Hail Caesar: A Film Analysis Of The Film Hai Caesar

A truly unique film, Hail Caesar, directed by the Coen Brothers, captures its audiences attention with its witty references and beautiful cinematography. The cast is packed with some of Hollywood 's biggest names with lead roles played by the talented Scarlett Johansson, Jonah Hill, Ralph Fiennes, and many more. All of this put together forces the movie to become just as entertaining as promised in trailers and advertising.

The movie revolves around Eddie Mannix, head of a production company, who must look after his actors no matter what happens to them. However, chaos arises after one actor is kidnapped and held for ransom by communists, another accidentally gets pregnant, and a director is stuck with an actor who has absolutely no talent.

For example, in the sychronized swimming scene, many different camera angles were used. Some parts of this scene were shot from above, the side, from below which was interesting as that 's not something often seen. When Deanna Moran was coming out of the water, a bit of that scene was shot from her perspective and then cut to an above angle. This showed off the cinematography quite well and made the movie look artistic at times. The only complaint about the movie I would have is some of the editing. A few scenes were dragged on a bit too long and could have been edited to be a bit shorter. The scene where Ralph Fiennes character, Laurence Laurentz, was showing Hobbie Doyle how to say a line correctly was incredibly funny at first, but was carried on too long. The scene lasted approximately one minute, which doesn 't seem too long, but when the scene focuses on one small joke it feels like five minutes. Mysterious scenes were dimly lit, which worked sufficiently. When Baird Whitlock is kidnapped and just wakes up, he has no idea where he is and the lighting doesn 't brighten until he is told why he has been kidnapped and by who. The lighting was also cleverly used during the scene where DeAnna Moran explains to Eddie Mannix she wants to hide her pregnancy. Shadows are casted over their faces and the room is quite dark. The characters are even wearing hats that cover the top of their eyes to add to the secretive