Essays on Cinema

1. Jiro Dreams of Sushi In this documentary, acclaimed sushi chef Jiro is shown working in his small restaurant in a subway station. Having been the recipient of three Michelin stars, Jiro is still shown to be dedicated to his craft, always seeking perfection and never being satisfied with what he has. The documentary delves into the expectations placed on his son, as well as briefly into the phenomenon of overfishing in the Pacific Ocean, while also providing mouthwatering footage of the sushi Jiro prepares.

2. Rashomon This film follows the attempt to figure out the culprit ...

Ideology in Art and Popular Culture

Every film behaves in either positive or negative manner and therefore, offers an explicit or implied ideology. Every film has incline that is based on the sense used by director about right and wrong—an ideological perspective privileging specific institutions, cultures and characters. Films are products marketed to the public and film-making includes a predisposition that most people would respond in roughly identical or parallel ways to material. Films can be divided on the basis of their ideology such as neural, implicit and explicit. Neutral films are escapist and light entertainment that emphasizes on pleasure, action and entertainment values for ...

Introduction

Were one to attempt and define the general element in all films by Yasujiro Ozu, he/she would realize that this star had an eye for the human tales about everyday life. In deciding to capture this quality, he used various genres and their dialogues to highlight the specific points that he was trying to put across. Although perceived by some as being a filmmaker with a weakness for slow moving, conservatively lensed films, the certainty proves to be far dissimilar. Whereas it is true that he has mainly made dramas, in the “Good Morning” film, Ozu demonstrates that he is a skilled ...

Reginald Rose was born on 10 December, 1920 and died on 19 April, 2002. He was an American writer of both film and television, and was known for addressing contentious subjects through his work.

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Rose was born in Manhattan, and attended Townsend Harris High School. He then, for a short time, attended City College which is now part of the City University of New York. In 1942 Rose went on to serve the U.S. Army until 1946, in which he qualified as a first lieutenant.

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In 1950, Rose sold his first teleplay, which was called Bus To Nowhere. He sold it ...

Introduction

The film, City of God, provides a broad perspective over which a number of issues can be drawn. A story is told of a generation of children trying to survive in one of the biggest slums in Rio de Janeiro in the sixties and the seventies. Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund direct the movie the city of God. The main character in the movie is Li’IZe. At a tender age, Li’IZe who is the main character in the movie had wanted to become a leader in the City of God. Through Li’IZe’s aggressive and ambitious nature, he becomes ...

Introduction

- Epson’s perfection V750-M pro scanner sparks my mind any time I see it. - Looking at these two, one can confuse the two but the latest model is obviously fantastic. - This presentation is a guideline on how to set up the Epson perfection V750-M pro scanner and how to use it. - For a person who is buying this machine for the first time, this is how it is connected in order to use it. - Once you buy it, the gadget is carefully packed in a grey box with a label of the machine in ...

Temple Grandin is a movie that was released in 2010.the movie is based on an autistic woman who brought a revolution in the cattle ranches and slaughterhouses. The movie was directed by Mick Jackson and the role of Grandin temple was played by Claire Danes. Temple Grandin, a young lady conceived in 1947, scarcely articulated an expression until she was four. She is conceived Autistic. She utilized her mental imbalance, the capacity to think in pictures, further bolstering her good fortune and elucidated issues that are imperceptible to a neurotypical individual. She is currently a widely acclaimed specialist of a creature science, a lobbyist for mentally ...

According to the film END CIV, civilization originated from the word ‘civis’ that meant cities. The film therefore defines civilization as a culture with various stories, various artifacts and organizations that facilitate the emergence of cities. The definition of a city is important in defining civilization so as to distinguish it from the villages and camps. A city is a place with dense population who lives permanently and import food and other necessities in life. The people who live in the villages are therefore not civilized whereas the people who live in cities are said to be civilized. According to the film, ...

Essay on Auerbach and Everything is Illuminated

Auerbach’s book Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature discusses the manner in which Homeric story telling is leisurely and digressive. To Auerbach, the Homeric technique illuminates through relating detailed past events and easy discussions. As such, there is no rush to create suspense. This aspect is typified by the long digression in the center of a significant moment from which the essay draws its title. That is moments before the nurse is on the point of recognizing Odysseus. What matters at this point is the outer description rather than the psychological aspect, narrative suspense, or historical development. ...

