Movies

The movie Slumdog Millionaire is one of the most famous films at present. It was directed by Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan who is an Indian co-director. The story is based on a novel written by Vikas Swarup and screenplay by Simon Beaufoy. The genres of the film include crime, drama, and romance.     On the other hand, Salaam Bombay was directed by Mira Nair. The same director also wrote the story and was transformed into a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala. The genres of the film...

The 1973 film The Last Detail is one the films that has serve to represent the New Hollywood era of film making. Thompson and Bordwell (2006) describes New Hollywood, from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, gave rise to directors, writers and actors who had film and dramatic education who worked to inject a new vitality to studio-dominated film industry. They were also is associated with the counter-culture movements in particular, sexual, cultural and political liberation The movement emphasized...

The development of film and cinema industry has grown of age. Different periods including supportive technological requirements have made the development of film industry improve its products and services. Numerous directors, writers and producers have been involved in the cinema industry, with each coming with unique approaches and characteristics that aim to improve their final product. Thus, the aim of this paper is to summarize Evolution of the Language of Cinema by Andre Bazin and the film...

The film To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 film adaptation of the 1960 Novel by Harper Lee.  Its story revolves around the fascinating illustration of unjust reality of prejudice and racial discrimination in the eyes of children.    The story was set in 1932 Alabama during the Depression era when whites overpower black people. In the small town of Maycomb, Tom Robinson(Brock Peters), a black man was wrongfully accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell(Collin Wilcox) (...

The silent movie Battleship Potemkin depicted the struggles of the soldiers in such a comic kind of way in which no dialgoue was ever heard and the sound was the primary element in progressing the story from one theme to another. Unlike in the movie Les Quatre Cent Coups in which there was an extreme use of voices, Battleship Potemkin reflected uses fast movements and emphatic actions to relay to the audience what had been happening. In the Les Quatre Cent Coups, which was one of the New Wave Films,...

The advent of industrialization and motion picture brought with it many societal changes. The conservative Protestants who thought of the changing dynamics of society as a cultural and social revolution that threatened the morality of the society, considered the motion picture at the forefront of threatening family values. The first ordinance to regulate film exhibitions was imposed in 1907. The Supreme Court also voiced its concern over motion pictures effects on the social transformation. ...

When the Roman Empire fell, the Visigoths one of the barbarian tribes that sacked and pillaged Rome migrated and eventually settled on the modern Spain. The lands of that time, those within the boundaries of Portugal and Spain which was then known as Iberia was a place of convergence between the Jews, Christians and Muslims which eventually arrived from Arabia. The first settlers during the migration were the Jews, which settled in Toledo, a place in Spain. The Visigoths eventually converted into...

Gojira, also known as Godzilla among the English speaking people, is an original Japanese production that comments extensively on the popular Japanese culture. In fact, much of the issues raised in the film, significantly resonates with the themes identical to the Japanese post war experiences such as the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and the wider scope of the American role in the economic practices. The director of this movie uses the most compelling theatrical skills to depict the...

1. Why are you applying to this course and what would you hope to achieve at the end of it.Cinema has been my passion ever since I was a child. I remember being captivated by the colorful images flitting across the big screen, one after the other, and remained under their spell long after they were gone. Their mannerism, their uttering and their dressing impacted my day to day life. Can I make similar images, I used to wonder. There must be a way to create them. Before I realized, my childhood fascination...

Sports is a very in demand topic in American Cinema now a days. The probable hype behind this is the kind of thrill that a sport-themed film could give as compared to other genres. The fact that it is family oriented and is of literary merit draws the audiences. Moreover the sporting events depicted in these movies are often factual adaptation rather than make believe stories. Thus, it attracts a lot of movie-goers because they can put their own feet into the shoes of the characters. A good example...

THEME In the worst of times, you need to be strong, tolerant, true to yourself and kind to the people who need it the most in order to aid survival and no matter how tough things get, Dont let it beat you. (Rozema, 2008)PLOT Set in Cincinnati at the beginning of the Great Depression, the film begins with Kit in her tree-house club typing frantically on her typewriter in an attempt to follow her dream of becoming a young reporter.  The people of Cincinnati are slowly beginning to feel the...

Adrienne Willis (Diane Lane) is separated from her husband of whom she has two kids. One weekend, her husband, Jack Willis (Christopher Meloni) picked up their two children for a weekend visit in his place. It was during this encounter that his estranged husband sought for reconciliation. Jack left without getting a positive response but a promise that she will think about it. Jack and his two children left Adrienne at home preparing for her own trip to an inn at Rodanthe, North Carolina, owned...

Todd Haynes renders a delightful yet subtle touch to the theme of racism and heterosexuality in his 2002 award winning movie, Far From Heaven. The movie is set at the backdrop of 1957, a period when racism and orthodox feelings were at its peek in the society. The plot revolves around Cathy Whitaker who is shown as a good wife, good mother and a perfect homemaker. Her husband Frank is an executive at Magnatech. The film starts with the scene when Cathy gets a call from the local police about her...

Unconditional love was also shown by Doggie to her grandpa. She did whatever she possibly can to help him in his endeavors and she showed determination, service and zeal to the things that she does, even when her grandpa did not want her anymore. The entertainer, Master Liang, also showed this unconditional love for the performing arts done by the king of masks. When the king of masks turned down his offer, he didnt push his luck further and did not take advantage of the old mans situation. Have...