True Story Movie Analysis

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In the field of learning, sociology is the study of our behavior as social beings, covering everything from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social processes . And through sociology much of what we know about societies and social behavior has emerged thanks to various sociology theories . From the application of sociological theories we can learn and analyze the situation and problems that occur in society. But can sociological theories be used to analyze problems that did not happen in directly in societies, such as for example the problems that occur inside the story of a movie. Therefore, in this paper we would like to apply the use of sociological theories as a way to analyze …show more content…

Screen-written by Rupert Goold, David Kajganich, which also based on a book entitled True Story: Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel himself, this movie takes places in Warwick and New York USA. The movie tells us about Michael Finkel – starred by Jonnah Hill – who was a journalist for The New York Times before he forcedly terminated from his job due to a problem on his …show more content…

The fact that Longo choose to use his name makes Finkel attracted to meet him personally and try to dig more about the murder case who put Longo as the prime suspect.
This movie tells a fascinating story about an accused murderer and a disgraced journalist. True Story reveals that “telling the truth” can be a slippery concept, and how sticking to the fact can be the better solution . It also showed us how a person’s personal desire can cause so many problems to that person’s live whether he or she noticed it or not. The pursuit of personal desire can sometime cause someone not to realize the real effect of the actions that they use to achieve this personal desire. And in this movie the pursuit of personal desire has caused problems for both Finkel and Longo’

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