Disney premiered the movie “Pocahontas” to a crowd of over 100,000 people in New York City’s Central Park. At that time in 1995, the film faced strong competition from Batman Forever, Casper, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. Although less successful than Beauty and the Beast or The Lion King that preceded it, the character Pocahontas is one of Disney’s favorite princesses and the first who was not of European descent. Because she is the daughter of a chief, she is listed as one of the Disney Princesses. She is the only Disney Princess to have two love ...

Analysis of a Human Development Theory and a Family Development Theory of the Movie “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”

Introduction

Mel Gibson’s “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” parodies the previous movies based on the legend of Robin Hood and because of its themes and motifs it imposes an analyses in terms of human development and family development. Two of the motifs of the movie were the kindness, yet the foolishness of the poor people, who are unaware of their mass force – portrayed by Little John, the giant with little brain, yet with a kind heart and a huge courage and changing social condition, ...

Conscious-raising refer to a situation where women share and discuss their personal experiences with each, which are then turned into political actions. It has been used by women till date in their fight for equality due to its effectiveness and its origin from feminist poetry. There are three waves of feminism, which were based on timelines with the first beginning in the mid-nineteenth century culminated by the 19 amendment, which enabled women participation in voting. The second wave of feminism was more radical, and it began in the late 1960 based on the creation of sexism. The third wave started ...

Esoteric:

Designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone: “Anime fans have some of the most esoteric interests I know.” (Said by friend in conversation). (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). SYNONYMS: abstruse, deep, profound, recondite. ANTONYM: easy. (Roget’s Interactive Thesaurus).

Verisimilitude:

The quality or state of being verisimilar: “The dense language lends the film verisimilitude, and even lay audiences will be engrossed by the thrill of discovery” (Film review). (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). SYNONYMS: believability, color, credibility, credibleness, creditability, creditableness, plausibility, plausibleness. ANTONYM: falseness, impossibility. (Thesaurus.com).

Evulsion:

A forcible separation or detachment: “I got an evulsion cut on my finger when I tried to open a ...

When investigating crimes, taking notes is very important. Those investigating should make sure that they make notes that are very specific. Throughout the process of investigating the notes can be used as references. Immediately an investigator arrives at a scene where there has been a crime, they should start making notes on the scene, the area that surrounds it and they should also take notes of the statements that are made by people who witnessed the crime. (Becker 2009)

When making the notes, the investigator should ensure that they are very accurate and specific since they record everything that they ...

Expectancy Theory defined the correlation of motivation and behavior with the exploitation of psychological implications. Victor Vroom has extended the definition of expectancy theory with the elaboration of motivation as the core factor that determines the choice of demeanor of an individual. The theory provides an estimated overview of the influence of motivation over behavioral utterance that constructs the outcome of certain activity. The factor of Motivation cultivates the impression which is referred in Victor Vroom Theory as the foundation of an individual’s expectancy. The referred theory projects motivation as an instrument that ...

The film “Ikaru” by Kurosawa Akira is a great example of classic Japanese cinema. What impressed me most about the film is how the fragility of life is examined through cinematic technique. The film revolves around the story of a middle aged man dying from cancer and his search to find some meaning within his otherwise meaningless life before his death. The director excels at conveying a mood that is both sad and triumphant.

The character begins with his diagnosis of cancer and finds as he reflects on his life he has not accomplished much. He finds that most of it ...

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Many contemporary films have catchy and witty titles, which promote those movies better than their trailers or synopses. The case of the film called “Agora” belongs to one of those few exceptions, where the title says it all, if you know what it means. The word ‘agora’ stood for a ‘gathering place’ in ancient Greece. It was the central point for the Greek community, a meeting point of differences and similarities within the social, economic and political views, and it is exactly where the story within the film finds a crack.

The film “Agora,” released in 2009, ...

