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Background Information and a Star Rating Julie Taymor’s Frida is a biographical drama based on Frida Kahlo’s life story. The movie premiered in 2002, producing box sales revenues exceeding its initial budget by more than four times (“Frida: 2002, Biography/Drama, 2h 3m”). As per the movie’s aggregated rating, Frida’s average...
Title of the Film California Homeless | Seniors on the streets: More older people in Sacramento are on the brink. Expectations Statement Judging by the title of the documentary and its length of a little over 6 minutes, I expect a news report featurette about the issue of increasing elderly...
Silver Linings Playbook is a film directed by David O. Russell based on Mathew Quick’s novel. The movie is focused on a troubled character Pat who returns home from a psychiatric facility to reunite with his family. Pat had suffered from bipolar disorder, which led him to fight the boyfriend...
The success of Peter Jackson’s earlier adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings brought forward the idea of adapting The Hobbit to the cinema. Taking the liberty to fill in the unexplained parts of the book, Peter Jackson decided to release The Hobbit as a trilogy as well....
The Season of Mists is a fascinating story about how Dreamer received the keys to Hell from Lucifer and was subjected to countless threats from deities who dreamed of getting the freed realm. The Creator decided to put Hell back under the responsibility of angels Duma and Remiel, who were...
Introduction Michel Gondry is a contemporary filmmaker from France, famous for his works Science of Sleep, Mood Indigo, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The spectacular cinema approach was inspired by the pioneers of this genre, Georges Méliès, and Busby Berkeley. Gold has received several awards as an appraisal...
Introduction “Judas and the Black Messiah” is a biographical drama directed by Shaka King that tells about the Black Panther Party (BPP) in the late 1960-s. The name links the events in the movie with the Bible story about the betrayal of Judas. The Black Messiah is Fred Hampton, who...
Introduction The films of Fritz Lang and Charlie Chaplin are of high value in the silent film environment and in general for the global film industry. They touch upon many issues and problems and give their vision of the future times. It is pretty interesting to view these films now,...
The topic of the project should be formulated using tools of doubt and relevance assessment since there can not be a single consolidated opinion. Although various probabilities exist, the greatest deeds require sacrifice and discipline since dreams do not come true on their own. This statement is related to the...
Introduction Pictured in 2013, a period-drama film “12 Years a Slave” shows how quickly a free man’s life can be destroyed, depicting enslaved people’s lives in 1841 and the following 12 years. This biographical film was directed by Steve McQueen, a British filmmaker, who was working on such films as...
Introduction Warrior Women was created to convey how indigenous women engage with and see the world. Madonna Thunder Hawk is a Lakota activist whose career spans decades. She participated in the organization of protests and campaigns aimed at fighting for the rights of women and indigenous people in America. Through...
Inferno or Underworld is a 1980 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento. This film is a sequel to the 1977 film Suspiria as part of a trilogy of the story of three mothers. Argento pushes the boundaries of his witchy universe and clearly outlines it. In this film, his...
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a film that has received widespread critical acclaim, including an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. VFX directors Tim Burke and Christian Manz have implemented many innovative technical visions to create visuals during filming. This paper aims to discuss the new techniques...
The film Indonesia: The Invisible Giant explains how Islam arrived and influenced the cultures and values of the local people. The video describes the historical background of Indonesia and its hard lessons of democracy. Indonesia is the third-largest democracy with six recognized national religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Confucianism, and...
Forks over Knives is a 2011 American advocacy film and documentary that promotes a low-fat, whole-food, plant-based diet to avoid or prevent several chronic diseases. The documentary also focuses on the distribution of the US healthcare budget and other global issues of the nation. However, the film’s actual value lies...
Green Book is a film that presents the relationship between two real-life people: Donald Shirley and Tony Vallelonga. The film perfectly highlights the theme of racism and discrimination in the early 20th century by drawing the picture of a classical piano prodigy (Chow). Despite the virtuosic techniques of the main...
Introduction Popular media projects designed not only to entertain but also to convey important thoughts and ideas to the public are increasingly appearing in the modern media environment. One of such products is the documentary TV series Finding Your Roots, hosted and produced by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. This show...
Untitled Film Stills by Cindy Sherman and Early Colors Interiors series by Laurie Simmons belong to the second wave of feminist art of the 70-80s, representing the so-called deconstructionist approach. They both abandoned the essentialist concept of the first wave, contributing to establishing a new feminine aesthetic that questioned gender...
