Lord of War
Lord of War
Warlord by definition is “a military commander exercising civil power in a region, whether in nominal allegiance to the national government or in defiance of it. (American Heritage Dictionary).” In the move Lord of War Nicolas Cage serves this purpose in a different way. The main plot for the film is Nicolas Cage getting rich off of wars by selling arms to countries in opposition. The beginning of the film shows the societal problem of race in the United States because it shows how his family had to pretend to be Jewish to fit in to the small town in New York and survive without condemnation. I think this is where his life takes a downward spiral. Childhood is what molds you and if you see that your parents are lying and they teach you to lie and not have value for who you are and where you came from then that ‘s the values that you will carry into adulthood. Don’t get me wrong I understand that they were doing this to protect the family but the father actually took on the role of a Jewish man in his everyday behaviors. His brother never felt “good enough” compared to his big brother and the parents put more responsibility on the older brother than they did the younger which can explain his drug and alcohol abuse it takes him away from the devalued self image that he has. This film exposed the harsh realities of war in America and around the world, the politics of war. It showed the selfish and greedy mindset of the nation’s leaders because every person that Nicolas Cage came across had a personal agenda. He shows this in his quote about selling arms to Africa when the West wasn’t paying attention because of their own agenda, “The primary market was Africa, Eleven major conflicts involving twenty three countries in less than a decade. A gunrunner's wet dream. At the time the West couldn't care less, they had a white war in what was left of Yugoslavia.” (IMDB) The character played by Ian Holm that Nicholas Cage was introduced to was the
Warlord by definition is “a military commander exercising civil power in a region, whether in nominal allegiance to the national government or in defiance of it. (American Heritage Dictionary).” In the move Lord of War Nicolas Cage serves this purpose in a different way. The main plot for the film is Nicolas Cage getting rich off of wars by selling arms to countries in opposition. The beginning of the film shows the societal problem of race in the United States because it shows how his family had to pretend to be Jewish to fit in to the small town in New York and survive without condemnation. I think this is where his life takes a downward spiral. Childhood is what molds you and if you see that your parents are lying and they teach you to lie and not have value for who you are and where you came from then that ‘s the values that you will carry into adulthood. Don’t get me wrong I understand that they were doing this to protect the family but the father actually took on the role of a Jewish man in his everyday behaviors. His brother never felt “good enough” compared to his big brother and the parents put more responsibility on the older brother than they did the younger which can explain his drug and alcohol abuse it takes him away from the devalued self image that he has. This film exposed the harsh realities of war in America and around the world, the politics of war. It showed the selfish and greedy mindset of the nation’s leaders because every person that Nicolas Cage came across had a personal agenda. He shows this in his quote about selling arms to Africa when the West wasn’t paying attention because of their own agenda, “The primary market was Africa, Eleven major conflicts involving twenty three countries in less than a decade. A gunrunner's wet dream. At the time the West couldn't care less, they had a white war in what was left of Yugoslavia.” (IMDB) The character played by Ian Holm that Nicholas Cage was introduced to was the