In the early 50s, America was introduced to one of the most influential people of this time. Although he may not have starred in many films, James Dean became very famous in the entertainment field even after his death. A star onscreen, Dean's life outside of film was dreary and lonesome at times. His other hobby, street racing, ultimately led to his death at the young age of 24. Just like The Eagles stated in their hit song, James Dean was a great actor who, "lived fast and died young." Although
in the making, "East of Eden" was shot on location at a cost of $11.2 million, with Savannah, Ga. standing in for Connecticut scenes and Salinas, Cal. for itself. ABC boasts in a press release that the 1955 film starring James Dean covered only a small portion of "East of Eden," while the 1981 film attempts to depict the entire novel. Ironically, by the way, today (Sunday) is the 50th anniversary of Dean's birth.
Conventions of Teen Movies in the 1955 Film Rebel Without a Cause 'Rebel without a cause' was the first ever film to be targeted at the newly established Teenage audience and caused the creation 'Teen Movie' genre because of its incredible success. The creators of Rebel without a cause saw that there was enormous potential for the teen audience as they had never been targeted before and they had money to spend on entertainment as they had no outgoings at all. The film starred James Dean as Jim
Back to the Future is a science fiction film that shows that time travel is possible. Back to the Future shows that time has a place in a different era can play a big part in how things are brought to light. The films point of view is, a boy with a friend that invents time travel, boy sent back in time, friend helps him get back. The major theme I am going to speak about is time and how it ties in to the movie. The whole movie is about time so why not start the movie off with a room full of clocks
The New Villain in Film – Film Noir’s Femme Fatale The purpose of women in film has evolved throughout the years, from a necessary victim to the unsuspecting hero or villain. In the beginning of film women were portrayed as a victim so that their male counterparts could be heroically elevated, most to a level of stardom. A woman playing the weaker, more frail character in movies was not viewed as a demeaning position, but with the evolution of film noir, women playing the aggressor were sometimes
Movie Critique: Back to the Future Back to the Future is a film that intrigues audiences because of its originality and creativity of a story set in 1985, in Hill Valley, California. The story takes off when Marty Mcfly accidentally uses the time machine, built by Doc, and sends himself to 1955. He changes the course of events when instead of his father getting hit by Lorraine's father’s car he actually does. In the original timeline of events George Mcfly gets hit by the car and that is how Lorraine
and brought happiness to billions of people. He was a producer and a pioneer for animated movies. Mr. Disney created the Disney Empire which includes Disneyland and the Walt Disney Film Production. The legacy of Mr. Disney will continue to live long after any of us. This paper will look at the history of Disney, the films, animation and Mikey Mouse. Where the history began, Elias Walt Disney was born December 5, 1901, in Hermosa, Illinois. He was one of five and spent most of his early life in Missouri
the years many movies had made their debut across the nation off and on the charts during the 1980’s. Many films have been considerably the best motion picture but none compare to Back to the Future. Directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Bob Gale, Back to the Future has won countless awards including 1 oscar and another 19 wins. The award winning film was released on July 3, 1985. The film also includes the following actors which portray a select few of the main characters: Michael J. Fox (Marty
total 22 films; he is known for All About Eve (1950), Julius Caesar (1953), Guys and Dolls (1955), The Quiet American (1958), and Cleopatra (1963). The lead screenplay author, Jo Swerling, has written in total 68 screenplays; his more well known are The Whole Town’s Talking (1935), The Westerner (1940), Lifeboat (1944), It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), and Guys and Dolls (1955). Abe Burrows has written 12 films, and his most well known are Guys and Dolls (1955) and Just Go With It (2011). The films Guys
formulaic films produced in the 1950s film culture outperformed in questioning social stereotypes than TV. Though NAACP protested against the negative representation of African Americans in Hollywood since 1930s, the films in the following decade dealt with class conflict and effects of economic scarcity. The subpoenas of the Hollywood Ten in 1947 was a clear indication that the power of film images worried both HUAC and the compilers of the industry blacklist Red Channels. But the films dealing
German movies, Horst now wanted to pursue foreign films. As expected, he rose to new heights in that too. His first non-German film was Tiger Bay in the year 1959, which was a British film. Tiger Bay was about a girl who witnesses a seaman named Korchinsky , which was played by Buchholz who murders his girlfriend. The film won praise in both Germany and Britain, but it was Buchholz' next foreign film that secured his name in the classic films. This film was the epic western The Magnificent Seven (1960)
honey-glazed aesthetic of Sirkian Melodrama to thoroughly examine the true core beneath is the task. Douglas Sirk’s films are expressive and suggestive in their examination of female sexual and emotional relationships. It must be considered what exactly a melodrama is and what type of audience the genre demands. Known worldwide to be part of a female cultural domain, the genre deals with the woman’s film from the early 30’s right up until the Sirkian territory of the 1950’s and 60’s. A central theme found in
during 1950’s, most notably known for his melodramatic films such as All that Heaven Allows (1955), Imitation of Life (1959) and Written on the Wind (1956). Sirk would often showcase themes of domestic violence, gender related issues, symbolism and conforming or refusal to conform to enforced social norms as well as adding conflict within his stories which later are resolved by the protagonists. The essay aims to conduct a short analysis on the film Written on the Wind by Douglas Sirk. The scene that
Walt Disney Walt Disney was one of the famous motion-picture producers in history. He first became known in the 1920's and 1930's for creating such cartoon film characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. He later produced feature length cartoon films, movies about wild animals in their natural surroundings, and films starring human actors. Disney won 32 Academy Awards for his movies and for scientific and technical contributions to filmmaking. He also gained fame for his development of theme parks
League in Manhattan, New York. Saul Bass was well-known for his design of title sequences, film posters and corporate logos. ‘During his 40-year career Bass worked for some of Hollywood’s greatest filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, and Martin Scorsese’(Art of the Title,2017). In the beginning of his
it was who fathered her. Afterward, Gladys gave Norma Jean (Marilyn) the name of Baker, a boyfriend she had before Mortenson. Poverty was a constant companion to Gladys and Norma. Gladys, who was extremely attractive and worked for RKO Studios as a film cutter, suffered from mental illness and was in and out of mental institutions for the rest of her life, and because of that Norma Jean spent time in foster homes. When she was nine she was placed in an orphanage where she was to stay for the next
The Wave (2008) is a film based on the true story of a social experiment, “The Third Wave”, which took place in a high school in California in 1969. The film takes place in modern Germany and explains the origins of fascism. After watching the film, you realise how anything is possible in an unstable environment. The story is about a school teacher, Rainer Wegner, who teaches autocracy for the school’s project week. Initially, students seem disinterested in the topic, lacking the motivation to
develop the minds of future anthropologists and scholars. Throughout the years of his career, Asch “collaborated with anthropologists to produce more than 70 films that
presentation of a significant text, the film’s viewpoint is studied over the discourse of beauty, travelling through time in a motion picture captured on film. The science fiction comedy film released in 1985, “Back to the Future”, produced by Robert Zemeckis, tells the story of a teenage boy named Marty, who is navigated across space-time to the year 1955, where he encounters his future parents and unexpectedly, his mother becomes romantically interested in him. By the creation of the obstacle, he must
geographic environment on the emotional and psychological behaviour of a person. In other words, it is the study of the specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organised or not, on the emotions and behaviour of individuals (Debord 1955, p. 23). As its name suggests, it is the meeting point between psychology and geography. Hence, psychogeographers focus their attention to the environment that would have a direct influence on the way a person thinks, feels, acts and reacts. The term