Coco, a culturally sensitive, beautiful, and colorfully animated film, is formed around the Dia De Muertos (the day of the dead), a Mexican-based traditional and cultural celebration conducted to commemorate and honor the dead. Norms and cultural practices are usually specific and meant to portray or represent a precise meaning...
Aliens is a fantastic canvas that develops the mythology of the space saga. James Cameron, having replaced then Ridley Scott, was seemingly trying to consolidate his new status. Both James Cameron and Ridley Scott have made some of the most successful movies worldwide. Cameron took the opportunity to direct this...
Introduction Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas is a legendary gangster movie that is loved by many people even today. The plot narrates the life of Henry Hill, starting with his childhood when he was a poor child living in New York to his adult life as a gangster. This movie is an...
Margaret Mitchel’s celebrated film “Gone with the Wind” intertwines a magnificent love story that occurred during the eve of the Civil War. The love story involves Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara whose passionate love affair and impressive lines form an important part of the film. The romance story in the...
The episode’s topic is prison sports in San Quentin State Prison in California. The episode demonstrates the essential opportunities to engage with offenders through sports as an intervention for correction and highlights the increased re-offending rates among those released from jail. The episode also demonstrates that through sports, individuals engage...
Introduction Suicidal contemplations and actions remain taboo topics, which might hinder suicide prevention efforts. In his speech titled “Why We Need to Talk about Suicide,” Mark Henick exposes, criticizes, and explains the ongoing avoidance of this issue. This response paper’s purpose involves summarizing new learning from the video and remaining...
Introduction The legendary director Martin Scorsese has become the embodiment of cinematic classics. Despite his impressive age, he never ceases to delight audiences with new films that, once released, become some of the most famous and highest-grossing films in the world. This unique man is a genius and talented in...
Introduction A Beautiful Mind is a film in which Russell Crowe superbly played a brilliant schizophrenic mathematician. The film is based on the book by Sylvia Nazar, the story of the thorny path of one genius, his ups, downs, love, and suffering. An excerpt from it was published in the...
The book Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales explores the stories of contemporary slavery. The investigation of ‘new slavery’ conducted by the author links to the problems of the global economy and the underlying motive of the movie Tsotsi. Tsotsi was released in 2006 and...
Introduction The portrayal of Africa and African peoples in western culture has always been influenced by the concept of “Heart of Darkness.” Ever since the first colonizers came to Africa to establish the dominance of the West, the view of the local nations has always been that of underdeveloped, barbaric,...
Most of the greatest films reveal complex and controversial topics to show the intricacy of human life and morality. There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson is one example of such film as it depicts themes of capitalist greed, violence, power, hypocrisy, and loneliness, telling the story of one...
Every movie, television show, or other form of story entertainment seeks to maintain three concepts: coherence, continuity, and credibility. The story must progress logically and stay consistent with previous installations to be believable. Hamilton and Brooklyn 99 are excellent examples of a show maintaining its authenticity despite fictional settings. One...
Introduction The movie Crash is an American drama film released in 2004. The film was written and directed by Paul Haggis and it premiered in 2004, at the Toronto film festival on the 10th of September. The movie won numerous academy awards, with its primary theme being that of racial...
Although previously, the merger between Three and O2 was seen as hindering competition, currently, the merger product should not be deemed an omnipotent competitive force. However, further analysis of the implications of this merger in the context of the present competition rates within the UK telecommunications industry indicates that There/O2...
The Green Knight is an aesthetically pleasing movie that managed to intrigue and mesmerizes the audience with its visual presentation. I have watched the film recently and came out of it thinking that the cinematic aspects of its presentation were the strongest, far outshining the story or the characters themselves....
In shooting the movie “At Last,” various requirements are being needed. They include sets, attires, camera concepts, rehearsal composer editor, cash flow insurance examination, locations, among others. This exercise requires discipline in that one must wake up very early in the morning and prepare for different occasions for shooting. Thus,...
The film “The Godfather”, directed by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, is a wonderful conjecture that invites us to contemplate the Mafia fully on its terms. That is why we have sympathy for characters who are inherently evil. Don Vito Corleone is a sympathetic and rather adorable character; throughout...
“The Book of Eli Movie” is set in post-apocalyptic times, with Eli being the protagonist. Eli is a Godly person driven by his faith in God and is on a mission to preserve and protect the only remaining copy of the Bible. Ethics can also be analyzed in this film...
Based on the series Trial of Gabriel Fernandez, I firmly believe that child services and county sheriff’s departments failed to carry out their duties accordingly. Despite the numerous complaints raised by Gabriel’s teachers and family members, they did not take any legal action (Bergman, 2020-2021). When the sheriff’s department came...
