Montgomery Clift's Performance in Judgement at Nuremberg Montgomery Clift was an idol of teenage cinema audiences from 1949 to 1956, despite his matinee idol good looks he won respect of the film critics for his performances in, 'The search', and 'From here to eternity', for which he received nominations for best actor academy award, although did not win. His next nomination after 1954's 'From here to eternity', was in 1961, as best supporting actor in 'Judgement at Nuremberg'. In 1956, a few years before he started filming for, 'Judgement in Nuremberg', Clift was involved in a terrible car crash which spoilt his matinee idol looks. In fact, his face was shattered, and prematurely aged, it looked immobile and frozen. Only his eyes remained as deep and beautiful as before the crash. The combination of the reliance on medication, due to the crash, and the fat that he was a homosexual 1950's movie star and feared discovery, added to his inner angst which made him rely heavily on drink, and he soon became an outsider in the movie-world which once begged for contracts. After the angst he went through his decision to play the sterilized Rudolph Peterson in 'Judgement…' is both brave and cathartic. Although, his performance takes up only a small proportion of the three hour running time it remains a powerful memory within the film because of the intensity and painful honesty he brought to the role. The role represented personal anguish, and his pain and angst are filtered through into the character. Montgomery's performance as 'Rudolph Petersen' in 'Judgement at Nuremberg', directed by Stanley Krager, takes place in a court room where he is being questioned by the courts under suspicion of being mentally incompetent. It was the task if the health courts to sterilise the mentally incompetent under the nazi racism. Petersen's entrance into the court is very endearing. He is absolutely terrified, his hands lead the way, his body following. This action shows the audience how he is trying to put the moment off for as long
1.) In the play “The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice” written by Williams Shakespeare, he reveals the main themes in Othello’s final speech. The two main themes Othello illustrates in his final speech are reputation and jealousy. In Othello’s speech he says, “When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, speak of me as I am.” (Shakespeare 355), showing the importance of his reputation. He is unable to cope with criticism due to his low-self-esteem and therefore, cares what other individuals have to say about him. Othello’s dark skin is the reason why he does not have high-self-esteem and becomes jealous when Iago tells him about his wife having an affair with Cassio. Othello loves Desdemona but he feels that he is not good enough for her
with the amount of emotion he is feeling as he makes sure that he is
I went and watched the movie Lincoln to see what type of leader he was and what he stands for and acts like. I feel the movie didn 't do a good job at showing what Lincoln stands for. Most of the movie Lincoln wasn 't even in it. Even though he wasn 't in most the movie he still had a great impact on it and it did a good job at showing his leadership skills and what he stood for and how he was able to get what he wanted for a outcome. A few things to ask is what type of leader is Lincoln? Another thing to talk about is his verbal skills and how he can have a outcome by just giving a speech. This also shows his determination towards things that he wants.
In Schindler’s List, as the Jews in Kraków are forced into the ghetto, a little girl on the street cries out, “Good-bye, Jews,” over and over again. She represents the open hostility often shown the Jews by their countrymen. After all, the little girl did not contain this hatred naturally—she learned it. Through her, Spielberg sends the message that the evil of the “final solution” infected entire communities.
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a dynamic play that has diverse characters and many different themes. John Hale is a reverend that was sent to the town in order to diagnose witchcraft and help cure the girls. He is eager to discover witchcraft and allows other people to manipulate him but his views change over time. Throughout the play, Reverend Hale exemplifies overconfidence and this decreases because innocent people are being hanged and he becomes doubtful about the court for these reasons.
Arthur Miller was one of the most famous authors of his time. He wrote many plays and novels that people still read and cherish today. One of his most famous and widely read plays by Arthur Miller is The Crucible. A tale of the Puritan “witch” hunts. The play makes the reader think of the time period of which Miller was writing about. Miller links the Puritanical time period with the Cold War Era and the Red Scare which happened just after World War II. History shows us the reasons Miller writes the way he did. McCarthyism was a big problem in America, and Miller, through his writing shows us the struggles of innocent people being accused of something they did not do. Just like the people that were accused of being communist spies in America during the Cold War Era. In the play, The Crucible, Miller shows many themes but, hatred for the “unholy” is the main theme and is justified but the justification of hatred for people because of their differences of belief, practices, and customs by the Puritan people and their values and their religious beliefs which; therefore, is justified by The Holy Bible.
