Contrary to his unwavering independence in technique and style Spike Lee has taken on the challenge of film remake. Remaking a movie is always tricky, particularly when the original has an already strong following. The 2013 remake of the Past Chan-wook’s classic, Old Boy had Lee’s critics wondering why he engaged in such a dark film. When Chan-wook’s Old Boy hit theatres in 2003, it was praised for its unique structure, it’s magnificent and action packed fight scenes, and it’s visual flair, making Spike Lee a very bold choice to adapt the film for an American audience. It’s not a shot for shot remake of the original or the 2003 version, but like Chan-wook’s version, it’s graphic so don’t watch this on a fall stomach.
In this essay, I am going to argue that Steven Spielberg deserves be regarded as an auteur director. This can be backed up through the process of viewing and analysing several of Spielberg’s films, where reoccurring themes can be identified. These include: the absence of a strong father figure, representations of alien life forms, the lost child, and the frequent use of bright light. All of these themes can be traced to back to Spielberg’s own beliefs, childhood and personal life. The auteur theory of film criticism can be traced back to French film critics in the years after World War Two.
Both of these essays show the history behind the war and the reasons of why it took place and why it should not have transpired. Fredrick’s Logevall convincingly argues in his essay Choosing War that the Vietnam War was a choice and not a necessary war to fight for the United States and how it could have been avoided. In his book, Logevall agrees that the Vietnam War is a significant part of our history that had huge impact on our nation and should not have occurred. He begins his essay by describing the events that took place in the beginning of the war. In this essay, Logevall communicates to us his philosophies that the Vietnam War was an error of judgment.
he story is told from the bias perspective of Noah Underwood, a boy who is fourteen, born and raised in the Florida Keys. Noah's father, Paine Underwood, a passionate environmentalist, has been arrested for sinking the Coral Queen, a casino boat operated by Dusty Muleman. Paine is openly proud of what he's done, and seems unworried by the legal consequences. His wife Donna, however, is furious. Paine has been arrested twice before and she's getting fed up with it.
In 1999, Tom Hanks was arguably as big as any movie star had ever been. He was coming off of Oscar-wins for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump, plus Apollo 13 (nominated for nine Oscars) and Saving Private Ryan (nominated again for Best Actor). Following in the footsteps of great actors like Daniel Day Lewis, Hanks chose a character with a crippling physical affliction for his next role in an Oscar contender. Unlike any character other than Beavis and Butthead in that episode where they forgot how to pee, that physical affliction was painful urination. Well there's your problem right
Rock Stars Elvis Presley * Elvis Presley’s genres are rock and roll, pop, rockabilly, country, blues, gospel and R&B * Elvis wasn’t just a musician he was also an actor * He was born on January 6 1935 and died at age 42 in August 16 1977 * Has in identical twin brother named Jesse Garon Presley * On his supposed first performance he got overwhelmed by stage fright and didn’t go * On March 24 1958 Elvis was inducted to the US army * One of his famous songs is “Jailhouse Rock” * Was one of the most famous rock stars of the 20th century * Referred to as the ‘King of Rock’ * Was one of the most important figures of the 20th century The Bee Gees * Was originally made up of three brothers Barry,
I will use the method of focusing on the misconceptions the press expressed to the public, false interpretations of the Tet Offensive regarding American military and government as well as facts that the press failed to express to the media. I will analyze two relative primary sources, one being a news broadcast and the other being a photograph. By the end of the Investigation I will express a complete understanding of the question, “To what extent did the media affect the American public’s opinion on the war in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive of 1968?” B. Summary of Evidence: • Tet offensive was expressed as a defeat by the New York liberal media but was agreed by many
Fahrenheit 9/11 is the highest grossing documentary film of all time. Fahrenheit 9/11 presents evidence against the Bush administration, and brings to light the governmental corruption and lack of information/wrong information presented by former president George W. Bush and his staff at the time of the September 11th attacks. The 9/11 terrorisms attacks, ultimately lead up to America invading Iraq. Throughout most of the film, Moore Criticizes the way the Bush administration handled the terrorists attacks of September 11,
The dogma in his literature has great influence from his experience in the Napoleonic wars and the French Revolution. Throughout his book, Clausewitz makes use of politics as the principal factor of war. In regards to his discourse, we understand war and politics as being interrelated which is dominant in his statement that military actions override political ends. To Clausewitz (2008) war is only a branch of political activity, and it is no sense autonomous since it does not suspend political intercourse or change it into something entirely different. This means that politics places itself above war and modify it to suit its needs, with Clausewitz arguments, it is difficult to think of war as something apart from politics.
‘Titanic is often seen as economic triumph, and is of little aesthetic, social or technological interest to the film historian’ With the distinction of being the top gross box-office hit of all time, with gross revenues of over $600,000,000[i], there is little argument against director James Cameron’s 1997 ‘blockbuster’ Titanic being an economic triumph. However, many critics were scathing of the movie. Kenneth Turan, film critic of the Los Angeles Time, dismissed it as ‘a witless counterfeit of Hollywood’s Golden Age…’[ii]. This essay shall evaluate the argument of the title by considering the movie from the perspective of various approaches to film history in turn. Aesthetic, social and technological.