Consanguinity is the challenge and key issue that imitates the entire plot of the film. Without the cultural controversy of what is immoral, shameful, or taboo for American culture, there would be no ridicule, no repercussion and no revenge. If our ideologies accepted incest, and consanguinity then this film would be just another action thriller. But considering the visionary senses and reputation of director, Spike Lee unwavering stances and activism and student would recognize that statement. Lee’s attempt to highlight these cultural differences which through reputation of suicidal acts throughout the film.
With the movie “Blazing Saddles,” all these factors come up in one way or another. The only thing that this movie does not do is drag on and become boring. The acting and plot are what make this movie one of the best comedies that has been made. Being one of the best writers, directors, and actors out there, Mel Brooks made a movie that topped all the ones he made at that time. Along with directing this movie, he also wrote “Blazing Saddles.” He also had help from Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Alan Uger, and the all famous Richard Pryor.
He finds a few things in the room like a letter opener, but none of them will do the job. Ms. Barrows returns and Martin has to quickly change his plans. He makes up a story and tells Ms. Barrows that he is going to kill their employer. He also admits that he is using heroin and will be high when he 揵lows that old goat sky high.� Ms. Barrows asks him to leave her house and Martin leaves with a smirk on his face. The next day at work Martin is called into his employer抯 office.
What are the principal themes in Rear Window? In other words, what is the film about? Bear in mind that this is a different issue than thinking about what happens in the film (though they are closely related of course). What are the bigger ideas to which the film is pointing us? I think the bigger issue of the movie is “don’t get into other peoples private business or it could get you in trouble” and Jeff’s vulnerability.
Every character in the film is exposed to some form of these ‘trials’, random chance events that have the power to destroy lives. Look Both Ways explores the possibility of characters maintaining happiness despite the events that seem to have the ability to destroy any reason to be happy, and ultimately take control of lives. Some such events that might prevent happiness in the film include cancer, fatal accidents and deaths of those close to us, as well as the wider implications and people affected by each of these events, some perhaps not first-hand. However, Look Both Ways is a film which proves that happiness is not based on the difficulty of life trials, but on the strength of the human spirit that ultimately dictates the possibility of happiness. This is shown through some of the key characters in the film: Meryl, Nick and Julia.
Kidulthood was a movie that in my opinion was captured in an accurate light that reflected some, but not all teenagers today. The reason behind this is mainly because the producers of this movie Noel Clarke is a young man that has had experience with gangs and knows the real happenings within gangs. He does not guess or assume what might happen like many other producers do, getting it wrong every time. There are serious issues exposed with topics such as drug dealing, bullying, teenage pregnancy ect. This would conform to Neale’s theory of repetition as every film
He also appealed to pathos through visual elements, audio track, personal anecdote, and through humor. From the beginning, I strongly got the impression that Al Gore was a rich and important person. The visual elements, the audio track, and through written text, he constantly appealed through ethos, suggesting his power and trustworthiness. This was a very important part of the movie, because ethos eliminates any skepticism from the audience as to whether the argument is credible or not. Al Gore proves himself trustworthy by informing the audience about his trips to the North Pole and South Pole.
However, the lack of an explanation can make the story more personal because it is left up to the audience to make their own assumptions as to why he is being hung. Without the knowledge that Farquhar’s execution is the result of his attempts to commit crimes against the Union army, the story becomes more universal because the audience is free to make their own personal assumptions. The rest of the movie is extremely accurate to the story in most other aspects because the movie does a great job at conveying the sharpened senses that Farquhar experiences in his imagination. At one point in the story it is said that “He had been caught in a vortex and was being whirled on with a velocity of advance and gyration that made him giddy and sick”, and this passage is referenced in the movie when is shows the circular whirling that he experiences in the water. The movie also shows his heightened senses when it focuses on certain details of nature like the spider and the water snake.
Two world renown short stories, “The Killers,” by Ernest Hemingway and “It had to be Murder,” by Cornell Woolrich, are original novels that were later then adapted into major motion pictures. “Rear Window,” is a 1954 American suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes, based upon the short story “It had to be Murder.” This film was not only considered by many filmgoers and critiques to be the one of Hitchcock’s best, but was also considered one of the best short story to film adaptations. Although the film has major differences between itself and the novel, Hitchcock’s adaptation was very well done. With many difficulties upon changing a novel that is completely internalized within the main character’s, Jeffries, mind, the point of view is seen and spoken to the readers on his internal thoughts and gives a suspenseful taste in that he is completely immobile and can only see and hear that of which can be seen from his apartment balcony. In the sense that the readers must travel on a journey in Jeffries’ point of view, there is an intimate connection that the readers can easily obtain while moviegoers must receive near the end of the film after attaching themselves to the story upon being passive onlookers.
Horrors and Heroes Entertainment, in any form, often has a deeper meaning than initially assumed. For instance, one might assume that an action movie would be a typical “guy movie.” Nobody would be surprised to see fights, cars, and explosions in an action movie, in fact, it would be expected. However, if the storyline of such a movie was about love, the viewer would be caught off guard. This twist is what makes any great movie entertaining; it keeps the viewer interested and wanting to see more. Two authors that discuss this method of giving deeper meanings to stories are Stephen King (in his essay “My Creature from the Black Lagoon) and Gloria Steinem (in her essay “Wonder Woman”).