Joachim Trier’s film, Reprise tackles many different issues including the difficulty of success, relationships, and happiness. The use of mid-20s culture in this film provokes many questions of not only the plot, but also the characters of the film. The two characters of Erik and Phillip bring on a sense of friendship that was seemingly unbroken, even if one reaches success and the other does not. These two characters are the epitome of “two sides of the same coin” as each of them brings there own characteristics to the same game. Erik and Phillip are both aspiring writers, and they both submit manuscripts of their respected works in hopes of getting both of them published. This film interestingly tackles this friendship through the lens of …show more content…
These characters are prime examples of a universal culture. In today’s modern world, whether it be in Asia, Europe or the Americas there comes a time in life, where a decision is made in order to make clear to oneself what they want out of their life. This decision is usually reliant on a passion of theirs, whether it be art, physical activity, math, science, religion, literature or just taking life one day at a time. This decision is then followed up by the actions to make this hope a reality. This universal concept is what is represented in this film, and the two possible paths that are taken after this decision is made. The culture of the “20-somethings” is filled with self-doubt, anxiety, and societal pressures. Trier does a fantastic job at portraying these themes through appealing storytelling and deep characters, as each character had a vital part of the film, whether it be just one that cracks jokes, or the one that takes life serious, they all show each other that life is more than what someone else wants them to be, but it is in fact a journey towards happiness. This is what the culture of the film is, the culture of happiness, something everyone has to battle …show more content…
I am almost at that point in my life where Phillip and Erik were, and I am also a writer, so I can relate to each one of their emotions, whether it was Phillip with the rejection or Erik with being successful. One worldview that was explored in this film, that I have mentioned a copious amount of times, is the importance of happiness and how significant that emotion was to the development of the plot and the characters of this film. This theme relates with me, as one of my beliefs is that every human being is searching for happiness, whether that be through their own particular passions, success, pride, or religion, that is the point of our lives. This concept may be a little cliche or overused, but I cannot stress enough that Trier, who was at a young part of his life just like his characters, was trying to emphasize the journey that each one of us are on. The journey to find happiness and contempt. Joachim Trier’s use of this film was not to just entertain the audience through comical dialogue and heartfelt situations, it was to challenge the audience to realize that life is more than a black and white symbol of success and failure. This film does and phenomenal job in conveying the emotions of the characters and relating them to its
his family to lead an acetic life style in the hopes of finding an end to suffering. Another character who
Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development is one of the best-known theories of personality in psychology. Much like Sigmund Freud, Erikson believed that personality develops in a series of stages. Unlike Freud's theory of psychosexual stages, Erikson's theory describes the impact of social experience across the whole lifespan (http://psychology.about.com). The stages I noticed the most during the movie were stage 5, Identity vs. Confusion, and stage 6, Intimacy vs.
... was similar to feel love, what it was similar to feel distress and he understood that he would not like to be distant from everyone else in reality as we know it where individuals completed not encounter feelings, and where soma could cure the sum of your issues. He didn't need that life and his feelings made him follow up on his emotions.
The movie Doubt is set in a private Catholic School in 1960s. Sister Aloysius is the principal of the school, and Father Flynn is the clergyman in the church. While the movie deals with some moral dilemmas such as doubt versus certainty, rigidity versus openness and so on, the central theme of the story pivots on accusation on Father Flynn of child molestation. The story has a hanging ending where Father Flynn is proven neither guilty nor proven innocent. Based on the contents of the movie and my own analysis, I believe that certainty plays a bigger role in accusations and I believe that Father Flynn had been falsely blamed and I am also against the rigidity of the society.
In the movie, I Am Legend, the directors utilizes infected humans to portray a post-apocalyptic world by displaying the humans as sick and deformed. In the film, Francis Lawrence, the director, exhibits how an engineered virus which was supposed to cure cancer, destroys humanity by mutating the humans and dispersing the virus, therefore killing ninety percent of the world’s population and turning them into Dark seekers. In the film, the director exploit how humans undergo evolution by transforming them into dark seekers. The film displays human evolution by exhibiting how humans transform into these horrendous monster therefore displaying how the directors critique and exhibiting human evolution in a negative light. The film does well in displaying
Before taking this course, I always looked at films and read books just as the average person does; interesting plot and how long will it hold my interest, but this course gave me an entire different perspective when watching films and reading books. Now that I have taken this course and have watched the required films, the most important thing when watching other movies and reading books, is the meaning behind each scene and how they relate and affect our world. For this paper, I will discuss a book that I read a long time ago, which is She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb and how this book relates to this course.
...the narrator and all people a way of finding meaning in their pains and joys. The two brothers again can live in brotherhood and harmony.
At this point of the story it is reflective of a teenager. A teenager is at a time in life where boundaries and knowledge is merely a challenging thing to test and in some instances hurdled. Where even though you may realize the responsibilities and resources you have, there is still a longing for the more sunny feelings of youth.
Translated across many forms of media, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has long gripped the hearts of audiences around the world. Its many adaptations have made it readily available in a range of forms. Baz Lurhmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet is one example of film bringing the story of Romeo and Juliet to a new generation. Originally met with hesitation, Lurhmann’s film was deemed a pop culture remake of the classic story. The trailer released for the film followed suit, flashing images of violence, guns, and heart-throb Leonardo DeCaprio, in order to grab the attention of the audience. In most cases, people do not realize that behind these scenes lies subliminally transmitted emotion. Through the instrumentation
The movie overall had a tremendous impact on my personality since it made me realize that every successful man in the world whether its Bill Gates, Chris Gardner or Carlos Smith have gone through immense hardships, struggling phases and complications in their personal and professional life to achieve the status, prestige and respect that they have today. They could have accepted these problems to adjust themselves with the existent scenario and situations, but the actual triumph of these people lie in recognizing the fact that all these problems and toils are there germinate greater resistance, potential of perseverance and willpower in them in order to transform them into a person who is fearless and disciplined enough to handle any kind of difficulty with extreme wisdom and sagacity.
Sex, love, depression, guilt, trust, all are topics presented in this remarkably well written and performed drama. The Flick, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Annie Baker, serves to provide a social commentary which will leave the audience deep in thought well after the curtain closes. Emporia State Universities Production of this masterpiece was a masterpiece in itself, from the stunningly genuine portrayal of the characters of Avery and Rose, to the realism found within the set, every aspect of the production was superb.
In conclusion, individuals find William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet to be a spectacular presentation of Baz Luhrmann 's directorial capacity. This is an incredible film that individuals know would make Shakespeare him blush to see how his story has touched so many, so positively in the near twenty- first
Personality is a branch of scientific discipline that studies temperament and its variation among people. It is a dynamic and a set of characteristics possessed by their atmosphere, cognitions, emotions, motivations and behaviours in various things. Personality conjointly refers to the pattern of thoughts, feelings, social adjustments and behaviour consistently exhibited over time that powerfully influences one’s exceptions, self-perceptions, values and attitudes. It also predicts human reactions to different folks, problems and stress.
that he represents. Also, from the very beginning he seems to harbor emotions of anger and
Baz Luhrmann has done this film in a unique and brilliant way, with help of the above, and of course a great loved story as a base.