Netflix is an American company, a supplier of films and TV series based on streaming media. Founded in 1997. The headquarters is located in Los Gatos, California. The firm has more than 40 million customers in 41 countries (2013)

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Netflix originally engaged to rent movies to a DVD-ROM, using the business model DVD by mail only in the US. This business model works as long as not "blow up" online video market. Therefore, Hastings (CEO) decided to invest heavily in streaming video.

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Unlike traditional providers of broadcasting and cable television, company Netflix offers its subscribers unlimited access to premium-rate content without ...

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"EXT. THE BIG BLUE SKY - DAY" WS establishing shot- 747 flying slowly through the clouds; the camera follows it from profile as the plane stays stationary in frame, the clouds passing by it, the plane pointed toward L of frame. Natural sunlight is used. I wanted to use this particular shot to establish the plane, allowing the audience to get a good look at it and remember just how high up the characters are (to remind them of the stakes after JONES throws PASQUAL out of the plane with him). This is a relatively simple setup for the ...

Have you ever imagined a world without popcorn? Well, I can’t. In fact, statistics show that Americans consume around16 billion quarts each year of this whole grain treat, or translated to 51 quarts consumed per man, woman and child! I don’t think I can survive a movie without a popcorn on one hand and a drink on the other. Watching a movie is simply incomplete without a popcorn, quite like, a movie without an ending! But, have you ever thought about the origins of popcorn? When did people start eating popcorn? Today, I’m going to take you years back and discover how popcorn ...

Scholars of Australian art agree that Australian art has undergone several transformations. Australian art in the pre-colonial era were characterized by the practices of the natives, later on the coming of the colonialist led to introduction of art associated with their culture.

‘Australian contemporary art scene is divided into Australian and Aboriginal

art respectively. This is a divide originating from the colonization of Australia that began in the 1770’s, and hence, resulting in an Australian art descending from a so-called Western art practice consisting of works of art created in compliance with Western traditions (Persson 2011, 13).

Towards the end 1910, Australian art experienced massive changes ...

Rashomon is a 1950 Japanese film, directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is based on two tales; In a grove, which provides for the plot and characters, Rashomon which creates the setting. The film is about a priest and a woodcutter who are standing under a gate to protect themselves from the heavy rain that is pouring. They are later joined by a commoner, they explain to him a scene they have witnessed in the forest. This article will describe the film using some questions offered by the professor.

Humans are not able to be truthful with themselves of their real nature; they cannot describe themselves ...

The book, “Venus in fur,” tells a story about love, dominance and slavery in a person’s feelings. It is based upon the imaginations of Server in, who is weirdly in love with a statue of Venus, the goddess of love. The fur in this case symbolizes power and dominance, where the narrator identified with the cruelty and power in a woman. The character meets Wanda, with whom he falls in love. The character is in love to the point of delivering himself to become a slave. At first, he does not look at Wanda in a sexually taken way because he still has the ...

The Refusal of Time is an article that explores various concepts in photography. The article inspired the concept of using both kinetic and sculptural elements for photographic projection in multiple ways. The article’s writer used these concepts to present historical pieces that present photography references until this day (Kentridge and Peter 4). This paper will highlight how the article, The Refusal of Time inspired photography shooting.

The article inspires photography shooting for the preservation of memories. It also inspires photography as art to inspire different ways of thinking during periods of historical violence. Photography shooting is a tool, ...

Everyone experiences the world in different ways; however, sometimes physical differences contribute to the development of a different culture, as is the case with deaf artists. Hilari Scarl’s film See what I’m Saying allows the world to glimpse what such a culture is like. Making use of different techniques, the director immerses the viewer in a profound analysis of this culture, including the emulation of what this population actually hears. The waking of consciousness that results of this is important and beneficial, as it allows the viewer to empathize with the people that have this condition. Finally, while many could ...

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The 1976 and the 2002 movies successfully duplicated some of the horror scenes that are evident in the book, and more. The 2002 movie opens with a scene that Brian DePalma (1976) didn’t include in his movie; the rocks falling on the White home as young Carrie gets angry. A clear difference between DePalma’s movie and Carson’s movie is that Carson tries to copy King’s book excerpts as a break in chapters, by including his own film breaks. However, most of the plot is lost in the remake of the mini-television film as the movie has been ...

