Socialism Movie Reviews Samples For Students

In the 1985 film Kiss of the Spider Woman, a political prisoner and an effeminate gay man live out their stay in an Argentinian prison. Both of these characters have their own demons to overcome, but their imprisonment is a result of their government's dissatisfaction with their activities. In this way, their struggles are very representative of the trials and tribulations these same kinds of people encountered in Brazilian culture at the time, but in many ways it is a dramatic departure.

Luis Molina, the effeminate gay man, was imprisoned because of his homosexuality; the military dictatorship that ruled until the year ...

Good Bye, Lenin

“Everything begins with Marx, continues on with Lenin, and ends with the refrain, Welcome, Mr. Brezhnev”, says the classics of critical theory. How come socialist revolutions begin with bright slogans and promises of the emancipation of every social group but soon end up with Stasi, KGB, Gulags, economic stagnation and deep coma? Why does it need the Wall to be built to prevent the people not from the intervention but from escaping if, by theory, everything is made in sake of people’s happiness? The destinies of the characters of Good Bye Lenin movie (like many of people from ...

11th July, 2011

Sociological Movie Analysis: Passion of the Christ

Introduction

The film viewed is called “Passion of the Christ.” Mel Gibson presents the passion which is known by Christians as the sacred crucifixion of their Lord and Savior by Jews who did not accept him as the messiah. The major plot and characters were deducted from accounts given in the gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Scenes included Sermon on the Mount; Mary Magdalene and the last supper. (Passion of the Christ)
The predominant sociological perspective as espoused by the author is religion. In this discussion Functionalist theory of Herbert Spencer and Talcott Parson ...

The Name of the Class

Cross-Cultural Experiences in the movie “Outsourced”
The customs and cultures of India were developed by the country’s traditions that date back almost a few thousands of years. The significance most of these cultural behavior and traditions have in the people of India can be elusive to the average American. For instance, the picture of Kaali (the goddess of destruction), carrying the severed head of a man, hung on the wall of Todd’s (the protagonist) bedroom, is quite a disconcerting picture for the average American. But in India, it is a picture of relief. Similarly, the intermittent animal ( ...

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 ...

Under the Bombs a movie filmed in 2007 right at the end of the Lebanon War in 2006. It was directed by Philippe Aractingi - a Franco-Lebanese filmmaker.
In the midsummer 2006, the war broke out between Lebanon and Israel. The director of the film, Philippe Aractingi was not able to shoot everything adequately and decided to grab his camera and to shoot everything off the cuff, with no script whatsoever, creating the story in his head. After 10 days, he finished his creation – a 97 minutes movie called “Under The Bombs”, a story where only 2 actors were used – the rest ...

Jagte Raho is a black and white film which describes the lifestyle of a villager who had travelled in an urban city full of evil acts. The film takes place over one long, bizarre night in a block apartment in the midst of the city. Raj Kapoor, a thirty villager, was seeking for water to quench his thirst. When heading to the direction with piped water in an apartment, he is hastily spotted and suspected of being a burglar. The accusations makes the villager run dearly for his life and hide in the safest apartments. In the process, Kapoor ...

Watching the film offers inspiration and enlightenment on doing something within set personal goals. The setting is at Welton Academy located in Vermont. The school presents a traditional set-up of a boy’s preparatory school. The film represents events that took place in 1959. During the period, the school has not received external pressure to admit young black students. Further, it represents the perceptions of young white scholars who have access to a vast wealth. The film revolves around an alumnus of the institution and seeks to return as an English teacher. His style shakes up the institution due to the enthusiasm ...

The “Best of Both Worlds” has two storylines adapted from Star Trek: The Next Generation, American science fiction television series. It aims to describe the struggle between the two opposing factions, the Enterprise and the Borg. The Borg intends to conquer Earth, whereas the Enterprise is determined to prevent the Borg from accomplishing this. Before the cube can reach Earth, the Enterprise can destroy the Borg’s protective shield, leaving it/them vulnerable to attack and, therefore, increasing the Enterprise’s chance of success in preventing it/them from conquering Earth. This paper will analyze the second thesis in Cohen's Monster ...

The “Best of Both Worlds” consists of two storylines adapted from Star Trek: The Next Generation, an American science fiction television series. It aims to explain the struggle between the two opposing factions, the Enterprise and the Borg. The Borg intend to conquer Earth, whereas the Enterprise is determined to prevent the Borg from accomplishing this. Before the cube is able to reach Earth, the Enterprise is able to destroy the Borg’s protective shield, leaving it vulnerable to attack and therefore increasing their chance of success in preventing it from conquering Earth. This paper will analyze how the ...

Seven Days in May

Some individuals are concerned about the increasing activity that is OccupyWallStreet. In our own town, there are even some individuals demonstrating here, and individuals are concerned, especially those in power and authority. Some that fear think that the individuals protesting have an issue with capitalism and how it performs. Some that fear think that the individuals protesting strategy on overthrowing government and changing it with socialism, or what they think is socialism. As a news reporter, the writer cannot say one way or the other- the writer can only notice and recommend a film to motivate further believed.
An American ...

In Leni Riefenstahl’s 1935 documentary Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens), the Nazi propaganda was often very subtle rather than simply crude, clumsy and heavy-handed and was designed to make Nazism look appealing. Her boss in this endeavor was Dr. Josef Goebbels who became Reich Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment after the Nazis took power in 1933. He had rapidly brought the mass media, radio, filmmaking, theater, book publishing and the arts under its control. All Jews and persons deemed politically unreliable were expelled from these professions, while writers, artists and journalists who cooperated with the ...

Feminism in Movies: Just Wright

Introduction

Decades after Mary Wollstonecraft began the suffrage movement, women’s liberation is in its third wave and has changed its style with feminists shedding the image of bra-burning activists to one of “the woman on the top” (Britannica Encyclopedia). According to prolific feminist studies writer Susan J. Douglas, as advocated by the British female pop group, Spice Girls, feminism has become a dirty word, and girl power has become the acceptable way to think and speak of strong women (2010). Feminists are no longer women clad in baggy clothes striving for better recognition and respect for their gender. In the ...