The Departed is a film centered around organized crime that involves a wide array of characters. With drug deals‚ shootouts‚ scandals‚ and espionage‚ the movie has many tense scenes that have notable staging‚ costumes‚ props and settings. At about fifty-two minutes in‚ Costigan and French enter a man named Brian’s house to assassinate him. Dressed in dark clothes and with French wearing leather gloves‚ they are dressed to kill. The setup of the room has two conceivable exits‚ that are instantly
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This is relevant to the 1998 comedic and adventurous animation film Antz directed by Tim Johnson and Eric Darnell‚ since it reflects the opposing types of government democracy and autocracy. From the beginning of the film‚ it is evident that Z‚ the individualistic worker ant resembles the democratic type of government‚ while General Mandible‚ the militaristic ant resembles the autocratic type of government. To begin‚ a close analysis on Z’s character reveals that Z favours a democratic system of
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Film Noir is most often seen as a man’s world- the hard boiled detective is the ultimate masculine hero‚ and the he fits right into the dirty world around him. However‚ with a shift in perspective‚ we see that just maybe the opposite gender are the ones who are the heroes of the genre. The women are certainly memorable. Through analyzation of the typical hero’s journey and comparison to the stories of the women in film noir‚ we see that they are the true heroes of the genre. This again begs the
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THE TITIANIC The Titanic Aaron K. Banks ENG. 225 Introduction to Film David Hayes June 2015 The Titanic Within the context of film industry‚ the film Titanic by James Cameron belongs to epic romance/ disaster genre. The film‚ released in 1997‚ was a global box office hit because the director provided equal importance to history‚ fiction and romance. To be specific‚ one can see that the film’s plot is based upon the history of RMS Titanic. On the other side‚ the main characters
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Film Analysis: Taken The movie Taken is about a Father’s quest to rescue his daughter from her abduction and nearly immanent disappearance into the dark world of the international sex trade. Brian’s worst fears are realized when Kim and her friend are immediately abducted from the Paris apartment at which they’ve just arrived. While Kim is being dragged away by the as yet unknown abductors‚ she manages to phone Bryan‚ who begins to piece together clues that will take him to the darkness of Paris’s
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Roshomon Film Analysis True beliefs portray the world as it is; false beliefs portray the world as other than it is. A straight ruler appears bent when half-submerged in a glass of water. What is the truth of the matter? Truth’s character is both logical and empirical. The logical ‘principle of non-contradiction’ ensures that the contradictory propositions ‘the ruler is straight’ and ‘the ruler is not straight’ cannot both be true at the same time‚ and in principle observation should settle which
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represents the negativity that is associated with African-Americans and it was as if Oscar realised this which is why he spends the dog’s last moments holding him because he can emphasise and almost relate to him. There is a lot of times throughout the film that show a
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Film analysis - Drive The movie Drive stars Ryan Gossling as the dark and mysterious “Driver”. He works as a wheelman for hire in Los Angeles. At daytime he stunt drives for film productions‚ and at night he’s steering getaway vehicles for armed heists. When he meets his neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan)‚ a vulnerable mother‚ he falls in love. When her boyfriend Standard (Oscar Isaac) returns from prison‚ Irene and her son gets dragged into a dangerous underworld. Driver acts as the superhero in
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A Critique of “What will the left look like after Obama?” by Stephen Marche In the past eight years America has seen immense changes‚ good and bad. Obama has legalized same sex marriage‚ lowered the unemployment rate‚ and began the end to the drug war. But is it all due to Obama‚ and what he has done over the last eight years? By Marche‚ calling president Obama‚ “[America’s] Biggest winner” Is he giving him too much credit? Is it something president Obama deserves‚ after fighting against a rigid
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Practice analysis of ‘Pleasantville’ ‘Pleasantville’ is an expertly crafted film in which one can appreciate and be exposed to the social issues America faced during the 1950’s. The courtroom scene towards the end of the film successfully encapsulates the essence of the film: a characters transformation from repression to enlightenment. While the costumes present a distinction between the ages‚ the contrasting colours express various emotions of each character. Each character possesses a differing
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