Michael Douglas a cold, multimillionaire whose value is diminishing plays as Steven Taylor and is husband to youthful Gwyneth Paltrow and their marriage does not work well and this leads to Gwyneth having an extramarital [...]
The sense of mystery established at the opening of the film, with the discovery of the famously lost squadron of torpedo bombers incongruously set down in the Sonora Desert in the middle of a dust [...]
The plot revolves around two prominent events in Frida's life - the trolley car accident in 1929 that breaks her back and dooms her to a life of excruciating pain, and her marriage to Diego [...]
Yasujiro is also remembered for the unlikely revelations that may well leave the viewer a little derailed, eventually paints a nuance that deepens the emotional impact of the material.
He wants to be part of the Gattaca's project in going to the space. This is the start of a 'symbiosis' between Vincent and Eugene.
In 2005, director Christopher Nolen was successful in reintroducing the apotheosis of Batman to the modern world with his film "Batman Begins" This film depicts the birth of the god-like figure known as Batman.
Through the usage of color scheme, props, and the setting of the last mise en scene, A Matter of Life and Death facilitated the propagandist message of Anglo-American understanding within the pursuit of individual happiness.
In the USA, the suitability of movies for specific groups of viewers is regulated by the MPAA the Motion Picture Association of America.
In a few years, the members grow apart over some of the key decisions, and one of the bombings ends up in the death of a member.
The movie spans the last years of Egypt before it became a Roman province, with the political intrigue around it and the emotional intrigue that Cleopatra stirred with her wit, beauty, and ambition.
Roberta is one of the central characters in the movie Desperately Seeking Susan, and her cinematographic portrayal is crucial for the plot of this firm.
A significant part of the scene's appeal is its meaning, which was unusual for the time and revolutionized the concept of storytelling in films.
Further, the guys in the cabin find the entrance to the basement where the main character Dana finds a diary and reads a spell, thereby summoning the family of the dead murderers.
The portrayal of urban landscapes in film noir is a notable example of this interrelation, as it reflects in the issues of control, surveillance, and policing in a big city.
The fact that most of the narrative elements exist in an entirely different reality than the one in which the rest of the movie takes place makes the distinction between the narrative and narration in [...]
Shore focused on the utilization of flute, clarinet, and vibraphone in this piece to emphasize a kind of mystery and uncertainty.
Thus, the film directly deals with the question of spirituality because it represents the journey of Chris in Heaven and Hell.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a tragicomedy that combines the actual depictions of life in the United States and exaggeration to demonstrate cultural features and values such as justice and intolerance towards discrimination.
The first scene that illustrates DiBattista's quote about fast-talking dames and patriarchal femininity is the court scene in which Amanda uses her final argument to defend Doris.
The quality of the chosen images and entourage can be defined as one of the first reasons why it is wrong to think that Beauty and the Beast is a failure or a bad movie.
The ending of the film is tragic because both the heroine and the members of the underground group are shot. For instance, in one of the stills, one can see side lighting that seems to [...]
Thus, the movie The Thing from Another World can be applied to the category of marvelous films, as it shows the encounters of human beings with representatives of other planets and worlds.
The most important lesson that I learned from Django Unchained is that there may be a solution to the worst problems. The aspect of Django Unchained that I could relate to is the slavery issue.
The film The Help was a story about the problem of segregation in American society of the 1950s and 1960s when the Civil Rights Movement of Blacks had just begun to appear.
Despite bringing World War II to an end, it took the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people and brought significant destruction both to the nature of Japan and the well-being of the population.
From the beginning, the directors of the film warn the viewer that the movie is about at least two things: hunting and death.
Therefore, the popularity of American cinema and, particularly, the Hollywood cinema, may be defined by the general appeal of the broad themes that they choose for their movies."The Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol.
The primary theme of Brokeback Mountain is discovering sexual identity in culture and society that is inherently masculine and unsupportive of non-traditional sexual orientation.
What is the main situation of the movie, and how it is related to the immigration problem? The minister of defense Delacourt makes all the efforts to strengthen the control over the unauthorized attempts of [...]
To establish a fundamental starting in the analysis of the rhetorical function of fantasies in the movie "The Island", directed by Michael Bay, the foundations of structural-functional theory will be described in context.