The Cider House Rules is a novel by John Irving published in 1985 with a consequent movie adaptation that saw the light in 1999. While the two artistic works differ slightly in the plot development and motivation of the characters, the primary themes concerning human relationships and abortions persist. The...
I learned the story of the artist Vincent and his brother Theo after watching the film on their life stories. Vincent van Gough lived between 1853 and 1890, and his closest brother Theo, who lived between 1857 and 1891, worked in tandem, with the former being the artist and the...
Character Description Character: Raymond Reddington. Television show: The Blacklist. The Blacklist is an ongoing American crime thriller television series that airs every Friday at 8 PM on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). The show premiered on 23rd September 2013 and is currently on its eighth season, claiming that it has...
Introduction Countries embroiled in violent conflicts put the lives of their citizens at great risk. Political violence that arises during such conflicts, particularly during wars for independence and civil wars, serves to further the agendas of independent actors against a state or other stakeholders in the dispute. Regardless of the...
Introduction The documentary Finding Your Roots addresses a problematic matter of the American past – its slavery times. The film does not violate the ethics of the research done with people’s engagement outside the social sciences. Finding Your Roots brings to the surface the truth about black American ancestry without...
Biases or prejudices Dominant point of view 12 Years a Slave was released in 2013 and scooped up many awards in various categories for its immaculate cinematography and brilliant depiction of slavery. The film is set in 1853 and highlights the tribulations of Solomon Northup, a role played by Chiwetel...
The Great Hack (2019) The Great Hack is a 2019 fictitious movie that revolves around a breach of human data in the US electioneering period of 2016 and the UK’s Brexit. The company involved in the alleged hack in the movie is known as Cambridge Analytica (Amer & Noujaim, 2019)....
“Erin Brockovich” is a beautifully filmed narrative of a chronicler by Soderbergh, the center of attraction is human grit and perseverance, working flawlessly for the public good. More importantly, it is a monumental monument to a brave woman, skillfully constructed by the talent of one of the best actresses in...
The series A Stranger Among Family is a project concerned with telling the story of an unusual family in which the protagonist is a teenager. The series is narrated in third person, concentrating on the character, exposing him gradually and focusing on the difficult moral and social situation of the...
A Beautiful Mind is an award-winning film that depicts the life and work of John Nash, a notable mathematician whose work in the subject of game theory earned him the Noble Prize. Apart from displaying John Nash’s mathematical genius, the film focuses on the onset of schizophrenia in Nash and...
Introduction Sherwood Schwartz and Betty Thomas have been in existence for the past fifty-eight years, and in a brief overview of the various films he has produced in his life, two prominent films get taken to the banks for that. The fiction films “Criminal Minds” and the “Brady Bunch” are...
Important Background Information Set on the verge of the age of prohibition, the series offers a unique outlook on Nucky Thompson, who is a well-known treasurer across Atlantic City. Despite being constantly monitored by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Nucky somehow manages to...
The Queen is the movie directed by Stephen Frears, depicting the events and behavior of the British royal family during the week following the death of Princess Diana. This film tells about the decisions of the Queen, as well as English patrials’ grief and discontent. The current situation threatened the...
Introduction to the Movie A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 drama film directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer. The film revolves around the life of John Forbes Nash Jr, a mathematician. Nash made a unique discovery when he was still young in his career, which propelled him...
A deep and impressive film directed by Hans Van Sent, Good Will Hunting, was made in 1997 in memory of a journalist Allen Ginsberg and a writer William Burroughs. The film is a sharp, psychological story with a philosophical subtext about a 20-year-old boy from Boston who works as a...
I believe that Naruse’s “Every Night Dreams” is one of the first motion pictures to introduce and successfully use a number of cinematic techniques that now make up most of the modern Hollywood movies. Some examples include tracking shots, tilt, zoom in and zoom out (Brown, 2016). Zoom in is...
The acts of US business contractors in the Iraq war are depicted in this documentary. According to interviews with current and former workers of Halliburton, CACI, and KBR, apparent arrangements that provide such contractors tremendous flexibility to profit from delivering support and supplies to American troops while offering minimal supervision...
Introduction The expression “The American Dream” has different ideas in people’s imaginations, but it is united by the idea of wealth and happy life. Most often, this idea also includes a successful career, a loving family, and a respectful place in society. According to Franklin, anyone can achieve this dream...
