In Jeffrey Klassen’s essay‚ “He Looked Into the Grim Reaper’s Eyes and Nervously Laughed‚” he describes Henri Bergson’s theory on comedy and applies it to the movie Office Space. Bergson’s take on humor presents three key ideas. The first of these is that comedy is purely intellectual and not emotional. When we laugh at something that happens to someone else or anything we see on screen‚ we are able to take emotion out of the equation just for a moment and only focus on what is funny about what we
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The classic western novel narrated by Mattie Ross is truly a “Gritty” read. There is plenty of detailed content associated with the characters in the novel that describes the basis of the novels title. “True Girt”‚ by far is the best suited title for the novel. An in depth analysis of the novel takes a person to deep and dark places within the “Cowboys and Indians” times in the later 19th century. The setting and time in the text just goes to show that in that day and age “True Grit” was more less
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Blood Simple is a neo-noir crime film‚ marking the directorial debut of Joel Coen‚ as well as the Director of Photography’s (Barry Sonnenfeld) first big hit. It was released in 1984 in theatres‚ where it was ranked very highly among critics. It tells the story of an affair which has all sorts of crazy and unpredictable effects on all parts of all the characters’ lives. It stars John Getz as Ray‚ Frances McDormand as Abby‚ and Dan Hedaya as Julian Marty. I have chosen to analyse the first scene
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The 1996 film‚ Fargo was directed and written by Joel and Ethan Coen. Unlike many films‚ Fargo was not filmed in a linear pattern; instead‚ Fargo was filmed in an episodic pattern with three sets of characters that gradually flow into one linear path. Fargo also has an unusual set of characters‚ with the true roles of the protagonist and antagonist being shown and understood towards the middle of the film. The film was set in 1987 and took place mainly in Brainerd‚ Minnesota. The film focuses on
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Brent Gentry Mr. Sersey English 102 February 9‚ 2012 There is “True Grit” in Everyone True Grit shows as a different trait in everyone; everybody shows it in a different way. The hero of the story does not always have what it takes or show the qualities that are needed to have this so called “true grit”. Each and every character in the novel‚ True Grit‚ has some kind of grit about them‚ as one can see though the actions of the characters and the way that they deal with adversity. The story
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The Big Lebowski‚ as a classified as comedy and noir‚ is a film about a sloppy slacker that likes to call himself “The Dude” who eventually gets into a messy situation involving a kidnapping. The Dude is an Absurd hero who lives his life the way he wants to and doesn’t try to make more interesting by doing other activities other than bowling. It’s about someone who doesn’t belong‚ about “…he’s the man for his time and place.” (Stranger) Regardless of its success in the box office and what critics
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Heroic Structure in Movie "The Big Lebowski" Our community and society have been facing with the massive mass media for nowadays‚ and movie is one of them. As many people watch movies‚ it occupies an important role in their lives socially and economically. There are many different movies and several heroes representing in the world. Heroes are movie’s long material‚ and people have a different point of view when they watch movies. For example‚ The movie "Independence Day" could give deep impression
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director should be regarded to as an auteur. Auteur Theory refers to the reflection of the director’s personal creative vision and style. “Auteur” is a French word for “author.” Auteur Theory suggests that a director can use the commercial equipment of filmmaking in the same way that an artist uses a paintbrush to paint. Auteur Theory is an avenue for the personal artistic expression of the director. The film theoretician‚ André Bazin‚ explained that‚ “Auteur theory is a way of choosing the personal
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to describe the mark of a film director on his films. A director can be considered an auteur if about five of his film depict a certain style that is definitely his own. In other words‚ much like one can look at a painting and tell if it is a Monet‚ a Renoir‚ or a Degas‚ if a film director is an auteur‚ one can look at his film and tell by style and recurring themes that it was made by a certain director. In auteur films‚ the director is many times what brings an audience to the theater‚ instead of
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Auteur Theory Auteur theory is often seen that it was created in 1954 by Francois Truffaunt who wrote an essay titled A Certain Tendency in French Cinema. In his essay he stated that film directors would often use this medium to express their own ideas and opinions and that the director is the one who heavily influences the film. This meant that Francois believed that the director should always be considered as an auteur. He once famous stated that “There are no good and bad movies‚ only good and
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