Representation Movie Reviews Samples For Students

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Although decades of numerous incarnations have slightly diminished the stature of the vampire, the horror, seductiveness and mystery associated with it remains. Over the years, several themes have been associated with the vampires depicted in various films. The dominant metaphorical representations have been animal appetite, sex, evil and venereal disease. In F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, the vampire, unlike those in similar films, is unattractive and ghastly yet the fascination that grips those around him is remarkably disturbing. In this context, several metaphors emerge. This paper presents the metaphoric functions of the vampire in the film Nosferatu.
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Both films are a representative of a historical period and developments that took place in the 20th century. However, a biopic movie, Chaplin, represents historical period and transformation better compared to the Searcher. This is because; Chaplin has a larger transition of duties and livelihood from the young age to old age and prosperity (Burr 2). This allows the viewers to follow the development process and hence, the historical period is vividly presented. In the film Chaplin, we see Chaplin taking over his mother's duty in stage and growing to become a director in Hollywood. Chaplin involves himself so ...

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Science fiction and disaster films often must take dramatic liberties with science and truth in order to serve a greater narrative purpose; events are compressed, effects are exaggerated, and realism and physics are thrown out the window in order to provide greater drama and spectacle (Revkin, 2004). In the movie The Day After Tomorrow, directed by Roland Emmerich in 2004, the world is subjected to global disasters brought about by climate change. The effects are myriad; global cooling sets New York in a coating of ice and freezing temperatures, glaciers crack and separate, and a “superstorm” is said to cause rapid climate ...

Directed, produced and written by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, 'Miss Representation' is an American Documentary film that brings out the farcical reality of women empowerment with only 17% women as elected officials in Congress and 7% as directors in Hollywood movies. The mainstream media projects women as a showpiece who needs to fit into certain parameters to look beautiful and sexy and the image of women thus created breeds an overpowering notion in the minds of young women and men that the value and power of a woman lay in her sensuality, youth and beauty and not in her ability to be a ...

Question 1: Use of Yacoubian Building as a Metaphorical of Egyptian Society

This building and the tenant that lived for the longest period have been used metaphorically to describe the nature of the Egyptian society. To start with, it is located in the downtown part of Cairo and actually exists. The fact that the building exist in reality is a metaphorical representation of the contemporary Egyptian society. On the other hand, the fact that it is located in the downtown is an indication of unification of people. The downtown part of Cairo comprises of people from diverse backgrounds such that it reflects the true metropolitan nature of the Egyptian society. In ...

The issue of feminism in the film industry is a common topic for controversial discussions. Many writers are more popular than others because of the ways in which feminism surfaces as the driving force behind their presentations. Feminism can be classified as a social movement that has created an enormous impact on culture of film, the theories of films and the critical reviews of films. A number of films represent the myths that reveal ideas on women and their femininity. In addition, there are films that speak to men and their masculinity. The issues of representation and spectatorship form ...

For André Bazin, the famous film critic and theorist from France, cinemas were a realist medium. This is why majority of film theorists would perhaps argue that that if he got a look at the computer-animated film WALL·E (2008) by Disney/Pixar, he would turn over in his grave. His theories revolved around the notion that there is always a mummy complex underlying the origin of any form of art, including cinema. Bazin’s notion suggests that art struggles to immortalize the mortal, to preserve the physical existence on screen. According to Bazin, the medium that eliminates most of the distance between ...

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe is a documentary that follows the life of a radical-leftist attorney. However, the captivating and incendiary film is also based on the tragic form of liberal guilt. The movie revolves around the numerous cases that Kunstler was involved with until his demise. The film depicts William Kunstler as the passionate defender of the American people’s civil rights, earning him the reputation through defending a majority of the controversial defendants during the 20th Century. In Kunstler’s profession, he defended the American Indian Movement, Chicago 8, the Attica Prison rioters, the Freedom Riders, and ...

Miss Representation is a documentary film from 2011 directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom and it deals with the representation of women in the society and about the expectations that are thrown upon them. These women are supposed to look and behave in a certain way prescribed by the society and they are not allowed to have the freedom of mind and are not entitled to self-expression. There are roles which are women are supposed to be seen in and this kind of order in the society is not supposed to be violated by free-thinking women, not to mention feminists.
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Hayao Miyazaki’s works have been critically acclaimed in Japan, as well as in the Western world, with his Spirited Away winning an Academy Award and becoming the first Japanese animation film to do so. Miyazaki’s works immerse the audience in fantasy worlds, created by the imagination of the director. What connects all these worlds together is the fact that they are set in the past, in relation to the present time, and possess a high degree of traditional Japanese culture infused in the backgrounds, characters and overall mood. Spirited Away is not an exception; however, it is ...