I have chosen The Silence of the Lambs film and the first meeting between Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling because that scene offers a perfect media stereotype of a serial killer. Hannibal Lecter is portrayed as a calm, sophisticated, and even courteous person. However, the tension around this man...
Historical Video Nowadays, historians are aware of and have thoroughly explored many powerful civilizations distinguished by their distinct features, outstanding achievements, and lavish cultural heritage. Some of the most recognized nations inhabiting the American continents are Maya, Aztec, and Olmec, which are still shrouded by a deep mystery, and thus,...
“Relevance of Polynomials” is a one-minute video done by Jacob. Jacob discusses the importance of polynomials in everyday human activities. Most of the uses he mentions are important aspects for the survival of the modern-day human being. For example, he mentions using polynomials in the stock market to tell how...
The book that I have read numerous times and never get tired of is “The Great Gatsby” by F.S. Fitzgerald. The novel describes the life of American society after World War I, rises a problem of tragic love and depiction of the American dream. Every time I go through the...
The Salesmen documentary gives the story of four Bible salesmen who move door to door to make a sale. Each of these salesmen had nicknames that fit their personalities and sales methods. For example, James Baker “The Rabbit” is a smooth talker. His calm conversation helps him close deals with...
Waiting for “Superman” is a film that reveals the problems of education in the United States that are known to many people and those rarely discussed by the public. I find that showing these issues through ordinary people’s stories makes it more personal and understandable for viewers. Consequently, Waiting for...
WandaVision is a new series that pertains to some interesting qualities. As other modern cinematic content, it is multi generic. One of its generic facets appears to relate to sitcom, which is, as cited in Wieczorek, “a half-hour series focused on episodes involving recurrent characters within the same premise” (128)....
The life of primates is interesting enough that, to date, a large number of species of monkeys have been identified around the world. This work was written for the purpose of reviewing the BBC documentary Life: Primates. As a review, a collection of answers to various questions from the film...
Introduction Disney is a well-known entertainment company that releases famous cartoons and movies. It has a 100-year history of showing stories of princesses that reveal the socio-political and cultural context of each historical period. Indeed, Disney’s products shape the whole industry, translating ideas to society. This essay examines Cinderella (1950)...
The film Angels and Demons is an interesting piece of art as the film truly captivates the audience. The film was directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer. The film follows Robert Langdon, a fictional professor of cryptology who helps uncover the mysteries related to the crimes against...
Close Analysis Produced early in the Farocki’s roughly fifty-year profession, Inextinguishable Fire is a critique of the war in Vietnam and the industry’s role in producing deadly chemical weapons. In the movie, the young artist is pictured at his desk, reading a document on both the impacts of napalm and...
A single story can be a basis for forming judgments in a person or a group of people about others. This situation is dangerous since the insufficient amount of information does not allow a person to form a complete picture and give an objective assessment. Thus, it is important to...
I was the most impressed by the moment when the Shenandoah Valley tilted the election to Lincoln and, therefore, changed the course of history in Episode 7. What was especially remarkable to me is the role that the geography of the Shenandoah Valley played in the military actions. Apparently, the...
Introduction The American Dream is the idea that any person can become rich in the United States. Through hard work, an optimistic outlook for the future, and virtuous character, a person can become successful. However, in practice, not all people can achieve this dream by showing dedication and acting ethically,...
Introduction People were always interested in interpreting written stories for the big screen. Books of all genres: comedies, detective stories, romance novels, and thrillers often appear before the public as movies. The film Rear Window, produced by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954, is not an exception. The original short story It...
The Bachelor is a widely popular reality TV show revolving around a single bachelor who is presented with a pool of potential romantic interests, of whom one is expected to become his wife. As the season goes on, the bachelor has to eliminate candidates, with the succession of eliminations leading...
The Whale Rider is a dramatic movie based on the Witi Ihimaera’s 1987 book with the same title, which describes the adventurous events of a girl’s life in a New Zealand tribe. The film includes various settings of the ancient lands of the continent and represents the lives, culture, and...
The body is an instrument that humans use for communication with each other. Over the past few decades, different studies have suggested that between 70 and 93% of all communication is non-verbal, which means the messages are not expressed through words. Instead, people show their emotions, convey their points, and...
Sometimes it seems odd that a movie that was shot over half a century ago remains scary for contemporary viewers. In contrast, modern scary films are simply irritating and do not possess the former quality. Indeed, filmmaking is one of the most popular mediums that thrive today, with horror movies...
Younger’s article highlights horror films as the medium where women have a more pronounced role and an agenda. She bemoans insufficient and inadequate female representation in cinema and the genre’s past but tries to convince the audience that recent works manage to avoid the issue (Younger). The author appeals to...
