“Black Swam” is a very captivating movie. The scenes in the movie kept me guessing the entire time. Nina, the main character of the movie, seemed to not have all her marbles; which made the movie much more appealing. The fact that the whole movie is in Nina’s point of view, made me question if everything she went through was real or was it just a figment of her imagination. With each scene of the movie I started to question Nina’s sanity. Her interaction with the other characters, like Lily brought me to that conclusion. She also seemed to be fighting her inner demons, which made the movie come together in my opinion. In the beginning of the movie, Nina deceived me, she strikes me as a reliable narrator. She started her day like …show more content…
The movie kept me engaged, and I had to figure out what was real and what was just in Nina’s mind. The scratches on Nina’s back had attention the entire movie. Towards the end, it turns out that the scratches were growing feathers and Nina was become the black swan. An additional detail that caught my attention, is when Nina went to see Beth at the hospital. When Nina got there, she returned Beth personal belongings. This is when I knew Nina was out of her mind, the scene shows Beth continuously stabbing herself in the face; and then Beth face transforms into Nina’s. I knew that was not real. As the movie escalate things get more eerie. Lily for example made it clear that many of the things Nina lead the audience to believe was in her head. In one scene after they hit the club, it shows Nina and Lily heating up the bedroom and Lily performing fellatio on Nina. Few scenes later, I found out that Lily never even went home with Nina. Another thing that I felt was not real, is when Nina became came for the performance and Lily said “what is she doing here, you were supposed to be sick”, like Lily did not want Nina there, but throughout some of the movie Lily was aiding Nina. The scene I believe to most crucial is when Nina fought and killed Lily. Nina went out, had a great performance; and when she was done Lily congratulated her. Later it revealed that she ended up stabbing herself and not killing Lily. Even in the final scene, Lily is the one who spots Nina’s wound before she
On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan about a man that once felt he owed something to the mob and now he wants to control his life. This film is a classic mobster movie that is well known for the filming techniques used whilst shooting. The method acting, the lighting, and the camera angles establish the plot.
After watching the movie "Even the Rain", I was impressed how deeply it was thought out. With this film, I realized that people are ambiguous, and in different situations may not act the same way, showing the character from an unexpected side for others, and for himself. Also that history always repeats. Are hundreds of years old and forgotten, Read in dusty books suddenly is played at you through the window.
At the start of the novel, a general understanding of Lily’s life is explained, giving knowledge about T.Ray, Rosaleen, and her mother, Deborah. Lily describes the little she is able to remember about her mother's death as she was only four years old at the time. A nasty fight had broken out between T.Ray and Deborah, leaving a frightened Lily to be tossed around between the two. A gun had appeared on scene and in an attempt to save her mother, Lily got involved. In a remembrance of this chilling day, Lily reflects, “What is left lies in clear yet disjointed pieces in my head. The gun shining like a toy in her hand, how she snatched it away and waved it around. The gun on the floor. Bending to pick it up. The noise that exploded around us. This is what I know about myself. She was all I wanted. And I took her away” (Kidd 7-8). Through reflection, a very heartbroken Lily is able to convey what happened on that dreadful day when her mother died in her own thoughts and beliefs. As a result of this event, Lily begins to carry an immense amount of grief and guilt around as well as losing herself into these bad memories and feelings. Her self love is depleted and her mother is gone, leaving her with T.Ray and her new mother figure,
The strikingly accurate portrayal of the life of an African American family in the 1950’s did a great job of keeping the interest up. The director’s mise-en-scene gave the film a believability that is rarely achieved. They did this through the well staged apartment that the film takes place in for the majority of the screen time. The cramped and cluttered home sets the stage for the actors in the film to truly live into their characters. The actors did a brilliant job of portraying the wide breadth of emotions in this film. Their engaging personalities kept the film alive and vibrant the
While disaster overwhelms others, guilt consumes Lily. “I was speculating how one day, years from now, I would send the store a dollar in an envelope to cover it, spelling out how much guilt had dominated every moment of my life, when I found myself looking at a picture of the black Mary,” (Kidd 63). Lily at no instant in the novel indicates mailing the envelope or the assumed regret she would posses when she regards the Black Mary. This affair does not suggest years from now she would not send the dollar. This exposes that while she may execute seldom vile things, she would try to rectify them.