The story is told from Jack's point of view, which is why the fact that he and Tyler are the same person is hidden from the audience for the vast part of the film.
The problem of discussing the film "The Quiet Man" directed by John Ford as rather Irish or American can be considered controversial because of the fact the plot of the story is based on the [...]
In his film Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee focuses on stereotypes that exist within a neighborhood, which allows him to show how the representatives of the general public face societal issues, emphasizing that their [...]
The quote in the article explains the way in which the behavior is seen as "scandalous" in India and in the West.
The development of the plot and characters is more pronounced in the film than the effects are. The movie shows that there are positive and negative sides to every person's character, and it depicts the [...]
J rgen Asbj rnsen, who was the inventor of the downsizing technology and one of the first people to undergo the procedure.
This paper includes an analysis of the final quote of professor Louis Levy concerning the meaning of human life and the way the words relate to the film.
Moreover, the film raises questions about death and immortality, justice and belief in it, meanness and unfairness of reality, evil and kindness."The Green Mile" is about the miracle.
One of the scenes that were reminiscent of an entomological fact was the one where a person was waving his or her hand to chase away mosquitoes.
I feel that the appropriate choice of colors and music used in the movie helps to reveal the urgency and seriousness of the message it conveys.
The lights in the scenes where Buggin' Out confronts Sal about the pictures on the wall through the point where the fight breaks out are dull. The power of lights is used to manipulate the [...]
Furthermore, science fiction films can be considered as the sub-class of horror films because both genres depend on the Discovery Plot which focuses on establishing the presence of the specific monster in the film, and [...]
Ever since the invention of motion pictures, the movie industry has been organized as a business. The first period is known as the silent period, which ran from the year 1895 to the year 1919.
The planners in this town are not able to balance their personal needs and the growing needs of the town. The politicians were in control of all the resources, and this explains the ordeal of [...]
Despite the fact that the narrative of the film follows the rise and the fall of a businessman, it is far from the typical "poor boy made good" ideology since the main character is not [...]
The most notable of them is the image of the character of Amy, who drinks some hard liquor straight from the bottle, wrapped in a paper bag in the same way that it is being [...]
Polanski utilizes the city of Los Angeles, particularly the neighborhood of Chinatown, as the symbolic representation of all that is "...unknowable, terrifying..".and beyond the scope of law and order.
The hardships of assimilation are put to the fore in the film In Between Days. It is necessary to note that the vast majority of the challenges immigrants face are not in the spotlight.
The social mask of Kang is that of the unpredictable cop who can break the law for making a profit. The concept of "throwness" is used to describe the experience when the person has to [...]
The picture keeps an eye on the steps of the day-to-day existence of a dysfunctional family, where the three brothers and a sister one by one decided to return to their family home and live [...]
It is very much tied to the message of the movie, which is to educate people that there are individuals who struggle with the problem of acceptance and reassurance from others.
The validity of the suggestion can be well illustrated in regards to the recently produced 'Bond movies', which appear only slightly less sexist, as it used to be the case with the same category of [...]
Discussing the movie from the viewpoint of Freudian identification, the main protagonists have been the brightest examples of expressing two opposing instincts, or drives, existing within the human being those of creativity, sexuality, and construction [...]
Barthes noted that the primary goal of wrestling is to demonstrate the irrelevance of the purely moral concept of justice. The concepts of social injustice and wrestling as the best way of understanding things offered [...]
Speaking of the issue that must be the one of the most interest to the audience, that is, the episode with the crosscutting, it must be noticed that it was not the initial idea of [...]
In the beginning scene, how does the sound of the train interact with the situation? What is the role of the sound of the falling rain in the movie?
Although, in a typical way the film appears to be Irish, there are several aspects of the film that make it more American than Irish.
It started with the departure of Skywalker to a distant galaxy on rescue from slavery by the knights. The mythical patterns in this film attracted the contemporary audiences due to the exemplary plot.
I agree with the author, as I also think that the movie is a set of ideas and opinions that are still in the air.
The call of adventure for Luke in the film is shown when Obi-Wan requests him to accompany him and acquire ways of the force.