Over the years of observing its negative social, economic, and political effects on migrant communities, immigration, in general, and immigration to the United States, in particular, has lost a substantial part of its appeal. Disclosing the troubling underbelly of sociocultural challenges and economic struggles that immigrant families often face in...
In the Post-WWII period, television acquired the image of the global village, which implied great marketing potential. For example, Big Ben and Eiffel Tower were used for advertising Arvin’s consoles. The view of various places was the key idea that promised an illusion for people to allow them to leave...
The 2011 motion picture by Phyllida Lloyd titled The Iron Lady is a biographical film showing the life and career path of one of the most famous politicians in the history of Great Britain. In the opening sequence of the film, Margaret Thatcher is shown as an elderly lady at...
Auteur Renaissance: unusual and unexpected Hollywood viewing experience Robert Altman’s “McCabe and Mrs. Miller” has evoked a great expectation bearing in mid its time. It has been set in the Pacific Northwest sequentially in West Vancouver as well as in Squamish. Self-sheds lighting depicts its unique sequential filming, which shows...
The film Saving Face ideally addresses the theme of “coming out” in one’s community through Ma and Wil sexual liberation that challenges the Chinese traditions ethnic. In the movie, Wil is reluctant to reveal her relationship with Vivian to her mother and society due to the fear of being different...
The first thing that I find interesting in the short film The Red Balloon which was filmed in 1956 by Christopher Anderson, is the topic of specific “wind” that propels the balloon throughout the whole picture. For instance, the balloon’s first movement is when Pascal was denied access to the...
American population is mixed with persons from all the parts of the World and the African-Americans form a significant part of the population here. But questions of racial discrimination and access of other basic needs like education, socio- economical empowerment, and political powers are still in question as it was...
Gone Baby Gone is a movie about kidnapping a girl Amanda and investigating this crime by the young detective Patrick. At the end of the story, the man realizes that the police officer Doyle kidnapped the girl to save her from her neglectful mother involved in the drug business. This...
Introduction There have been significant cultural trends in which artworks convey the role of women. Focusing on the feminist discourse, various social groups and individuals have presented it in popular settings, especially the conventional media. Social media’s role in feminist expatiate shows that women’s liberation is portrayed negatively because the...
The movie “Trading Places” is a story of two wealthy brothers, Randolph and Mortimer Duke, who bet on whether heredity or environment defines a person. Their game’s pawns are a rich investment manager Louis Winthorpe III and street-smart Billy Valentine. The wager of the Duke brothers involves ruining Withorpe’s life...
“The Power of Categories”: the episode on Paige’s story Summary Gender is a socially constructed concept that guides interactions within society. The “Power of Categories” describes several instances of categorization and links them to gender. From the choosing of either puppies or kittens to describing a child as either male...
Introduction Michael Moore, in his film SiCKO, advocates for socialized medicine in America. Michael believes that socialized medicine helps in the delivery of medical care to everyone who needs it. Moore highlights some of the issues related to healthcare in the United States, including the inequality in healthcare insurance coverage...
The TV show The Baker and the Beauty aired in April 2020 and included nine 40-minute episodes. The TV show presents a story of a baker, Daniel Garcia working for the family business, who meets a famous model Noa Hamilton (IMDb, 2020). The two try to develop a romantic relationship,...
Memento is an American psychological thriller directed by Christopher Nolan in 2000 based on his brother’s verbal presentation of the film’s idea. It addresses the story of Leonard Shelby, a former representative of an insurance company, who wants to find a man who raped and killed his wife. However, his...
Starting off, modern horror films and media rely on the element of surprise to scare the audience. Horror media, especially film, has developed considerably, both as a sphere of culture and an avenue of art in the past few decades. With the improvement of modern technology, filmmaking, and understanding of...
Losing weight is increasingly becoming a concern for the general public across all walks of life. Many sources offer unprecedented ways and tips on losing weight. Particularly, the media boasts of effective criteria for losing weight. However, this recommendations and tips apparently may have positive or negative influence on the...
Introduction The Physician is a German movie released in 2013, based on a historical novel by an American novelist Noah Gordon. The movie’s plot is about a man whose mother died from sickness during his childhood, and he vows to travel the world to study medicine. The plot essentially repeats...
The Frontline PBS documentary Blackout in Puerto Rico (2018) provides a convincing and informative investigation of the reasons behind the humanitarian and economic crisis in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. In 2017, Hurricane Maria, the worst natural disaster in the history of mankind, destroyed much of Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, leaving...
Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange has had a lasting influence on generations as they read about the disintegration of British culture and the ruse of new youth culture in opposition to the tradition, producing perversity and violence. In the 1960s, which are being depicted in the book, the British culture...
Being John Malkovich The first film that is going to be analyzed in this paper is Being John Malkovich. This is a fantasy comedy directed in 1999 by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. The plot of the film is totally absurd and surrealistic. The main character of the...
Introduction The drama, Oedipus, began with a plague bringing distraction and misery at the city of Thebes where the people, lead by a priest, gather in front of the palace to seek council from the great Oedipus the king. Oedipus was a new king of the city for the previous...
Poster Explanation This movie poster appears dark and gloomy, representing the themes of injustice and cruelty in Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” The main symbols used in the poster are reaching hands and the King’s crown. They represent the division of the kingdom and the consequences of relationships based on authority and...
Introduction Romero was filmed in commemoration of Oscar Romero, former leader of Salvadoran who organized several peaceful protests against violent military regime. Oscar Romero organized and led the protests at the expense of his life. The core ideas of the film are expressed through fictional characters and true events. On...
Inside Job is a documentary film produced in America, whose director is Charles Ferguson. The topic of this paper involves financial crises at the beginning of the 2000s. The film is aimed to provide an in-depth insight into the reasons, which led to crises, and outline its consequences for the...
The period from the 1870s and the late 1890s is regarded as the time when contemporary animation and film technologies started to develop. It originated when photographer Eadweard Muybridge discovered a method to capture the movement of a horse. Muybridge’s creative approach was tightly connected to Phenakistoscope technology. His innovation...
During the 1970s, women’s role in society differs considerably from their position in today’s world. A pilot episode of Charlie’s Angels changed the way how females had to be viewed and treated. According to a radical feminist, Vivian Gornick, the 1970s was a turning point in human history, when the...
Billy Wilder is a prominent director and producer who made a great contribution to the development of American cinematography. He is the outstanding filmmaker who managed to give more than 50 years to the film industry. It should be stressed that Billy Wilder won six Academy Awards recognized as one...
Various American directors and producers addressed specific cultural features in their works. Some films even focused on constructing certain propaganda in order to forge a particular view of the Americas’ states. Saludos Amigos (Ferguson, 1942) is a perfect example of the Pan-Americanism movement, which is focused on establishing trustful and...
In the chosen episode, the narrator begins by introducing the show to the viewers. From the first moments, it becomes impossible not to listen to the man’s voice as he talks in an exceptionally pleasant manner. He also speaks directly to the viewer, asks questions, and answers them himself, and...
The Game Changers is a documentary released in 2018 and running for 1 hour and 52 minutes. It was produced by James Cameron, directed by Louis Psihoyos, starring James Wilks, Lewis Hamilton, who are among the world’s most challenging, fastest, and strongest athletes. With the rising number of people adopting...
The first article under consideration criticizes the gratuitous use of gore in horror media for its inability to impact the audience. While the techniques become more advanced, they do not contribute to the feeling of being scared in the same way as familiarity does (Harris). However, some shows manage to...
Anti-capitalist symbolism is expressed in the film “A Cure for Wellness.” The movie is a psychological horror picture that proposes that worship of money and material success, kills a human being. At the beginning of the film, an employee dies of a heart attack at work in a substantial financial...
The identification of ethical issues plays an important role in the creation of artifacts at any period. In ancient times, people were obsessed with the impact of religion on human life. During the Enlightenment, artifacts were developed on the basis of innovation. Today, individuals follow their standards and thoughts to...
Abstract The paper revolves around the dramatized real story of Erin Brockovich. The story is retrieved from a film entitled Brockovich that was written by Susannah Grant. The story concentrates more on the health complications that the residents of Hinkley were facing as a result of consumption of contaminated water....
The rapid rhythm of the contemporary world and excessive workload make it difficult for families to spend time together. Sometimes couples cannot find time to look after their house. However, this activity seems to be an essential ritual uniting family members. Taking care of the yard can be beneficial for...
The Monster in Frankenstein can be described as a metaphor for the relationship between humans and gods. It was created with a wide range of imperfections and flaws, which make it displeasing and even disgusting to other people. However, it was a conscious and self-aware creature, which understood its position...
HBO’s Iron-Jawed Angels offers a vivid, if fictionalized, look at the history of the American suffrage movement in the early 20th century. The struggle for the constitutional amendment guaranteeing female enfranchisement faced considerable opposition from within the suffrage movement as well as without. White and black activists from different social...
