Essays on Film Page 3

Report on Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers R. S. Film 100 Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers is a Wuxia film that unarguable stays true to the general conventions of Wuxia yet, at times, deviate from them to give way to Yimou’s own signature style. Much emphasis is given to pay tribute to Wuxia…

 I remember there were so many times my mother called for me, she used to make me sit and watch horror movies with her, just because she was so scared. One of them is called, a horror movie named I Know What You Did Last Summer was on TV, my mother asked me to watch…

The teacher, being very pushy and strict, pressures the boys to go to war and preaches about it being their “duty” to fight. Paul, the main character in the movie, is particularly subject to the teacher’s strictness. In this particular scene, Paul is sketching an image of a bird, while his family expresses joy over…

This film is a masterpiece from one of our greatest auter directors. Goodfellas stands out as one of the most captivating movies I have ever watched. Martin Scorsese’s brilliant direction in this work is truly exceptional, reminiscent of his earlier film Raging Bull. He brought together a talented cast of actors, including Ray Liotta, Loraine…

This essay will examine two main points concerning representation in a ten-minute clip of Shaft. The first point is the cultural representation, specifically the emergence of the Blaxploitation genre. The second point focuses on the representation of women and how their gender status affects the film’s narrative and characters. The film portrayed both of these…

The Gods Must Be Crazy depicts contrasting approaches to man in nature, between the Bushmen and the Westerners, one without modern society resulting in physical freedom and unrestrained behavior, and the other as active participants in civil society with community living and civil freedom. Both share a harmonious existence between the individual and society. According…

The aspect of human behavior that is the subconscious psyche is both fascinating and inexplicable. Even more intriguing is the existence of a darker, repressed side that individuals often deny. In the film “Blue Velvet,” directed by David Lynch, the character Jeffrey Beaumont’s psyche is explored, specifically the clash between his darker and “good” side….

Some time in the summer of 1929, probably around the time his friend Clyde Smith graduated from college, Robert E. Howard moved to Brownwood. According to Smith’s “Adventurer in Pulp,” Howard spent “several months” in the town while “he worked at his writing.” Since you don’t need to write letters to someone who lives in…

To say that music plays a large role in our society would not dojustice to one of the most important and popular art forms of yesterday andtoday. We underestimate the effectiveness and power that music, in any form ,can have over even the most insensitive of people. In almost everything we doand see music is…

In 1961, West Side Story, a filmed version of the hit Broadway musical that was inspired by William Shakespeares “Romeo and Juliet,” was released to viewers, who just could not resist the energy and excitement of the movie. Thirty-eight years later, viewers, like myself, still cannot resist it. I had never seen the film, which…