Eighteenth century how to become an icon in the history of fashion and influence our life

Embellishment, poise, elegance are some of the adjectives that can be used to describe the trend in art and architecture of 18th century. The age witnessed the most elegant and stylish way of fashion. It can also be called as a fashionable era. 18th Century era is generally known as the Age of Enlightenment. The beginning of this century experienced a significant change in culture, art and architecture. Fashion industry also was on its peak. The fashion centre in this era shifted from Versailles to Paris. The educated Aristocratic class was called bourgeoisie class. They settled down in Paris. The new ...

Women of today are stronger. Their status is changing from the past to the present. Years ago, women are considered responsible only as wives. Simply listened to their husbands, became fulltime wives; they never enjoyed life and focused on how to serve their husbands, and no freedom to express themselves as women. Men believed that women have no right to pursue their career other than being homemakers and mothers; looked down by men. At present, women are more active in their role in the society, conscious about their status and they progress in view of their rights as well. ...

The reading “Globalization, Identity, and the Consumption of Place in Popular Music” offers a substantive review on various issues regarding the manner in which globalization has had an immense influence on the consumption of popular music with regards to locations. Worth noting is the fact that music is a social force whose influence in the society is worth reckoning. The current reading notes that the manner in which music has globalized is different from the manner in which other products have become globalized. To be precise, popular music is adored across various settings all over the globe. Many at times, the ...

The film is based on the short story "The Greatest Gift"by Philip Van Doren Stern written in 1939 and published in 1945. It was produced and edited by Frank Capra in 1946. It is a traditional Christmas movie in USA. It is very inspiring, and positive, it shows that everyone has his/her own calling, destiny and mission in life. The main character is George Bailey (by James Stewart), who decided to commit a suicide on Christmas Eve as he thought that his life is miserable. The film genre can be defined as fantasy comedy-drama. ‘It’s a wonderful life’ is considered ...

Asian film industry has been entertaining audiences since a long time with the help of a strong story, music and different other aspects of film making. Asian cinema has lodged its strong presence across the world and Asian movies have won several prestigious international awards. This paper intends to discuss some very famous Asian movies like Red Sorghum, Ran, Eye in the sky, IndoChine and Dhobi Ghat along with further focusing, how masculinity has been portrayed in almost all these movies.

There are some favorite subjects of Asian movie makers. Aggressive Jingoism, fantasy, epic and masculinity are some important components of Asian ...

21movie directed by Robert Luketic is a film based on a true story, and it involves six students trained to become professionals in card counting, by using the knowledge acquired in class, these students takes Vegas casinos for millions ensuing their innumerable winnings. Essentially, for these students to increase their chance of winning the card game Blackjack at Vegas casinos, they basically “count cards” a trick acquired from class (Mezrich 67). Evidently, it is ostensible that this movie has a lot of mathematics involved, the most profound mathematics technique incorporated into this movie is the “counting of cards”, a technique published in the book ...

Both authors contend that scholars play a critical role in activism. Craig, in his foreword, recognizes that activism is a matter analyzing the existing methods rather than plain advocacy. It is the role of activist scholars to produce new knowledge in the science of their interest. Laura Pulido in her article ‘frequently unasked questions about being a scholar activist’ notes that it is rewarding to engage in academic activism owing to the responsibility one assumes. Choices on social issues have consequences for scholars, which they are proud to live with since they are in line with what they believe. Further, Craig notes ...

“In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it!” ~ (Anonymous, 2014)

Literature and other disciplines in Humanities fosters a sense of understanding regarding realities that discusses human experiences. From the definition of humanities and coining it from its root word “human”, it means can only originate from an aspect that entirely focuses on the aspect concerning human endeavors. True enough, humanities are a field of study that is involved in the pursuit of gaining understanding of concepts, principles and ideologies relating to human culture ( ...

Discussion on which medium – the movie or the book on Twelve Years a Slave can better transform political sensibilities Twelve Years a Slave, a memoir penned by Solomon Northup, is a poignant and extremely touching piece of literature, on the plights of an American slave. It is the autographical journey of the writer himself, and the twelve years he spent in bondage. Born as a free negro in New York, Solomon was tricked into slavery, and beaten black and blue to when he tried to regain freedom. He worked as a cotton picker, a carpenter, a mill-worker, and faced severe cruelty. His final reunion with his family after twelve years of sheer torture and loneliness makes for an emotional read, and an eye opener ...