The documentary titled “The Game Changers” had an ambitious objective of having a strong impact on society, as implied by its name. The film has assembled a team of prominent personalities in the spheres of sports and cinematography. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan, Lewis Hamilton, and Novak Djokovic were among the...
Multiple systems recognition is essential for a proper understanding of any given situation. The movie Joe the King is an exceptional example of the interaction between the biological, psychological, and societal spheres of life. This work’s characters suffer from a diverse number of issues, which will be discussed in this...
In his article on the current movie industry trends, Mark Harris expresses his extreme skepticism about the future of American cinematography. The title of the article, “The Birdcage”, stems from the famous “Birdman” film (Harris, 2014). The example is employed by the author to reveal the nature of contemporary movies’...
Summary The documentary titled “Trump’s Takeover” delves into the political intrigues that characterized President Trump’s first year in office. It was marked by unparalleled disorder that risked the stability of the Republican Party (GOP). Trump waged covert rivalry with the party’s leaders, made inflammatory remarks about politicians that aimed to...
The film Searching for Bobby Fischer by Steven Zaillian is about the childhood of a chess player Joshua Waitzkin. The movie is based on the real life of the chess player. When Josh Waitzkin was seven years old, his family noticed that the boy has a great interest in chess....
Section I There are two main characters in the movie Crash whose behavior can be considered to be a result of their acculturation. These are: Cameron Thayer (the black television director), and the Persian man’s daughter, Dorri. The TV director works in a white-dominated environment and he is so acculturated...
Introduction As a horror film containing an implied social and fantastic background, the Night of the Living Dead includes the elements of other genres as well. There is relatively little violence in the film, and a lot of time is devoted to the suspense and escalating fear. With the measured...
The movie “Gone Baby Gone” is an example of the moral dilemma of doing right things for right reasons. At the end of the movie, the main character, a detective Patrick Kenzie, has to answer the question what is morally right and what is good. This question can be analyzed...
The beautiful, but swaggering Prince Adam was punished for arrogance and exorbitant pride. The sorceress cast a spell on Adam and his entire castle. The handsome Prince turned into a terrible furry monster, and his faithful servants became household items: utensils, candlesticks, watches, and other trinkets. This sorceress left Adam...
The movie “Ray” by Taylor Hackford depicts the life journey of Ray Charles, a famous American pianist, and singer. The plot evolves as Charles grows up, from the age of seven when he loses his vision to adulthood when he tours across the United States as a rhythm and blues...
Abstract The issues of chemical pollution and environmental health are crucial in the world of nowadays. This paper examines the film “Erin Brokovich” and the process of research and data collection conducted by the legal agency through such methods as personal interviews, inspection, medical and scientific report. The movie review...
Introduction Roma is a 2018 film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who based the story upon his childhood memories. The semi-autobiographical narrative focuses on Cleo, a servant woman working for a middle-class family, whose character is inspired by Cuarón’s caregiver. The movie is set in the 1970s in the neighborhood of...
Sita sings the blues is an animation film. Nina Paley produced the film. She is an American cartoonist. She started as a comic strip artist and later started filmmaking. Later, she moved to India in 2002 and came across the epic Ramayana and this was ironic as her marriage was...
Introduction The city and cinema have been inextricably connected to each other since the emergence of films. Gradually, the urban space begins to influence the movies so much that it is impossible to imagine one without the other. “The street in the extended sense of the word is not only...
12 Angry Men is an American film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on a screenplay from the TV show by Reginald Rose. The film was produced by Westinghouse Studio One and was first released in 1957. The film’s genre is a courtroom drama, and its plot takes place mainly in...
Steven Scott’s “Like a Box of Chocolates” explores Forrest Gump, the movie – one of the best-known and most influential American cultural products of recent decades. In a serious, bordering on downright academic tine, Scott presents his reading of the famous story of a simple-witted man who inexplicably becomes incredibly...
Introduction Entertainment serves as a reflection of many societal changes and trends. The audience seeks not only entertainment but a genuine, accurate representation of real life. However, for decades, movies have been misrepresenting some marginalized groups of people and favoring others. A significant part of the demographic that is mainly...
The short film series “How You See Me” touches upon the problem of stereotypes and labeling in interpersonal communication. It involves members of different social and racial groups that are most often labeled in society discussing how they perceive stereotypes and what steps can be taken to reduce the existing...
