Capitalism In The Film Sideburns, Drum Roll, And Brother
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Cinema is both a document of a society’s historical change as well as a portrayal of the economic and cultural changes presented through its master narrative. In post-soviet cinema, movies are both a product of capitalism as well as reflecting on its ideas while demonstrating Russian’s attitudes toward westernization. In Imaging Russia Anna Lawton writes, “The collapse of the Soviet Union had the effect of making Russia even more of a riddle to the foreign observer than it had ever been,” (2). The films Sideburns, Drum Roll, and Brother explore the dynamic situation that occurred in Russia in the post-soviet era with the introduction of capitalism.
The collapse of the Soviet Union presented a special environment in which independent movies
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With the loss of its centralized structure, the film industry produced filmmakers with radical new ideas. The unique nature of these films was a product of the loss of unified identity.
Sideburns could not have been produced without the introduction of capitalism. The centralized film committee present in the Soviet Union would not have allowed the vulgarity, nudity, and controversial topics present throughout the film. In addition to being a product of the new system in place, the film comments on elements of the Russian people. The director of Sideburns uses satire in order to ridicule cultural norms peppered throughout Russian society at the time. For example, the rise to power of the Pushkin club sheds light on Russia’s habit of breeding tyrannical leaders in the midst of social instability. Thomas E. Billings explains in a critique of the film, “The growth of the
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For example, there is a shot of the drummer marching through a series of kiosks which were the harbingers of the free market. There is also a scene where there is an “encounter of shantytown dwellers with a foreign delegation of land developers. The drummer meets a French business-man during a Russian-style party,” (Anna Lawton, 287). This scene would only be possible with the newly instituted free market in Russia. In regards to commentary on Westernization, Drum Roll shows the drummer going to Paris and returning with an array of Western items such as gaudy designer clothes and electronic equipment. When he leaves his things in a taxi, he is promptly robbed and returns to his normal state. The director includes this event in order to show how elements of the Western world would not survive on native Russian
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the director of sideburns uses satire to ridicule cultural norms peppered throughout russian society at the time.
- Analyzes how mamin depicts westerners through the capella gang in sideburns and satirizes young people who look to the west as a model of culture.
- Analyzes how drum roll retreats from the standard film layout by taking away sound and relying heavily on a soundtrack, similar to silent movies like that of charlie chaplin.
- Analyzes how the director of sideburns uses satire to ridicule cultural norms peppered throughout russian society at the time.
- Analyzes how mamin depicts westerners through the capella gang in sideburns and satirizes young people who look to the west as a model of culture.
- Analyzes how drum roll retreats from the standard film layout by taking away sound and relying heavily on a soundtrack, similar to silent movies like that of charlie chaplin.
- Analyzes how drum roll depicts elements of early capitalism, such as the drummer marching through kiosks, meeting shantytown dwellers, and meeting a russian businessman.
- Analyzes how drum roll's master narrative and message on the cultural change occurring in russia at that time is made clear in the final scene where cavemen skin a wooly mammoth.
- Analyzes how brother presents an ambiguous and neoteric hero. the collapse of the soviet union created a void in which patriotism, morality, and virtue seemingly fell through.
- Analyzes how balabanov's brother contains elements of capitalism while also reflecting on its negative side effects. the film shows how dangerous mob culture is and how sinister the incentive for money can be.
- Analyzes how the disintegration of the soviet union and the founding of capitalism in russia created a unique situation in which there was social, cultural, and economic struggle within the russian people.
- Analyzes how the films sideburns, drum roll, and brother explore the dynamic situation that occurred in russia in the post-soviet era with the introduction of capitalism.
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- Analyzes how die hard utilizes a step-by-step style of narration, where the end and the objectives of the protagonist, john mcclane, are not arrived upon until all complications are resolved and enemies in the film are eliminated.
- Explains that hollywood films have reconnoitered numerous ways to tell a story, styles of cinematography, and technological effects, but one element remains: the notion of 'neatly' happy ending.'
574 wordsRead More - Auteur Recognitionanalytical essayAuteur theory became a predominant issue in the film industry during or slightly after the Second World War. During that time, many French movies were sold to Europe so that the people in Europe could update themselves with what had transpired in France during the world war. Those who watched the films noticed that every collection had somewhat a personal signature associated with its director. There was a certain theme or style that dominated each specific collection. This notion drew the attention of the major stakeholders in the film industry into investigating why some of the directors would present the given qualities while others could not (Truffaut 103).