It has become the norm that before we watch any movie or series we check out the trailer. As an audience, we can then judge how exciting the movie will be. In most cases, the trailers are meant to instill some form of curiosity on the audience so as to watch a movie and find what happens to the main character or a twist to the storyline. Versus 2009 Trailer belongs to the Versus television channel and is in the promotion category. Versus as an upcoming television channel in America knows that it is at the starting line, and it is ...

Tarzan musical play is a Disney film which was obtained and adapted from the 1914 novel which was written by one Edgar Rice Burroughs. The musicals follow a distinct pattern where the character Tarzan is raised and guided by gorillas, in the wilderness. In the course of life of the wild, Tarzan meets young beautiful English naturalists or environmentalists, Jane, and they fall in love. The initial and original aim of Jane is to kill the gorillas that indeed raised and guided Tarzan. It presents a dilemma to Tarzan because his allegiance and loyalty are testes as to whether to follow his ...

Introduction

Doris Lessing regards science fiction as one of the best social fiction of the time. Pixar’s “WALL-E” is a beautiful product that has been developed over the same theme and have successfully earned the liking of general audience without much effort. The movie presents an interesting idea of the outlook of science and humanity. The elements together are depicted alive and vigilant to fight for the safety of mother Earth. In short, the movie presents the notion of association of inhabitants towards a unified goal. The analysis of the movie clearly determines that Wall-E is a Film about True Connection. ...

- Becoming a craze in the late 2000s and remains still, paired with IMAX to create spectacular film experiences

- Polarization – projectors project image onto the same screen, one for each eye - Runs at 144 frames per second - Glasses at different polarizations, cancel out the other to create comprehensive 3D image - Curved to prevent cross talk

Conclusion: While 3D is thought by many to be no more than a gimmick, there is a surprising amount of effort and technology that goes into creating these realistic effects in a movie theater.

What’s the last 3D movie ...

The movie The Educators by Hans Weingartner puts forth all the struggles of the post-unification in Germany. In Berlin, consumer and proletarian societies have eventually been forged together, and thus the film mainly struggles appropriately to find a stable balance between the issues. The movie mainly represents a trio of three very rebellious liberals, who decide to break into the homes of wealthy capitalists to rearrange their belongings and furniture rather than stealing the precious items. Additionally, this trio decides to leave a note passing a certain message such as notifying them as well as warning others. As the movie proceeds, the trio ...

In his speech and article, John Hages is trying to persuade the target audience of taking reality as it is. He does it with a great example that is the movie “Matrix”, where the computer programmer chooses between the red (reality) and the blue pill (the world of dreams). In the speaker’s opinion, all people should make this choice, and realize all threatens as soon as it possible.

The speaker is a missioner who helps poor people in the name of God. He travelled all around the world, and he has seen many things, especially that in many countries ...

Review of Physical Images in South African Theatre

Mark Fleishman’s article “Physical Images in the South Africa” explores the meaning of theatre in the African context and the Western context. The author tends to relate the views held by renowned personalities in the art such as Lecoq. In the view of this critic, the world is a theatre of incessant movement and to frank, other than being arena for recitation, the theatre must comprise of elements such as color, complexity, and rhythm.

Although artists agree that the physical body forms part of the process, in South African theatre it serves as part of the text. Moreover, ...

The curious case of Tala and Laila in the film Fire & I Can’t Think Straight by Sarif Shamim (2010) brings forth the question of the social construct of homophobia in relation to their different personal backgrounds. Whereas Tala, a Palestinian Christian with roots from Jordan and raised in England and Laila, a timid Muslim, are both initially depicted as being involved in heterosexual relationships, their innate attraction to women has brought them together as lovers later ...

