Essays on Cinematography Page 8

Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club examines and exposes the violent potential of frustrated men who must survive in a consumer culture that does not differentiate between men and women. Like women, men in Fight Club are expected to express themselves through the material goods they labor to buy. While both the book and the film versions…

S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age book “The Outsiders” addresses socioeconomic class, loyalty, and identity issues. The conflict between two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs, centers on Oklahoma in the 1960s. Johnny Cade is one of the book’s most memorable characters because of his nuanced personality and profound influence on the story. This article explores Johnny’s complex…

Hollywood, Bollywood… Ah! Ha! Nollywood! Life as a way of taking shape on its own if will fail to straighten its bends and correct its mistakes. In the movie world Hollywood is no stranger to the masses and the youngest of children. Over the years, Hollywood has grown to surpass the imagination of the world,…

The movie depicted the life of Jose Rizal, who is regarded as the national hero of the Philippines. It showcased his upbringing, challenges, and ultimate demise at the hands of Spanish authorities. By employing flashbacks, the film emphasized Rizal’s multifaceted abilities and accomplishments such as being a brilliant individual, writer, physician, artist, romantic partner, friend,…

This review will discuss The Descendants, a film directed by Alexander Payne. George Clooney plays the main character, Matthew King. Matthew lives a seemingly perfect life in Honolulu, Hawaii. He has a great family and is a respected lawyer. However, his life changes unexpectedly when he becomes the sole trustee for 25,000 acres of valuable…

The movie Stand By Me is based upon a novel by Steven King. It doesnt have the same eerie feel as some of his other books and is generally a more serious movie. It takes place in the small town of Castle Rock, Oregon. It is the middle of the summer in approximately the early…

It relates to society in various ways which then are appreciated and valued by many. And I still think that performing arts are arts that are performed. Some forms of performing arts are music, drama, magic, and dance. These types of arts stray from paint and clay because the art itself is admired after it…

August Rush is a movie which is a psychological movie that deals with the connection of the nature and nurture development. Nature development is responsible for cognitive aspects such as mental capacities, endowments, innate traits and other materials that contributed to development as passed upon generations through heredity. The inherent traits that an individual possesses…

Lisa Rowe ( Angelina Jolie ) is diagnosed as a sociopath, is the most powerful personality on the ward. She apparently takes some pride in her diagnosis. Lisa whose introduction establishes her as an angry, very aggressive rebel prone to escape and recapture. Her disregard for authority makes her a frustrating and entertaining figure in…

As a little girl, Catherine wants to marry her firefighter dad. Her mom says, “You can’t marry Daddy, I’m married to him. ” The film relates what transpires 25 years later. Catherine is now married to young firefighter Caleb Holt (Cameron). On the job, Caleb lives by the motto “Never leave your partner behind”, forcefully…