give us a more profound understanding of the American film industry‚ Hollywood in particular‚ and its relation to the McCarthyism in 1950s‚ a dark chapter in the US history. Salt of the Earth‚ directed by Herbert Biberman‚ is a 1954 blacklisted movie based on a true story about the struggles of Mexican American zinc miners and their families in Silver City‚ New Mexico‚ which resulted in an immense strike against the Empire Zinc Company. Similarly‚ On the Waterfront‚ directed by Elia Kazan
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Sankofa Film Analysis Who is Haile Germia? Haile Germia is an Ethiopian filmmaker‚ film director‚ screenwriter who was born March 4‚ 1946 and raised in Gondar‚ Ethiopia who now lives in the United States. He immigrated here to the United States in 1968 to pursue acting‚ and enrolled in the Goodman School of Drama located in Chicago. He is best known for his film Sankofa which raised a lot of awareness to the African American community. He is also known for the Los Angeles school of black filmmakers
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DOCUMENTARY FILM ANALYSIS Among the four documentaries‚ I have chosen “F*ck You Buddy” in “The Power of Nightmares” and “Love and Power” in “All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace” to be the materials for me to analyze in this paper. First‚ “F*ck You Buddy” is an episode produced by Adam Curtis‚ who is an English filmmaker who has been exploring Sigmund Freud’s theories in the aspects of sociology‚ psychology‚ philosophy‚ and political history throughout his career. In this episode
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The Castle is an Australian film based on the Kerrigan Family‚ who live at 3 Highview Crescent‚ Coolaroo. Dale narrates the film‚ first stating‚ “I’m Dale Kerrigan‚ and this is my story.” Darryl is an upbeat working class Australian. He is a tow truck driver and is the proud husband and father of four children. The eldest son‚ Wayne is in prison for 8 years for armed robbery. He is a good guy‚ but got in with a bad crowd. Middle son Steve is constantly reading The Trading Post hunting for good
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Film Analysis: Pocahontas The animated Walt Disney movie Pocahontas is based on a true life story of a young Powhatan Indian girl named Pocahontas who falls in love with John Smith. In the making of the movie‚ Walt Disney‚ attempts to relate to the early 17th Century historic event of Europeans settling in Jamestown; however‚ Disney did not portrait the true story. Disney rewrote the story by making it a beautifully romantic and animated love story like a Cinderella fairytale. In the Walt Disney
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Film Analysis on “ Metropolis” “ Metropolis” directed by Fritz Lang is a science fiction‚ futuristic style film. It is about the socioeconomic differences in the futuristic city of Metropolis‚ between workers and the men who designed and ran the city. Its main character Freder is the son of a man who manages Metropolis and has been privileged to live a very luxurious life until he sees a beautiful women‚ Maria‚ who leads him to beneath the city‚ where all the workers of the city toil. He
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Analysis of The Rookie In the movie The Rookie‚ directed by John Lee Hancock‚ the director tells a story about a high school baseball coach from Texas named Jimmy Morris. Morris’s dream throughout his life was to make it to the big leagues and play with the very best in the game. He faced multiple challenges that tried to hold him back from his dream. One of the challenges he faced was his dad‚ his father disapproved of him playing baseball and didn’t support him playing at a young age. Another
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Film Analysis: The Conformist The Conformist‚ directed by Bernardo Bertolucci portrays the struggle of Marcello Clerici‚ who is torn between two worlds. To emphasize this battle between good and evil‚ right and wrong‚ the production design and visual composition include an excellent use of light and shadow. In particular‚ it was quite compelling to see the lighting shift as Clerici vacillated between being a good fascist and living a normal life. In virtually every scene that highlighted fascism
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Film Comparative Analysis “The general response following the screening was a distinct realization that nobody is above the law‚ and that the stereotypes associated with the “coño” nearly left Larrañaga guilty as mistakenly charged.” (Syjuco‚ 2012) There is no justice‚ when innocent men are in jail; this is the main idea that the two films have in common. With this‚ let us ask ourselves‚ “Is there really something wrong with the Philippine and Texas justice system? Are we to admit that
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Grant Godfrey Film Appreciation 11/27/09 Glory or Death A Film Analysis of “300” Most people have heard the story of King Leonidas and the bold three hundred; but for the people that have never heard of the three hundred Spartans until the movie came out‚ it definitely opened their eyes after viewing the film. Some do not understand why this story is one of the most amazing ones in Greek history‚ mostly the people who do not know much about it. It is an inspirational story that tells us many
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