Diamond mentions, “In the movies, we’re often portrayed as spiritual, noble, and free. This image has captured the world’s imagination” (11:06). The first type of film that was created was the silent films that involved Native Americans. The culture at the time had portrayed the Indians as warriors and that since the culture had been stripped away by the reservations, they seemed as though they were not real people.
Numerous screenwriters and directors have often dealt in their films with the theme of borders, whether literal and officially recognised, like military ranks or state frontiers, or abstract and metaphorical, like those of morality, justice, race, and gender, along with several others. As a consequence, as John Gibbs points out, one could assemble these movies, especially those taking place on the confines between Mexico and United States, under the label of ‘border films’ (2002: 27); thus contextualising them in a very specific tradition, which includes pictures such as Touch of Evil (Orson Welles 1958) or The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Tommy Lee Jones 2005). Accordingly, another notable movie belonging to the ‘border film tradition’ is Lone Star: an acclaimed 1996 hybrid of western and mystery film conventions, directed and written by independent filmmaker John Sayles. The picture recounts the story of a murder investigation, which leads the main character, Sheriff Sam
The influence of Hollywood can be seen increasing or decreasing the public’s perception of a person, group, or cause in the matter of moments. John Wayne is one that can be argued to have had am extremely large impact on the creation/influence of war films through personal views. In Allan Dwan’s film Sands of Iwo Jima, the most expensive film to date, he we give John Wayne the nod for the lead role of Sergeant Srkyer, whose job was to lead a group of inexperienced Marines into Iwo Jima. This would be Wayne’s first Academy Award nomination, thus solidifying his emerging influence in Hollywood. Though John Wayne had no military experience whatsoever, his political beliefs, and his portrayal of an American within his films helped him gain support from high national figures.
Star Wars the Summarizing Awakens A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away, two Jedi's name Qui-Gon-Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi end up finding a boy on tattooing while trying to end and intergalactic war between the Republic and the soon to be empire. The kid was Anakin Skywalker and was said to be the chosen one and to one day destroy the Sith. The young boy helped Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to get to the planet Croissant to strengthen and go back to the Naboo to fight the war. The Gungans, a species native to Naboo, help in defeating the droid army while the two Jedi fight a Sith Lord with a, really out of the ordinary, two bladed sword.
It is sad that George Lucas changed the way films were made. Twice. Inspired by films such as Flash Gordon and the films of Akira Kurosawa, as well as Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell, Panthelon Books, 1949) and Frank Herbert’s Dune (Frank Herbert, Chilton Books, 1965) books, George Lucas began work on Star Wars in 1974. He previously had success with his first feature sci-fi THX-1138 (George Lucas, US, 1971) and again with his urban gothic American Graffiti (George Lucas, US, 1973).
Ever since the release of film director, George Lucas’s epic science fiction opera, Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977. The cultural impact of the movie has grown tremendously over the last few decades. Star Wars is more than a movie. It’s a global phenomenon. Expanding into a franchise of animated television shows, comic books, expanded novels, toys, costumes, sequels, spin-offs, and novels.
“Star Wars”, on the other hand, has conflict where it is out of this world and i the future. No one knows what will happen giving the viewer a sense of adventure. When Luke is making his run to destroy the death star, the viewer feels as if he is him. That is not
“Arrival” is a mystery, sci-fi drama directed by Denis Villeneuve in his wonderful betrayal of the unknown. ’Arrival’ digs deep into the unexpected, when a bunch of alien vessels land in 12 different spots on earth, leaving everyone curious about what their intent on earth is. With the military confused they pair together two scientists Louise Banks (Amy Adams) and Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) who both study unique fields as Louise studies linguistics why Ian is a physicist, both are taken to a military base right outside of where one of the Heptapod’s (aliens) vessels have landed.
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...” This quote which is seen at the beginning of every Star Wars movie almost immediately sparks pleasant memories in the minds of everyone, but contrary to what is being said the events of Star Wars are not as far from home as you would first assume. It is due to this closeness that Star Wars could be The American Epic. This closeness is from the inspiration for the events of Star Wars, the values Americans can share with the characters within, and the outlook on the world seen within. George Lucas used many diverse sources for inspiration in his story many of which came from real events in history such as the Vietnam war, Nazi Germany, and more.
Guardians of the Galaxy is a Marvel team super hero film. Nonetheless, it is controversial to the audience whether it fits the sub-genre of a team-up film such as The Avengers. Due to the characters, none of them have their individual movie like Iron Man. However, James Gunn uses points of view and actor’s acting to enhance the intimacy among the characters that makes this movie fits into the team super hero film genre. In addition, Gunn uses makeups to not make any of the roles too standout because they all have unique appearances that balance out on screen.
The film selected for this analysis is the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film is directed by Stanley Kubrick, story, and screenplay developed by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke with the casting of Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain. The film is inspired by Arthur C. Clarke’s short story The Sentinel published in 1951. For this analysis will be arranged in three sections, which analyze the three acts of the film independently and how these acts are related to the storytelling of the film.
Gender and Race in Film from a Feminist Analysis Representation of women and people of color in the film industry remains mostly divisive issue due to the heightened attention to diversity in recent years. Based on this observation, the current paper analyzes the state of representation in this industry focusing on the film “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Star Wars: The Last Jedi “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is a film written and directed by Rian Johnson that was initially released on the 9th of December 2017. Produced by Lucasfilm, the film served as the eighth main installment of the hugely successful Star Wars franchise. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributed the film.
One must find the influence and the aid of others to overcome challenges. The movie and book “Wonder” directed Stephen Chobosky by composed by R.J Palacio is a story about a boy named August Pullman who has a face deformity called Treacher Collins Syndrome. This causes his face to be irregular and look different compared to others. Auggie is starting his first day of school after being home school by his mother. As Auggie walked in the school, people were walking away and avoiding being near him.
The Star Wars is an epic space opera franchise that needs no introduction. The movie series has more cult followers than most religions. Beside being the cutting edge of CGI at the time, Star Wars was (is?)
Invictus Film review. The Film called Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood, is a Legendary Sports Biographical Drama directed by Clint Eastwood. Eastwood created the film to show the power of sport and how Rugby alone managed to unite the mighty nation of South Africa, during their terrible post-apartheid era, which included high tension due to the racial discrimination between members of their nation which had been present for the previous 50 years. The film’s leading character, Nelson Mandela, is played by Morgan Freeman, who is the first black president of South Africa, and the film cast also includes Matt Damon, who plays the legendary Springbok captain, Francois Pienaar, who works with Mandela to unite all the races of South Africa.