Beverly Tatum’s book ‘why all black students sited together in the cafeteria’

Few people seem to know about racial development and identity including those who have pursued child psychology. Inter-racial interaction has been a major challenge due to lack of psychological understanding amongst the people (Tatum 2). Both white and black adults are hesitant to speak to their children about racism as they fear creating problems that will make children become color-conscious. Tatum observes the lack of awareness and initiates a conversation of people’s perception about racism. Many people tend to think that racism is a forgotten thing. Many assume that racial identity is not a significant issue especially amongst the adolescents. The modern ...

The movie “A Dog’s Love” is a short film that was made in 1914. Despite that this is an old movie I think it is still very efficient. Charlie Chaplin once said that babies and dogs are the best actors. This movie truly proves it. The plot involves a rich little girl. No one wants to play with her, because she is rich. Her parents don’t play with her too.I think that this situation is common even nowadays.

Children don’t need money, they need to communicate with the others. A lot of times children don’t want to ...

Summary of the Article

The article entitled “Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princesses” written by England, Descartes and Collier-Meek presented relevant issues pertinent to alleged depictions of gender roles as examined from films produced by the Disney Princess Line. There were three main thrusts that were aimed to be addressed. Initially, there were expected gender roles that were traditionally exhibited by male and female characters (prince and princess) according to masculine and feminine characteristics. Likewise, rescues in these films would be expected to be performed more by the princes than with the princesses. Finally, the authors contended ...

Sociology is one of the social sciences, often considered the more rigorous, scientific study of societies and the ways in which they impact the individuals that exist within them (Haralambos and Holborn, 2004). There are many different avenues of study within the umbrella of sociology, and many different sociological theories that exist to describe the interactions between society, social groups, and the individual. Sociological imagination is one of these theories; the idea of the sociological imagination was proposed by Mills in his 1959 landmark text The Sociological Imagination (Mills, 1959).

The concept of the sociological imagination is similar ...

The first slide outlines the POD marketing strategy of Kodak which involves standardized benefits and attributes that consumers robustly associate with the brand. These attributes of the Kodak brand are different from the other market hence having an absolute advantage. Kodak brand is therefore associated with attributes such as innovative, dynamic, well-loved brand and technology simplicity that help the consumers to use the products more effective acquire quality satisfaction. On the other hand, Points Of Parity of Kodak offers similar attributes to the generic product. These attributes include trust and quality that convinces the consumers to consider the product ...

David Bordwell is a famous US film theorist, scholar, and film critic born on 23 July 1947. He worked at Wisconsin-Madison University, Emeritus in the Department of Communication Arts in the capacity of Jacques Ledoux Professor in the field of film sciences. David’s textbooks including Film History and Film Art gained remarkable attention worldwide especially in the United States in which his wife, Kristin Thompson contributed substantially. David is a wonderful content producer on films. He is a master of film-development process and staging illustrations. He is a productive researcher in which he focused extensively on national cinemas, auteur studies, narrative theory, ...

INTRODUCTION

The paper evaluates the various contexts within which the audience can read the play by Shakespeare and watch the film produced in this modern day, about a decade ago. Given that the two vary in the period of production, it is inevitable to have differences in the intrinsic and extrinsic contexts of the literary works. Some applications in the play could not be included in the film because of the technicalities involved in the production of films. At the same time, there may be some modifications to enable the audience receive the content of literary work in a better ...

Levi was born in a family of Piedmontese Jews: Cesare Levi and Esther Luzzatto, whose ancestors had moved to Italy from Spain and Provence. He studied in the classical lyceum (1934-1937), where he was taught, byNorberto Bobbio and Cesare Pavese, distinguished with anti-fascist views.

Then Levi joined the Department of Chemistry University of Turin, but did not finish it and did not get a diploma (the fascist government in 1938 forbade Jews to study in public schools and universities). He worked in chemical laboratories in small enterprises of Turin and Milan. Primo then joined the anti-fascist group of liberal-socialist-leaning " ...

Essay 1: Auteur

X-Men series of film is an institution in its amazing way. Bryan Singer pioneered this popular comic characters and brought them to the silver screen. It is a very gigantic task to convert the fictional fantasy of an existence of a superhuman into a realistic visual treat. However, highly creative mind of Bryan Singer is capable of this task. The history is the evidence (The Usual Suspects) of the mastery of Bryan Singer in direction and storytelling. The thesis statement of this paper is the powerful auteur of the directorial team of the movie to bring his vision into reality.