I believe this because her reaction to the news was incomprehensive. She didn’t take the time to actually listen to the reasons of why her mom left or why her mom didn’t take Lily with her. Lily didn’t think, all she did was react and overreact. But, overall I don't believe she is selfish but is a way she still was because of her reactions to things.Lily felt empty after all because of the romantic dreams of her mother. Lily lets go of all her anger inside her and throws most the jars of honey against a wall, breaking them with an anger passion. Then she throws a tin pail and tray of candle molds. Lily was being self-absorbed because, she messed up a room that was not hers and also she made the Boatrights lost a lot of money because of this. She was self-centered with this because she disrespected a home that took her in without knowing the truth. Towards the ending I believe Lily was more forgiving and understanding because after her being mad and throwing the honey, Lily calms down and began to process the news she connected the dots and began to understand why her mom had to leave, why T-ray is such a jerk and why the Boatwrights didn't tell her about her mother sooner. Lily saw how much T-Ray loved her mother and how it hurt him when Deborah left. She realizes she'd never considered his pain before. Or even how Deborah leaving affected his life. Her father, with hurt in his eyes, explains that Lily looks like Deborah. She now understands why he treated Lily so badly. “People can start out one way, and by the time life get through with them they end up completely different.’ I don't doubt he started off loving your mother. I had never known T. Ray to worship anyone except Snout, the dog love of his life, but seeing him now, I knew he'd loved Deborah Fontanel, and when she'd left him, he'd sunk into bitterness.” lily had finally understood why T-ray was always so mean
Ray and her nanny, Rosaleen. T. Ray has told Lily that she is the one that killed her mother when she was four years old, but Lily does not believe her father and wants to find the real truth. Lily leaves Sylvan, South Carolina so she can find out more information about her mother; this is when she finds the Boatwright sisters and her life is changed.
The film”Sankofa” and the Negro by Du Bois reflects on the ideas about the desires of African intellectuals during the 1920s and the identity crisis to the black Americans. The American society refused to offer African Americans equal rights as their white counterparts. The two sources engage the reader to ask a question as to why an individual self-esteem is affected by race. This is a troublesome issue for the blacks considering the fact that Europeans viewed them as people without practical history and have nothing to offer. The film highlights some of the primitive and exotic factors of the American society during slavery era. The Atlantic slave trade is the main feature that depicts the lives of Africans in the hands of the Europeans.
However, Lily is not only a product of her time, she is a “New Woman”. She also has a “quick temper” and had “flamed with anger and abasement”. These are emotions show the fight she was willing to put up because as a woman there is no reason why she should have to subject herself to Gus Trenor. Even though Lily does submit to paying Trenor back for the money she owes, “...turns out to be a gesture of defiance, for by adhering literally to the terms of exchange Lily turns the system on its head” (Dimock 787). She is able to appease both sides of the internal war within her as she settles her debt without compromising either aspect of her
“How can you buy or sell the sky-the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. Yet we do not own the freshness of air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us? We will decide in our time” (Chief Seattle: 1855). In the Documentary “Flow – for the love of water” it visualizes the global crisis we face on Mother’s Earth as it pertains to the diminishing of fresh water. The Documentary portrays along with the help of experts that this global crises is affecting each and every one of us in today’s society including animals. The film shows us that water is constantly being wasted, polluted, and privatized by big co operations. Prime examples of these greedy companies were mentioned in the film such as Nestle, Thames, Suez, Vivendi, Coca Cola and Pepsi.
Sex, love, depression, guilt, trust, all are topics presented in this remarkably well written and performed drama. The Flick, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Annie Baker, serves to provide a social commentary which will leave the audience deep in thought well after the curtain closes. Emporia State Universities Production of this masterpiece was a masterpiece in itself, from the stunningly genuine portrayal of the characters of Avery and Rose, to the realism found within the set, every aspect of the production was superb.
This paper will include the analysis of the movie Hope Floats. It will start with a short summary of the movie describing the characters and the plot. It will then discuss the family dynamics that are shown in the movie based on the class discussions and the readings. It will also include a variety of issues that are shown throughout the movie. This paper will discuss three key family system’s issues that includes the family concepts, assessing one from Bowen’s concepts, one from Minuchin’s concepts, and one from General Systems Theory/Anderson and Sabatelli concepts. There are many different scenes and examples in this movie that will give a better understanding of the many different family dynamics, family issues, and family system concepts.
Nina has also blacked out on several occasions and shows signs of mutilation to her body without her knowledge: bruises, cuts, and scratches. According to her mother, Nina used to self-mutilate when she was a child, but it has recently started happening again. Nina sees images of herself, but a different and “evil” version of herself. This could be the awakening of an alter personality or sub-personality. Nina’s stress level with the new performance in her ballet company may have played a part in this change.
It's got the drama, the tragedy, the romance, and the clichés. What more could one need? Lily takes care of all of that in the adventures of figuring out why her mother left her. There's abuse, racism, death, and heartbreak that pulled my emotions in every direction.
‘Our interest in the parallels between the adaptation inter-texts is further enhanced by consideration of their marked differences in textual form,’