It is an honor to be the recipient this award, and I humbly accept this tremendous award for the Best Actor in a Lead Role, except for the fact that the production team did most of the work. However, my efforts are nothing compared to the efforts of the production’s director and producer. I would not be here receiving this award if it were not for the production team lead by Steven Castellan and Mary Fangor. Their dedication and hard work made this dream a reality, despite the fact they were risking more for themselves than for the other members of the film. When we began production for Eternal Sunshine about fourteen months ago, we never thought about winning any award. The chemistry of Steven and Mary affected our methods, especially since
Glory earned an impressive three Academy Awards due to its exceptionally talented cast and arguably some of the most realistic and memorable Civil War reenactments ever shot. The soundtrack, cinematography, and acting captivated my attention with a combination of triumph and tragedy. These men were fighting to free their very own race which adds to the emotion and sentiment this movie invokes.
Recently, I saw a movie about female tennis champion – Billie Jean King, and although I have never been into the feminism (neither can I say that I quite understand it), her character woke up some other kind of sensitivity in me. After this – to me significant change – I could not help myself not to notice different approaches of John Steinbeck and Kay Boyle to the similar thematic. They both deal with marital relationships and it was quite interesting to view lives of ordinary married couples through both “male” and “female eyes”. While Steinbeck opens his story describing the Salinas Valley in December metaphorically referring to the Elisa’s character, Boyle jumps directly to Mrs. Ames’s inner world. Although both writers give us pretty clear picture of their characters, Boyle does it with more emotions aiming our feelings immediately, unlike Steinbeck who leaves us more space to think about Elisa Allen.
According to the PewResearchCenter, about 70.6% of Americans are Christian. This shows that more than 50% of Americans believe in Jesus. Similarly, more than 50% of Americans believe that Lucifer, the fallen angel is the Devil. Kim Addonizio writes a poem, in which she speaks about Lucifer the devil. She writes in Lucifer’s persona in which he explains why he should take over God’s role. In the poem, “Lucifer at the Starlite” by Kim Addonizio, she proposes the idea that Lucifer the Devil is taking over God’s role through the use of controversial topics and symbols to relate to the reader. Also, she uses sarcasm to make the reader critically think. It is important to note that she uses these literary devices in her poem, because it grabs the
Lisa Cholodenko is best known for her award-winning short film Dinner Party (1997) and her film High Art (1997) in which she won the National Society of Film Critics. However Cholodenko’s biggest accomplishment was her 2010 movie called The Kids Are All Right, nominated for four Academy Awards (this included Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay), Lisa Cholodenko won two Golden Globes including Best Picture, in comedy, and Best Actress. Coming along way from winning a film critic award to be winning awards from two of the biggest and most popular award shows show how Cholodenko’s career gradually became more successful.
While watching the movie A Beautiful mind, I couldn’t help but feel glad the movie got the accolades that it did because everyone involved in the making of this endearing portrayal of schizophrenia truly warranted. Also, I understand the book to be wonderful, my aunt has it and I will be borrowing it soon. It pleases me to see a movie that gives a glimpse into how perplexing the world can be from the onset of schizophrenia and across its lifespan, plus I really got drawn into the characters (real and not real) making it easy to identify with them and be able to empathize with their triumphs along with their struggles. The movie touched me on a personal level especially when he said to her he believed in the value we decide to put on things when she gave him the handkerchief on their first date (which he kept with him throughout the movie for “luck”).
..." And The Studio System: A Re-Evaluation Of Hansberry's Original Screenplay Of "A Raisin In The Sun." Literature Film Quarterly 37.3 (2009): 184-193. Academic Search Complete. Web. 8 Apr. 2014.
Mary and Max tells the heart warming tale of a lonely 8 year old girl from Australia and a 44 year old man plagued by Aspergers and anxiety who are able to develop a friendship through writing letters. Mary Daisy Dinkle loves three things: her pet rooster, sweetened condensed milk, and the Noblets, a children’s tv show. With parents absent from her life and the kids at school bullying her for her birthmark, Mary is only able to find solace in someone thousands of miles away. Max Jerry Horowitz also loves Noblets, chooses the same lottery tickets every time and suffers from anxious overeating and not being able to understand others due to his Aspergers. While Mary’s demand for advice is often a heavy burden, Max is still grateful for his only friendship with Mary. After premiering at the Sundance festival in 2009, Mary and Max went on to receive a few small awards within its own genre. Despite its lack of international success, Mary and Max has still been able to grip the hearts of those who have viewed it. With not only holding a unique entertainment factor, but also a gripping message, it is important to analyze what makes Adam Elliot’s Mary and Max such a powerful film.
1. The Hickam family can be described through several different concepts based on the family systems approach. The first is through boundaries. Boundaries are defined as open or closed a system is (lecture). These boundaries in the system can be within the family itself or can occur between various systems as well (textbook). Boundaries are unhealthy when the boundary is extremely closed or extremely open (lecture). Boundaries seen in the movie October Sky were the Hickam family as a family system, but within the family, boundaries were between the parents and the kids, Homer and his father and Homer’s mom with Homer’s dad. The Hickam family also had boundaries with Miss Riley, the coal mine, Coalwood, college, and rocket science.
In the last few months of every year, movies are released in the hope of gaining award recognition. More often than not, the Academy hopefuls that fill out the marquee signs on theaters at the start of winter, are films that have a serious message to portray and are artfully crafted by the best that Hollywood has to offer. All of that is true for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s, Academy Award nominated and winning, film Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), except for the content of his film was waving a giant middle finger at mainstream Hollywood. For that is why it is surprising Birdman was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and took home four-best directing, best picture, best writing, and best cinematography. Fox Searchlight released the film in late 2014, just in time to qualify for for the upcoming Academy Awards, and it was met with critical praise. The film is a visual masterpiece
“To me if there’s an achievement to lighting and photography in a film, it’s because nothing in the film stands out, it all works as a piece.” (Roger Deakins, cinematographer of True Grit) In the 2010 adaptation of Charles Portis’ novel, True Grit, the directors, Ethan and Joel Coen, and Roger Deakins display the beauty of cinematography within the movie. And although the film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, it did not win any! It most certainly deserves to win based on the film’s use of editing, camera movement and framing, and lighting and sound.
“The Astronomer’s Wife” has a strong influence from setting. In this story the struggle is apparent. The wife’s conformity to her husband, the problems in their marriage, and the plumber’s influence to open her view to the world are shown through the setting. The story is explained through the places they wander and the things in the places they wander.
“An academy award nomination is stuff dreams are made of” -Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Academy award winner in 2012. Since 1927 the academy awards have been fulfilling the dreams of actors, producers, and directors everywhere (History). From when the academy awards were first created, through the milestones over the years, and the iconic oscar statute, the academy awards have become one of the biggest award shows of all time.
In Bright Star, Keats utilises a mixture of the Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnet forms to vividly portray his thoughts on the conflict between his longing to be immortal like the steadfast star, and his longing to be together with his love. The contrast between the loneliness of forever and the intenseness of the temporary are presented in the rich natural imagery and sensuous descriptions of his true wishes with Fanny Brawne.
Paul Thomas Anderson is one of today’s most acclaimed and essential young filmmakers. He has swept the motion picture industry with a powerhouse trio of films that have breathed life and exuberance into an industry that is all too often ladened with films exhibiting massive deficiencies of originality and thought. PTA’s genuine love of filmmaking sets him apart from so many others.
an inspiration too many. At just 27 he has won a whole array of awards