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the auteur theory was introduced in the film industry in 1954 when francois truffaut claimed that directors are significantly using their films to express their personal ideas.
- Explains that auteur theory became a predominant issue in the film industry during or slightly after the second world war.
- Explains auteur theory's primary premise that the director under certain circumstances would be recognized as of the film, but the underlying question is what the issues and circumstances investigated for a director to be considered an
- Explains that the auteur theory was introduced in the film industry in 1954 when francois truffaut claimed that directors are significantly using their films to express their personal ideas.
- Explains that auteur theory became a predominant issue in the film industry during or slightly after the second world war.
- Explains auteur theory's primary premise that the director under certain circumstances would be recognized as of the film, but the underlying question is what the issues and circumstances investigated for a director to be considered an
- Explains that the theory outlines what needs to be considered for a director to become an auteur.
- Argues that the auteur theory seems reasonable from the perspective of the state laws, since directors are the people responsible for the film in case of injunctions.
- Explains that the auteur theory argued that script writers have control over every other contributor, including the director, but the filmmaker has ultimate control and responsibility to influence the final output of the film.
- Argues that the theory fosters discrimination within the film industry by the hierarchies that it presupposes.
- Evaluates alfred hitchcock, tim burton, and jean renoir's films to assess the basis for which an auteur is recognized.
- Analyzes how hitchcock employed suspense in all his thriller movies. the female characters were blond and respectable but acted like animals when faced with difficulties or compromising situations.
- Explains that hitchcock portrayed innovative camera management techniques and was able to operate and direct films amidst the varied technological changes. he contributed to each of these stages of film development.
- Explains that the decision to recognize hitchcock as an auteur was based on the variety of movies he directed, the existence of a dominant theme in all his films, and the identical style employed in his collections.
- Explains that tim burton is another example of a director that was considered an auteur. after attending the college for the arts, burton became famous for animated films.
- Analyzes how burton's films were characterized by a dominant theme of misfit in the society. edward sccissorhands portrayed the theme in extremity.
- Analyzes how burton's films were characterized by a distinct style. he was known for employing stop-motion animations in all his films, such as "nightmare before christmas".
- Analyzes how burton reused actors and actresses in his films, including helena bonham carter and jonny depp. burton had a collection of films upon which the provisions of the auteur theory would be assessed.
- Analyzes how the judges evaluated burton's videos to enable his recognition as an auteur. they recognized that the films had a unique style that was only identical to burton.
- Explains that jean renoir, a french film director who could be considered an auteur, boasted of several films under his directorship.
- Analyzes how renoir exploited the unpredictability of human character in his film "the rule of the game." filmgoers identify with the ordinary perception of life that is exhibited in the film and attribute this to the theme.
- Analyzes how renoir coined the "poetic realism" style in his films and maintained it in all his works. he used a three-dimensional approach to every issue in the collection.
- Opines that the criterion would be very important to help the stakeholders in the industry to evaluate an auteur.
- Explains that every industry has a program for ensuring that the required standards are maintained and the key players are motivated to continue producing. business organizations run employee stimulating packages as well as promotional programs that would ensure that employees are rewarded for their extraordinary performances.
- Opines that the auteur theory should be encouraged and the key players in the film industry should work in tandem with the provisions of the theory so as to motivate the new film makers to create original and identical movie production within a properly coordinated framework.
- Explains that hitchcock, burton and renoir were each considered auteurs based on the dominant theme and identical style that was evident in their film collections.
- Explains that auteur theory in film criticism was retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/a22928772durgat, raymond.
1839 wordsRead More - Satires in We and Master and Margaritaanalytical essayDuring Russia’s transition to communism in the early 20th century, conflict and unease permeated every part of life. Nothing was stable and very little of what the Bolsheviks had fought for had come to fruition by the time the USSR disbanded in 1991. The “classless society”, which was to work together for the prosperity of everyone, never became a reality. In the end, the majority of Russia’s 20th century was an utter failure on a grand scale. However, there were many amazing products of the system do to the great importance of education in Russian culture. Priceless novels were written, timeless movies were made, and great scientific endeavors were realized despite the rigid control placed upon Russian persons by the government. In fact, some of the most memorable written works of the time were written protests to the creativity-stifling situation many writers found themselves in. Because of the danger to their lives should the wrong people be upset by their writings, Yevgeny Zamyatin and Mikhail Bulgakov wrote their most popular, Soviet-life condemning novels under the guise of satire. Even though they’re satirizing the same subject, in both We and The Master and Margarita respectively, they take very different paths to do so.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how russia's transition to communism in the early 20th century was an utter failure on a grand scale. priceless novels were written, timeless movies were made, and great scientific endeavors were realized despite the rigid control placed upon russian persons.
