychoanalytic issue in an efficient manner. Vertigo is a psychological thriller directed by A. Hitchcock. The movie was premiered during sixties and praised by the audience. The director utilized all film elements in a manner to create an impression on the minds of audience. All filmic elements such as sound, color, music makes the movie very remarkable. This paper presents a detailed analysis of movie Vertigo, and how director illustrated psychoanalytical issue in an impressive manner.
Vertigo has great influence of 1920’s art and movies that emphasize on imagination and experiments. Vertigo ...

Compare "THE BICYCLE THIEF" and "PAPER MOON"

The Paper Moon and The Bicycle Thief are a production of Frank Marshall and PDS (Produzioni respectively). To begin with, the two films are somewhat similar to each other a number of ways. In the Paper Moon, Moses and Addie are in search of ways of survival throughout their way to Addie’s aunt. Copying from Moses, Addie becomes a con girl claiming the she is Moses’ daughter. Similarly, in The Bicycle Thief, Antonio is in desperate need for work in order to be able to provide for his family. This desperation leads him into acquiring a job in an advertising company but ...

Through Rocket's eyes, the audience sees the birth of the when the poor, underclass were moved to the outskirts of the city. The forced poverty and seclusion led to petty crimes and robbing of trucks the passed through the dirt roads. Everything seems to be innocuous, until suddenly, a very young gang member, Lil Dice commits violent murders in a brothel. The scene shifts, the audience sees drugs and weapons in the film for the first time, and Lil Dice becomes the reigning godfather, Li'l Zé (Leandro Firmino da Hora). Like any film about gangsters, audience can somewhat expect ...

in the Movie “Vénus Noire” by Abdellatif Kechiche

Abstract

Sarah Baartman is not the name known by every person, only a few are aware of the facts about her ordinary but at the same time, tragic life. Among the different sources of getting to know the biography of Sarah Baartman, there is a fabulous feature film "Vénus Noire", which exposes “the Hottentot Venus period” of life of this woman till her death. The film review presented in this paper was influenced by the Africa study. Although the world cinematography covers a wide variety of films dedicated to the race discrimination "Vé ...

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“Modern Family,” is an American sitcom on the ABC network that debuted in 2009. Presented in a documentary style, it entails the normal television acting and that of the cast members talking straight into the camera. The sitcom revolves around the lives of Jay Pritchett, his young wife Gloria, his stepson Manny, and his two grown children, Claire and Mitchell, and their families.
“Modern Family” came into development as a family show. Its intended audience is the family – grandparents, parents, and children. The intended audience also includes young children and great grandparents. It intends to capture the ...

In the process of converting the newspaper article into a film scenario, I would tell the story from the view point of the low level drug dealer from Cork, Sammy. Sammy is luckless stumbling from one disaster to another. He avoids decisions and tries to fix an immediate problem—often with a lie—without considering the long term consequences. When arrested, he lies to avoid prison, convincing the local police that he can hand them a major drug dealer. As the situation rapidly gets out of hand, his lies grow more elaborate as he finds himself at the center of a major sting ...

Films have developed out of dramatic and narrative tradition in which storytelling is used as a central concern. The filmmakers have challenged the manipulative and seductive power of narratives by using playful resistance to the convention of narratives, or by exploring other forms of medium. For example, filmmakers have used the interplays of gesture and rhythm, sound and image rather than relying on character psychology and plot mechanics. However, non-narrative film has a smaller audience than narrative films. A good example is aircraft passengers watching the direction of the nearest exit pointed out by flight attendants, which reminds the audience the ...

Black Swan is a melodrama movie in which shows a passionate intensity, darkly and gloriously bizarre. There are a many things that I like in this movie. However, there are also parts of the movie that I consider as an opportunity to its creator. Primarily, the movie casts are the actors whom I really idolize when it comes to portraying their roles. I like Natalie Portman’s way of representing her character. The reason I like her portrayal in the movie is that she did it in an exceptional way. It could be hard for other actors to portray a shortly heroic character, ...

