extremely complex and may never be fully understood. Two minds may overlap and have some similarities‚ but for the most part‚ every person’s mind is different‚ affected by their society’s discourse and their environment. The movie Paranoid Park‚ by Gus Van Sant exemplifies the accurate embodiment that real life has to offer. In the movie‚ the main character Alex must confront real life problems and surpass them. The most compelling part of the film was the idea of being or staying “buoyant;” the desire to
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a seemingly typical day at an unnamed high school‚ stopping through the journey to focus on the stereotypes of school. The jock‚ the quirky artist‚ the cliqued girls‚ the skateboarder‚ they are all represented and representative of his film. Van Sant created a film‚ seemingly without a staunch opinion on the horrors of the Columbine shootings. The movie seems distanced from the actors and their actions: an unaware participant from the tranquil introduction to the gruesome climax. His seeming
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Discovering Jamal Jessica Micallef Finding Forrester was directed by Gus Van Sant and released in 2000. The film was interesting. It showed you that anything is possible; you just need to put in hard work and effort. Gus Van Sant shows us that it does not matter where you are from‚ anything is possible. Jamal Wallace is an African-American boy from the Bronx who is secretly highly intelligent but he does not want anybody knowing because it will ruin his reputation at school‚ an example of this
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Ms. Purvis Brittany Hamilton English 111 8 July 2013 Jamal Wallace The movie Finding Forrester (directed by Gus Van Sant)‚ is about a young boy named Jamal Wallace‚ who is from the Bronx‚ that has a love for basketball. He ends up getting a full basketball scholarship to one of Manhattan finest prep schools. One day Jamal comes across Pulitzer Prize winning writer William Forrester‚ who helps Jamal find his inner writer. Jamal enters a paper that he had finished writing for Mr. Forrester
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Film Review “Good Will Hunting” Good Will Hunting is a drama film directed by Gus Van Sant that stars Matt Damon‚ Robin Williams‚ Ben Affleck‚ Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgard. The story and screenplay were both written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Good Will Hunting was both critical and financial success. Besides it was nominated for nine Academy Rewards in 1997‚ but only came away with two wins‚ Robin Williams for Best Supporting Actors and Damon and Affleck for Best Original Screenplay
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shots that magnifies the situation the lead character and the other characters are in and provides the material symbolisms and visual cues that remind the audience about the characteristics of the lives of the people in the story. Director Gus Van Sant effectively used cinematography styles and approaches to communicate emotion‚ to help the audience look broadly or look particularly close to guide them as the story moved along. The cinematography was able to capture the essence of the story as well
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Finding Forrester‚ a drama film released in 2000‚ is an inspiring movie that provides a great moral and storyline. Directed by Gus Van Sant‚ a two-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director‚ Finding Forrester brings fourth a feel-good motion picture made possible by starring actor Rob Brown (Jamal)‚ and supporting actor Sean Connery (The Window). The movie was shot in the Bronx of New York City and depicts the racist nature of white people who live in the nicer parts of New York City.
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Good Will Hunting Matt Damon and Ben Affleck both won an Oscar for their work on this screenplay‚ but everyone knows that. What is great about the film is the fact that it is written from the point of view of Bostonians‚ guys who grew up in the shit they wrote about‚ drawing influences from past people and events. But at the same time it is so powerfully written that it is hard to remember that people live this way‚ live this struggle‚ and for every Will Hunting that makes it out‚ there are others
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One great example of detail in Van Sant’s shots is the scene wherein Sean is drinking alone in his apartment after meeting Will for the first time. In just three very short shots Van Sant makes it apparent Sean has a drinking problem. In the first shot of this scene the camera has a close up of Sean’s sink. The camera pans out to show a brown paper bag (most likely from a liquor store) a mountain of dirty dishes and an empty whiskey
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the end due to adaption to the new environment‚ sometimes change does not totally work out in the end. The texts used to justify the points mentioned will be The Color Purple (TCP) by Alice Walker‚ the movie Finding Forrester (FF) directed by Gus Van Sant‚ and Sky High of the Resource Booklet. The cause of the change differs depending on the catalyst of it. In TCP‚ Celie undergoes change due to her situation. Being an African American woman‚ she has no respect whatsoever. Early in the story‚ she is
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