Essays on Cinematography Page 24

The Classical Hollywood Cinema era took place after the silent cinema era. This was roughly between the late 1920s and 1960s. The start of this “Golden Age of Hollywood,” began with the film, The Jazz Singer, which was released in 1927. It was the first movie to have used synchronized voices as a Vitaphone talkie….

The movie, Crash, revolves around the issues of race and social tensions in the city of Los Angeles, California. The ethnicities that are affected include Middle Eastern (Persian), African Americans, Caucasians, Hispanics and Asians. Throughout the movie I noticed and viewed how different races and ethnicities react with other races. Specifically, in certain scenes I…

The Battle of Leuctra in 371 B.C. was a crucial moment in Greek military history, as it marked the Thebes’ triumph over the Spartan hoplite army. This victory shattered the long-standing belief in Spartan invincibility that had prevailed since the ‘Golden Age’ of the fifth century. Although previous events had reshaped the Greek balance of…

This is a critique of the thrilling and action-packed film Pirates of the Caribbean – the Curse of the Black Pearl, which was directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. This film, released on August 8th, 2003, is a significant milestone for Walt Disney Pictures as it is their first release to receive…

There are obvious similarities between Victor and his creation; each is abandoned, isolated, and both start out withgood intentions. However, Victors ego in his search for god-like capabilities overpowers his humanity. The creatureis nothing but benevolent until society shuns him as an outcast on account of his deformities. The creature is morehumane than his own…

Reactionary Essay on film “Bitter Sugar”             The themes of love and hate are best exemplified in the 1996 movie “Bitter Sugar” (Azucar amarga). Both themes were illustrated in the Leon Ichaso film through the character of Gustavo, played by actor Rene Lavan who, because of his idealism, manifested enormous love for his country and…

The film Dangerous Liaison, directed by Stephen Frears remains just about faithful to the epistolary novel, Dangerous Liaisons, by Choderlos de Laclos. Stephen Frears does “betray” the novel towards the end of the film but, it makes the ending that much more better and enticing. The film represents what the epistolary novel only hints at…

  “How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?” was the tagline to 1962 film version of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, directed by Stanley Kubrick.  This particular novel was steeped in controversy since the day it was published.  Often regarded as pornography and it has been on and off the banned book list for decades.  …

There are few movies that achieve the high degree of quality exhibited by that of the 1990 beautiful calamity. American Beauty. The movie is a true chef-d’oeuvre in both content and how this content is delivered to the viewing audiences. It excels at being an enlightening and relevant play about American life. and ne’er fails…

Society & EntertainmentFilm ReviewWhat do you get when you combine aliens, a little bit of mystery,tasteful comedy, good acting, and award-winning direction? A wonderful filmfrom one of the most celebrated directors of our time, Stephen Spielberg. “Close Encounters” places Richard Dreyfuss and Melinda Barro in roles of regularsuburbanites who both believe to have seen a…