Very few ...

The 1990 film entitled ‘Ghost’ starred by Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze and directed by Jerry Zucker was among the most popular depiction of the afterlife in modern media. In the film, Swayze, who played the part of Sam Wheat, Molly Jensen’s (Demi Moore) lover was killed yet remained on earth as a ghost. It was quite intriguing how Swayze’s character was able to co-exist between two different realms, enabling him to actively participate in its events. For some reason, the notion of afterlife in pop culture is that dead people or their souls still remain on ...

Beard, W. (2011). Gran Torino: Clint Eastwood as Fallen Saviour . CineAction, 54-61.

"Gran Torino: Clint Eastwood as Fallen Saviour" is about the theme of the American Dream throughout the film, but it is not optimistic. It is about Walt's slow realization that he has simultaneously lost and found the American dream. He has lost it himself. After the war, he never had a chance at the typical American dream everybody lusts after. However, he sees the American dream he once wanted, ironically, reflected in the eyes of his young Hmong neighbor. Having once hated the Hmong people because of the war, this is at first perplexing to him, but Tao ...

The time is March 2004 and the place is Paraguay. It is there, where a group of hunter-gatherers, quite possibly one of the few willingly isolated societies in the planet, came running out of the forest in northern Paraguay, escaping from ranchers' earthmovers. The Gran Chaco forest, which means "hunting land" in the Quechua language, the language of the people, is a thinly inhabited, warm and semi-arid coastal natural area of the Río de la Plata basin, shared among Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, where it is attached to the Pantanal region. This area is often called the Chaco ...

Wild Bunch (1969) and Pat Garret & Billy the Kid (1973)

There are different similarities and differences between the two movies. Firstly, they both depict a Western setting in which the place resides in a sand dunes and desert setting or in barren lands. Interaction with the settings can be seen using the landscape as protection against the enemies and a sanctuary for outlaws. The village scenes are places of authority, which present a stark contrast compared to the predominant desert landscape. The story also progress as the authority is chasing the outlaws while their efforts have been constantly undermined with the ability ...

Roger Spottiswoode’s film And the Band Played On, based on the book of the same name by Randy Shilts, is a tremendous drama that touches on many distinct issues that were present at the time of the discovery of the AIDS virus, as well as the curious resistance medical and disease experts experienced from affected populations, the government and even other medical professionals. Chiefly following a team of researchers at the CDC, led by Don Francis (Matthew Modine) and William Darrow (Richard Masur), the film follows the attempts of this organization and others to track the spread of the disease, ...

Introduction

“Invictus” is a film that shows an inspirational story of how Nelson Mandela united his fellow countrymen by using rugby team as a catalyst, subsequent to the end of apartheid. During this time Mandela was serving his term as president and as he campaigned to host the Rugby World Cup in 1995, he used this opportunity to unite divided nation. After the apartheid, the white minority fears vengeance while the black majority seeks revenge. The movie portrays the racial trapping that prevailed in South Africa through the almost all-white rugby team, Mandela’s security and the divided nation to narrate ...

In the beginning of the film, the narrator tells the audience a story about two adult sisters who live in a remote Danish village at the seaside. Both sisters were raised by a strict father who was a pastor of a small Protestant church. The two sisters were once in love, one, Martine, with an army officer, and the other, Philippa, with an opera singer and both had a chance to leave the village and start a new life with their beloved ones. However, both ended up alone, leaving lonely lives in the village of Jutland.

Thirty-five years later, in the middle of the night, a woman ...

1. Holocaust is the story of Nazi atrocities going way beyond mere extermination of Jews. Doris L. Bergen, historian and an author gives new insights and nerve-chilling details using several survivor and eyewitness testimonies. Bergen has uncovered hitherto unknown photographs. The systematic extermination of Afro-Germans, non-Jewish Poles, the Soviets, and homo-sexual men, among others is far gruesome than what was thought earlier. Hitler’s men, police, and even his doctors were trained to be killers. Hitler’s regime created a sense of legitimacy to these vicious acts of genocide. Timothy Snyder describes in gross detail of how Jews on their ...