The Book of Eli is a contemporary western film set in a dystopian future. The movie combines a compelling protagonist with a unique video-game like style to generate an eye-catching twist on the classic western picture. The Book of Eli takes place thirty years after a war that turned the landscape into a nuclear wasteland. The movie follows Eli as he navigates the treacherous post-apocalyptic world. Eli‚ portrayed by Denzel Washington‚ is on a quest is to deliver a book from the East coast to
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is a western genre story and film that expresses a relationship between two male characters. Within this short story the reader sees the development of this relationship‚ while the movie is able to express emotions through expressions. The short story differs from the film in many ways‚ especially through emotions and relationships. There are significant changes between the short story and the movie that are shown through emotion and relationships that refer back to the idea of the western genre
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The film True Grit‚ directed by the Coen Brothers in 2010‚ is a western film that can most certainly be portrayed as a revisionist western in that the general cinematography brings forth a darker feel‚ with more realistic elements‚ straying away from the typical romantic feel of classic westerns. 1. The general iconography in True Grit evokes a more realistic‚ rugged feeling from its audience. A classic western often portrays the protagonists as clean-cut individuals‚ as in Stagecoach
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by numerous forms of media in the United States. Mediums of movies‚ books and television shows glorify the fiction of the old west. John Ford’s film "The Searchers" is an ideal example of this romanticized American West. Typically‚ an American Western story confines the women to home duties‚ having no original ideas or thoughts of their own‚ while the status of the hero is elevated by destroying the savage and crude Native Americans. The American hero then finds love‚ and rides off into the sunset
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Stagecoach: The Revolutionary Western John Ford built a standard that many future directors would follow with his classic 1939 film “Stagecoach”. Although there were a plethora of western films made before 1939‚ the film “Stagecoach” revolutionized the western genre by elevating the genre from a “B” film into a more serious genre. The film challenged not only western stereotypes but also class divisions in society. Utilizing specific aspects of mise-en-scène and cinematography‚ John Ford displays
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following essay I intend to discuss in detail the characteristic features of the classical Hollywood narrative style of film making. The narrative structure of this style and its known traits will be included as well the well known genres of the Western and film noir as examples of how it is utilized. The use of iconography as a means whereby visual motifs and style in films can be categorized and analyzed will additionally be included. The gender representation‚ in particular the representation
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Grit .Besides many irregularities with the classic Western films‚ True Grit can nearly be considered a classic Western. Like Stagecoach‚ the film has clearly defined roles of moral and immoral‚ and in the end‚ like in all classic Western’s‚ the bad guy gets it and the good guy’s ride off into the sunset. The leading female role makes it more of a revisionist. In True Grit I believe that it has a little of both a classic Western and a Revisionist Western. True Grit includes many of these classic ideas
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There have been many genres of film that are included in American film history; one of which is the Western. In the mid 1900’s Western films were at their peak and Saturday afternoons would be spent watching cowboys and Indians battle until the end while watching comfortably from a movie theatre. Knowing this‚ it’s not hard to understand why film makers later on would base plots and characters off of these mystifying films. The Searchers‚ made in 1956 by John Ford‚ was a movie that followed the journey
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films in general. It has opened my eyes and it let me see the creativity and the kind of quality that Asian Cinema has to offer. I used to think that Asian Film was corny and boring. Also‚ I used to think that it was just trying hard to follow its western counterparts. I was wrong. Asian film has its own identity and is unique in its own fascinating way. In Asian film‚ or just in Asian countries in general‚ family is a big influence and people are known for their strong sense of culture. I noticed
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Survey of Movie Background and Objectives: With the developing of society ‚ movie has been a kind of indispensable entertainment for human beings ‚ in order to catch up with the society ‚ movie also is developing very fast now ‚especially the western movies ‚ the Hollywood . So a survey has been conducted and we wrote a report on the basis of the report about: a) Search the degree of they loving movie. b) Find out what attract people to go to see a movie. c) Collect the advices
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