Damaged Movie Premier Write Up By: Paul McKenzie Local Indian film making talent Kabir Singh, gifted son of Sydney Indian local community identities Lucky and Balbir Singh, has done the Australian film scene proud. He co-wrote alongside the mutli-award-winning film director and writer, Summer Bodhi Nicks as well as acted in a leading role in the highly anticipated Australian film, “Damaged” which is produced by an Australian production company “Long Road Productions” and directed by first time director Maha Wilson. The film is largely flashback based and shows audiences exactly how Brendan, the main protagonist, came to end up in prison after a string of events from his childhood. Ultimately, Brendan’s path is a result of becoming involved …show more content…
It’s ‘Shawshank Redemption’ meets ‘Into the Wild’. The movie’s actors come from Australia, the Middle East, India, South Africa, Italy and generally all around the globe. It’s important to show a true reflection of our beautiful country. Damaged has this unique blend of darkness and light and overall its message is really powerful; no matter what life throws at you, positivity can help you overcome it—and no, it’s not done in a cheesy way! Not to mention, a female is behind all this. While the story of Damaged has taken twists and turns in the past four years; one thing remains the same—at its core it is a story about creating beauty from chaos, playing the cards you’re dealt and using positivity to turn your life around. It’s about making choices to better your life. I want to show young children that one wrong choice can have a domino effect on the rest of their lives: but ultimately you can turn this …show more content…
I’m eternally grateful to them for this and especially my sister Shaizy Singh who has always believed in me even when nobody else did. What did you want to achieve out of the film ? Are you happy with its completion, success and achievement ? Whenever I and Summer team up for a project, we want to portray a message that adds to the positive nature of the human conditions, we want to inspire, we want to tell a story, a good story and for it to be meaningful. Summer and I quoted Carlos Castaneda in our film ‘Kiss Me Life’ and it basically says, if it doesn’t have a heart, it is of no use. We stand by that. If it is of no good use to the world, then it should not be used. I think ‘Damaged’ itself has a positive and inspiring message for the world so ‘yes’, we are happy with the outcome. Did living in suburbia Sydney help bring ideas to the film project ? Eachexperience in our lives shape us and it is these experiences and inspirationsthat we draw from to impart the performances required to bring our characters alive and give them a sense of truth, so the audience believe them.I’ve always said that each experience, no matter where you are, that builds our
The most wonderful look in the world is the look a child gives when they have learned the endless possibilities life has to offer. Just as soon as a child seems to gain the mentality of the glass world, it just as quickly shatters by the realities of life. People come from all different paths in life, but it seems the basic experiences remain the same: happiness, love, friendship, grief, heartbreak, and tragedy. Most people have experienced happiness, perhaps in the laugh of a baby just as most people have experienced tragedy with the loss of a loved one. Though tragedy does not walk alone in its path, it joins trauma, and together they live forever breaking glass worlds. It seems as if trauma comes down on glass worlds like a weight that cannot
Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) survivor of the Woodboro murders is now in college trying to move on with her life. Especially with the release of the upcoming film 'Stab' based on the book by Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox). After the premier of 'Stab' Sidney learns Ghostface is back, although this time anybody could be the killer. Wes Craven brings a movie just as fun as the first.
fragmented by the interruptions of song and dance, lending a sense of unreality. I believe Mira Nair successfully achieved her aim to make a Bollywood film on her own terms. As a director, she effectively combined the techniques of sound, editing, costume, colour and location to produce a fairly unique Bollywood film. Her message of the continuing modernisation of India, and her criticisms of both the societies she illustrates in the film comes across clearly, as do the more controversial points she brings up that Bollywood, as a film industry, does not typically address. Its appeal and effectiveness can be measured by the huge range of global audiences it has attracted, both Western and Eastern, which indicates that she accomplished her goal of making a realistic movie, breaking the traditional Bollywood mould.
Overall, the actor’s in Today’s Special were well correlated together by the production system and director. The actor’s performance throughout the film allowed for the viewer to be entertained and involved in the culture of an Indian family. In addition, the ending left the viewer at ease with Samir’s new start as the chef he always dreamt of.
"Fed Up (Soechtig, 2014)." narrated by Katie Couric, focuses on the growing link between sugar consumption and the obesity epidemic. The film aggressively attacks the food industry, advertising, and the government who, it claims, all contribute to the U.S. sugar-dependent, obesity problem. The film sets out to prove the government, and food industry is knowingly causing an increase in the amount of obese children. It reserves its most critical comments for government advisory panels who make and enforce food and health policy, and its failure to properly regulate the food industry. They claim lobbyists for the sugar board have been instrumental in the removal of negative statistics from research papers worldwide. Instead
In the documentary “Fed Up,” sugar is responsible for Americas rising obesity rate, which is happening even with the great stress that is set on exercise and portion control for those who are overweight. Fed Up is a film directed by Stephanie Soechtig, with Executive Producers Katie Couric and Laurie David. The filmmaker’s intent is mainly to inform people of the dangers of too much sugar, but it also talks about the fat’s in our diets and the food corporation shadiness. The filmmaker wants to educate the country on the effects of a poor diet and to open eyes to the obesity catastrophe in the United States. The main debate used is that sugar is the direct matter of obesity. Overall, I don’t believe the filmmaker’s debate was successful.