What makes a blog successful and what made Julie’s blog so outstanding? In general, a blog is intended for a group of people sharing some common thoughts, interests, hobbies, ideas, ideals, etc.
Each blog focuses upon a certain topic or theme. It is its core element and it should be catching, inviting and entertaining. Here Julie did not miscalculate, because food and cooking is what people cannot live without and face every single day. However, French cuisine is very special, fancy and delicate and spices ordinary everyday life. Undoubtedly, she made a very successful and productive choice.
Blog is characterized by ...

The movie Malcolm X (1992) is a seminal cinematic work by the director Spike Lee. The film portrays the journey of Malcolm as he transforms as a man, delving deep into his racial and ethnic identity in the society. One of the best attributes of the film is the director’s achievement in the portraiture of Malcolm’s progression of thinking. The audience can very well comprehend the chronology of incidents and reasoning that led to his stance on the issue of racism.
Malcolm faced a lot in life right from a tender age. His father, a minister, was killed, in all probability ...

Morganton City Council Meeting by June 17, 2013 – Budget Public Hearing

At the beginning of this public hearing, the mayor of the city, Mel Cohen, greets the audience, thanks everyone for the presence and announces the purpose of the meeting, namely the discussion of the presentation of the budget. The elected officials and the advisory committee remind the audience that the topic of the discussion is the increasing tax rate proposal. The mayor asks the citizens to come to the podium one by one and state their complaints. He asks the audience to be attentive to the time limitation, namely 3 minutes for each citizen, and to mention only those ...

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Shakespeare’s Richard III, is a play that has betrayal, murder, power struggles, a little wickedness and, finally, evil; not triumphing at the end.
Although there is a movie based upon the play, the play will be best suited performed in a theater. First of all, the movie was not true to the original text of the play, something that has always been preserved in theater when the play was performed in 1930’s.
Another thing that sets RICHARD III in theater apart from the movie version of the play is the fast pace accumulated throughout the play. However, in ...

Video and Reading Review

Video and Article Review
This analysis will look at two ways of introducing the view on the wresting sports: short film and extensive sport article, both focused on the spectacle aspect of this sport and relations between observers and sportsmen during the performance. While the article “the world of Wrestling” openly states that wrestling is not a sport, but a spectacle, ‘La Lutte’ is the documentary that introduces the roots of the professional wrestling in Montreal, Canada and shows behind the scene preparations as well as actual competition. The structure and scene selection in the movie allow the observes to ...

Rocky is without a doubt one of the greatest films of all time. The 1976 film written by Sylvester Stallone who is also the main star of the film introduced film audiences to one of the most beloved cinema characters of the 20th Century, Rocky Balboa. The greatness of the film is further attested by the set of Oscars that it won at the 1976 Academy Awards. These included the awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Editing.
Rocky is surely a cinematic masterpiece. Flawless writing coupled with excellent cinematography and superb editing and makes the film one of ...

Motion in the basic and simple functions in a movie or artistic work is to break the monotony that could accrue from still scenes. When the actors and actresses move about during the film, it helps the viewer or the audience in general to accept and appreciate newer scenes that would be equally interesting. This is one benefit that the motion has over still scenes and still films, where all the scenes are acted, or role played in a still or stagnant place. The overriding disadvantage of motion is that the viewer or the audience may lose grip and control of ...

Introduction

The film Last Vegas, directed by Jon Turteltaub, was released in 2013. It stars cinematic heavyweights like Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline. Some of these actors, like Kline and Douglas, have faded into general obscurity in recent years, but still have managed to maintain relative clout with their reputations, making this film seem like it was going to be one to remember. Unfortunately, most will probably remember it as one they wish they could forget. The storyline is boring, the jokes are stale, and the material is dull. There are a few redeeming qualities about ...

The animated film Rio 2 that appeared on screens in spring 2014 is a sequel to the infamous and highly successful Rio introduced to the wide public in 2011. The movie’s target audience is the children, although the ratings and reviews showed that the story was greatly appreciated by other age groups, as well. The main characters of the movies stayed the same, while the new plot was supported by the new protagonists and antagonists. The mood of the movie is just as kind and spiritual as the one of the first film. The creators of the movie shared a ...

