Essays Tagged: "film genre"
Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures" compared to a tipical outlaw couple - in particular, Malick's "Badlands"
ctionWhen reading about Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures I could not help but begin comparing the film's two main characters to the typical outlaw couple, in particular, the couple we see in Terence ... in Terence Malick's Badlands. The more I thought about it, the more I began to realize that the two films can be equated to each other in many respects. At the very least, they both ultimately belong ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Thrillers.
THRILLER FILM GENREIt is difficult to state a clear definition of a thriller because thrillers cross over man ... is difficult to state a clear definition of a thriller because thrillers cross over many genres of filmmaking. Thrillers can be divided into countless categories; e.g., action thrillers, psychologica ... one. It "thrills" as one watches it. The plots are scary, the characters are at great risk and the films are constructed in a manner that forces the viewer to uncover their eyes and watch."The Master ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study
Alfred Hitchcock Biography Essay. 860 word summary of Hitchcock's life, his achievements, and his death.
Alfred Hitchcock ObituaryAlfred Hitchcock, admired genius and master of film suspense, died of liver failure and heart problems on April 28, 1980 in Los Angeles, California ... ms on April 28, 1980 in Los Angeles, California. He was the single most influential director in the film genre of suspense, having partly created it, and is one of the most well known and esteemed dir ... having partly created it, and is one of the most well known and esteemed directors in the medium of film.Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899 in Leytonstone, England, the son of a grocer, William Hit ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors
Review between Tears of the Black Tiger and Wizard of Oz
irector Wisit Sasanatieng could never live in a black and white world, but he clearly revels in the films made from that period. In Tears of the Black Tiger, he chews up a number of those influences f ... ploding colours and visual wit.It's a delirious free fall into a Wizard of Oz technicolor1 dream of film images and styles from the past all exaggerated as if fed on streams of psychedelic drugs. Ever ...
Subjects: Art Essays
An essay about the science fiction film genre.
Science Fiction Film: An OverviewThe science fiction film genre has been around almost as long as movies have, but l ... ts relation to technology. This is in general and in the cinema.When discussing the science fiction film genre a problem occurs. The distinction between science fiction and other genres is not always ... n series (1979, 1986, 1992, 1997) illustrate how the distinction between science fiction and horror films can be obscure. (Telotte 46) Some comedies, such as Mars Attacks (1996) and Back to the Future ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study
Movie review: 42nd Street
42nd Street (1933) is the classic, fast paced, backstage movie musical a refreshing film musical forever and saved Warner Bros. It saved the studios from bankruptcy, helping it grow in ... uptcy, helping it grow into a major studio. Set during the Depression and about the Depression, the film is considered the backstage musical par excellence, the grand daddy of them all. It was based o ... rand daddy of them all. It was based on putting on a show tradition stemming from MGM's first sound film, The Broadway Melody, another "backstage musical".Lloyd Bacon provided its skillful director, w ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
The role of the women in the classic gangster genre using the film "Get Carter"
In the film, Get Carter (1971), directed by Mike Hodges, women are objectified as sex objects, and carry li ... men are objectified as sex objects, and carry little personality. The many female characters in the film are portrayed as needy, and seem to throw themselves at Jack Carter (Michael Caine), the main c ... ed as needy, and seem to throw themselves at Jack Carter (Michael Caine), the main character in the film. In a gangster film, women are typically viewed as personal possessions to powerful crime bosse ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study
"Saving Private Ryan" Essay
ivate Ryan" both shocking and realistic and say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film."Saving Private Ryan" is a film set in the genre of war and directed by Steven Spielberg, it wa ... film set in the genre of war and directed by Steven Spielberg, it was made in September, 1998. the film is set in set in June 1944, intended to reflect the chaos and horror of Second World War. Steve ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
The Road to Adulthood
y acquired wisdom. While the totality of this transformation happens gradually in life, authors and filmmakers often choose to illustrate those crucial moments through which we take that first of many ... crucial moments through which we take that first of many steps toward growing up. The literary and film genre known as "coming of age" explores this universal experience in poignant, often humorous, ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays
How does sci-fi reflect political, social, technological or even environmental issues.
e current political, social, technological and economical issues of the world? Science fiction is a film genre that most people consider as mere escapist fantasy but very often the opposite is the tru ... d very early on in the end of the nineteenth century with the Lumiere brothers and Zecca. The first films were short, lasted only a couple of minutes and made fun of the new technologies - electricity ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Analysis of Interpersonal Meaning of the film "Avatar"
se analysis (013087)Assessment Task 1:The text I have chosen for analysis in this paper is from the film "Avatar" which, by the looks of it, appears to be a newspaper review written by Sebastian Cordo ... eview written by Sebastian Cordoba and obtained from the internet. The main purpose of this type of film's review genre is to express a value about the film in question; whether be it a positive or ne ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics