National Film Registry Essays

It had been several weeks since we had stolen the groundhog shadow. I had stayed up late the majority of the night; I was excited about Groundhog Day. Usually my mom had to wake me up, but on this day, I was dressed and ate breakfast before my mom woke up. My mom was surprised I had so much energy. Other times on Groundhog Day, I dragged myself around and complained about the long winter. Today, it was my day to enjoy Groundhog Day. The sun was shining brighter than ever before on February 2. It

Inherit The Wind Essay They want their audience to consider, The Importance Of Having Multiple Perspectives. They want them to consider this theme because of all the different scenarios that are happening between all the different characters in the story. There are multiple things happening in the book about choosing sides and having the right to think about what you want, without having to worry about getting in trouble from the law or anyone else. At a time of life and death over people’s beliefs

The students at the Hillsborough High School were chanting and screaming with pride. Each grade had its own theme, including the Senior Sightseers, Junior Justice, Sophomore Storytime, and Freshman Force. We began to stomp on the bleachers “Let’s go Sophomores,” we cheered. To the right of us, the Freshman Force grade screamed, “Let’s go Freshman.” We looked towards them and cheered even louder, enough so that they were barely heard. My ears were bleeding with the overwhelming amount of spirit

Hello to everyone in this stadium because you are all monsters who enjoy watching their own species die for fun for we are the true barbarians. How can we call ourselves human if we show no compassion toward one another in an arena or in real life? How would you like it if you and your best friend had to fight to the death and be miserable for the rest of your life knowing that you killed them for your own good and you people have the nerve to call other people uncivilized? If we want other people

The high school experience. Something that almost everyone has to go through. The five years that completely changed my life. High school could be the best five years of your life or the most disconsolate. What you do during these five years could ultimately shape the rest of your life. My high school experience was very different compared to some of my peers. This wasn’t because we had different classes or were taught by different teachers, but rather because we had different friends and participated

Alfred Hitchcock’s, Rear Window (1954), is a cinematic masterpiece that analyzes the complicated aspects involved within human curiosity. Telling the story of a photographer, L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies, the film delves into the metafictional ways in which he uncovers a murderer while recuperating from an accident. Being stricken in a wheelchair, Jeff looks out of the rear window in his New York apartment and views the lives of his many neighbors. Through his recovery, Jeff lives his life vicariously through

While attending this film studies class I watched two films, one being Midnight Cowboy. Midnight Cowboy is about a Texas cowboy named Joe Buck. Joe travels to New York to make money as a hustler. While in New York, he makes a friend named Ratso. Ratso lets Joe stay in his abandoned apartment with him until Ratso gets sick. The other film I watched was Precious. Precious is a girl living under her abusive mother's roof. In the movie she is expecting her second child, where she was raped by her father

mood is quickly turned gloomy by the sweet Australian accent of Sandy Olsson exchanging her goodbyes with her summer love, Danny Zuko. The opening scene of Grease may seem [depressing] but it sets up for one of the most interesting love stories put to film. Grease is a movie with great musical numbers accompanied with wonderfully executed dance routines and an unforgettable plot. Although there are questionable incidents throughout, it will always be classic. Grease is a romantic-comedy-musical, set

In both “The Knight's Tale” and “The Pardoner's Tale,” there are valuable lessons that should be recognized. Each tale was not only educational, but they were also entertaining, they both held a strong meaning behind them. Here is the real question: does one tale trump the other? Did one have a more valuable lesson? Well, the answer is yes. “The Knight's Tale” had more moral value and it vital points that are important, while “The Pardoner's Tale” was more for entertainment. In “The Knight’s Tale

The Punta Cana Trip In the morning I wake up around 4:00AM with the biggest excitement ever. I eat pizza because that's the first thing I saw. Then I check if I have everything I need. My grandpa drives to our house and drives us to the airport. When we arive there We all say our goodbyes to our grandpa “ Bye Grandpa ” When we walk in Everywhere long lines!! I turn to my mom and say “ do we really have to go threw all of these lines”!! She replies “ Yes honey”. Hhhhhhhhhhhh!! The first line we