The 1958 thriller Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is commonly considered to be one of the finest films ever made, and one of the best works of Hitchcock’s career. The tale of a former police officer (James Stewart) who must deal with his issues with heights while also tracking a woman through two different lifetimes, Vertigo is a masterclass in filmmaking’s most subtle and effective techniques, resulting in a work that stands the test of time. Through its innovative use of mise-en-scene, music, performance and more, the film allows for a stunning look into paranoia and duality, raising questions about identity and ...

Invincible

Invincible is a reflection of a true story of Vince Papale who is a 30-year-old part-time bartender and a substitute teacher who signed to play for the Philadelphia eagles when they were in a poor run of form in the 1976. Papale is a better player than most of his neighborhood players. Whenever Papale participates in the matches in a dirty lot that he and his friends consider their field, the team always win but the rest of Papale’s and his buddies lives is a dilapidated. Papale experiences a life characterized with hardships and relationship disappointments and at the age of 30, he realizes that he has ...

Preferred reading is a term in which the director of the movie takes the audience to a message with the codes. Stardust Memories is all about art. When one sees an excellent work of art, it should hold up the audience and take them further into something deep. Even while watching the video more than once, the opinion about Stardust Memories stays the same that it is one of the greatest black and white movies made. ‘Fear of failure’ is the phrase that sums up the entire movie. For any artists, it kills their egos to think that they will fail ...

The film Slumdog Millionaire was directed by Danny Boyle in 2008. This feature movie is 120-minutes length. Though Slumdog Millionaire is a British film it is based on the novel titled Q and A by Indian writer and diplomat Vikas Swarup. The film is aimed to depict a story of a young 18 year-old Indian guy ad what role does destiny and luck play in his life. The movie created a sensation in the year of its screening. Slumdog Millionaire won eight Academy Awards in 2009, including the awards for the Best Picture and Best Director, let alone other prestigious cinematographic contests, where ...

In the play, Twelfth Night, by the stalwart playwright, William Shakespeare, the avid audience comes across the character of Viola who stands out from the rest with her actions, conviction and commitment. She never shows herself to be lovesick and is rather in true love and longs to be with the person whom she has lost her heart for. She faces the brunt of emotions as she falls in love with Orsino. Viola’s character with its depth strikes a chord with the audience.
Viola is a character who dwells in the dichotomy of identity and her journey in the ...

A Soldier’s Story’s is a film that was produced in America in 1984 by an American drama film directed Norman Jewison. The film was developed from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning, A Soldier’s Play. The story’s main themes are racism as well as segregation for a black United States Army battalion with white officers. A black army officer, Howard Rollins, is tasked with the role of investigating the killing of a sergeant Waters based in Louisiana towards the final bit of the Second World War. The case takes place in the interior of Jim Crow South at a time when a ...

12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen’s film, 12 Years a Slave, is an adaptation of the autobiographic novel, Twelve Years a Slave, penned by Solomon Northup. The film documents the life of the protagonist, a free black individual, who is tricked by a duo and sold off as a slave. How Northup bears with the brunt of life and copes up with the drudgeries and torments of slavery evokes the emotion of the audience and quintessentially portrays the evil of slavery which has left a lasting mark in the lives of the community. Chiwetel Ejiofor acts well in the role of the protagonist.
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Film studies:

In An Education it is 1961 in London. We meet a sixteen year old girl who plays the cello called Jenny. After one of her practice sessions it starts raining and she is standing at the bus stop getting rained on. A fancy looking car soon pulls up next to her and the car’s window rolls down. The driver introduces himself. His name is David and claims to share a mutual attraction towards the cello with Jenny. He proceeds to offer Jenny’s cello a ride and claims to be of the notion that Jenny would probably not agree to riding ...

Introduction:

“Run Lola Run” is a movie about a young woman in Germany who has been given twenty minutes to obtain 100,000 Deutschmarks in order to save her boyfriend. It’s a German action movie that takes place on the streets of berlin. It is directed by Tom Tykwer. The main actors in the film are Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu and Herbert Knaup. The aim of this paper is to analyze the film revealing the plot, its dimensions, and various cinematic aspects such as cinematography, editing and use of sound. This review will also reveal the various pros and cons of the ...