In The Crucible, John Proctor, the main character of the story, struggled with guilt. His wife, Elizabeth Proctor, caught him committing adultery with Abigail Williams, their eighteen-year-old maid. Abigail performed witchcraft with other girls in the woods near Salem, even though it was illegal in the town. The girls chanted and danced naked. Samuel Paris, Abigail’s uncle and Reverend of Salem, saw their actions, but did not do anything to them. When the girls went back to town, one of the girls acted as if she was possessed, making all the townspeople afraid, thinking that Satan was upon them. Because of the girls' acts, many innocent people were accused of witchcraft by them and were hanged. In the end, John Procter was brought to court
from his throat”, which tells us that he is fighting back emotion and maybe even a few tears
In any community, the people rely on the power of law and justice to protect them. When the guardians of the law and order misuse their power it brings tragedy upon the town. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible the inappropriate actions of the character of Judge Danforth, the voice of authority of the community leads to the tragedy of social disruption of the town accompanied by breakdown in communal solidarity.
V for Vendetta is a graphic novel written by Allan Moore. It is a story full of comedy with V as the protagonist who is out to fight and destroy the government and affects innocent people. The novel was later adapted into a film and directed by James McTeigue and written by Wachowski Brothers.
She took a deep breath as the man in front of her waited for her answer. Glancing at him, she did notice his impatience at her winding down. Once again, he reverted back to his normal self, the bored and laid back personality that he had carried for the longest time. He sat down easily in the chair waiting for her to speak.
In Hollywood there is also a lack of representation with executives because the most of the power resides in people that are ethnically white. Brent Lang and Dave McNary believe that black films are usually not picked up by studios because very few people in powerful positions are black. Therefore, most studios don’t understand what would appeal to black audiences. This causes analysts to undervalue the potential profit of black films, turning executives away from being interested in pursuing black film projects. Examples of black movie profits far exceeding predictions are found in this quote from their article , How Tracking Fails Diverse Movies: “"Straight Outta Compton 's" $60.2 million debut was roughly $20 million more than most trade publications had predicted. "War Room," a faith-based drama about the power of prayer, more than doubled predictions with its $11.3 million launch. And last weekend 's champ, Sony 's "Perfect Guy," exceeded expectations by nearly $15 million when it kicked off with $29.4 million” (Lang and McNary). The history between black and whites in America come into play with the existence of a phenomenon called the “Hollywood plantation arrangement” which alludes to the relationship of black slaves and white slaveowners pre-civil war. This idea describes how “the relationship between African Americans and White Americans is rooted in a tradition of ownership, guidance, and responsibility” which “directly influences African Americans’ ability to access economic power and ownership, thereby limiting creative control and cultural protection (Ndoubou 7). The ruling class, which in Hollywood is the whites, use their power to maintain control by creating these images in media that make the blacks seem lesser...
As time goes on, history has a way of getting distorted from its most truthful form. Time causes people to drift away from accuracy and become more interested in what they want to remember. Hollywood has a reputation of creating films that cater more to the average viewer, rather than the history buff. Inglorious Basterds, by Quentin Taratino, take very liberal liberty with a history story, and creates a story that will sell to the crowd. This may seem dubious, but it is often not such a bad thing. Hollywood can take a story that may have one connotation, may it be serious or dreary, and turn it into something that evokes different emotions, will still addressing historical issues or topics. Taratino chooses to film a movie of this type because of the way he can portray a very serious topic in way that no one has before. He picks the topic of World War II and the Nazi’s, but does not take the generic portrayal of it. Many previous movies of this subject have been released either show heroic American that battle insurmountable odds, or forsaken Jews that fight threw the worst. While it may seem dark to make a movie that takes a serious subject so lightly, it is part of the process of history. As it becomes more and more distant in time, there is less and less truth and seriousness put into it. It is seen in many other Hollywood movies, such as The Patriot (2000), 300 (2007), Braveheart (1995), and Django Unchained (2012). The interesting thing in many of the movies like these, is the enemy is often portrayed in an extremely negative, almost so extreme, they could be compared to the Nazis. Hollywood uses that Nazis as the level setter for enemies, it does not get worse than them. It is interesting to see how Taratino portrays the ...
There is an intellectual discussion over the accuracy of war films and whether or not these should focus more on telling the truth or decorating it a little. Indeed, the narrative of war films has change throughout the years because the purpose of such films has evolved, especially those representing the World War II years and the aftermath. At the time of war, films were employed with diverse objectives for example to urge the public to support the war, to narrate the latest events, or to rebuild the image of the heroes. Most of the times the perspectives of films could vary depending on the country the film was produced in or which side of the story was being narrated. The plot of most war films might not be real, but they were necessary
Then audience members who were perfect strangers who were screaming loudest would turn to each other with knowing glances and smile because they were sharing the same excitement and connecting with one another over their love of this man’s music. There was no pushing or shoving to get closer to the stage – it wasn’t that kind of crowd. Instead, there was mutual respect for one another’s space within the confines of the too-small venue. Nobody wanted to be the person who ruined it for someone else. It was this respect that made the audience members’ connections with one another that much stronger – we were all here to listen to this wonderful man’s music and see his performance – and, of course, we were here to enjoy it.