The Crazies to Say the Least “David leans on the sideline fence, sipping his coffee, watching the game. No one has yet noticed the dark figure walking out of the shadowy woods beyond the outfield. Weaving like a drunkard, he walks right onto the playing field, oblivious to the game. He is carrying a shotgun. Heads turn, mouths falling open in the bleachers and dugouts, everybody staring in collective disbelief.
Higher Learning an american film released in 1995 that focuses on a fictional college by the name of “Columbus University” that resembles the actual Columbus State University in Georgia. In the movie director John Singleton captures the life of college students of all races and cultures and beliefs from around country. The lead character Malik Williams played by (Omar Epps) an African american high prestige track athlete. Malik’s character struggles understanding the full particulars of knowledge, the real world and keeping up in his academic career. Malik displays low motivation and idea of hard work.
The film's attention to detail, both in terms of historical accuracy and the portrayal of the emotional landscape of its characters, adds depth and authenticity to the
I believe that throughout his film Fast, Cheap And Out of Control, director Errol Morris is attempting to shake the viewers of their complacency concerning animal issues and what constitutes an animal. Morris’ film consists of interviews with four men: A lion tamer, a topiary gardener, a mole rat scientist, and a robotics engineer. Through their interviews and the disorienting nature of the film, Morris reflects on the complicated relationship between humans and animals. One of Morris’ observations is that while claiming to care for animals, many still mistreat them.
Throughout the movie “End of Watch” follows along with Officer Brian Taylor (Gyllenhaal) and Officer Mike Zavala (Pena) on their daily patrols in the inner city of Los Angeles. During the course of the movie, there are many things that Officer Taylor and Officer Zavala do that is very common and even accepted among police officers. But, one reoccurring theme is that they use foul language while on duty, act unprofessional, and use excessive force. In addition, Officer Taylor is actively recording his daily activities while on duty with a handheld video camera and lapel body cameras for both himself and Officer Zavala. Even though Officer Taylor was repeatedly told to cease his filming by fellow officers and supervisors he continued his behavior.
In the wildly popular Mexican film, Los olvidados (1950), Spanish director Luis Buñuel exposes the harsh realities of life in Mexico during the 1950’s. Luis Buñuel’s work on Los olvidados portrays a societal loss for all hope due to crime and violence as an infinitely vicious cycle, coupled with addressing the lack of reform for dilapidated living conditions throughout Mexico. In Los olvidados, Buñuel follows Pedro (Alfonso Mejía) a neglected bastard, and El Jaibo (Roberto Cobo) the leader of a gang of homeless children loitering in vacant lots. For Pedro, and the rest of the cast, a series of unfortunate outcomes have been strung together though common ignorance and a lack of self-control. Luis Buñuel’s use of focal length, editing, and dialogue
As Lao Tzu famously said “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”. In Patrick DeWitt’s “The Sister Brothers” Eli’s journey begins with one trot of a horse. As contract killers, the only thing Eli Sisters and his brother know is killing and blood. As they travel across the old west to complete what Eli hopes will be their last job; kill Herman Kert Warm, Eli searches to discover his true self. Upon this journey, the truth to Eli’s harsh reality is revealed and his inner struggle is uncovered.
The film 13th directed by Ava DuVernay targets an intended audience of the Media and the three branches of the United States government with an emphasis that mass incarceration is an extension of slavery. It is intended to inform viewers about the criminalization of African Americans and the United States prison boom. 13th uses rhetorical devices in its claim to persuade the viewers by using exemplum in the opening seconds of the film. President Barack Obama presents statistics, saying “the United States is home to 5% of the world’s population but is home to 25% of the world’s prisoners.” Also the film uses a hyperbole in talking about the movie Birth of a Nation produced in 1915 which portrays a black man as a violent savage who will kill white women.
1. Finding dory, star of the film Dory last 1 minute and 42 sec. 2. In the trailer finding Dory it displays how Dory is trying to find her family throughout the film. Dory once new her family and lived with them but one day was taken away.
It brings into perspective how many people from the audience might view the planet. It shows how much people truly care about money instead of building a society around helping others and the planet. The palette that the artists used on the film made everything make sense even though it looks unreal at times. When the humans destroyed the Na’vi peoples land the fire flamed up and represented hatred and jealousy. This shows what humans might view as power is
The movie germinal is based on the master piece by the French Author Emile Zola, when author traveled to a poor rural district of France to observe the living and working conditions of striking coal miners. The movie provides dramatic and visual images for 19th century history events. In the mid of 19th century and late 19th century when Industrialization drew a different class structure where the owners were stealing the fruits of the worker’s labour. In the same age when working conditions in mines and other labour intensive industries were hazardous, the society was divided into two sections owners and workers .Rapt between servitude and starvation, workers look for the jobs at every place and migrates from Denmark to north France ready to work for any kind of job, irrespective of their
In Kissing Jessica Stein, the Jewishness is found in the obsession with marriage, a pushy mother and in some religious observances. Furthermore, the film portrays contemporary a young Jewish American in Jessica, who similarly to Seinfeld, don’t seem overly Jewish or act rather Jewish in public. The obsession with dating and getting married is a theme that has been linked to Judaism throughout the films we have studied in this course. The song “matchmaker” in Fiddler on the Roof and the grand wedding in The Chosen are two notable references.
The film showed a jungle-like setting, with no mountains or Rima. Moreover, as you see above, there are many similarities in the setting of the film and the story, with a few contrasts as
In today’s society, accurate representation of people of color in queer media is rare. However, in the film The Skinny, directed by Patrick-Ian Polk, almost the entire cast is made up of queer people of color. This film is especially interesting, because the main characters were black, queer, and Ivy League graduates representing Brown University. To see black queer people be represented in a film as educated, affluent, and generally happy is something to be treasured. Patrick –Ian Polk used the characters he created, as well as imagery, to encode the message that queer black people are not a monolith: we are diverse and complex, and deserve to be cared about and protected.
In this chapter we approach the new embodiment of Sherlock Holmes, such as the films Sherlock Holmes (2009), Sherlock Holmes: The Game of Shadow (2011) and the British series Sherlock. 3.1 Sherlock Holmes (2009) Sherlock Holmes was the first Sherlock Holmes film adaptation directed by Guy Ritchie. It was released on 25 December, 2009. Starring in the role of Sherlock Holmes is Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law as Dr. John Watson, Rachel McAdams as Irene Alder and Mark Strong playing Lord Blackwood.
