Essays on Cinematography Page 13

Journal: Rushmore Rushmore (1998), directed by Wes Anderson, is a film about a 15-year-old private school student, who is good at activities but bad at studies, falling in love with his teacher, Miss Cross, and trying to pursue her while competing with his friend, Mr. Blume. ‘Auteur theory’ is an idea that the director, as…

Last week I have watched a few movies, but I found only one movie very interesting. This movie is called “Silent Hill”. This movie carries 3 important points which can attract my mind. First, it hides a mystery. It seems that there is a terrible place where there are a lot of monster, but we…

Although comedy and sarcasm are similar literary manners, they aggressively contrast in a few cardinal countries. These cardinal differences are clear in a comparing of the comedic short narrative The Night the Bed Fell, by James Thurber, and the satiric Marrying Absurd, by Joan Didion. Broadly defined, a comedy can be is a work picturing…

12 Years a Slave is a film adaptation based on the slave narrative written by Solomon Northup. Steve McQueen directed the acclaimed film that was released in 2013. A myriad of people credited for the production include Brad Pitt, Steve McQueen, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Anthony Katagas, and Arnon Milchan. Notable stars in…

Wellness, Lifestyle, Health, and Happiness Happiness comes from within. Many people could be living in the same environment and facing the same challenges, but some seem to be happier than others. No matter what one’s challenges are, it is one’s choice and decisions to live a happy and content life. There has been an unfounded…

Inception is the emotionally stimulating and technically innovative psychological thriller directed by Christopher Nolan. It is about the small group of intellectual adventurers who invade the dreams of their clients to solve some of their problems. In this particular case, two of the best dreams extractors, Cobb and Arthur are hired by one of the…

The Piano Introduction Oscar-winning Australian film The Piano (1993) was written and directed by Jane Campion script, starring Holly Hunter playing a nineteenth century mute Ada who travels to the sparsely settled area in New Zealand for an arranged marriage. Holly Hunter’s portrayal of the mute Ada ranks as one of the most blockbusting and expressive movie…

LIAR, LIAR Liar, Liar is a movie produced in 1997 that talks about a lawyer who keeps on lying all the time, either to his friends at work, his wife whom because of lying and his work caused a lot of problems between them that led to a breakup and divorce, and even his little…

The novel, Lord Of The Flies, has been adapted for film twice, once by Peter Brook and his 1963 film adaptation and in 1990 by Harry Hook. The two films are, although based on the same book, entirely different. The obvious differences are the time in which they filmed, but there are more differences that…

SummaryThe movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” is based on the Portokalos family. The Portokalos family is loud, loving, prideful, and incredibly invasive. The main character, Fortoula Portokalos (also known as Toula,) is a single, 30 year old Greek woman who lives with her parents, and younger brother in a Chicago Greek community. She works…