The study of irony is rather broad and studying irony in film is as challenging as studying irony in drama or literature. Christopher Guest’s Waiting for Guffman falls in a range of humorist tradition in which small-town culture is treated with irony and nostalgia (Frye 122). Through representations of small-town culture, irony in the film asks the audience where they stand on the issues of meaning, knowledge, subjectivity and values. Waiting for Guffman is full of implicit and ironic messages, and the goal of this critical analysis is to give thoughtful consideration to them.
The film does not ...

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In his movies, The Birds (1963) and Psycho (1960), Alfred Hitchcock has been able to successfully depict how dysfunctional families are responsible for giving birth to a personality that is not one that can align with the normal people in the society. In The Birds, Alfred has terrifyingly depicted how the birds could take on the characteristics of human. He revealed their ability to commit such acts that were both violent and destructive in nature. The audience could see that the birds were shown to do brutal things to the power imbalance problem solved. It can ...

Introduction

Lion king is a musical theatre play produced by Disney Film Company in 1994.this was the original play that was produced by Disney Film Company; however, there was a screenplay version of it that was later released by the same company. Therefore, I agree that the original version released in 1994 was theatrical.
Secondly, the way the original play was written describes the whole play and justifies the point that it is a theatrical play. The play style of writing involves a prologue, act one, and act two and for that reason it justifies the point that it is theatrical (Farndon 2000 ...

In the film, My Darling Clementine Ford uses a number of stylistic devices such as lighting, setting, and costume and camera position to create curiosity, suspense, and surprise within his audience. Suspense is largely created not by the events of that time but by the contrast of the characters. The director therefore, uses stylistic devices to bring out the character contrast and the element of cause and effect in the narrative so as to enhance suspense.
In the film the issue of conflict is a family affair there is a constant conflict between Clantons and Earps which is very evident in ...

Film Studies

Films have been something that has been part of man’s society ever since they were created. In this course there have been many films that were watched and assessed. Some stood out more than other and some were even worse or better than other. Many things were learned such as the art that goes into these movies and not to mention other elements such the dialogue, cinematography and sound. Of course, the actors cannot be overlooked because without them, there is not movie. With that said, the researches have picked three films to raise questions, trace motifs, and ...

No other American film auteur in the modern era has had a greater impact on the industry than Steven Spielberg. The man who created E.T. and Jurassic Park has personalized the art of filmic storytelling to a greater extent than any other director. In fact, it could be argued that Spielberg has so popularized the auteurist tradition that directors who have been inspired by the Indiana Jones movies and Poltergeist believe putting their personal stamp on a movie represents the height of the director’s art, the norm rather than the exception. Contributions from the great European directors of Francois Truffaut’s ...

Film Studies

The individual films by Howard Hawks were celebrated by intelligent critics by later 1920s an onwards (Hillier and Wollen 1). He was one of the most brilliant Hollywood directors in his generation, where there is little written about him. One of the greatest masterpieces of Hawks is the Big Sleep. The book written by David Thomson is an affirmation that this film has become one of the greatest movies of all time and how he gushes that the film was exquisitely directed, with superb script, fine cast and magnificent cinematography. Thomson was able to vividly shed light on the ...

Memento is a 2000 psychological thriller film directed by renowned Hollywood director Christopher Nolan. Also produced by Nolan, the movie is actually adapted from a short story titled “Memento Mori” written by Jonathan Nolan, his younger sibling.
The lead character named Leonard is played by Guy Pearce. He stars as a man suffering form short term memory loss and who is on a mission to avenge the rape and death of his wife. Apart from moving into vengeance direction, the movie tries to create a picture on some of the factors that push people to do certain acts.
Leonard memory loss came ...

Simon Schama’s The Power of Art portrays the quintessence of various artists, one being Caravaggio, and the painful scorn and incomprehension the artists faced during their lifetime. The episode portraying Caravaggio in the television serious by the BBC chronicles the several interesting aspects of the artist’s works.
In the opening episode of the series, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s impeccability of ‘transgression’ is portrayed. The artist had paramount ability to portray scenes from Biblical history expressing the divine infusion of God’s grace. The Pope and the cardinals of the Roman catholic Church found these pieces ...

