Big Trouble in Big Trouble

By recreating famous foreign films for United States audiences, success comes over art, and fails to connect with audiences. Comedy comes in many types and forms, but there is one thing that they all have in common and that is making audiences laugh, no matter what language it is in. The birth of comedy in film came from various elements found in silent films, where the acting was anything but subtle. Since these films had no dialogue to act off of, the actors relied on overacting, or their physical abilities, to portray the hilarity of the script. Anything from slapstick, visual to physical comedy was perfected by a few well-known figures during the time.

This film featuring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway, and Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, turned out to be very popular. As many expected the director, Baz Luhrmann, made several changes to the original story. Some changes made were ample others were microscopic. Each one of these changes were made for a reason, but did the

And I use the word "experience" in its truest ... ... middle of paper ... ... Furthermore, the last few lines of the movie, without telling you what they are, are meaningful on so many levels, and mark the end to a film steeped in emotion, surrealism and subtle beauty. I implore you to watch this movie. It most certainly is not for everyone, and will probably be cast off by a lot of the movie going public as pretentious, artsy nonsense. Donnie Darko only saw a very short, unsuccessful US run and was accompanied with very little hype.

Although the overall plot was similar, the directorial style was quite obviously different. Both movies had a blurred line between good and evil, which needed to be crossed in order to stop the villain. Also the both protagonists are just regular, ordinary guys. However, the differences between the two movies far out-weigh the similarities. In the end of Arlington Road, the villain gets his way and moral order is never reinstated which is unlike Rear Window.

Flashbacks had been used in earlier films, but Orson Welles used this technique most effectively in his film Citizen Kane. Because of this he also changed the way story could be told. It changed the tradition way of telling a story from beginning, middle, and end. Now films can be told from any starting point and moving freely throughout the story. This new way of storytelling has been used in many films because it changed the old way of telling story it made it more exciting and curious to wonder what something you saw in a future flash back could mean it just gave the story more mystery.

This fusion of fact and fiction was further reinforced by the creative marketing campaign, which was cleverly planned to slowly build momentum gearing towards the release on 16th July 1999. From the beginning it had been pla... ... middle of paper ... ...ce success. This series attempted to incorporate fact and fiction through narrative, while incorporating the narrative within the marketing campaign to entice the public. Although it is clearly homage to that of The Blair Witch Project, this shows that the filming style was not just a gimmick and to modern audiences is still very popular amongst audiences when it is pulled off correctly. However although there is a great level of hand-held camera features as of recent, I believe that The Blair Witch Project has been the most successful in accomplishing a mixture of fact and fiction.

Even with that being said, some people may learn and change, but there will surely always be those absurd celebrities out there. This movie was a hit and many people found it funny in many different ways. This only means that there will probably be more of these films to come. Works Cited Morreall, John. Comic relief: a comprehensive philosophy of humor.

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