“Three Kings” (“Es ist schoen Koenig zu sein”) is a 1999 war film written and directed by David O. Russell. It tells the story of four American soldiers in the immediate aftermath of “Operation Desert Storm” in Kuwait and Iraq, as they scheme to find a secret trove of stolen Iraqi gold. While the film contains unique filmmaking and narrative techniques, it has clear signs marking it as a traditional American three-act film. In the first act (Set-up in Syd Field’s “Paradigm”), we see the exposition of the film.
In the documentary “Undefeated” by T.J. Martin and Daniel Lindsay, an underprivileged black high school football team tries to break the streak of never having won a playoff game as long as the school has been around. Through all of the struggles that these kids face, they learn to come together with the help of their football coach. While the film was nominated for an Oscar, there are two completely different views on whether the film was about overcoming difficulties, considering the situation or about made up miracles that are only seen in fictional movies. In both reviews of the documentary, the authors talk about both the characters and the directors and how well they delivered their message.
The contemporary biographical film form of Garth Davis’ Lion (2016) explores the idea that technology brings people together and how it impacts identity. Davis connects Saroo’s story with the audience and also shows the connection Saroo has with both his biological and adopted family, showing the power technology has in bringing people together. Additionally, technology shapes one’s identity through the constant improvement of technology and how it affects life. Through the medium of film, the idea of technology brings people together is explored through Saroo’s experience of being adopted in Australia, a foreign country, after having struggles of being separated with his biological family back in India. Prior to his move to Australia, he
On Tuesday, October 6th, “The William & Stephanie Clohesy Documentary Film Series” brought American film director, Dawn Porter, to discuss her documentary Spies of the Mississippi to UNI students. This paper not only discusses the documentary, but also goes through each step of the critical process to make an informed judgment about it. Description Spies of the Mississippi is based in the mid-1900s during the civil rights era in the southernmost state of Mississippi. It was a time when races were segregated and equality was desired by the black community. Change was not only wanted, but was fought for through various organizations, such as the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
The film Glory, is a true story based on the diaries of Robert Gould Shaw. The movie is about the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. The first black regiment to fight in the Civil War. The army was made up of black soldiers both free men and escaped slaves. Men that did not have to fight volunteered to fight for many reasons.
To summarize this essay, there are several points that highlight differences between the two films, yet the overall context of the film remains the same. One common theme that tends to drive the force between the reasoning in why the two films have varying aspects is because they were made for slightly different audiences at different times in society. Though both versions of the movie have small portions that vary from one another, the main emphasis is the same and both versions are loved by the
I don’t believe that this film expresses any political view. I believe that image, speech, sound, music, and writing interact to produce meaning. They are all in sync with one another, but I believe writing dominates because the film is based off of a novel. The facial expressions and speech of the younger actors add to the film, evoking emotion and sympathy from the viewer. The novel emphasizes the spectator more so than in the film.
As mentioned previously, the move “It’s a Wonderful Life” displays each life is important through how George Bailey influenced people, when he finds out he’s an important part of the town, and the scene where he wishes he was never born. Throughout the essay the main points of the body paragraphs were that George helped friends and family through hard times, how the town would look like without him, and the importance of his life. So value your life because it’s very
The controversial question in many Americans’ minds is as follows, “So we are allowed to fight and die for our country, but we have to wait three years to legally drink a beer?” (Fulton). In schools alcohol is taught to be a bad, foreign, and a taboo subject; this is because many Americans abuse alcohol. They are not responsible or respectful when consuming liquor. With this in mind a group of concerned mothers joined together to protest against alcohol.
The moral of this movie is the easiest way to do something might not always be the safest of the most beneficial. What I mean by this is by littering and dumping into the oceans and taking cars everywhere might be the easiest way to get something done, but there are major effects from doing all these
“A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.” Louis Zamperini dealt with bullies at a young age when his family moved from France to America. He began to get in trouble with the authorities, often running from them, but when his brother noticed he could run, his life changed. Zamperini joined the school track team and excelled, eventually moving on to the Olympics. However, in a twist of events, Zamperini joins the army and finds himself stranded at sea, then stuck in a Japanese Prisoner of War Camp.
At the beginning of the film actors name are listed on the screen along with the title of the film all white with black background. The message has shown extremely early in the film which highlights the fact that there is light in the dark showing hope. This shows that director is trying to portrait the message of hope from the beginning of the film. Also, audience get to understand the main theme of "hope."
This film is able to take these concepts and satirize them in a way that becomes comical, after watching this movie, it can put some of these peoples fear to rest because they realize such things are almost impossible. Peoples minds tend to think the worst situations possible before any other conclusions, and this film puts some of those situations to
To what extent do Hollywood films reflect social and cultural behavior of America? Outline: History of Hollywood film industry: 1917—1960: the development of Hollywood film industry and characterized most styles to this day: biography, fiction, action, horror, animated, comedy, etc. After the World War One, the America experienced a cultural boom which resulting different forms of culture appears. In order to make films appeal to the audience, various cultural elements were introduced into the production of films.
The main motive of the song was to inspire all the students; who lose their heart very quickly and never do hard work, so by listening to this song, it gives the quotes that “never give up” in your life and live your life without taking tension. Like life is a gift, wake up every morning and realize that. This movie is always my favorite because it always motivates me that never give up as well as never lose heart; even in that situation who you can’t
