Fredi Friedbrain demonstrates that he is a very unreliable witness in this case. Mr. Friedbrain is a federal prison inmate on parole who has done about 7 crimes. His statement shows that he personally hates Mr. Toby Fantasia because Mr. Fantasia was the one who arrested him and proved him guilty in his last early 2006, drug case. Mr. Friedbrain has a long criminal record and he is known as a very uncooperative person by many police officers. This again confirms that he is a very untrustworthy witness, particularly in this case.
The director shows this by the sounds and angles of the camera during scenes and by the way many people talk at once shows the differences of life between the city and the peacefulness of Samuels home. The close up on Samuel’s face during the murder with the expression of terrified face with a wide open eyes and the tension of the music shows us the corruption of his innocence and the conflict with the world around him there is also another evidence when he tells Eli that he would only kill the bad man. Schaefer, McFee and Fergie go to the Amish world looking for john book they are faced with many obstacles. When thewy first enter arrive at the farm, the soundtrack and the close up view on the guns are there to remind us the violence and show us that that is the only way they could keep their corruption. The gun fires between John Book and McFee are there to represent the violence and even earlier in the film at the parking area, the guns are used as a symbol of thriller and crime.
Shawshank Redemption won an Academy award for best picture and best actor which was given to Morgan Freeman. Andy Dufrense seemingly the cold killer of his cheating wife and her lover, sits in court getting question by the court prosecutor answering them emotionless and nonchalant. The judge sentence Andy to two life terms in Shawshank Prison. When Andy reaches Shawshank he immediately catches the attention of the prison veteran “Red”. One day while in the prison yard Andy approaches Red for a small rock hammer, Red is the “Sears” of the prison, not only did Red gain a customer that day but he also gained a friend for life.
The movie has some very interesting narrative elements. The plot is about a man who is wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. He is sentenced to serve out a life sentence at Shawshank Prison. The movie is set during the years of 1947-1966 and follows his experiences once he arrives at the prison. In act one, although Andy profusely claims his innocence, he is convicted anyway and sent to Shawshank.
Both are horrific practices prominent across the world and evident throughout history. Alice Walker, an African American author and activist, who grew up in the South, witnessed the effects of domestic violence and racism firsthand. Both domestic violence and racism are cyclical practices that play a prominent role in Walker’s debut novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland. Under the domination of white men in the sharecropping system, Grange Copeland begins the pattern of domestic abuse, eventually driving his wife to commit suicide. The cycle continues with Grange’s son, Brownfield, as he brutally abuses his wife and children—murdering his wife in the end.
The Shawshank Redemption 1. How does the movie illustrate internal and eternal freedom? In the movie Shawshank redemption, freedom plays a very significant role in the lives of all the inmates; especially Andy Dufresne who is wrongfully convicted to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover. The movie focuses on both the physical (external) and mental (internal) imprisonment of Andy in the maximum-security prison and his journey to overcome the barriers towards freedom make it a story that amazed everyone. When Andy is first locked up in his cell he is separated from society, he looses his physical freedom and is put in a confined space where his every move is watched.
The film is mainly about hope. Hope is what brought Andy and Red together. As Andy and Red are trapped in prison, hope is what’s going to break the two out of Shawshank. In The Shawshank Redemption, which is based on the novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”, written by Stephen King, Tim Robbins plays as a man who is accused of murdering his wife, but claims he’s innocent. To survive and get through prison, Andy must come to terms with the help of Red.
Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont is an inspiring drama about the friendship and journey of two young men. The film stars Tim Robbins, who plays a young and successful banker, Andrew “Andy” Dufresne, sentenced to life term at Shawshank State Prison in Maine, blamed for the murder of his wife and her lover. Morgan Freeman, who plays the Character Ellis “Red” Redding, a prisoner in the same jail, narrates Andy’s story to the audience. ‘I could see why some of the boys took him for snobby. He had a quiet way about him, a walk and a talk that just wasn't normal around here.
The Shawshank Redemption is about a man, Andy Defresne, wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and lover. He was to have served two life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary. The movie is about prison life in the late 1930”s and a friendship that develops between prisoners, Andy and Red, as a result of shared experience over the course of nearly twenty years. Andy and Red’s friendship creates a means of survival in an institutionalized system Refrained from the outside world and a normal society. During isolation most prisoners become violent and temperament.
The Shawshank Redemption opens with Andy Dufresne being interrogated and sentenced for the murder of his wife and her lover. During the interrogation Mr. Dufresne flashes back to the night of the alleged murders. The flashbacks show Mr. Dufresne reaching into his glove compartment and pulling out a gun and bullets while sitting outside of his wife’s lover’s home. The interrogating attorney accuses Mr. Dufresne of shooting his wife and her lover, but the flash backs do not show him using his gun. During the interrogation Mr. Dufresne states that on his way home to ‘sleep it off’, he threw his gun into the Royal River; the attorney states that after searching the river for three days the gun was never recovered.