Seung Kwan (Daniel) Min Film Studies Dr. Venell Some Like It Hot The first impression of the title, Some Like It Hot, directed by Billy Wilder, led me to think of it as an erotic pornography. However, this classic film turns out to be more than 50 years old and the era’s sexy symbol Marilyn Monroe star in the film as one of the main characters. The film, Some Like It Hot, was made in 1959, way before I was born; therefore I expected it to be rather old-fashioned, watching it in the 21st century.
DAD I chose to watch the movie “DAD” with Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, and Olympia Dukakis, just to name a few of the actors. In the past, I’ve seen “ The Notebook” and absolutely loved it but I wanted to give myself a new opportunity with a fresh perspective. DAD is a story about a family, aging parents, controlling personalities, estranged son’s, and the power of love, as well as the dynamics of relationships. I found the movie to be a very accurate portrayal of not only getting old, but more
The Contradictory Spectatorial Address of Some Like It Hot A film of the fifties, Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, USA, 1959) provides insight into the state of the film industry, recently wracked by legislation and censorship, the implementation of pre-existing technology in part to combat the new limitations, the importance of the star system, and the two-sided response to the social norms, both contradicting and reinforcing the status quo. Billy Wilder seemingly celebrates disregard for moral values
Laken Hamby Professor Rosengarten ENC 1102 February 19, 2015 Some Like It Hot Research Paper Some Like It Hot is a timeless comedy directed by Billy Wilder. The classic film features Marilyn Monroe as Sugar, Tony Curtis as Joe, and Jack Lemmon as Jerry. Wilder reminds his viewers of how valuable a true friendship is through his use of certain film techniques and characterization. The film techniques and characterization develop the theme by controlling what people see and how they see it. Wilder
If This World Were Mine, by E. Lynn Harris In the hilarious “just keepin’ it real” style novel, If This World Were Mine, by E. Lynn Harris, a group of friends decide to start a journal club, like they did back in their college English class. This story is told by each and all takes place in the 90's around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Sometimes it is easier to put your thoughts on paper rather than express them out loud. A group of college friends decides to restart their journal club
Themes in Raymond Carver's Literature In Short Cuts, by Raymond Carver, characters experience trials and problems in their lives, whether extreme such as in " A Small, Good Thing" and "Lemonade" or nominal such as in " Vitamins". They all seem to depict these struggles as uphill battles which the characters cannot and mostly do not overcome. The characters throughout Carver's "Short Cuts" struggle through their lives in private desperation, often to ultimately realize that they are bound to
Hopelessness, Futility and Escape in The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie is set in the cramped, dinghy apartment of the Wingfield family. It is just one of many such apartments in this lower-class neighborhood. Not one of the Wingfield family members desires to live this apartment. Poverty is what traps them in their humble abode. The escape from this lifestyle, this apartment and these relationships is a significant theme throughout the play. These escapes may be related to the fire escape
Universal David and I race down the never ending hallway. We ran and ran, we grew tired, we walked, as we regain energy, we race again. At the end of the hallway we find our room, Mom and dad our far behind us, we wait. They have the key.We see the pool out a window. We walk into the room. me and David share a bed, mom and dad share the other. We unpack our suitcases.we our get hungry, we decide to go to dinner. We walk out the stair right next door. we wait for the right boat to take us to
I woke up in a tiny, unfamiliar bed to the sound of either a gunshot or an engine backfiring. I rolled out of bed onto a cold, artificial feeling floor and squinted as the sun glinted off of the steel bars covering the room’s single window. I put on a fresh set of clothes that someone had hastily folded and dropped on the floor. I took one last look at the window, catching a glimpse of skyscrapers in the distance, and headed out of this new room. Then I stubbed my toe on a stove. The pain immediately
T’was the eve of Tuesday, January 28, 2014, where at 8pm, I attended the performance, Boeing, Boeing at the Venice Theater Main stage with my younger sister. After reading a quick preview of this play, I decided to see this as one of my required three because I was very intrigued in twisted love stories such as this one. This production achieved its goal, which was to show how plans could backfire and get all discombobulated very easily and quickly. Overall, the goal was to show that telling the
