impressionism and cubism, surrealism and realism took literature to an opposite direction, and film has evolved over the years through cultural and artistic development such as expressionism, auteurism and film noir (House, p.61). The 1940s and post World War II gave rise to a new style of American film, these films appeared pessimistic and dark in mood, theme, and subject. The world created within these films were portrayed as corrupt, hopeless, lacked human sympathy, and “a world where women with a
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but are actually quite strong willed and intelligent and can think their way out of any situation. If these two qualities are not found on any of the main characters in the science fiction film, then the feature probably won’t be as appealing as a viewer would hope it to be. The males in science fiction films are usually the tough looking types that look like they can hold their own in a fight, but can be clumsy and makes poor decisions that constantly get them into trouble, like the character Malcom
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Final Film Critique – LA Confidential Adam Ehinger Ashford University: ENG225 Instructor Michael O'Donnell 1/31/2015 Sometimes a movie makes a lasting impression on you as an individual, sometimes you'll come back to this movie time and time again. LA Confidential (1997) is a combination of a star studded cast and a scintillating detective story set in the 50's. The movie combines all aspects of movie making, from acting, directing, writing, mise en scene and all
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Deciphering Mulholland Drive Mulholland Drive is a twisted and exhilarating movie directed by David Lynch. The movies tells the story of a Canadian women, Diane Selwyn, who moves to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. For the most of the movie, we are thrown into a dream Diane has. In this dream many of the characters and people in her actual life are integrated into her dream with new identities. The last part of the movie we are brought back to Diane’s actual reality. Only once I was
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Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor and film producer. He gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the original Star Wars epic space opera trilogy and the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. Ford is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in the 1982 neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner, John Book in the 1985 thriller Witness, and Jack Ryan in the action films Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994). Most recently
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Low Visibility In the story we have 2 main characters, the couple John and Laura. John is a harsh man, he is tall, big and has this huge hands. John is a man of control, he loves to control his wife Lara with an iron fist, often he makes it clear that his in charge. In the story there is no doubt that it is John’s house, bout him and Laura knows that. Laura does not even has anything to say, actually she does not even dare to speak to John accept for when he ask her or tell her to speak. For John
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way. (And, for the record, anything Sherwood Baptist puts out is head-and-shoulders above most of the other “Christian” films on the market today). When I heard the Georgia-based church group was releasing another feature film – “Courageous” – I was curious to see how it measured up. The verdict: while certainly not perfect, “Courageous” is a remarkably well-done Christian film with broadly appealing themes. “Courageous” follows the lives of five men – four of them policemen, one a day laborer
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Visiteurs et La Haine. Chaque un des films ont leur propre genre de stéréotypé mais pour la plus partent ils les utilisent pour exprimer les personnages dans les trois films. Dans La Haine (Kassovitz, 1995) ils donnent chaque personnage plus de profondeur, comme nous sommes là avec eux pendent qu’ils continuent leur vie. Dans La vie est comme un long fleuve tranquille (Chatiliez, 1988), les stéréotypes est utiliser pour montrer l’humeur de chaque famille. Dans la film Les Visiteurs (Poiré, 1993), la
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French Connection Based on Robin Moore’s book, The French Connection, is a mélange of realism, action, and drama is the premise of the film. The movie was released in October 1971, directed by William Friedkin, written by Ernest Tidyman and edited by Gerald B. Greenberg. Starring Gene Hackman as Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, Fernando Rey as Alain Charnier, and Roy Scheider as Buddy Russo. Roger Ebert rated the movie 4/4 stars and 7.8/10 by IMDb users (XX). Pursuant to Roger Ebert, “The movie is all surface
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The film that was chosen was “Mulholland Dr”. The film starts off with a female (Rita) being driven in a limousine, she realizes that the driver is not going where they need to be going. The limo stops and the driver orders her to get out, and then pulls a gun on her to attempt to murder her. At the same moment the car is hit head on by another car. Rita escapes death and stumbles into an apartment complex where she sneaks into one of the apartments. Later the niece (Betty) of the apartment’s
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