Essays on Film Page 8

FILM REACTION Rent  is a 2005 American film adaptation of the Broadway musical, which was based on Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical. The movie depicts the lives of several Bohemians and their struggles with sexuality, cross-dressing, drugs, life under the shadow of AIDS, and paying their rent. It takes place in the East Village of New York City in the late 1980s. SYNOPSIS After an introduction with…

During the classical Hollywood period genre films were soundly established as the norm. In defining the genre films one must make the distinct separation between film genre and the genre film. Thomas Schatz in his article, Film Genre and Genre Films, maintains a clear distinction between the genre film and the film genre; “Whereas the…

Both Kodak and Fuji have gained recognition in the photography industry for their products, including film, cameras, and printers. Although they started in the same field and offered similar items, these companies took different approaches to management and overall business strategy. As a result, one company experienced success while the other encountered difficulties. George Eastman,…

Spiderman 2 is a Hollywood film directed by Sam Raimi, depicting the lives of Peter Parker with his alter ego Spiderman (Tobey Maguire), Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter Parker’s professor Dr. Octopus (Alfred Molina). Peter Parker the protagonist of the film illustrates the drawbacks of the duties that he must achieve to ensure innocent…

Introduction War can kick us in the teeth and even show its ugly face without us knowing, we are forever bound in it in memory. The World War II has claimed millions of lives and devastated nations into smithereens. This is twice painful for Japan, where two atomic bombs ravaged their nations and they have…

The Matrix and Harrison Bergeron have many things in common. Both are products of science fiction, which is mind-boggling in its intensity. They both attempt to portray a possible future that is the end product of man’s quest for power. Both stories make their audiences think about the potential consequences of their actions if they…

Following the cold blooded murder of his father, Dennis Vineyard – a fireman who is shot while putting out a fire at a crack house – Derek Vineyard comes filled with racial hatred and eventually becomes the second in command of the Venice Beach neo-Nazi gang, The Disciples of Christ. Under the guidance of Cameron…

This movie is an enrapturing brew of sweets and humanity. Where a shaman-like adult female rides the North air current projecting her enchantment of kindness to those in demand; she visits town after town seeking conflicts with those who would take advantage, and effort to Godhead over other hapless psyches. She travels with her girl,…

The Fisher King was one of Terry Gilliam’s greatest filming masterpieces of all time. There were many key movie elements used that all somehow led to or showed signs of the overall thematic issue of the film. The clear message of this film is forgiveness and grace. Different significant motifs and odd filming techniques are…

In the period before the 1930’s, filmmaking mainly involved the use of crank cameras, although motor-driven cameras were available. However, the motors required to advance the film were too large and impractical. Therefore, it was the cameraman’s responsibility to crank the film at a consistent pace for exposure. Conversely, motor-driven projectors were convenient for screening…