Essays on Film Page 6

Flag Wars is an independent film documentary that took four years to accomplish. The film is concerned with the political and societal phenomenon going on at Olde Towne East Community in Columbus, Ohio. This phenomenon is called Gentrification. Gentrification is the coming of wealthier people in an economically stagnant urban district, which is said to…

In this essay, I will analyse and discuss the theme Revenge and Consequences portrayed in the films Tomorrow, when the war began, Bride wars, Troy and Man on Fire. Revenge is when a harmful action is made against a person and Consequence is a result or outcome made from that one action. This essay will…

In A Beautiful Mind (2002) Russell Crowe portrays real-life Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash. He delivers a thoughtful, measured and moving performance directed by Ron Howard. Nash was a student in 1947 reading mathematics at Princeton University. He delivered a paper on game theory (the mathematics of competition) that overthrew the accepted ideas about economics,…

The film Othello, directed by Oliver Parker, is an adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy that explores the insecurities of a man who is manipulated by someone he trusts, Honest Ago, leading to his downfall. This essay examines how the timeless play is portrayed in the medium of film, specifically evaluating the director’s skill in creating…

One of the greatest actors in all of film history, Al Pacino established himself during one of film’s greatest decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies. Born on April 25, 1940, in the Bronx, New York, Pacino’s parents (Salvatore and Rose) divorced when he was…

Reviewing cult movies, one will notice that many films will involve scenes using drugs such as marijuana or hallucinogens. Drugs performed in films with scenes of actors or actresses smoking pot tend to draw in a wide spread of audience; those who find marijuana to be the “sin” and fun to watch, and those of…

“The Swimmer” a short story written by John Cheever was originally published in The New Yorker, July 18th, 1964. In 1968, the short story was adopted into a film, directed by Frank Perry, starring Burt Lancaster. Both the film and the short story begin with Ned Merril, a seemingly wealthy, popular, middle-aged man deciding to…

Last October 3, 10 and 12, 2012 it was a hot afternoon when we watch a movie entitled Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, this movie was related to our last topic in management 5. Instead of having a formal meeting in our subject in Social Responsibility and Good Governance, we need to watch…

The use of production techniques in a film helps the audience understand the ideas. To what extent do you agree with this view? Respond to the question with close reference to one or more films you have studied. In Atonement, directed by Joe Wright, it is very true that production techniques play a key role…

I find the plants “ The Swing ” and “ The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ” great chef-d’oeuvres with interesting historical and cultural backgrounds and stylistic characteristics which need to be penetrated into in order to uncover the differences and similarities of these outstanding plants. Frequently at historiographers underlined that during Baroque the Roman Catholic…