- Explains that satire is a literary method of saying one thing by saying something completely different yet comparable to the intended target of the novel. miller indirectly criticized america's red scare by writing about the historic salem witch trials.
- Analyzes how zamyatin starts the book with d-503 explaining his current project, the integral, and why exactly it and his records are so important.
- Analyzes how russia's transition to communism in the early 20th century was an utter failure on a grand scale. priceless novels were written, timeless movies were made, and great scientific endeavors were realized despite the rigid control placed upon russian persons.
- Explains that satire is a literary method of saying one thing by saying something completely different yet comparable to the intended target of the novel. miller indirectly criticized america's red scare by writing about the historic salem witch trials.
- Analyzes how zamyatin starts the book with d-503 explaining his current project, the integral, and why exactly it and his records are so important.
- Explains how the heroic forebears subjugated the whole of planet earth to the power of onestate. it is for them to place the beneficial yoke of reason round the necks of unknown beings who inhabit other planets.
- Compares zamyatin's state of mind to the early days of the revolution, before the bolsheviks and menshens split and began to fight one another. they believed everyone should know the ‘gospel’ of communism.
- Analyzes how d-503's unease with the lack of noticeable human sameness can be aligned to the near impossibility of russia’s ultimate goal: to have an absolutely equal and classless society.
- Analyzes how zamyatin's satirical predictions concerning the future of russia proved to be on point again when structured exercises were broadcast over radio and television. d-503 goes into some detail about what exactly is included in the table of hours.
- Explains that the table of hours turns each one of us right there in broad daylight into a steel six-wheeled epic hero.
- Analyzes how soviet realism became a popular art form for novels, movies, radio broadcasts, etc. in grigori alexandrov's movie, the bright way.
- Analyzes how zamyatin's prediction between the futuristic onestate and the actions of early bolsheviks was an unrealistic, deadly expectation of human perfection and obedience.
- Opines that the same might have happened in onestate had they not developed the great operation, an x-ray lobotomy aimed at severing the human connection to imagination.
- Explains the latest discovery of state science: the imagination is centered in a wretched little brain node in the region of the pons varolii.
- Analyzes how onestate's authority diminishes after the mephi object at the election, and the guardians are forcing them to have it.
1480 wordsRead More - Analysis Of The Film Man With A Movie Cameraanalytical essayThe Bolshevik Revolution was a defining turning point in Russian history. This overall revolution consisted of two individual revolutions in 1917 which resulted in the overthrow of the Tsarist government and the formation of a socialist society led by Vladimir Lenin’s radical Bolsheviks. For a moment with such enormous weight like the Bolshevik Revolution, there will be various interpretations on the true results of that moment and the meaning and value of these results. The film Man with a Movie Camera deals with the results of the Bolshevik Revolution and the early Soviet Society it birthed as it utilizes footage of one day in this early Soviet Union, thus making it worthy of examination. In the film Man With a Movie Camera, Vertov impressively
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the film man with a movie camera deals with the results of the bolshevik revolution and the early soviet union it birthed.
- Analyzes how vertov uses montage to make the viewer understand the connection between individual potential and societal potential.
- Analyzes vertov's portrayal of early soviet society achieving its potential because of technology.
- Analyzes how the film man with a movie camera deals with the results of the bolshevik revolution and the early soviet union it birthed.
- Analyzes how vertov uses montage to make the viewer understand the connection between individual potential and societal potential.
- Analyzes vertov's portrayal of early soviet society achieving its potential because of technology.
- Analyzes how vertov uses his montage and rhythm of editing to prove how technology leading giving the ability of achievement at the fullest potential for all within a society has led to evident success of early soviet society.
- Analyzes how vertov used experimental film to connect the technology afforded by the bolshevik revolution to the fulfillment of individual, thus societal, potential.