The Pursuit Of Happiness Summary

Movie is a form of art just like literature, music and paintings but movie is much beyond that. Movie is a pictorial representation of a story one reads in a book. Movie is an expression of life in motion as one sees in paintings. Movie is a medley of colors and sound which provide a gateway to its audience from all the worries of life for a short while. Movie is a means of escape from the reality of life to find solace in something more cheerful. During Great Depression when people were bogged down with the distressing economic condition of the country, many Americans find something ...

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1979’s Apocalypse Now is one of the most significant films which emerged from the Vietnam War period. The movie is based on Heart of Darkness, a book by Joseph Conrad (Syn 1). The story revolves around the character of Benjamin Willard, who is tasked with the duty of killing Colonel Walter Kurtz, who has gone rogue in the Cambodian jungles. The accuracy of the movie in depicting the actual happenings of the Vietnam War has been a subject of extensive debate. Francis Ford Coppola, the producer and director of the film asserts that Apocalypse Now is not just about Vietnam ...

Throughout history, Bollywood films have illustrated a representation of women in India in various forms. Arguably, it is certain that Bollywood films comprise of gender-based stereotypes. The female characters, situations, and plots concerning women in Indian films have been steered by stereotypical ideologies. Across the globe, extensive research had indicated that Indian films top the list of undermining women. Moreover, a sample survey established that Indian females, for an extended period of time, have portrayed females in sexualized roles. It is well-known that the notion of objectifying women on the screen has been a conspicuous issue that the films ...

The kids TV analysis is based on the cartoon programme “adventure time” which was aired on April 16th 2016. The code title for this episode thirty of season seven is “Lady Rainicorn of the Crystal Dimension”. The episode is set on T.V finding a hidden box which draws attention from Rainicorn. The episode is set in a green environment, showing the importance of conserving the nature. Children are made to realize the beauty that is created by the green environment. The plot is continuous and changes as the episode progresses. As the episode proceeds it is evident that the ...

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The American Revolutionary War was a turning point in the history of the United States of America. It signified the independence of America from the British colonizers. The war surrounding this independence of America has been featured in films such as The Patriot. Through such films, everyone can learn about historical wars that shaped the future of the United States (Ansen 58). However, the questions that arise from such movies as The Patriot is if they are truly historically accurate in their character depiction, scenery and weapons that were used, what the film got right and what it got ...

The fourth season of Ryan Murphy’s FX anthology horror series American Horror Story, subtitled Freak Show, resets its rotating cast of regular actors into a new setting – that of a fictionalized freak show in 1960s Florida. The series capitalizes on the overarching cultural discourse of freaks throughout 20th century media and culture, particularly inspired by the depiction of freaks in Tod Browning’s Freaks and Herk Harvey’s film Carnival of Souls. Over the course of the series, however, the freaks (many of whom are played by people with the actual disabilities and deformities they purport to have) ...

Violent and non-violent tactics used by the FLN to wage its campaign in Algiers and the impacts that they had

The Battle of Algiers is a movie based on the 1954 – 1962 Algerian War. The battle was characterized by blood and turmoil, meaning that the obvious tactic employed was the violent kind. One of them was the killing of the police officers in the French army.
Despite the prevalence of the extreme techniques, the FNL are known to have adopted some non-techniques. One of them was mass emigration, which saw the Algerians move from the French colonies in large numbers. In addition, the chose mute resistance as another non-confrontational approach to the rule. They declined to enroll in the ...

In 1920, Oscar Micheaux directed the release of an American silent film known as Within our Gates. The film portrayed the existence of racial discrimination and prejudice in the early 20th century. The film is also regarded as a race film, and it was produced during the era of Jim Crow, the Great Migration of the Blacks to Northern and Midwest Cities, and the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan. The director incorporated massive stereotypes that are associated with the black people in the US. The paper will entail a detailed analysis of Within our Gates film by providing ...

The issue of media impact on devaluing woman and influencing how females see themselves from a very young age is a very pressing one, as it chases us even in the tiniest details of our everyday life. In todays world, we get most of the information from the Internet, television, newspapers: and all seem to have a distorted view on what a woman is, considering her not a multi-dimensional human being, but rather a sex object, whose purpose is limited to satisfying men needs. Naturally, they spread this view, as it is what the media was created for – spreading ...

World War II was a time in which many people experienced destruction and depression. Throughout the world there was killing and the unforgettable deeds done by a man named Adolf Hitler. Schindler’s List is a movie in which portrays one man’s influence on the war and his actually influence on saving the lives of so many Jews. This paper looks to discuss World War II briefly so there is a better understanding of the war but also a detailed look at the movie of Schindler’s List. Oscar Schindler is the main character in the movie that was mainly pursuing the work ...

