The Movie "Still the Water" • Prologue: Since 2014 the movie "Still the Water", directed by Naomi Kawase, has won several awards and nominations in film competitions all over the world. Below you can find a list of these prizes: 1. Cannes Film Festival nominated Palme d’Or 2014 Naomi Kawase 2. Ghent International Film Festival nominated Grand Prix 2014 Best Film 3. Munich Film Festival nominated Arri / Osram Award 2014 Best International Film Naomi Kawase 4. Pacific Meridan International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries won Grand Prix 2014 Naomi Kawase 5. RiverRun International Film Festival 2015 won 2 jury prizes • Peter Brunette Award for best Director Naomi Kawase • Best Cinematography Yutaka Yamazaki 6. Sakhalin …show more content…
Watching the film takes place with music, which enhances the beauty of nature. Often in the film we can hear the sounds of nature - primarily we hear the sound of waves crashing against the ocean shore, the rustling of the leaves on the trees, in which the wind blows. The beautiful scene that draws attention to the film is the scene when Kaito and Kyoto are cycling along the bike path when they return from the beach to their houses. During this ride we see fluttering teenage clothes against the backdrop of the seaside landscape 6 Epilogue: The film is very moody. You can see the strength and beauty of nature - forests at the seashore, turbulent sea, the buzz of the sea. Music is very calm, as the life of people in the village. People in the film live according to nature - they feed on fish, grow goats, and relax by singing and dancing. This is a world that is slowly transforming - this world is fascinating, where myths, symbols and rituals play a big role. The life of the Japanese in the film is passes in the face of globalization of the world - folk music, rituals in the movie shows a world which we can be already found very
Throughout the film, the filmmaker follows the three victims around in their everyday lives by using somber music and backgrounds of depressing colors. The documentary starts off with colorful images of the scenery
During this film, the first thing noticed that classified this film as an art film was the very first scene, when the music is playing and the earth slowly rises with the sun in the background. This goes on for about 3 minutes ...
Tsai Ming Liang directs a film that benefits the most from the production design that portrays a macabre and uninviting scenery and the constant sound of heavy rain, that at times is the only noise that breaks the silence of the nightmarish and claustrophobic atmosphere. The latter is largely assisted by Tsai's trademark camerawork with the long, extended takes and the narrow framing. All of these elements play the most important role in establishing the film's pervasive mood of despair, another trademark of his.
The film stays in line with classic noir in many ways. The usage of dark sets and high contrast lighting, which creates heavy shadows on the actors faces, makes the movie feel like it all happens at night and in dark alley ways. The story focuses on the inhumane parts of human nature. Each of the main characters experiences some kind of tragedy. For Vargas his tragedy was in dealing with Quinlin who has set out to frame him and his wife. For Quinlin his entire life represented a man consumed with darkness who lives his life with a “Touch of Evil.” Menzies was a hopeful man who looked up to Quinlin but was let down. For the viewer, film noir represents truth, even if it is not a truth that all people would like to hear.
This movie is beautiful to watch, yet difficult. It is raw, yet the cinematography is breath...
Still Life is remarkable in that it allows for open interpretation from the audience. Different aspects of the film hold varying degrees of personal relevance and one may extrapolate as much or as little as they see fit in order to unravel its underlying meaning. Personally speaking, there is nothing more important than the steadfast loyalty of dependable friends and, to someone of such inclination, Still Life certainly embodies that ideal. Through the visualization of a discrepant world Zhangke puts the human condition under a microscope to show that it is not the externalities of our environment that impact us the most greatly, but it is the very malleable social domain in which we inhabit that gives us identity and definition.
All of these examples prove that this film uses strong cinematic techniques that further immerse the audience into the film. The visual experience is one that is significant to film itself; therefore it is the most important element to this medium. Without a strong idea of cinematic technique, the film would not be succesful. This film successfully suspends reality, and for about two and a half hours, the audience feels as if they are in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s during the civil rights movement.
One motif which reappears in the film is the power of nature, especially in relation to the individual. In fact, the film begins with a majestic shot of the Rocky Mountains showing its beauty and height. The beauty of nature and even friendliness of nature changes as the film develops. As the movie progresses the snow still seems white and pure, almost virgin like, but nature becomes an isolating force, not providing the family with a retreat from the pressures of modern life, but forcing the family to turn in on its dysfunctional and psychopathic self. Imprisoned by the snow and the tall mountains , the family seems weak and vulnerable.
The film is about the story of a boy called Vincent Anton Freeman and this life struggeles to become a pilot at Gattaca. This boy is the last human conceived by sexual intercourse, a way of conceiving wich was considered by the society wrong. Like any other child, when he was born, the
Did this film have any similarity with any of your own cultural experiences (food, family, values, experiences, religion, symbols)? Please Describe, Compare and/or Contrast with details/examples. Minimum 100 original words. 5 points possible
... tilted towards the violent sequences and the detailed birth of the child. A very memorable shot is the one taking place in the car where a camera was built in and moved around to shoot, moving the actors along to better view the shot. It's a film deserving of the awards it has received and is not one soon to be forgotten, as proven in it being one of my very favourite films.
This paper will include the analysis of the movie Hope Floats. It will start with a short summary of the movie describing the characters and the plot. It will then discuss the family dynamics that are shown in the movie based on the class discussions and the readings. It will also include a variety of issues that are shown throughout the movie. This paper will discuss three key family system’s issues that includes the family concepts, assessing one from Bowen’s concepts, one from Minuchin’s concepts, and one from General Systems Theory/Anderson and Sabatelli concepts. There are many different scenes and examples in this movie that will give a better understanding of the many different family dynamics, family issues, and family system concepts.
If I had a children in my class with an exceptionality I would keep it
With one of the most memorable transitions in the film (the Silent Scream performed by a Japanese Butoh dancer), Baraka makes clear the consequences of modern human life. When increasing production and profit takes priority over valuing human life, civilization eventually destroys itself; the film walks us through scenes of systemic poverty, exploitation, war, and genocide to illustrate this point. Paired with stirring, ominous music, this sequence is the most effective sequence of the film and can stand alone as an indictment of modern civilization. Finally, the story of modern civilization ends with images of the ruins of great ancient civilizations. The takeaway message is clear: just as those civilizations rose and fell, so too will the great civilizations of
Another thing that was special to me about this movie is the fact that it stays in its common setting through the whole movie. It never leaves the lake. Also how there were lessons being taught through out. One that I really found special was when the boy was a child and he tied stones to 3 different animals, cause it was his idea of having fun and the wise old monk told him to go find each animal and free them and if any of the animals were de...