Then, along came "The Wizard of Oz." Needless to say, audiences were not only stirred by the terrific story, but they were also dazzled by the film's special effects. The special effects are glorious in that old Hollywood way, in which you don't even have to look closely to see where the set ends and the backdrop begins. Almost all films were still being made in black and white, so the switch from black and white to color would have had a special significance in 1939 when the movie was made. "The Wizard of Oz" was a major achievement when you consider that it was filmed nearly three-quarters of a century ago.
With this film, Welles introduced many new filmmaking innovations. Some of the innovations were in cinematography, storytelling techniques, and special effects, lighting and framing of a scene. One of the greatest movies of all time was Orson Welles's Citizen Kane. Almost all of the movies of the time were told chronologically and had a beginning, middle, and an end. Citizen Kane was the first movie to tell the audience the end of the movie in the beginning.
The tomb was built simply but very elegantly. Cyruses temple still stands today which proves Herodotus’s first argument to be false. Herodotus’s second argument falsely poses the idea that the Persians were not elaborate engineers. Evidence from the movie argues that the persians had some of the most ingenious engineers that history had ever seen at that time. The persians had many innovations in engineering.
I’ve heard people refer to “The Notebook” as cheesy, as a ‘chick flick’ (a label very few of my colleagues can stand because of its negative connotation), as predictable and sappy. So “The Notebook” doesn’t exactly take a brain surgeon to guess how the story is going to play out. And it does unapologetically play on your emotions, practically begging you to squeeze out a few tears. But here’s why I enjoyed “The Notebook”: it’s a movie you can relax and let flow over you. It’s also one of the few films out there that tells a complete story.
The Juxtaposition Between Normalcy and Uniqueness in Fargo Joel and Ethan Coen are famous for making postmodern films that are wrought with juxtapositions. Perhaps it is their ability to create dichotomous characters, situations, and scenes that truly makes them postmodern filmmakers. Nevertheless, Fargo, is a prime example of how the Coen brothers combine elements that are seemingly opposites in order to not only provide texture and depth, but also create the basic intrigue that captures their audience. The main juxtaposition in Fargo is between the untraditional and the traditional. The Coen brothers’ characters are, when all is said and done, quite unique.
By definition an honorable suicide is a process whereby a person commits suicide to escape the shame of an immoral action. In my opinion, the issue was the controversial incest aspect of remaking the film. American film goers gravitate towards action packed thrillers, horror or murder films, and on some occasions success is found in gore or torture pieces. Lee’s remake of South Korean and Japanese Classic don’t appeal to our society’s ideology. Consanguinity is the challenge and key issue that imitates the entire plot of the film.
Shindler and Goeth. The performance by Goeth really shows what a real Nazi acted like back then. The film is also very graphic and I like that it has a beauty mixed with its gruesome side. Shindler really was a great character because he was funny, mysterious, flirtatious, but he had a darker side that he showed superficially. Gattaca was the best in terms of entertainment.
Reading further into Mr. King’s essay, I was intrigued by the notion that a horror movie might actually have a role to play in civilized society. As Mr. King puts it, “like a sick joke, [the mythic horror movie] has a dirty job to do.” It allows us to fantasize, lets our basic instincts free and “appeals to all that is worst
Performance Evaluation “Crime and Punishment” “Crime and Punishment” a new adaption by Chris Hannan, based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and directed by Dominic Hill, is the story of a man named Rodion Romnovich Raskolnikov who commits a murder on an old woman and a young girl and how he has to live with the consequences and guilt of his actions. The theatre arts were one of the most prominent aspects in this production of “Crime and Punishment” and they were used successfully to enhance the themes of guilt and conscience to create a thought-provoking and entertaining piece of theatre. Lighting was the theatre art that was predominantly shown throughout. However, it was obvious that the sound and costume also played a major role in the success of the themes. The murder scene was the major turning point in the play and the lighting certainly enhanced the scene as a whole.
Man Ray is one of my favorite filmmakers from the surrealist era. Usually I’m attracted to the implied violence of his work. This movie however did not seem to allude to violence like his other films do. This film was seductive in a more sedative way. A lot of the film was shot in a dreamy way almost as if the viewer was looking through water.