Godfather and went on to seeing a couple of other popular films like Goodfellaz, Casino, and Once upon a time in America. It is almost unreal how one movie can have such a big influence on your life, but I truly believe that after that day, something inside of me changed, and I began to grow an overwhelming passion for these types of films. It was like discovering a completely new world you never knew existed. What draws people to mobster films like the Godfather? Hollywood’s gangster stereotype does
so one can think and answer basic questions about life on their own accord. The Departed uses several different philosophical theories throughout the film to develop the characters and the plot. These philosophies include Authenticity versus Bad faith, Nietzche’s doctrine of The Will to Power, and Martin Heidegger’s Being-Toward-Death. In the film The Departed there are several characters who have the moral dilemma of authenticity versus bad faith. Authenticity “consists in choosing in a way which
The gangster or mob film genre has captivated audiences for nearly one hundred years, dating back to the silent film era. Introduced through films such as The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) and Underworld (1927), the genre has become increasingly complex in its development, evidenced by the sophisticated narratives and advanced cinematographic techniques of more recent films such as Road to Perdition (2002) and The Departed (2006). This paper will serve to analyze only two of these brilliant works
The controversies surrounding British crime film releases between 1947 and 1949 are not due to the films themselves, but rather the ways in which the filmmakers were imitating Hollywood cinema’. Making reference to one British crime film in this period alongside primary and secondary source materials, explain to what extent this statement is true? The Controversies surrounding British post-war crime dramas are often thought of as being the visually distasteful and sordid, mindless violence that
The film I choose to write about along with its remake was the Italian Job. The Italian Job was filmed in 1969. The film was distributed by Paramount Films and was produced under Oakhurst Productions with just a budget of three million pounds. The film’s major stars are Michael Caine who plays the major character Charlie Croker and Benny Hill as a Professor Simon Peach and others and the soundtrack was created by Quincy Jones. The plot revolves around Croker a gangster, being released from prison
success of the film. The composer of the film, Leonard Bernstein, was known more in the world, rather than in the film industry, yet he offered his own unique twist that introduced new techniques in into the scene of musical scores. Bernstein sought to incorporate various techniques into the musical score that would define his signature style, American nationalism, while supporting the major themes of the film as well. The musical score incorporated an American Nationalism style into the film. Bernstein
5 Elements: The Gladiator As I watched the film called “The Gladiator” directed by Ridley Scott. The Gladiator is an epic historical drama film. The film was released in the United States on May 5, 2000, and earned $457.6 million worldwide. The film won multiple awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Crowe, and three other Academy Awards at the 73rd Academy Awards. Starting with our first element which is the Narrative. The film's main narrative line concerns on the story of Maximus and
History of Film music final project Film Score of The Godfather and Gangs of New york The Godfather, 1972, is a film that won three Academy awards, Bst Picure, Best Actor - Brando- and Best Adapted Screenplay. Gangs of ew york, 2002, is a film that haswon he Academy Award for Best picture. Thirty years apart, both of the pictures portray the story of immigrant gangs or mobs of new york, and were praised as Modern day classics. In this essay I will ompare and contrast the scores of the film by two different
influential in shaping the culture of society, for example films can create emotion for causes, define honor and even inspire crimes. Films in general have been noted as having the ability to rewrite history and influence societal norms The latter of these effects, society is just now recognizing as an adverse effect of the power of cinema, to move citizens to commit crimes. It can even be speculated that during the birth of American cinema films were significantly more influential on the mass population
executed, the audience did not seem to have any interest, since Venus’ purpose was now covered. Censoring artworks such as paintings, films, and images from the socially unacceptable material can cause their intentions to not be delivered as effectively. In
The movie I have picked for this assignment is called “In the Heat of the Night” that was produced and released in the 60s. There are a ton of ways the theme of racial prejudice are depicted in the film I watched called “In the Heat of the Night” but I have picked two to discuss for the first question. One part was when Tibbs tracks down the abortionist, who reveals that someone had paid for Delores to have an abortion, which back then abortions were frowned down upon to whereas today, anyone can
Crime Through the Eyes of Film Many films and literature today portray a theme of crime to their audiences. These portrayals of crime often hold unrealistic ideas and misconceptions about the consequences that these crimes carry. More often than not, the person who commits the crime, or is involved in the crime, will suffer little to no repercussions for their actions. By not underscoring the consequences of unlawful behavior, movies and literature often glorify criminals as heroic figures who hold
see how organized the mob was, everyone played his or her part. Long tracking shots are one of the more unique and difficult shots in filmmaking. Film enthusiast Alan Bacchus commented on the difficulty of long tracking shots, “The difficulty arises when the camera is forced to move which complicates the logistics. The things that could be effected are focus Changes, lighting changes, and hiding production equipment.”(P.1, 3) There are some iconic long tracking shots in film history. The opening scene
plots in the film. In the movies “The Public Enemy” and “Modern Times” show the directors/producers look at life during the Great Depression. Comedy movies seemed to boom during this time period. Laughing at a comedy at the movies turned into a weekly routine for adults. In the movie “Modern Times” Charlie Chaplin stars as the regular factory worker, an obvious relation to the 1930’s the machine age, and goes through a series of challenges to earn money for his self and later on in the film the girl
mafia early on. There were five main studios controlling everything in Hollywood and actors were at the mercy of the owners similar to a Godfather being in control of his mob. The Hollywood studio system was the machine, which propelled film into the medium we know today. This assembly line system controlled all the rights of a film from start to finish. Actors were purchased and traded like sports athletes or even slaves. Actors had no direction as to where their careers were headed. They simply clocked
guy roles, Denzel Washington, plays Alonzo Harris, a street smart, crocked, undercover narc, out on the mission to save his ass, from the Russian mob. On the day in question, he is giving rookie cop Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) a chance to prove himself worthy to be a part of his elite squad of undercover narcotics officers. From the beginning of the film, in the early hours of the morning, in the city of Los Angeles, we are introduced to Jake Hoyt, a first time father, getting ready for his first day
While it was correct in emphasizing the importance of the mob of people that was Rome and the success of games to make them happy, the political system seemed too simple in the movie. Senator Gracchus, a fictitious character with similar attributes to the Gracchus brothers, was a senator that was primarily concerned
the Commedia dell’Arte, to exhibit a range of emotions that only their character type would exhibit. Consequently, West’s characters are trapped in this restrictive atmosphere, especially at the end of the novel when they become part of a collective mob. In these manners, the characters in The Day of the Locust exhibit qualities akin to modern actors, proving that they are nothing more than a cast of personages rather than individuals. Hollywood is not simply a point on a map; it is a representation
don’t lie.” This showed that they trusted and animal over what Sam Carter said simply because he was black and the dog had lead them to his house. Social injustice was seen also when the city of Rosewood was burned down to the ground by angry white mob. Because of a lie by one individual who was white, all the blacks were targeted and forced to run for their lives; those who were captured were killed. No one in Rosewood was safe regardless of whether they were guilty of any crimes of
As conventions evolve, the cultural regard of race remains a contentious issue. Do the Right Thing, (1989), directed by Spike Lee, depicts the increasing racial tension in a lower class Brooklyn neighborhood. Controversy begins as members of the community find a “wall of fame” outside of Sal’s pizzeria degrading to the urban black culture of the community as it displays exclusively Italian actors. The outcry of complaints evolves into a protest, led by Radio Raheem, a young black man. As tensions