Directed by Jeong Beom Lee, this film titled The Man From Nowhere, revolves around a mysterious pawn-shop owner named Taesik and his young neighbor, Somi. Taesik, an ex-special agent with a history of a violent past was soon face with another danger when his next-door neighbor, and only friend, gets abducted by a ring of drug and organ traffickers. Somi, a young daughter of a drug addict and an exotic dancer, was soon paying for the price of her mother’s dirty deeds. Stealing narcotics from the drug lords, the mother then hands them to Taesik to store in his pawnshop without him knowing. The story then focuses more on Taesik, and his depressing past of losing his pregnant wife to an assassin. I see the film as if it was geared towards the …show more content…
But as I watched the film again, I came to realize that I was starting to empathize more with Somi than Taesik. Somi’s mother was eventually murdered by the drug lords, and now Somi has no one to turn to but Taesik. In the beginning, the film gives a slight hint that Somi is a loner. She is often recognized as a thief by the locals and no one wanted to associate with her because of her mother’s reputation. The only person she was able to interact with was Taesik. The film did not portray any scenes where Somi was able to interact with her mother. The viewers do not know if she even did interact with her mother at all in the first place. Although to me, as an observer, Somi 's character clearly depicted that she was anti-social, which may be the effect of her loneliness (“The Dangers of Loneliness”). Although the audience can see that Somi is lonely, the focus on her life is so limited, that this causes the viewer to lack a sufficient amount of empathy for …show more content…
I understand that Taesik went from this mysterious, cold, and detached kind of man to this character who became the emotionally attached fatherly figure for Somi. However, because of this progression, I believe that this is why some viewers are empathizing more for him. This puts Somi out of focus in the film. On tvtropes website, their article “Character Focus” states, “Be careful, though. While fans of a particular character may enjoy a tale centered solely on that character, when the camera 's zoomed in on one person, everyone else is Out of Focus…” A quote interpreting that it may seem like a good idea to give this character all this “attention,” however it may divert the audience away from enjoying the rest of the film because other characters are not involved enough. That is why I think that director Jeong Beom should have taken this into consideration. Or maybe he could have just focused on this “girl with difficult living condition” when he was interviewed about the news article that he was inspired
In the memoir Year of Impossible Goodbyes, Sookan changes from someone is curious and scared, and becomes someone who is Brave. This change is seen in three moments when Sookan doesn't lower her gaze during Captian Narita's investigation, When Sookan sands her shards of glass smooth, and during their escape when Sookan becomes Inchun's "mother". My first example is after Captian Narita discovered Kisa's birthday party and is examining Sookan and her family. Sookan doesn't lower her gaze, but everyone in Sookan's family knows that Captian Narita is dangerous, and should be respected. "Except for Grandfather's and mine, everyone's eyes were lowered in silence" (Sook Nyul Choi 27). This quote marks the beginning of Sookan's change. This is
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The Bolshevik Revolution was a defining turning point in Russian history. This overall revolution consisted of two individual revolutions in 1917 which resulted in the overthrow of the Tsarist government and the formation of a socialist society led by Vladimir Lenin’s radical Bolsheviks. For a moment with such enormous weight like the Bolshevik Revolution, there will be various interpretations on the true results of that moment and the meaning and value of these results. The film Man with a Movie Camera deals with the results of the Bolshevik Revolution and the early Soviet Society it birthed as it utilizes footage of one day in this early Soviet Union, thus making it worthy of examination. In the film Man With a Movie Camera, Vertov impressively
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After the fetus was found to be abnormal, the 2 partners were at discrepancy about whether to terminate the pregnancy or not. Gwen wanted to terminate the pregnancy while Nicole insisted on continuing the pregnancy. This dispute put stress on both partners and caused the first tear of their relationship. Besides the couple, everyone in the care team is also facing this ethical dilemma. Some people might agree with Gwen while others might be on the same page with Nicole. Some people might have no side but feel troubled and distraught by the situation. It’s natural and normal for care providers who are involved in a situation like this to have an opinion based on their personal
...ns that when these characters die in the film we feel a heavier and more personal sense of loss when they perish. This is a direct attempt to make the viewer understand the personal nature of the violent manner through which Shoshanna lost her parents early in the film. This is an attempt to get viewers see through the Jewish lens of violence in World War II instead of the glorified violence of major battles that composes the American lens.
Men in Black (1997) is the first installment of a what is currently three total films, with a possible fourth in the making. Since it is a part of a franchise there is a lot of groundwork laid in this first film. We’re introduced to the main Leif Motive, or theme, for the Men in Black agency. What’s interesting is how we are kind of thrown into this film, with minimal background to what is going on. Overall this film has a unique style, a good integration of the soundtrack elements, and places the viewer in this different world where aliens exist.
The film, Out in the Night documents a 2006 case in which a group of young African American lesbians were accused of gang assault and attempted murder. The film portrays how unconscious bias, institutional discrimination and racism contributed to the convictions of seven African American lesbian women. Three of the women pleaded guilty to avoid going to trial, but four did not. Renata Hill, Patreese Johnson, Venice Brown, and Terrain Dandridge maintained their innocence and each were charged with several years in prison. I cried through out the documentary because it dawned on me that it’s not safe for women, especially gay women of color. The four-minute incident occurred in Greenwich Village where Dwayne Buckle sexually and physically harassed
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