Silent comedy is an acting style that was invented after the development of film technology. Movie writers employed prominence on visual and physical factor to bring out the humor in the movies. They helped entertain the audience. The most common tactics of the great era were sound tracks to match the movements, and sounds emanating from exaggerated violence (DeMain 2012). They were generally recognized as slapstick. Good examples are sounds made after someone was hit with a stick, running water, or being hit with a pie on the face. In addition were the mimes. Here, an actor had to use body ...

- The 1996 film “Romeo + Juliet” directed by Baz Luhrmann modernizes the classic drama by using more urban scenery instead of the more traditional Elizabethan/Renaissance scenery of earlier “Romeo and Juliet” adaptations. For example at the moment when Romeo and Juliet meet, their eyes meet through an aquarium in amidst of a costume party. Although the room is modernistic it reflects the original scene when the couple meets at a costume ball. The aquarium scene captures the magic of love and expresses the theme that even though they are so close they are still kept apart. The glass is a metaphor for ...

Moonchildren

The play moonchildren are a comic play in two acts by Michael Weller. The play is produced by Zelda Fichandler and directed by Alan Schneider. The play is acted in the Royal Court theatre. The play qualifies to be a successful movie as evident in its stage production; Marjorie selection of costumes is excellent, and the play lighting done by Vance Sorrells is appropriate and is used in an appropriate manner which makes the play more comical. The work of Weller is perceived to be “seminal work” it is an attractive work which have stood the test of time. Although, the ...

Movie Review: Maid in Manhattan

1. Brief Review and Summary of the Movie
The movie entitled “Maid in Manhattan” stars Jennifer Lopez as Marisa Ventura, the hotel maid, who was mistakenly thought of as a socialite by a senatorial candidate played by Ralph Fiennes and whose role was Christopher Marshall . The hotel maids were depicted as Latinas and the possibility of rising beyond their positions were deemed slim, if not out rightly impossible.
2. Assessment of the Overall Message/Intent of the Film
The overall message that was intended in the film was that despite being typecast as a hotel maid, through exemplary performance, they ...

- What is the title of the film, what (brief summary) is it about (subject, topic)?
The film is entitled Inside Job. A documentary film made in 2010, Inside Job garnered praise and recognition for its creative, accurate, and enlightening narrative of the 2008 economic crisis. The film traces the roots of the problem through an introductory example of Iceland, whose attempts to expand the economy through deregulation policies backfired – particularly on the financial sector. It is later explained that Iceland was not the only country who tried to use deregulation as a tactic and failed. The story ...

This paper intends to discus two movies, ‘Shutter Island’ and ‘Black Swan’. Both the movies are successful films and gained wide acclamations. Martin Scorsese has directed ‘Shutter Island’ while ‘Black Swan’ is a Darren Aronofsky directed movie. The paper further talks about similarities as well differences between these two movies and several related aspects of these movies.
Insanity is a common issue in both the movies and has been portrayed by the directors in their movies in different forms. Characters of both movies, Shutter Island as well as Black Swan, depicts the evolution of insanity in their behavior. The pitch ...

Takashi Miike's 1999 film Audition is an artful yet horrifying tale of a mild-mannered widower (Ryo Ishibashi) who, in his attempts to find a new wife, falls for a young woman Asami Yamasaki) who is far more than meets the eye. Miike's signature dreamlike mise-en-scene, complete with moody and atmospheric cinematography and strong, vulnerable performances from both leads, creates a twisted romance/revenge film that strongly addresses issues of gender roles and divisions within relationships, particularly as they are applied to Japanese culture. The film explores and critiques notions of romanticism normally found in modern romantic dramas, as the representation of relationships and sexuality in ...

Reservoir Dogs, the 1992 independent gangster film that saw Quentin Tarantino's first foray into feature filmmaking, is a rousing tour de force of exploitation-level machismo, hip '90s nostalgia-cool and strong, theatrical performances. The film follows a group of color-coded gangsters as they fulfill Joe Cabot's (Laurence Tierney) orders to rob a jewelry store. Though the film shows the plight of various members of the gang before and after the heist, the heist itself is not shown. This treatment of time lends the film its incredible sense of urgency, energy, and desperation, as the audience is thrown into an unknown situation right along with ...