One of the main characters was a boy Hiccup, who was considered to be the son of the tribal chief. When the attack of dragons happened again, the boy decided to kill the Night Fury [...]
The most powerful part of the film was when Malcolm X started his 'Nation of Islam' campaign in the streets of the ghetto.
According to Gondry, Melies was "one of the first guys to see the first screenings of the film, and he was the first guy on the earth to think of the camera as an extension [...]
Thus, the meat on the table is a symbol of death, which is near and which is expecting for the protagonist and the men.
As critics go on debating whether the play should be a tragedy or not, a moving social documentary, a confirmation of the spirit of Americans, or a conveyance of the salesman's life, people in the [...]
The following paper presents my impressions about the movie and some thoughts about the plot, characters, and the emotions it awakens.
The plot of the story is set up in the great depression. Joad gets back home to discover the astonishing effects of the depression on every person in the area.
It is an integrated musical in the sense that both songs and dances are merged perfectly well alongside with a story that gives it a fine and appealing taste to the public. Although the film [...]
In Lion's Den, Trapero acts as a representative of the latter category of filmmakers, as he is focused on narrating the story of the main character and not on making the viewer experience certain emotions [...]
The author initially explains the concepts of marianismo and mariana identity by stating that they originated in the legacy of the Catholic Church, in which women are seen as "subservient and docile"; the reason for [...]
However, it was also a success, as, despite major damage to the spaceship, all astronauts returned to the Earth in safety. The film shows that the crew and the team worked hard to develop ways [...]
The purpose of this paper is to explore the philosophical foundation of that theory and see how it is tied to the basis behind The Matrix.
Although The Seventh Seal incorporates the elements of tricking death, which would, later on, become rather cliched tropes, the underlying message of studying one's fears and limitations allows delving into the study of the human [...]
This essay will explore the defining characteristics of Peckinpah's films that affected the development of the Western genre in the future.
While Jane is looking for a building full of people who support her to call it her home, her real home is a person she loves.
The Fifth G films depart from the Chinese visual arts and the fashion of film narration that prevailed in the domestic market before, yet it is possible to say that the movie discourse of that [...]
In his review of the American cinema and the city, Clapp1 argues that immigrants played an important role in the development of American film.
Another innovative step in merchandising, typical for high concept movies, is the graphic novel Mad Max: Fury Road that was a prequel to the movie.
The movie The King and the Clown is one of the first films in contemporary Korean cinema to portray open homosexuality on screen.
This made Park Chan-wook a transnational auteur as his vision and style in the movie became symbolic of South Korean cinema as a whole, primarily due to the numerous opportunities to commercialize a phenomenon that [...]
The plot and cinematography maintain a somber tone that genuinely reflects the dark world of the protagonists but is cleverly contrasted with the sentimental symbolism of a daisy flower.
Japanese occupation Korea over the course of decades had significant impacts on the country's film industry."This period of Korea's 'occupied cinema' is best understood within these multiple contexts created by the pressures exerted by a [...]
Rapid industrialization and modernization of South Korea resulted in the class divide and evident social dysfunction as communication became broken down, and the working class was isolated."Tribulations of two young men, symbols of the minjung, [...]
The aim of this paper is to explore the overlapping of oil and politics in the context of the movie. In scene 20 when discussing the negotiations of the prince's brother with American lawyers, Woodman [...]
There is even more to the film in this regard along with exposing the unsightly aspects of how the Nazis proceeded to implement the 'final solution' of the 'Jewish problem' during the WW2, Schindler's List [...]
The film outlines the relation between industrial revolution, the price for commodities, alienation, the lengths of the working day and capitalism.
The film Coach Carter illuminates the story of a school basketball team and their coach, Ken Carter. As it is demonstrated in the film Coach Carter, this type of structured activities actually helps students excel [...]
In addition, the viewer also observes the work of the guerrillas, the organization of the underground, and the very scenario of the revolution, which almost turned into a civil war not on the scale of [...]
The American Civil War and Reconstruction era together had a significant impact on the entire history of the USA and a number of major changes that happened in the states of the Old South.
In particular, the film shows the immensity of the Monument Valley, which the viewer can enjoy, and then the scenery is replaced with narrow spaces.