United States. This is a documentary about several children who live in poverty and dream of going to America in order to be reunited with their biological parents, or simply to seek out a better life for themselves. The way that the children are getting to America is by riding a train known as “La Bestia” (The Beast) throughout Mexico and ultimately arriving at the border with the United States. The children risk losing their lives every day, either by falling off the train as they sleep or getting kidnapped or raped by predators who are also trying to get to America. As you watch the film you are able to see every stop that is made through Mexico until finally
The movie Shock Doctrine revolves around the concept of the same name. The film begins by discussing psychological research on the effects of shock therapy. It is evident that a person under extreme stress and anxiety commonly experienced during a crisis functions and performs inadequately. It is noted that the studies are conducted by a man by the name of Milton Friedman, from the University of Chicago; the studies took place in the past, and some of the subjects are still recovering in the aftermath. From this research, interrogation techniques were learned and the concept of the shock doctrine was formed. Essentially through causing a crisis, the population of a country can be shocked into complying with accepting laws that favors the United States and capitalism. This theory coexists with Friedman’s belief in that government regulation is bad, and through a crisis a country would better itself with deregulation. The video uses Chile as an example and shows how America allowed a crisis to occur in Chile, through coups, interrogations and subterfuge. In the end a new government is formed that allows capitalism. Unfortunately afterwards violence and riots occur, as the rich gain most of the wealth and poverty rises. In addition to Chile, Argentina, Russia and even Iraq underwent the shock doctrine. Almost in every account, poverty rises and violence ends up erupting. The movie ends by showing how the US was in the process of the shock doctrine, and still is but the population has taken notice. Protests such as Occupy Wall Street are some of the initiatives necessary to bring awareness to the problems of class inequalities in order to prevent capitalism from benefitting the rich and increasing the wealth gap among the classes.
In the film, “North by Northwest” we see a series of shots that creates suspense and danger. The point of the film is very vague and it ends without a resolution to the main conflict. The incredible camera work and techniques that Alfred Hitchcock did created a feeling of danger and suspense, making the audience want to see more. Also, Hitchcock's film main character Roger O. Thornhill creates suspense with his mistaken identity and fight for his escape. The film uses a handful of shots, for example, medium shots, close ups, long shots and shot-reverse-shots. I found particularly interesting how a handful of shots can create suspense and the feeling of danger can create a misleading plot.
The movie, Precious (Daniels, et al., 2009), named after its protagonist, tells a story of injustice, abuse, and ultimately resilience. Precious was sexually abused by her father, physically and emotionally abused by her mother, and suffered neglect by both parents (Daniels, et al, 2009). She had two children by her father, one of whom was diagnosed with Down Syndrome (Daniels, et al., 2009). She wasn’t encouraged to be successful in school, but Precious found a way to motivate herself despite this.
As a fan of cinema, I was excited to do this project on what I had remembered as a touching portrait on racism in our modern society. Writer/Director Paul Haggis deliberately depicts his characters in Crash within the context of many typical ethnic stereotypes that exist in our world today -- a "gangbanger" Latino with a shaved head and tattoos, an upper-class white woman who is discomforted by the sight of two young Black kids, and so on -- and causes them to rethink their own prejudices during their "crash moment" when they realize the racism that exists within themselves.
In the film, Flight, William “Whip” Whitaker is an airline pilot. Whitaker is depicted as having a substance use disorder (SUD) and more specifically, an alcohol use disorder (AUD). This paper discusses: the film, AUDs, the way Flight depicts Whitaker’s AUDs, an interpretation of the film’s depiction, and possible treatment for Whitaker.
to show the power of love and human connection in society, along with the negative
Non judgmental and Compassion was a message in this movie. If more people would have compassion for others we would live in a better world. It is important to be non judgmental because people never know what happens in a person's life to cause them to act out in a certain way. Mrs. Erin Gruwell’s students were separated along racial lines and had few aspirations beyond street survival. Many people warned her that her students were all criminals who couldn’t be taught. With all odds stacked against her, she accepted the teaching position at Wilson High School. Erin Gruwell saw more in the students than a future as criminals and gang members; she saw them as people who have lost their ways in life. Instead of turning her back as society had done, she held out a helping hand. She had compassion and was non judgmental toward the children’s actions and hatred for one another. Being judgmental...
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence is a Steven Spielberg science fiction drama film, which conveys the story of a younger generation robot, David, who yearns for his human mother’s love. David’s character stimulates the mind-body question. What is the connection between our “minds” and our bodies?