For a movie to be classified as queer cinema, it has to follow under three main categories. The three main categories are: first the film maker has to be a gay or a lesbian. Secondly, the movie’s content has to portray issues related to lesbians or gays. Thirdly the movies’ audience should be mostly a queer audience that is characterized by gays or lesbians.
It has been conventionally known that only gays or lesbians should direct queer movies. Contrary, a director Ang Lee have been involved in production of gays and lesbian movies for over ten years and yet he is a straight ...

In Ridley Scott’s 1982 science-fiction film Blade Runner, the detailed world that provides the film with its setting is created and filmed in a unique and interesting way. The setting is Los Angeles in the far-flung future of 2019, where corporations rule the world and synthetic humans called replicants have been outlawed. The film follows bounty hunter Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) as he is ordered to hunt down several replicants who have escaped to Earth. The care taken in the creation of the world of Blade Runner, in combination with the abstract, breathtaking story, creates a visual and cultural futurist’ ...

Music forms part of life. While most music is for entertainment, it may also contain moral teachings and also used to pas on culture. Instruments and instrumentals are vital in any music as they give the flow and also create tempo for music. This is especially so with jazz music. Among the music writers of the twentieth century, Count Basie and his band were prolific and renowned for their production one o’clock jump. He played piano when they were recording this song that was a hit for half a century. Its popularity led to the production of the two o’ ...

This Darren Aronofsky classic has left many a critic dumbfounded, not just after watching the movie for the first time, but even after the second, third or even tenth views of this film. The sheer techniques used in Requiem for a Dream hits the audience with so hard a punch that they are left dazed for a few moments, wondering what had hit them, before finally recovering their composure. Perhaps people would have been less horrified by the vivid imagery of this film had Aronofsky classified it as a “Horror Film”. But horror films do not make it to the Oscars, do they? In ...

Captivating is the word I would describe the movie, Saving Private Ryan. The movie is a masterpiece that lacks adequate words to describe itself. The movie is indelible and searing leaving an imprint on every soul that get a chance to watch the movie. No one can ever forget the work of Stephen Spielberg on this movie. Spielberg leaves a memory that we cannot forgot. The first thirty minutes in the movie are one of the finest cinematic forces capturing the audience. The movie shows how soldiers encounter the deadly Normandy invasions. The beginning is brilliant in technique and generating viewers’ reaction. ...

The values and attitudes that the Thomson ad appeals to are wisdom, pleasure, happiness, a comfortable life, well-being, relationships, and personal happiness. These values and attitudes mean making the most of one’s time, but in a peaceful way that places experience and spending time with family and friends over the bustle and rush of everyday life. Although the speaker is a child, the target audience is adults with families. The audience is at least of an age of having children or even grandchildren, and it can be either male or female. The scenery of the ad is luxurious, so the socio-economic ...

In Zack Snyder's film adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel 300, a group of Spartans, led by Leonidas (Gerard Butler) engage on a bloody and patriotic campaign of destruction in order to defend Sparta from the oppressive, mercurial and mythic Persians, led by Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). In this film, the value of community responsibility is placed above all else, as the 300 Spartans are tasked with the ultimate defense of their homeland without fail. Many instances of mythological symbolism occur in the film; Leonidas kicking the messenger down what seems to be a bottomless well, after declaring "THIS IS SPARTA!" is ...

This movie employs an intensely defective character that makes him remain seriously popular among action movie lovers. Despite all the faults, he remains largely rational and combines faultless logic with enthusiastic scrutiny, accompanied with impressive attention to details. This is the core of the movie; finding resolutions to situations by relying on instincts and scrutiny.This article looks at the movie plot with regarding to adoption of the source materials and science in the 19th century.The movie regards Holmes’ face to face with monsters that would otherwise invade London.
The plot in the movie revolves around the advent of ...

Movie Review-Hamlet, with Mel Gibson

Juliet, Othello, Taming of the Shrew), the authenticity of the setting is most crucial for

capturing and engaging the audience’s attention for the entirety of the play. Zeffirelli has

chosen a twelfth-century Welsh castle to be the setting of the Royal Castle of Elsinor in

Denmark. Its ramparts, round towers, dark hallways and twisting stairs are the imagery

needed to uncover King Hamlet’s murder and to weave Hamlet’s elaborate plan to exact

his full revenge upon those responsible.

