German Expressionism In Film Detour

Frequently darkish in the mood and featuring characters from a corrupt underworld of crime, the films’ dramatic effects produced motifs of claustrophobia and paranoia. The same words could be used to describe 1940s Hollywood film noir, which was hugely influenced by German expressionism. Film noir is typified by Bogart and Bacall in films such as The Big Sleep. Fritz Lang himself also went on to make notable film noirs such as Fury and You Only Live Once. (http://michelle-strozykowski.suite101.com)

This is at a time when the mass migration of Eastern Jews to Germany, led them to be used as scapegoats by the rightwing press for the disastrous defeat in World War 1. They were described by papers such as Der Sturmer as the parasite that infects the Volkisch movement’s ideal of the purity of the German people. At one point Nosferatu exclaims ‘Your precious blood’, when Hutter cuts his hand, bringing to mind the old accusation of Blood Libel (that Jews ritually sacrifice Christians for blood for

The movies "The Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961) and "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962) are among other popular courtroom dramas film genre. While it is believed that filmmakers rarely illustrate reality on their storyline, these movies precisely represent legal reality. Both movies focus on legal stories where their complexity is related to questions of justice, responsibility, and morality while they still retain a dramatic edge. The movie "The Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961) portrays the post-war crime trials of four men who were judges themselves in German Courts during the World War II when Hitler was in power in Germany. The movie was inspired by the actual trial that happened in Nuremberg in 1947.

In the conclusion of the three-part war trilogy from Roberto Rossellini is a film titled Germany Year Zero. Released in 1948 and an Italian produced film, Germany Year Zero is shaped by Italian neorealism, an aspect intrinsic in the Italian films of the time. Italian neorealism attempts to paint a true reality of the situation at hand just as it objectively depicts a ruined post-war Berlin. Rossellini also presents melodramatic forms of narrative through the characters in the story in another form of objectivity and distance from emotion. Employing forms of Italian neorealism, Rossellini presents an evocative view of feeling for the audience to experience the situation alongside the characters.

In several ways, film was becoming something like a mirror, even in its distortions. As Carl Richardson points out. “realism is only possible when the power of the image is unleashed with naked honesty. Distortion, doctoring, and the exaggeration of the subject material make realism possible.” (13, Richardson) While the influence of German Expressionism is apparent, filmmakers borrowed heavily from French Poetic realism , as an art movement, emerged from the socio-poltical atmosphere of post-WWI France and gained precedence in the early 1930’s.

While those in favor of her being found guilty seek imprisonment, others, like the opposing side, seek to have her let off due to the situation not being entirely her fault. Summary In the article “Flowers: Woman who goaded boyfriend to commit suicide must pay for dark act,” Christine Flowers argues in favor of Michelle Carter being held accountable for the death of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III.

Othello had a talk with Desdemona about cheating and knowing she been doing. Othello says, “By heaven, I saw my handkerchief in’s hand! O perjured woman! Thou dust stone my heart.

The drunk, disrespectful Miller has a mind that is consumed by sexual desire, whether it is appropriate or not. He is a dishonest man who looks for ways to cheat others out of money and materials solely to benefit himself. After stealing corn from his customers, he charges them three times the price he truly deserves. Of all the tales in Chaucer’s novel, the Miller’s is unquestionably the most vile, due to the author’s focus on infidelity, tricks, and revenge. As he tells his story, the Miller is passive-aggressive and spiteful, specifically toward the Reeve, showing his disrespectful personality.

In the article it said that “a serial murderer’s compulsion to kill may be likened to an addiction”(Dolan 51). This shows that since she is addicted in killing handsome boys she is a serial killer. The landlady definitely killed the boys because in the story it says “But they were extraordinary handsome… Exactly like you”(Dahl 3). The readers can tell that she killed them because she is saying that the boys were handsome.

In the beginning of the play, it is evident how much Macbeth loves his wife. This is what makes it so easy for her to bribe him into killing Duncan, which eventually leads to him killing many more people. Unfortunately, in the end of the play, their relationship gets ruined and Lady Macbeth ends up taking her own life. Because of one bribe, Macbeth went on to become a serial killer and their relationship would turn to mush. In act 3, scene 4, line 119, Lady Macbeth responds to Ross: “I pray you, speak not: He grows worse and worse; question enrages him: at once, good night.

Addicts flocked the cities, searching for that next high, slowly killing themselves. In Other Wes Moore, other Wes’s girlfriend Cheryl battled a strong addiction. He realizes that the drug game he was once part of, the people who he used to sell drugs to, was now visible in his girlfriend(Moore 137). It’s a sad reality that the poorer the neighborhood, the less funding the school receives. The more money a city has, the better the schools are.

She feels ashamed and blames herself for not being a good enough wife for Tom, just as Melinda feels guilty as though the rape was her fault, even if it really wasn’t. It is later revealed that in reality, it was actually Tom who had done all those atrocious things. He would lie to Rachel, blaming her for all the things he had done, just to make her feel guilty, weak, and worthless. Just how Andy had made Melinda feel after he raped her. With this connection, I can better understand Melinda’s character through Rachel’s in The Girl on the Train, which I read and enjoyed before I read

Unfortunately that was hard for her career she was looking for because they look back at her history. Monica wanted to come clean because she heard of a story about a boy who committed suicide because he kissed another boy. She knew the feeling of being shamed and wanted to commit self harm over something that was turned on her. Bill should have been the one in trouble and got all the attention for cheating on his wife. So out of all of this i feel like Bill Clinton was one of the worst presidents to ever take office.

When Jones realizes what is happening, he is immediately offended and takes matters into his own hands. His reaction to the situation that he is put in is to shoot the auctioneer; therefore, wasting yet another precious bullet. In the end, Jones wastes every bullet, even his lucky silver bullet. Because he was a liar, cheater, and scammer, the people that he deceived to gain the title of Emperor created a coup.