Godfather II The real importance of any movie can't be adequately appraised solely by box office success or critical response. 'The Godfather Part II” is an example of how a carefully crafted sequel to a great film can become both a box office and critical success when attention is paid to its artistic quality. The movie continues the tale of the Corleone family, and presents to the viewers a world filled with greed and betrayal, family union and loyalty. A companion piece in the truest sense of the term, “The Godfather Part II” earned as much praise as its predecessor, if not more. Earning twelve Academy Award nominations, the second installment has been rightfully hailed as the best sequel of all time.
THE MARLON BRANDO QUOTE BELOW IS TAKEN FROM WIKIPEDIA's PAGE ON ELIA KAZAN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elia_Kazan Marlon Brando, in his autobiography, goes into detail about the influence Kazan had on his acting: I have worked with many movie directors – some good, some fair, some terrible. Kazan was the best actors' director by far of any I've worked for... the only one who ever really stimulated me, got into a part with me and virtually acted it with me... he chose good
Enter the B movie. Whether you refer to them as B Movies, Bad Movies or simply Low Budget, these films, regardless of how good or bad, have been integral in launching and furthering the careers of countless iconic filmmakers through the years. While most low budget filmmakers move on to larger budget studios and more mainstream filmmaking, there are those who, for various reasons, continue making low budget films, reveling in the schlock, and excel in doing so. One of the more influential of them is Roger Corman, the King of B Movies. Due to the sheer volume of his films, I will inevitably return to a few of his classics in future reviews; today, however, I will be looking into one of his lesser known films, The Fantastic Four.
The godfather film series has its own universe, dealing with crime, drama and a story about a criminal mafia family struggling to survive from their enemies. The Godfather is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema, and as one of the most influential, especially in gangster genre. This epic series of films has to be one of the best films and considered a favorite of mine for its memorizing quotes, the actors, and the storyline. To begin, the Godfather series has so many memorizing quotes from any film I’ve ever seen. The godfather quotes are so profound and so memorizing that it touches you, you take those quotes into your heart and soul.
Schulberg’s Hollywood is an industry driven by the hard-working, honest, talented man, and then exploited by an amoral few. Schulberg criticizes this Hollywood as an industry where success comes only at the price of one’s own moral constitution. Schulberg uses the relationship between the frighteningly ambitious Sammy Glick and the blindly trusting Julian Blumberg as a microcosm of Hollywood. Sammy continually exploits Julian’s talent and naïveté in order to rise to the top of the Hollywood ladder. Despite the fact that Julian writes the screenplay, Sammy’s name gets the credit title for original screenplay.
Films sometimes use plays as their sources. William Shakespeare has been called the most popular screenwriter in Hollywood. We are likely to assume that any translation of a Shakespeare text into a ‘live’ dramatic form-theatrical performance, film adaptation, television production-will automatically constitute a progressive act. Shakespeare is so frequently adapted because he is a major author. There are also economic and legal factors: Shakespeare is helpfully outside copyright law as well as interesting to adapt.
The great French director Francois Truffaut once said: “You respect him because he shoots scenes of love as if they were scenes of murder, but we respect him because he shoots scenes of murder like scenes of love.” While it was a playful statement by Truffaut, he makes a good point. A Hitchcock film normally has incredible characters on moral journeys that shatter the laws of black and white expectations and subsequent answers. In Rope, the moral journey happens in one room in one evening. The film makes a large statement about morality in a small intimate setting, ironic in itself that the film makes a big statement about debilitating moral philosophies of the world post World War II. This certainly isn’t the first time Hitchcock has dealt with international governments (This is apparent even in early works such as the early masterpiece The 39 Steps) and this also isn’t the first time Hitchcock would film an entire movie in one room (the well-renowned Rear Window).
Saul Bass was one of the best graphic designers ever, who created his masterpieces in the mid 20th century, leaving his art and influence for the next generations. He is best known for his designs of film posters and movie title sequences. He had worked with some famous and grand filmmakers like Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick and others. It was Bass’s very own talent to always change and grow as an artist with respect to time and social aspects, adjusting his unique artistic ideas to his various works, that placed him on a position to be perhaps the most influential graphic designer of his time and later. Bass had realized at a very early time the artistic potential of the credits and title sequences in motion picture, when the title sequences were so monotonous and non-creative.
The film’s acting, storytelling, sound, editing, cinematography, and all other critical analysis is superb and makes for an extraordinarily good movie. Therefore, I will be explaining how all of these filmmaking components works together to make one of the greatest movies of all time. I will explain the message of freedom and hope that was transported through the storyline. This movie has made Andy’s escape extremely intriguing because the technique they used made his escape surprising, because his new best friend thinks he is going to kill himself and if that is what Red believes, that is what the audience is meant to believe as well. However, throughout this story we understand that we truly care about these characters even though they are convicts.
Good Will Hunting is a very emotional movie, but leads to a wonderful outcome. It’s even more amazing how Will is a character where no one would ever believe that he possessed such an amazing gift, and to me