1191 wordsRead More - The Two-Tiered System of Allusionsanalytical essayIn recent times, such stereotyped categorizations of films are becoming inapplicable. ‘Blockbusters’ with celebrity-studded casts may have plots in which characters explore the depths of the human psyche, or avant-garde film techniques. Titles like ‘American Beauty’ (1999), ‘Fight Club’ (1999) and ‘Kill Bill 2’ (2004) come readily into mind. Hollywood perhaps could be gradually losing its stigma as a money-hungry machine churning out predictable, unintelligent flicks for mass consumption. While whether this image of Hollywood is justified remains open to debate, earlier films in the 60’s and 70’s like ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ (1967) and ‘Taxi Driver’ (1976) already revealed signs of depth and avant-garde film techniques. These films were successful as not only did they appeal to the mass audience, but they managed to communicate alternate messages to select groups who understood subtleties within them.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that hollywood films can be categorized according to the genre system. celebrity-packed blockbusters filled with action and drama, with seamless top-of-the-line digital editing and special effects, were considered ‘hollywood films’.
- Argues that hollywood may be gradually losing its stigma as a money-hungry machine churning out predictable, unintelligent flicks for mass consumption.
- Explains how the two-tiered system allowed hollywood to remain faithful to the mass audience, yet popular among the rising film-literate generation.
- Explains that hollywood films can be categorized according to the genre system. celebrity-packed blockbusters filled with action and drama, with seamless top-of-the-line digital editing and special effects, were considered ‘hollywood films’.
- Argues that hollywood may be gradually losing its stigma as a money-hungry machine churning out predictable, unintelligent flicks for mass consumption.
- Explains how the two-tiered system allowed hollywood to remain faithful to the mass audience, yet popular among the rising film-literate generation.
- Explains that allusion in film history has become an important expressive device used by directors extensively to make comments about other films within their own films or vice-versa.
- Analyzes how tarantino pays homage to hong kong cinematic style of quick zoom shots which emphasized the expressions of the characters’ faces.
- Analyzes how ‘kill bill 2’ utilizes the two-tiered system of communication within the film. it is a samurai / action film about an ex-assassin who decides to take revenge.
- Analyzes how tarantino's technique is a 'post-modern collage', reinventing and combining genres into his films.
- Compares hollywood allusionists and post-modernism, stating that allusionism operates on a two-tiered system which garners both the film literate and non-film
- Analyzes how carroll asserts that a two-tiered system with allusions hinting of complex themes from great works by great directors will not add quality to the film itself.
- Analyzes how tarantino uses allusions to create an intertextual art, extending and allowing the film to be interpreted from various levels.
- Cites sergio leone's a fistful of dollars, american beauty, and robert zemeckis' back to the future.
- Compares the films scary movie, the simpsons, and taxi driver. the future of allusion: hollywood in the seventies and beyond.
1605 wordsRead More - Beverly Hills Cop, The Rock, Armageddon, and Top Gunanalytical essayIn this paper I will offer a structural analysis of the films of Simpson and Bruckheimer. In addition to their spectacle and typically well-crafted action sequences, Simpson/Bruckheimer pictures seem to possess an unconscious understanding of the zeitgeist and other cultural trends. It is this almost innate ability to select scripts that tap into some traditional American values (patriotism, individualism, and the obsession with the “new”) that helps to make their movies blockbusters.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that simpson and bruckheimer were the first to exploit mtv's power by packing their films full of marketable songs. this strategy worked with "flashdance" and "coyote ugly."
- Explains that don simpson and jerry bruckheimer are arguably the most successful producing team in hollywood history. their films include "beverly hills cop", "the rock," "armageddon," and "top gun."
- Explains that simpson and bruckheimer's films possess an unconscious understanding of the zeitgeist and other cultural trends. they perfected a sacred hollywood formula and revolutionized the hollywood film industry.
- Explains that simpson and bruckheimer were the first to exploit mtv's power by packing their films full of marketable songs. this strategy worked with "flashdance" and "coyote ugly."
- Explains that don simpson and jerry bruckheimer are arguably the most successful producing team in hollywood history. their films include "beverly hills cop", "the rock," "armageddon," and "top gun."
- Explains that simpson and bruckheimer's films possess an unconscious understanding of the zeitgeist and other cultural trends. they perfected a sacred hollywood formula and revolutionized the hollywood film industry.
- Analyzes how owen gleiberman's review of "con air" sums up critics' opinions on the canon of simpson and bruckheimer.
- Explains that the three-act film structure isn't new in hollywood filmmaking, but it's rooted in technology and music video style, music itself, basic character development, and a basic understanding of the cultural landscape.
- Explains that the most common simpson and bruckheimer character type is the maverick hero, a devil may care pilot whose strict moral code ran counter to the strides of the counterculture.
- Analyzes how simpson and bruckheimer's high concept formula revolutionized hollywood filmmaking. their knack for producing, crafting, and marketing movies is unparalleled in hollywood history.
- Analyzes fleming, charles, and demopoulos, maria. "high concept: don simpson and the hollywood culture of excess."
- Cites klinger, barbara, and welsh, james m., "action films: the serious, ironic, the postmodern."
3486 wordsRead More - Alfred Hitchcockexplanatory essayFilms were a great form of entertainment from their debut in the early 1900’s and continued to grow more popular over the years. The film making business hit a growth period in the 1920’s. In Hollywood, the assembly line “studio” system of producing a movie was changed and refined, and the famous studious that dominate Hollywood production today, such as Universal Studious, were being put together. Censorship regulations were being formulated for the first time, and Wall Street began to take a more prominent, powerful role in film making. It was the era of short silent films that were backed by organists who could play a variety of famous composers such as Beethoven, and Sousa, and who mastered other sound affects for further enhancement of the movie. It was a time when movies came and went quickly and films that had no pretense of being art were made in mass. Nobody ever expected a movie to have an afterlife. They were made only for entertainment and to make money, and were considered disposable back then. It took decades to develop movies as a concept of art. During this time of rapid change in the film making business, a certain aspiring director began his dream of working with cinema. Eventually, the talented and mysterious director, Alfred Hitchcock, played a huge part in establishing his and others’ masterpieces as an art.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that films were a great form of entertainment from their debut in the early 1900's and continued to grow more popular over the years.
- Explains that hitchcock's childhood was that of a lower class roman catholic child who attended church regularly. he was educated at the jesuits' st. ignatius college and studied engineering and navigation.
- Explains that hitchcock was drawn to the silver screen. he read every technical film magazine he could, was fascinated by edgar allan poe's mystery fiction and spent time at the local cinema.
- Explains that films were a great form of entertainment from their debut in the early 1900's and continued to grow more popular over the years.
- Explains that hitchcock's childhood was that of a lower class roman catholic child who attended church regularly. he was educated at the jesuits' st. ignatius college and studied engineering and navigation.
- Explains that hitchcock was drawn to the silver screen. he read every technical film magazine he could, was fascinated by edgar allan poe's mystery fiction and spent time at the local cinema.
- Narrates how hitchcock met his future wife alma reville, who worked for brompton oratory, during production of his film number 13. she oversaw initial script development through final post-production.
- Explains that the first film to bear the mark "directed by alfred hitchcock" was the pleasure garden in 1925. alfred's uncanny wit and cinematic flare came forth in this movie.
- Explains that the lodger was hitchcock's first authentic film and his first cameo appearance, which later became a trademark of his films. its success launched his career in england and he became the most successful and highest-paid director.
- Analyzes how hitchcock's blackmail made history by becoming the first british "talkie." in 1930, he released two films, juno and the paycock, and murder.
- Explains that hitchcock came to the united states to direct rebecca, which was nominated for eleven oscars and won the academy award for best picture. alfred did not receive it for this film, and never would.
- Explains that hitchcock made several films between 1950 and 1960, including dial "m" for murder, to catch a thief, and strangers on a train. rear window, vertigo, north by northwest and psycho sparked debates.
- Explains that hitchcock launched "alfred hickcock presents" in 1955, a television show that catapulted him from honored director and celebrity to icon.
- Explains that hitchcock received an honorary doctorate from columbia university before frenzy's release in 1972. the growth of his artistic reputation was supported by other developments at the time.
- Explains that alfred hitchcock lived a quiet and unostentatious life with his family, who preferred the comforts of home to the hollywood surroundings. he died at home in los angeles at the age of 80.
- Explains hitchcock's influence on critics and fellow filmmakers, citing his wide range of work and diversity of interpretations.
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