This report is focused on a clip from the film “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” (CTHD). This film released in 2000 is a creation of a prominent producer Ang Lee, known to broad public for the filmography including “Life of Pi” and “Brokeback Mountain”. The film’s overall plot centers on the student-teacher relationship between a criminal martial artist, Jade Fox, and her student Jen who was the daughter of a government official. Li Mu-Bai, a Wudang sword master, and Shu-Lien, owner of a large estate in the area, play the two leading roles. The journey of these heroes cross when Jen steals a sword that Mu-Bai had ...

At the point when a youthful lady named Meryem (Özgü Namal) was assaulted, her town custom obliges that she was murdered in place for the disrespect to be erased from her crew. A junior man named Cemal (Murat Han), the child of the town pioneer, is given the undertaking yet ultimately he has questions. The pair goes on the run, emulated close behind by nearby hooligans expectation on murdering the young lady. Fortunately enough, Cemal and Meryem get together with an appealing man named Irfan, an ex-college educator who is leaving on a cruising outing, and needs a group. Appears Irfan tries ...

After Princess Moanna of the underworld kingdom dies after a memory loss from the blinding rays of the sun, her father foresees she will come to life again. Parallel in 1943, in a Fascism-infected Spain, arrives Ofelia, and her mother Carmen to meet Captain Vidal; Carmen`s new husband and father of her unborn child. Vidal is fanatically against the republicans and rebels. Vidal`s housekeeper, Mercedes, is an active rebel himself.
A large insect appears in Ofelia`s bedroom, and transforms itself into a fairy. The fairy leads Ofelia into an ancient Labyrinth where Ofelia meets the faun. The faun, ...

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The politics of racial representation has always manifested itself in most of the films or shows present in the media scene. According to social scientists, there exist different forms of racism. This includes racism defined in the context of modernism and the traditional racism of segregation. In the traditional perspective, the black Americans were always portrayed to be non-civilized, they only belonged to the fields and the offices were meant for the whites in the United States of America. In addition, it is evident that most of the films have portrayed the black Americans as violent in most episodes. ...

Documentary Review of Person of Interest (2004)
The Persons of Interest is an educative politically oriented documentary that explores the plight of the Arabs and Muslim Americans in a biased mainstream society. The perception towards the individuals of these cultures changed considerably especially after the 9/11 tragic experience. The movie highlights the stereotypic attitude assumed by the mainstream American community that subjects the Arabs and Muslim Americans to serious discriminations. The producer of the film attempts to challenge some of these stereotypic assumptions by showing how they are often misinformed. The US government assumed a generalized position towards individuals of ...

The history of American Latino films in the United States is generally considered to begin with Luis Valdez 1981’s Zoot Suit. Since that time, a large number of dedicated screenwriters and directors have embarked on the production of such films, some through Hollywood and others through independent routes.
One distinct characteristic that has been conspicuous in most of the American films has been the use of stereotypes and comedy to explore the culture of different Latino groups and also deal with the issue of immigration from Central and South American nations into the United States (Barrera 45). Most ...

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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Set in the timeframe of 1981, ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ is based on the real life story of Chris Gardner who ascended from a destitute to a stock market magnate. Cast in the role of Gardner, Will Smith did an astounding job in essaying the character to perfection. The movie bagged many accolades and awards upon its release in 2006. The most notable one was the Academy Award rewarded to Will Smith for best male actor. The opening scene gives a glimpse of the phrase ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ as mentioned by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence that the Americans are ...

The Middleton Family Visits the 1939 World’s Fair

This is a 1939 film which was directed by Robert S. Snody. The film is a depiction of a middle class family from Indiana which had visited the New York World’s Fair in 1939. The New York World’s Fair was meant to show case the positive prospects of the future in the American corporate world. The Middletons are the object of this depiction and display. The family visits the Westinghouse building only despite the event exhibiting a wide range of other exhibitions. The family visits the Battle of the centuries, the Scientific Playground, the television display, the Hall of Power, the ...

The immigration dilemma in the United States dates back to the time immemorial. Many of those who immigrate to the US do so in search of greener pastures, which they believe to find in the United States. In many cases, people immigrate due to suffering and dissatisfaction with their countries of origin. This may be as a result of war, famine or other inevitable factors. However, many of them end up facing unexpected challenges. Edward Park gives an insight into the dilemma faced by immigrants in the article Friends or Enemies: Generational Politics, in the Korean American Community. The challenges ...

According to James Snead, marking, mythification and omission happens to be the three common devices which get applied by filmmakers to consign blacks to obscurity on screen. Snead postulates that, when these three devices get employed on screen, they succeed in showing the little significance of blacks (Snead 4). Therefore, this paper shall examine four films, which tend to support Snead’s ramifications; these four films are; “cabin in the sky”, “a raisin in the sun”, “nothing but a man” and a “killer of sheep”. Taking a closer look at these films will end u revealing the use of the three devices mentioned ...

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 ...