Ramjarrie 812000864 Who is an auteur ?According to the Auteur Theory put forward by French film directors in the 1950’s, “A true film auteur is someone who brings something genuinely personal to his subject, instead of producing a tasteful, accurate but lifeless rendering of the original material ”(Auteur Theory- WordPress.com).To further elaborate on the subject matter addressing of authorship, a film maker is regarded as an auteur when he or she has a personal, signature style and keeps creative

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Marquez has made many stories but in my personal opinion “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is his best one. The point of view for the story is third person point of view. This is a magic realism story which means basically the real world and the fantasy world and mix together. You can tell this story is magic realism because the story's title the old man with enormous

This line is spoken twice throughout the film, the first time coming from Charlie’s advanced English teacher, Mr. Anderson. He and Charlie grow extremely close throughout the movie. Charlie asks his teacher why his family and friends choose to be with people who continue to treat them badly. Towards the end of the film, Sam, one of Charlie’s close friends, asks him the same type of question. The response is the same both times,

Blue Carpenter Mrs. George Film and Literature 25 April, 2017 The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks, an author everyone knows, created another masterpiece in 2013, with his novel, The Longest Ride. As many of his novels do, The Longest Ride developed into a movie, directed by George Tillman Jr. Throughout the movie, viewers can see how individual characters develop and how their inter tangled relationships develop as well. With the help of the movie, some viewers can see the emotions felt between characters

Nominated as one of the National Board of review in the USA, Gone with the Wind (1939) is one Top ten films listed in the American Film Institute. Directed by Victor Fleming, Gone with the Wind, country of origin is the USA. The language of the film is English, and was released in the USA in January 17, 1940. A filmed based on the novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Victor Fleming was not the initial director of the film. George Cukor was forced by producer David Seilznick to abandon

Paulo Coelho, an author, once said, “Close some doors. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere.” This is exactly what some movie producers do. When a movie is based off of a book and some parts are not needed they take out that scene. For instance, in the movie A Raisin in the Sun, they take out quite a few parts that lead to nowhere. While in the play there are many unneeded parts. The movie, A Raisin in the Sun, is better than the play because

style they can call their own, whereas many rely on commercial endorsement. Almost all the benchmarks followed by directors, actors and studios alike, come from, as most critics would agree, the golden age of Hollywood. Lasting from the 1920s-1960s, films produced between these years gave true recognition and uniqueness to US cinema. Also known as Classical Hollywood, these years provided the public with a sense of fashion like no other. We

Through viewing the film Rear Window and reading the Short story It had to be murder I saw various ways in which suspense was created both in the short story and film. In the film, Jeff was trying to work out his problems with Lisa as well as being a voyeur and peeping into his neighbor's rear windows. He mainly focuses on Thorwald's window but we have several scenes where Jeff addresses his problems with Lisa. The most climatic scenes happened towards the end of the movie when Lisa decided to enter

the Wind is one of the most recognizable themes in film history and classic of Golden Age Hollywood. Gone With the Wind is a romantic drama set in South America during the Civil War. Released in 1939, the film score was composed by Max Steiner, commonly recognised as the ‘father of film music’. Born in Vienna (1888), Steiner was declared a child prodigy, composing and conducting many operas through his teenage years. Steiner’s approach to film score composition was deeply rooted in 19th century

Ageism is a form of discrimination that affects almost every individual at some point in their life, whether it be in the work place or at the grocery store. Most examples of ageism are negative, often depicting the elderly as deteriorating, forgetful, or incompetent. Examples which characterize the elderly as "cute," although seemingly harmless, are still cases which overgeneralize the elderly population (Whitbourne & Whitbourne, 2011, p. 28). Ageism is often seen in popular media through greetings