Pro-Gran Torino The Hmong community has been left out of history texts‚ movies‚ and almost every aspect of life up until now. The movie‚ Gran Torino has changed the way we look at Hmong people because‚ for the most part‚ people don’t even know who they are or why they are here. Despite all the negative remarks made by people against the movie‚ Gran Torino‚ I will show how the movie was actually a positive influence for the Hmong community. To illustrate this I will first look at how the Hmong
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Gran Torino The movie Gran Torino shows the dangers of gangs and the tension of racism. Both are a fatal are a fatal combination. The two downsides of society Gangs are a rag tag of group involved in crime and illegal activity. Racism is discrimination between two or many cultures or races. No strangers and certainly no Pleasants both from the past and all the way to the present. After a glimpse it’s easy to see the two themes addressed. How it’s been addressed throughout the movie is one can divide
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Netflix rental pattern in the Los Angeles area of the feature film Gran Torino one notices a number of spatial variations in the film’s popularity. There are a number of urban geographical variations that provide an insight into the possible reasons why the film would be more popular in one area as opposed to another area in Los Angeles. While there is not one single reason why one area would be more likely to watch the film Gran Torino‚ there are a number of reasons that different regions of Los Angeles
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In the movies Up and Gran Torino‚ there are many reinforcements and resistments of ageist assumptions. While Up and Gran Torino both exhibit and defend against ageist assumptions‚ they do it in similar and in different ways. Both of these movies are stories about an older man who lost his wife and grow throughout the movie because of their relationship with a young boy. These men are portrayed as grouchy old men who are lost without their spouses. When the young boys come into their lives‚ they learn
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[You’re Name] [Course Name] [Professor Name] [Date] Extra Credit Film: The Hmong in America Film: Gran Torino The Hmong cultural group is always targeted as the racial discrimination especially by the white people of the America. The same concept is shown in the film Gran Torino where the white American Walt who is actually an overt racism personality makes fun of the people that are belonging to other race and his main focus is always his neighborhood Hmong family. The family shown in the film that
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“The Gran Torino” allows Clint Eastwood to play a role as a Polish American factory worker and a Korean War veteran‚ who has to face his prejudice beliefs and in doing so creates a heart felt experience with a dash of unparalleled humor. His rough stern traits was forged over time‚ living a solitary life unable to get along with the only family he has left. With this cynical mind set on the world ever since the war each passing day for him gets darker. Until one day theres a sudden change of events
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Eastwood’s film‚ Gran Torino through the characterization of Walt Kowalski. Walt Kowalski is initially portrayed as a grumpy‚ racist old man who transforms in to a hero who sacrifices himself to bring peace to himself and his neighbour‚ Tao. This film demonstrates that even though people can start off with a bitter view of life due to adverse past events‚ they can overcome their bitterness by finding others that they can relate to and sacrificing themselves to save others.
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Clint Eastwood’s 2008 film Gran Torino was met with critical and box office success‚ as it details the detailed story of Walt Kowalski’s personal growth when he connects with his new‚ Asian neighbours. At the film’s core are heartfelt messages regarding the belated blooming of Walt’s better nature‚ and how race dictates how we as humans interact. Primarily‚ Gran Torino promotes conflict resolution‚ through visual mis-en-scene techniques‚ including‚ but not limited to‚ lighting effects‚ camera angles
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The film Gran Torino‚ directed by Clint Eastwood‚ is about an old man named Walt. After the loss if his wife and barely any contact with his son‚ Walt decides to take on the korean family that lives next door. Their son‚ Thao Vang Lor tries to steal Walts Gran Torino for his cousin‚spider‚ who is in a gang. In return for the accident that Thao had made‚ he started working for Walt doing any spare chores that be may have. Over time Thao and Walt become very close with one another‚ so close that
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water can keep us breathing‚ but is that all we need in our lives? In the film‚ Gran Torino‚ directed by Clint Eastwood‚ Walt Kowalski is a veteran and retired auto worker who has only needed his shotgun‚ beer cans and his dog‚ Daisy. Haunted by his past‚ Walt had never been able to live life to the fullest‚ but when 17-year-old Thao shows up at his door‚ he gets a chance to redeem himself from past mistakes and move on from his death ridden history. This film exposes the human nature to resolve the
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