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In the mid to late 1950’s France saw the birth a new and unique form of moviemaking. This movement was famously known as the French New Wave and was developed by many different directors, critics and film students. Films found in the New Wave many communities that tie them together. Although a very famous New Wave film that came out near the end of the cycle, La Jetee (1962), broke away from many of the common tropes. The 400 Blows (1959) on the other hand was one of the first examples of a New Wave film, meaning that it followed the tropes more closely.
In this paper I will be writing about the film Casablanca. I will describe how the film corresponds to the requirements of Classical Hollywood Style (CHS) and how it differs in some respects. I will also note some important elements of Mise-en Scene, cinematography, and editing in this film. Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic film directed by Michael Curtiz. Set during contemporary World War II, the film focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman and helping her and her husband, a Czech Resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the German Nazis.
This paper will explore in detail, the way in which masculinity and femininity are challenged in the films Boys Don’t Cry (Pierce, 1999) and Mildred Pierce (1945, Curtiz) by looking at how both concepts are represented in each film. It will identify the way in which both characters Brandon Teena and Mildred Pierce defy the traditional notions of femininity adhering more to masculinity in their own way. Firstly, the film Boys Don’t Cry follows the true story of Brandon Teena, a young female-to-male transgender who leaves his hometown for his own safety who then falls in love with an aspiring singer, Lana. Both plan a future together, but Brandon meets an untimely end when his secret his found out some of Lana’s old friends in which they eventually
Introduction Part 1: “Consciously or not, Alfred Hitchcock never followed tendencies of mainstream cinema. By depicting his heroines as strong and expressive, giving them freedom of will and using a subjective narrative mode, he broke with the classical image of woman as a spectacle.” (Malgorzata Bodecka) Films have always been influenced by the social-cultural background from the time the film was produced. Dating back to the beginning of film around the 1890s through the films produced today, if taken into account the time period, one can argue that a big change in the social-cultural background of the world, especially in western society, has been the change of the role of women in society.
The Iranian classic film, “The Day I Became a Woman”, directed by Marziyeh Meshing, released in the year of 2000, is a three part allegory that conveys the yearning of women at three different stages of their lives, a girl who is on the edge of adolescence, a wife determined not to be ruled by her husband, and a wealthy old woman who wants to gain and buy the things that she never had. On the other hand, Thelma and Louise, directed by Ridley Scott, is a 1991 American crime film starring Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise, two friends who plan to go on a road trip, away from their husbands, with disastrous consequences. Although the two films seem very different from each other and they have been produced in two extremely different
David Foster Wallace once said: “The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates.” Situational irony catches the reader by surprise with different types of emotions. Also, it creates an unexpected twist. It shocks its audience but still leaves them wondering. For instance, O. Henry, the author of “The Ransom of Red Chief,” provides humor in order to create irony to mess with the reader’s emotions.
Casablanca, a Romantic Propaganda Introduction Casablanca is one the classic Hollywood movie which is one of the most critically acclaimed Hollywood movies of all time and also very famous. Casablanca is a romance story that happens during World War II but the question is does it end there? Is Casablanca just a Romance movie? In this essay, I will be discussing how the movie Casablanca which is one of the most famous and critically acclaimed films of all time is a propaganda movie and what message is sending and the effects that propaganda movies make and why it’s important for governments.
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Jiahao Huang Instructor 's Name Course Title 25 March 2016 The Film “No Country for Old Men” Similar to any other kind of art, films can scrutinize the inner works of humanity and the interaction of people in the universe. With the viewpoint of human nature besides the current critical state of the film-philosophy, the film No Country for Old Men by the Coen brothers has succeeded as a philosophical medium. No Country for Old Men is the twelfth film by the Ethan and Joel Coen brothers.
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The movie Visions is a Horror film that tells of a couple, newly pregnant Eve and her husband Daniel, that just moved into a new house in wine country. The move was stimulated by a recent car crash Eve was involved in, which unfortunately resulted in the death a newborn baby in the other car. Eve feels terrible about the crash takes it upon herself to bear the blame, even though it was proved the crash wasn 't her fault. All of this leads to Eve falling into a deep depression which then results in her being put on heavy anti depressants. Eve However, fights out of this bitter state by deciding to get pregnant, get off her medication and move to a new place.
Film is a story of people and a story made by the people. Since society is a world of community where people creates atmospheres and interact with one another, through films we can look into the mirror of the society at that time. The French society from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s was the time when the postwar modernization for France had begun. During this time period there were many values that the society reflected and various cultures that were embedded into the people’s lives.
Laura Mulvey’s article Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema was published in 1975, has set out the concept of visual pleasure and explains it under a system looks in cinema. Her theory points out that men looked at women, men are the subjects of women, and to look at the object position; (women) accept their role of being looked at and creating visual pleasures for men as well as in the social reality. Her approaching is to use the same “political weapon” (“psychoanalytic theory”) that “the unconscious of patriarchal society has structured film form” (the way men used to oppress women) (Mulvey 483), with the hope to leave “the past behind without rejecting it” (Mulvey 485). To analyze that the main bias of cinema lies in the obsessive psychological
The unique qualities of films are described by the film theories and film studies literature. Film theory also describes how film can enhance the learning process in ways unavailable in other media. In this paper an attempt is made by giving examples from