In a post-apocalyptic community that Kirkman created in The Walking Dead, the readers get to have an insight into human behavior by exploring how people unravel, or how they react in the face of death [...]
The order of events is clearly outlined from the start, and the viewer fills in all the events that took place within the year of the couple dating.
However, the heavy-handed emotional and dramatic elements in the genre create a sort of stereotype around the films and the expectations that the audiences have.
The tension rises as the men of the town plot to kill the stranger to take the control back; however, he survives, killing them and the three outlaws towards the end of the film.
Although the key scene of the movie, in which Ray, one of the side characters, reveals to Hancock the reason for his unpopularity is rather straightforward in its message, the underlying ambiguity of the tone [...]
The second point of intersection that unites the domains of film and social media is the approach to the involvement of the observers.
It is the culmination of the movie, as it sets the foundation for further developments and the conflict resolution between the antagonist and protagonist.
Mike Tyson is one of the legends of the sports world who has made glorious and notorious things inside and outside the ring. The first scenes of the movie reveal the hardships of the future [...]
The relationship between the visual participant-interactive or represented- in this film is realized by elements defined as vectors or processes which correspond to a group of action in the surprise of fear.
"Scent of the Green Papaya" film shot by Tran Anh Hung takes place in Vietnam in the 1950s and narrates the story of poor young woman Mui who is a servant in a rich family.
In the end, it is necessary to say that there are a lot of factors that make the discussed movie popular all over the world.
In fact, Anger's short films re-define the "what" and "how" of movies, that is, the contents of motion pictures and the manner in which they are shown.
The two movies were introduced by different directors in the middle of the 1900s and became the examples of true American revisionist Westerns where the heroes such as Ethan Edwards from The Searchers and John [...]
One of the aspects of the grieving process depicted in the movie is the support of close ones. This aspect is properly highlighted in the movie, and the filmmakers manage to show the positive outcome [...]
The glass structure shown representing Harper's home was built to capture the movement of the clouds and the sun and show the change in the atmospheric conditions through the lenses.
The story in the film The mission released in 1986 deals with the Spanish Jesuits who are trying to convert a community of Guarani Indians to Christianity and protect them from slave hunters.
Among other myths such as the one of Perseus, it is important to mention the Greek myth about Medusa who also acts as one of the characters of the movie.
Getting to know about the re-release, the population of the post-9/11 world got interested in the film as well as the military, even though the topic was not on the front burner to them.
Speaking about this genre, it is important to note that the success of a certain movie is strictly interconnected with the proper choice of the ways to depict characters and show contrasts between them in [...]
There is a purpose in each movement and placement.*In this paper, the analysis of The Godfather's construction and Coppola's intents will be developed by explaining the choice of the setting, dialogues, light, and other details [...]
With the help of a snapshot of the lives of three main characters, the author raises a number of uncomfortable questions about the reasons behind the cruelty and lawlessness of the streets, thereby prompting the [...]
The episode is the borderline between the introductory part of the movie and the climax. Before the rebel begins, the tempo of the movie is comparatively low, which is created by the combination of long [...]
Speaking about the range of topics touched upon by the director, it is important to note that the plot is based on the story of Abdel who is in a coma due to the unfair [...]
One of the issues Coppola had to deal with was the budget as the filmmakers were significantly over the funds they had planned to spend.
Forrest's mother is the number one woman in his life, and she made a lot to help him feel better in the world that was hostile.
To increase the contrast and the applicability of the film to the realities of the Cold War, Moses is Christianized. Throughout the first part of the world, Moses is a solid example of a round [...]
It was also a terroristic group, and after series of bombings and shootings in West Germany, the key RAF activists, including Ensslin, were sentenced to life imprisonment and later found dead in their cells.
In the film Girlfriends, Claudia Weill created a realistic portrayal of the emancipated women, Susan, Ann and their acquaintances, by using the emancipation discourse, motifs of loneliness and search for personal identity and moral support [...]
In the book The Man of the Crowd, the key character and at the same time the narrator whose name is unknown to the reader, is assessing his life by placing himself behind another character, [...]
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the image of women and homosexuality in modern cinema by analyzing the film titled "Pariah" by Dee Rees and compare it with the standard staples of [...]