Essays on Cinematography Page 26

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….

Introduction The storyline of the famous Crouching tiger, hidden dragon revolves around the Green Destiny sword. In the movie, a Wudan warrior Li Mu Bai is on a course to deliver the legendary Green Destiny sword to his trusted Friend Sir Te. Li Mu Bai meets with Yu Shu Lien and trusts her with the…

Citizen KaneAfter watching the movie Citizen Kane I realized why this movie was named one of the best films ever. Yellow journalism was in an era from the 1880 to the 1900 and it featured flashy journalism of that time, which made editors write about invented stories. Which went to big headlines on subjects that…

Was assigned individual characters and given free rein. The result is that some of the characters are finely realized while others are quite crude, which makes you feel like you’re watching the juxtaposed works of a cross-section of impressionist, modern, and primitive painters. Sometimes the artists allowed their imagination to take hold, drawing in images…

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…

Like most of us, Robert E. Howard was a fan of the movies and like many people who lived through the Great Depression, movies were more than entertainment to him; they were a form of escapism. The movies were also a source of inspiration for his fertile imagination.  Indeed, some scenes from movies he saw even…