Introduction In sociology, an interactionist perspective focuses on micro-level issues that occur between people. This approach to understanding the interactions between characters allows clarifying inequality and poverty effects. The personal narratives of individuals are often used as the key source of analyzing the relationships across social classes in terms of...
As a psychological experiment, The Quiet Rage showed us how mental conditioning plays a vital role in how we view our lives and how people treat one another. It shows how us how we can lose sight of ethics and legalities once given the power to exercise over our fellowmen....
Obsession is a movie that deals with the threats of radical Islam to civilization, the movie uses unique footage from Arabic TV. This is a documentary movie that deals with the threats of radical Islam. It discusses the “incitements that were alleged to hatred as well as the global jihad,”...
The film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a piece of art that was authored by David Hands in 1937. The fantasy musical work teaches children and adults the severe effects of jealousy and the significance of true love. The writer aims to communicate the theme of love and...
Being one of the most prominent stories ever filmed by Steven Spielberg, Schindler’s List demonstrates a precise sequence of historical events which took place during the Holocaust. What is special about the film is that all the people and places correspond to reality, and the majority of events and dialogues...
Introduction Immigration has been a hotly contested topic for many years. Many people, especially in developing nations, want to move to developed countries like the United States to seek better ways of livelihood and better-paying jobs. However, the traditional way of being registered as a migrant is long and tiresome...
The current essay reflects the rehabilitation course through the movie “The Bucket List” by Rob Reiner. In the paper, I answer the question: did the patient portray any spiritual beliefs or distress throughout the movie? Moreover, I recall emotions felt during the semester after watching it and providing patient care....
Introduction The return of the master after a long pause always gives rise to multiple deep and conflicting emotions. In the case of the legendary and most controversial director of Hollywood, namely, Mel Gibson, the return appeared to be, if not triumphant, then worthy. His latest film, titled “Hacksaw Ridge”,...
The British and American broadcasting models have a unique and complex relationship. In the UK, TV is centralized and covered by a single license fee (TV Licence, n.d.). The £157 can be paid once a year, or separated into monthly installments. There are also discounts for people with visual impairments,...
The theory of unitary human beings formulated by Martha Rodgers has played a very significant role in the discipline of nursing as well as many other disciplines. The introduction of the theory has transformed the field of nursing and the initial perception of healthcare. In today’s world, nursing is not...
The film Citizen Kane is notable not only with the story it uncovers for the audience but also with its effective use of cinematography techniques. The film’s deep-focus photography, mise en scène, lighting, and camera movements have earned numerous appraises by critics over the decades after Citizen Kane was filmed....
The Shawshank Redemption is an American motion picture based on Stephen King’s novel, one of the most recommended films for many years. It was composed and coordinated by Frank Darabont in 1994. The film describes Andy Dufresne’s fate, a man falsely accused of committing the homicide of his wife and...
Gone With the Wind is still considered the highest-grossing film in the history of American cinema. By 1943, it had over $ 32 million in fees (with a budget of just over $ 4 million, including advertising costs). In subsequent releases, it increased this amount to $ 76.7 million. The...
Several factors have to be considered when discussing the different issues brought on by youth violence. Over the years, much has been blamed on economic, social, and cultural elements. Thus, it can be argued that the given quote “community members, youth advocates and youth themselves consistently say that it is...
Human nature never ceases to look for ways that can relieve pain and avoid suffering. Recent research has shown that the most powerful and healthy way to deal with sadness is humor. However, it appears that the film industry has not been using humor as a way of healing; instead,...
The film The Birth of Nation is one of the most ambitious projects of the first half of the 20th century. David Griffith created this silent movie in 1915 and used as a base for the plot the books of Thomas Dixon. This film is a significant representation of the...
Introduction Perseus, a Greek demi-god, is one of the most known and loved heroes in mythology. The recent movie Clash of the Titans (2010), which retells the story of Perseus, proves the fact that his bravery is still not forgotten. Most likely Perseus is still so popular and discussed today...
Introduction The way people perceive different monsters, such as vampires or witches, in movies can be far from the message they actually convey. The same applies to the movie named Ginger Snaps that tells the story of two sisters, one of which was bitten by a werewolf. They have been...
Getting the Attention The thrilling nature of Star Wars: The Force Awakens expresses some of the artistic prowess displayed by the writer Jay Abrahams and producer Kathleen Kennedy. Though the movie is based on science fiction, one gets fascinated by the extraordinary application of themes featuring the Galactic Civil wars...
The Godfather released in 1972 is a classic film of the crime and mafia genre, based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo. It is directed by the director Francis Ford Coppola and stars well-known and talented actors including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duval, and many...
