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.
I, Destin Mizelle, am extremely enthusiastic to provide this letter of recommendation for Alexus Durr! I am a second year psychology major with a minor in African American studies and I also have the honor of serving as a Resident Assistant in Brumby Hall at the University of Georgia. I am both honored and elated to have the opportunity to provide Alexus with a letter of recommendation for a Resident Assistant Alexus and I, share the membership relations position in a minority recruitment organization called Georgia Daze. Immediately upon finding out Alexus and I would be co-chairs for the school year, I knew that we would together help transcend the organization. Her outgoing and determined personality has made an unforgettable impression on me and the members of our organization.
The film “Half of Anything” directed by Jonathan Tomhave was centered around a series of interviews with four different people of different backgrounds, who all identified as Native American. He asked these four interviewees the question “What is a real Indian?” This was a challenge for each person to answer in the fact that a “real Indian” meant different things to each one. For instance, the first interviewee, Christina, believed that there has to be a true definition of an Indian and that it meant more than just having a card and being enrolled in something, it takes moral responsibility. Another interviewee, Sherman Alexie, discussed that, while he saw being Indian as part of a person’s personal identity, the world seemed to identify Indians
Watching The Trouble with Evan was very difficult. There were so many things this family could have done to make things better, but every time they tried they just kept falling into their own ways. Insecure disorganized attachment was quite apparent between him and both of his parents. His parents had the tendency to verbally abuse him quite a bit, yelling things that most people would never imagine yelling at their child. Other times it seemed the mother would be frightened of Evan and his behavior.
Lack of Humanity, Loss of Identity In Elie Wiesel’s “Night”, Elie begins the novel living a normal life in the small town of Sighet in Transylvania. He lives with a family of six, with his mother, father, and three sisters. The story picks up quickly after the Nazis move in, first taking away the town’s rights to own any gold, jewelry, or any valuables, then no longer have the right to restaurants, cafes, synagogues, or to even travel by rail. Soon the town of Sighet then came the ghettos. It was prohibited from leaving their homes after six o 'clock in the evening.
In The Toughest Job: William Winter’s Mississippi, viewers are introduced to the background and political career of former governor of Mississippi, William Winter. Centered around his rise to the highest political position in the state amidst the volatile changes occurring in Mississippi at the time, the film specifically explores his attempts to create educational reform in the state and the many tribulations that came with such a pursuit. When examining how Winter was able to lead and enact real change despite many challenges and setbacks, there are clear examples of effective leadership, argumentative structure, and strategic communicative behaviors from which to learn from. As a politician, Winter exhibits more than one form of power.
Sunset Boulevard is an entertaining portrayal of the dramatic side of Hollywood in the 1950’s through the film noir genre and thoroughly does so through repeated themes of entrapment. Sunset Boulevard is the name of the street Norma Desmond, a renowned silent film actress, resides in. She confides within a film writer to restore her fame back to what she had as a silent film actress in the newly introduced “talkies”. The writer, Joe Gillis, is thus stuck with the task of aiding her to help out his economic status.
Eric Rentschler, a Harvard University professor of German cinema and history, has written countless pieces of works surrounding the Third Reich era. Books like West German Film in the Course of Time (1984) displayed how the Germans used cinema to portray their lives during the late 1930’s up to the time of Hitler taking power. His article on Jew Süss (1940) discussed how Veit Harlan supplied a survey of historical occurrences with the use of anti-Semitic features. He also displayed the real face of the Jewish population, and used dissolves and shadowing to illustrate the approaching cruelty and mass killings of European Jewry.
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.
The film Pervert’s Guide to Cinema is a great source for major concepts in cinema like illusions, reality, conflicts, observations, desire, etc. It is really interesting how Zizek explains some of these concepts and how he shoots in the same locations as the examples he uses to portray his concepts. One of the most interesting topics is appearances versus reality. In the movie, Vertigo Zizek talks about how appearances won over reality. Another extraordinary concept is the use of birds in the movie The Birds and how their attack resembles tearing up and distorting reality.
Reese Witherspoon is a vision of red in her new "Home Again" movie poster and fans are tickled pink over her return to romantic comedy. Reese hasn 't starred in a romantic comedy flick since the 2012 McG-directed film, "This Means War," where she starred alongside Tom Hardy and Chris Pine. However, Witherspoon is gearing up for a rom-com return later this fall. Reese Witherspoon 's "Home Again" movie poster debuted recently. It shows the 41-year-old "Water for Elephants" star draped in red -- from her lipstick to her toenails.
Steven Spielberg’s exhilarating film, The Post, is centered around The Washington Post, a family owned newspaper company, which is racing against the New York Times to exploit the wrongdoings of the U.S. government. It tells the story of the Pentagon Papers and how the Government hid these classified documents from the public along with the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War for three decades and four presidencies. This film stars Meryl Streep who takes on the role of Katherine Graham, Chief Publisher of the Washington Post after her husband passed away. Co-star Tom Hanks takes on the role of Ben Bradlee, executive editor of the paper. This film was directed by Steven Spielberg, an extremely talented director/producer for many well
In The film “The Words,” produced by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal. It stars three people which are Jeremy Irons as the old man, Bradley Cooper as Rory Jansen, and Zoe Saldana as Dora Jansen . This film contains three genres in it which are drama,mystery, and romance. It was released on September 7 , 2012. For a long time people have been plagiarizing to be successful or to simply find a quicker way to write something.
In the movie, The Book of Eli, the world changes to a cold, bare place, a place that nobody wants to end up in. Most of the people turn into scavengers and have lost eyesight or the ability to read without any books because of the war. The little towns that are still thriving are being taken over by people who want power. The people of the town are being treated badly and food, water, and cleanliness is very scarce. Eli has been a walker for thirty years who is also blind.
According to (Dirks, 2014) fantasy film is unlike scene fiction films that base their content upon some degree of scientific truth, take the audience to netherworld, fairy-tale places where events are unlikely to occur in real life. In mythological or legendary times, they transcend the bounds of human possibility and physical laws. Fantasy films are often in the context of the imagination, dreams, or hallucinations of a character or within the projected vision of the storyteller. Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary. They may appeal to both children and adults, depending upon the particular film.