Shakespeare plays are not meant to be read silently but to be performed, with the

flow of the language, ...

The past is both a wonderful and horrific thing for the characters in Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Scorsese's Hugo. Hugo Cabret himself, in both versions, enjoys remembering his past with his father - they were happy inventors who did things together and generally enjoyed their time together, making them happy memories. Rebuilding the automaton, continuing his father's work, is Hugo's way of reliving the past and pushing away the fact that he is an orphan; that Uncle Claude is unloving (and has been missing for some time); and that he is all alone.

Georges Melies' past, on ...

The story of the fictional guitarist Emmet Ray, in the film Sweet and Lowdown, traces the path that so many artists take in pursuit of their craft; it is not just fictional artists like Ray who leave a wake of tragedy behind them. Rather, there are artists in just about every genre, from the writer Poe to the painter Pollock to the musician Presley who have lost control of their own lives, ending up following their own pride to tragedy. Ray’s gifts are more than apparent on the stage, but he blows through money, uses woman after woman, and ...

The basic premise behind Director Judd Apatow’s comedy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, is obvious from its title: its main character, Andy (Steve Carell), is still a virgin and his friends at work want to help him remedy that “problem” by attempting various schemes to help him lose his virginity. As with other comedies, Andy experiences many pitfalls, embarrassing moments, and humiliating situations before finally marrying an understanding woman, Trish (Catherine Keener), and having his first sexual encounter with her.
A good comedy is difficult to make, but because the directing and acting in the movie is superb, The 40-Year-Old ...

Japanese horror films through the years had made astounding contribution to the movie industry and to the horror genre in particular. One of the notable directors of great Japanese horror flicks is Kurosawa Kiyoshi who is often compared to Andrei Tarkovsky and Stanley Kubrick in terms of directing style and influence. Most of his films are focused on ho a general society affects an individual and how the society also reacts to adverse irrational and disintegrated social mechanisms. Japanese horror movies are not typical to the usual western made fright movies. As observed from many western horrors movies, they incorporate ...

Musical Style List

1. Demonic
2. Metal
3. Rock

Composers

1. Low Shoulder
2. Panic at the Disco

Plot Summary

The story revolves on the two girls who were also best friends. They became best friends when they were in secondary school. One night, Jennifer and Anita entered a club where a live band performs. After the show, the members of the band started to seduce Jennifer. Jennifer on the other hand likes one of the guys from the band so after thinking twice about it, she left her friend Anita and headed on to the woods with the guys despite being asked by ...

Assignment: Historical Accuracy in Hollywood Movies based on true stories.

A. What reasons do your authors give to explain the historical inaccuracies in the films? Give an example from one of the articles.

The director James Cameron seemed to be working against himself in putting together the movie “The Titanic.” As the reviewer notes he carefully tried to portray the sets and rituals of Victorian society but then he used a script that showed a contemporary view of the appropriateness of . . . making love? having sex?. . . with a stranger. On top of that all the fine historical clothing was flooded so no one could ever use it again. I think the director had ...

1. In which way did the Big Eight dominate by the late 1930's the "Big Eight" the domestic and foreign markets? Please provide some examples.
In the 1930’s, the Big Eight managed to control all of the markets through taking control of every aspect of filmmaking, from creation to distribution and selling. These companies managed to maintain a foothold over the entire filmmaking industry, allowing them to reap most of the profit. They also made sure that the first-run theatres were run by them, as it determined how a film did overall. This led to higher salaries and paychecks ...

The 2005 film, Constantine explores the ideas of heaven and hell and their impact on the day to day lives of the people on Earth. In terms of its success, the film was, financially, a big one and took a total of $230,884,728 at the box office. However, it was greeted by a mixed reaction from critics and audiences alike – this was largely due to the film being based on a popular comic book series entitled Hellblazer. The film tells the story of John Constantine, a man who is able to see demons and angels at work on Earth and takes on ...