Christopher Moran 7/22/2015 Professor Kovtun Film Analysis The Verbal and Nonverbal in Gangs of New York The Name of the movie that I will be analyzing for you today is, “Gangs of New York.” This movie stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio as the two main characters. In this movie DiCaprio plays a young Irish immigrant named Amsterdam Vallon, who was just released from prison. Vallon returns to the Five Points, the setting of the movie, to seek revenge against his father's killer, William “The Butcher” Cutting, who is played by Daniel Day-Lewis. “The Butcher” is a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader and Vallon knows that revenge can only be achieved by becoming a part of Cutting's inner circle and destroying him from the inside out. Amsterdam's journey becomes a story of personal survival and a battle to try and find a place for the Irish in 1860's New York.
The Gladiator is set during the late 3rd century, the peak of the Roman Empire. The story revolves around Maximus, one of the best General's in Emperor Marcus Aurelias' army. It being revolved around a single charters life narrows the historical range that could have been much broader in this two and a half hour movie if it hadn’t of been. At that, many of the elements and the plot of Maximum’s lifw was fictional. The realness, extravagance and special effects of the battles was thrilling, and entertaining to watch.
However, up until this point Odysseus has suffered a great amount. Odysseus, returning from Troy after ten years of war a hero and “city sacker” admired for his godlike persona and his even more impressive cunning, had faced many ordeals prior to meeting him in book 5. In books nine through 12 Odysseus recounts these ordeals to the Phaiakian leaders Arete and Alkinoos after leaving Calypso’s island to return home. Odysseus encounters dangers on the island of the Cyclops after he and his men are held
Gangs of New York is set in 1863 at the Five Points neighborhood in Manhattan. Amsterdam Vallon is returning to seek revenge against Bill ‘The Butcher’ Cutting, who murdered his father years ago in a bloody clash between Bill’s gang ‘The Nativists’ with the Native Americans and ‘The Deadly Rabbits,” a gang of Irish immigrants lead by Priest Vallon, in response to the Native American gang. During the time that Vallon returns, lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerful of which is the Natives lead by ‘The Butcher’. The movie also takes place during the time of the Civil War and forced drafting into the military leads to some of the worst riots in United States history. Even though Vallon is surrounded by the violence and corruption of the gangs and war, he tries to establish himself and seek revenge for his father’s death.
Nick Schmidtke BCA 101 Analytical Report Title: The Public Enemy Year: 1931 Director: William A. Wellman Released By: Warner Bros. Plot and Structure: The Public Enemy is the story of the rise and fall of young mobster Tom Powers and his lifelong best friend Matt Doyle during the Prohibition-Era in urban America. They begin their life of crime by doing small petty crimes with a neighborhood gangster Putty Nose. When a fur coat heist goes wrong, Tom and Matt end up shooting a police officer, and Putty Nose flees town. The boys vow to get revenge on him.
The virgin Philia has already been sold to a Roman captain Miles Gloriosus (Leon Greene) who threatens death and destruction if she’s not delivered, virgo intacta, on time and Hysterium (Jack Gilford), a fellow slave to Pseudolus gets dragged into the mix as the action spirals out of control. Meanwhile Erronius (Buster Keaton) continues his years long search for this two children who were stolen in infancy by pirates. Having never seen the Broadway production, I don’t miss all the dialogue and Sondheim songs which were cut for the film. I didn’t realize until recently that Richard Lester directed this but as I love his version of “The Three Musketeers” and “The Four Musketeers”
He is a young banker who is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to life at Shawshank State Prison. Here he befriends Red. The film is told from Red’s point of view. Red battles against institutionalisation and Andy tries to instil hope in him. “Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free” sums up the major themes of the film.
His ruse failed when he was forced to show his sanity in order to save his infant son’s life. With no choice he sets off for Troy where he spends the next 10 years. During the war his role was mainly that of an adviser and strategist. He became most famous for his idea to leave a huge wooden horse as a gift for the Trojans. The Trojans brought the horse inside their city walls not realizing that the horse was hollow and filled with Archaean soldiers.
The movie shows us 4-5 stories about several persons slowly getting woven together creating incredible, funny and bizarre incidents which you never would have expected. The 2 hitmen (Jackson and Travolta) are out to retrieve a stolen suitcase from their boss, Marsellus Wallace, when a series of unexpected events happen. In the meantime the aging boxer Butch Coolidge (Willis) gets paid by Wallace to lose his next fight, but unfortunately kills his opponent in the ring by knockout. On another side in town 2 thieves decide to hold up a restaurant. And Wallace wants Vincent Vega (Travolta) to accompany his girlfriend Mia to the local restaurant when something goes terribly wrong.
Aeneas is bread of the Trojan war of mythic times. Fleeing Troy with what people he could gather and what remembrance of Troy there was as the city burned. Though this refers greatly to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey at least from the fate of Troy’s standpoint the methods of Aeneas’s escape and the loss of his wife in the horrors show a darker side to the Grecian victory. The burning of Troy is the beginning and basis of Aeneas’s quest. With no place to call home Aeneas and his followers and moved by the gods to find the future sight of Rome where they will make their home before the arrival of the roman founder Romulus.