The characters see time as a bad guy that will not allow them to do more when they have lost some of their former prowess. But there is more to that. There is the pause; the gap between periods of high where the characters believe everything is lost but is not yet the end. The importance of the pause in is built upon by the somewhat autistic son, Lincoln, of Sasha, the former assistant to Bennie, who is about as close to a main character that this sporadic narrative can produce. Lincoln is obsessed with pauses in great rock and roll songs.
In Sullivan’s Travels, the montage of the casualties of the Depression that Sullivan witnesses underscores everything that the movie had previously eluded too. Like Sullivan, the audience does not appreciate how horribly that time affected people and those few seconds articulated the sentiment like no words could. The movie itself, made during the Depression, does what Sullivan realizes he needs to do—make a movie that gets people to laugh through the hard times. As Sullivan says, “There's a lot to be said for making people laugh… It isn't much, but it's better than nothing.” While in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, there is not one line that sums up the entire movie’s premise, there is a lot more than one montage to show us. The audience sees Mr. Smith fighting for something he believes in, despite everything that suddenly hits him.
RELATED TEXT-EDWARD SICCORHANDS Belonging is explored in the film as Edward does not fit in and is isolated from the world because he is strangely different from everyone else as he is a “unfinished creation who has sissors for hands”. This makes him not fit in and feel socially rejected. Throughout the film he slowly becomes accepted as people find him to be unique and edward begins to fit in and feel a sense of belonging especially in his new family and his loce interest.The characters perceptions of belonging in the film start of as feelings of lonliness, isolation, alienation and even the feeling of shame as he has experienced being rejected and not accpeted because of his siccor hands. Edward perception of belonging start
One of the main problems for the main character is that he is socially unaccepted and a “nerd” in the world he lives in. For that reason the main character (David) see’s Pleasantville as an escape to somewhere in which he could be liked. Another problem in the movie is that after having color in the sitcom, through a series of events that forces change in the town, there is segregation in Pleasantville. This deals with the struggles that Americans had to go through when race was an issue. These situations are common amongst American teen movies.
The major points, or arguments, that will be discussed will include how acts of non-conformity can positively change the views and beliefs of a society and support justice, how they can unite a society and expel segregation, and how they can negatively result in the loss of innocent people and endanger the lives of many. Rebel without a Cause is an obvious example of how non-conformity can affect a society, suggested by its title. It is a film that portrays the consequences of refusing to conform. In the story there are three main characters, Jim Stark, Judy and John 'Plato' Crawford, who are united by their common deprivation of their wants from their parents. Plato is apparently parentless, Judy's father has no idea how to relate to her
John is conflicted between two sides that he must choose to belong to: the rule which he has been working for all his life or the resistance which is right and eventually assists him in overthrowing the rule. Although this particular choice affecting his side of belonging is critical, a member of the resistance, Mathew, assists him by relating to he’s opinions thus helping him understand what is right. This is shown as Mathew uses descriptive language to relate to johns identity and capture he’s attention “I know how you feel, emotionless, dead, sour, and with an unquenchable bitterness”. Immediately cinematic techniques such camera angles on Prestons face and physical expression of emotion make it somewhat definite that he is persuaded and is familiar with these feelings hence helping him understand. Preston finally accepts the right relationship and enjoys the peace from a positive sense of belonging.
He was very unpopular, clinging close to Phineas, who was Gene’s only source of social interaction. When he was not with Phineas he would feel as if,” I would have lost face with Phineas, and that would have been unthinkable.”(Knowles Pg. 34) Gene did everything he could to stay in favor with Phineas, even by taking part in’ The Suicide Society’ (Knowles. 56-57), when he longed to be studying for examinations. Striving to be the best academically and to be so much like an adult, pressured Gene into thinking he had to be, ”serious sometime, about something.
Gordie is faced with the neglect of his parents and feels like the “invisible boy at home” after the death of his older brother Dennie. Chris’s friendship makes gordie feel a lot better about himself and makes Gordie realise that he doesn’t have to live up to what Dennie was and that he can for full his dream of becoming a writer. Chris is faced with the problem of living under his bad family reputation but Gordie makes him realise he can escape from the shadow of his family name and tells him “you can do anything thing you want man.” This shows Chris and Gordies relationship is very important as they have both made life better for each other throughout the film. The parallel
Questions of gender arise when analyzing Jeff's new passive, immobile role — one that is quite different from his prior role as that of an action photographer. Women are typically portrayed in films as passive beings in need of assistance, but Hitchcock reverses the gender stereotype in Rear Window by placing a man in that 'domestic' role; however, it is more apt to say that Jeff is being subjected to the passive role, as he mopes a lot about his state of affairs. Jeff also displays a fear of being confined to marriage when talking to Lisa (Grace Kelly). According to Geiger and Rutsky, "Jeff's impaired potency, represented by his broken leg, connects him by association to the impairment — or castration — that he believes marriage itself threatens," (p. 485). This symbolic castration of the male protagonist reflects Hitchcock's mode of addressing gender ideology in his films.
The dressing and language and lack of technological advancement in the movie clearly indicate that it is a community of the ancient century (Scott). Social reproduction is highly based on education and unlike a democratic and civilized modern society, the characters in the movie speaks a language that clearly tells you that they lack proper modern education. Just like great sociologist Christopher Doob defined social reproduction as the kind of activities that are able to replicate themselves from a generation to the other with an impact of bringing social inequality, the characters in the movie are made to believe what they are needed to believe and they as well see what is required of them to see. The development of the scenes in the movie indicates how the structures in the community are able to make people live in fear. The film brings the concept of social relation in such a way that you can understand reasons as to why individual fights are so common.