According to the Oxford Dictionary (2003), hero is defined as “person admired for bravery or other good qualities.” People usually refer heroes to well-known individuals that have particular features and outstanding achievements that distinguish them from ordinary people. In my case, my hero is not someone who is renowned in the world, but is significant to me personally. Moreover, she is someone who influences me the most. My mother is my hero. My mother was born in a small city named Tanjung Balai
Everyone has had an event in their life that helped changed them in some way or stood out to them in some type of way. Rather if it is, something like a birth of a child, a death of a family member or even receiving a job. A significant event in my life that helped me grow as a person was when I decided to pack up and move to Houston, Texas. My move to Texas may have been short, but in that short period, it helped me to grow to be more independent and to provide for myself. It showed that I am fearless
DALE Look, I would like him to die sooner than later then maybe I wouldn’t have to be responsible for financing this fine establishment. FAY Like I’ve told you before. We have services available to help with an financial burdens. DALE I don’t need the help, thank you. FAY Mr. Edwards, there is no reason to be prideful. Dale wrestles to get his wallet out of his back pocket. DALE Do you know how many hospices we’ve been to? FAY Yes, three. DALE He’s dying, he’s not dying. He’s dying. My father is
Over his over four-and-a-half-decade long career, Daniel Michael “Danny” DeVito, Jr. has shown himself to be a jack of all trades in the entertainment industry. The Neptune Township, New Jersey native has displayed his acting talents on the big screen in films like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Terms of Endearment, on the small screen in shows like Taxi and It’s Al-ways Sunny in Philadelphia, and even the stage in plays like Sunshine Boys on London’s West Endand
It was during an extremely chilling December, and no matter how many layers I wrapped around myself, the cold always managed to find its way to my bones. It was my first time in New York and my first time staying in another country, without family. I was renting out an apartment in a dingy section of lower Manhattan, or rather; my parents were renting it, and I was occupying it. Everything was the same color in that neighborhood; it was the kind of dirty gray that gets swept up into the air of long
When talking about Billy Wilder as a director a popular, controversial topic is whether or not he is considered an auteur. There have been many critics who have attempted to prove that Wilder is not an auteur but many have fallen short on providing a strong and convincing argument. Billy Wilder is an auteur for many reasons; the most obvious reason though is by comparing his four most famous movies. Wilder was very involved in the process of making the film and was often the writer, producer and
In, The Meursault Investigation by: Kamel Daoud, the narrator—Harun—questions his presence in the world quite often. Sometimes it seems as though he does it out of grief from losing his brother, or frustration that his mother does not bond with him like they used to. After Musa was murdered, Harun had to become the “man of the house” but, he was stuck in is mothers’ grasp forced to wear Musa’s clothing and stay as safe as possible. In fact, if Harun came home with t scratch, his mother would fuss
College-on-the-hill. Jack Gladney, the narrator and main character, is known to be “a big, aging, harmless, indistinct sort of guy”(83) He is an accomplished family man, a professor at the College-on-the-hill, a husband wanting to please his wife, someone who struggles with the fear of dying. From technology to modern society, Delillo created the character Jack to show the impact of the media on our families and our society. White Noise gives us an inside look into the life of Jack Gladney, showing
difference between Jack and Algernon by creating a spoof on Jacks masculinity, through Algernon’s dandyish nature and by giving each of them certain characteristics. Right from the start, Jack Worthing is depicted as the ingénue character of this novel. This is of course a satire of the ideal Victorian man. The classic Victorian man was socially confident, had a personal presence, and was almost certainly the dominating voice in a conversation with a lady. However, Oscar Wilde creates Jack as the ingénue
Jack and Simon in Chapter Three of the Lord of the Flies In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding makes many contrasts between his symbolic characters. For example in chapter three, 'Huts on the beach', many contrasts and similarities are made between the two characters Jack and Simon. These descriptions give an idea to their personality and feelings. The description of Simon in the jungle, and Jack in the woods highlights many of their differences. Jack is alone and descriptions like