Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) A lone gunman arrives in poor city in Nevata, named Yuta, where the Genji and the Heike clans are warring over a mythical treasure that is supposed to be buried there. The gunman denies requests from both clans to join them and eventually meets Ruriko who takes care of her mute grandson Heihachi, since his mother, Shizuka has become a prostitute to protect him. After a while the gunman decides to take revenge on Shizuka 's stead. Dirty tricks, betrayals and love bloom in the city among the gunfighting. Takashi Miike directs an unavoidably preposterous mix of samurai and western films, which draws from the historical Genpei War and the Wars of the Roses, as much as from films like "Yojimbo", "Django" and "The …show more content…
As the scene progresses, he, and the remaining students realize this is a trial of sorts, although an utterly unfair one, as Takahata soon discovers. Soon after, Shun meets one of his friends, Ichika, who has also survived a similar massacre and the two of them proceed to the gym, where another trial is expecting them this time from a giant cat. While running for their lives in there, they meet Amaya, a cold and dangerous student who eventually accompanies them to a giant cube flying over Tokyo, where additional trials expect them. Takashi Miike directs a paranoid film that plays out as a video game, with the protagonists having to overcome trials in order to progress to the next stage. However, the fact that those trials are presented by dolls that came to life (as the one with the Matrioska Dolls, in a hilarious concept), the permeating slapstick humor and the omnipresent bloodbaths, take the film in a whole other direction, similar to the usual Miike
Fritz Lang’s M is a combination of a social film and a murder mystery—directed in 1931, in the midst of the Nazi movement’s takeover of German goverment, the film chronicles the public’s congregation to catch an infamous serial killer. Beckert, the child murder himself is presented to the audience several times throughout the film; he is shown to be involved with a constant internal struggle between allowing the darkest parts of his mind to overcome him and remaining sane. However, this film is, in some respects, making a statement less about murder and more about society at the time in which the film was released. More specifically, the film warns against and even mocks the competency and ability of the police to perform their jobs. There is a scene within the film involving an organization of beggars with the common goal of catching the child murderer.
Throughout the career of writer and director Jim Sheridan, there has been a significant change to not only Irish-made films but those directed by Irish individuals as well. Sheridan has attempted to maintain a realistic balance of both local and global expectations of “Irish Films.” Mr. Sheridan has helped move Ireland away from the many stereotypes found in films about or even set in the country. One of the lasting films in Ireland was director John Ford’s The Quiet Man.
While our lives occur in a linear fashion, memory recollection tends to be relatively disordered. In Millennium Actress (Satoshi Kon, 2001), Kon represents memory in the film with a unique anime twist. The film depicts a recreation of memories from a retired famous actresses ' life to two documentary filmmakers. Over the course of the film, it becomes clear that her retelling blends the plots of the movies she starred in with personal details of her own life, presenting to the filmmakers a more emotional and personal retelling of her life rather than a literal, chronological one. The selected sequence displays Kon 's use of animetism, open compositing, and continuity editing to portray the nonlinear nature of memory in a manner possible only
Mise-en-scéne is crucial to classical Hollywood as it defined an era ‘that in its primary sense and effect, shows us something; it is a means of display. ' (Martin 2014, p.XV). Billy Wilder 's Sunset Boulevard (Wilder 1950) will be analysed and explored with its techniques and styles of mise-en-scéne and how this aspect of filmmaking establishes together as a cohesive whole with the narrative themes as classical Hollywood storytelling. Features of the film 's sense of space and time, setting, motifs, characters, and character goals will be explored and how they affect the characterisation, structure, and three-act organisation.
Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionistic science fiction film, directed by Fritz Lang. Much of the plot is established following influences of the first world war, and the culture of the Weimar Republic in Germany. Although criticised for its allusions to communism in the resolution of the film, Lang explores mostly themes of industrialisation and mass production, which, coincidentally, were two developments that provided a large influence in the First World War. Lang also explores themes of the Weimer view of American modernity, communism and fascist rule. Politically, this film was shot after WWI, meaning many of its influences were extracted from the horrors of the First World War.
The Revenant is a novel by Michael Punke originally published in 2002. Punke’s story is one of history, and it has been previously adapted into a movie in 1971 titled, Man in the Wilderness. All media and book did not stick to the original historical figure of Hugh Glass. Most recent adaptation in 2015 by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Despite the fact that the movie was made famous based on inaccuracy of the actual true story, it still presents wonderful cinematography.
Even though it may be just a stereotype, the Scottish people are not generally known for their joyful nature and friendliness. No wonder, considering the geographical location of the country, the weather and the scarce population in the wild landscape. Kilts, mysterious countryside full of lochs and ruined castles, back pipes, whiskey and Brave Heart is what usually comes to people’s minds when Scotland is mentioned, but legends and nature are not exactly what the contemporary Scottish films usually focus on. Once a person gets himself into the modern Scottish cinematography, what they encounter are not huge historical and probably not even real battles taking place in the romanticised landscape of Sir Walter Scott. The movies focus rather
Cinematography is critical to the success of any movie. Cinematography uses composition, lighting, depth of field, and camera angles to determine what the audience sees. Casablanca’s cinematography directs the audience’s attention, shapes the audiences feelings, and reveals the theme of the movie. Cinematography directs the audience’s attention and acts as the viewer’s eyes. The cinematography highlights Casablanca as a dangerous place filled with deception.
Ballou Majestic Knights Documentary And The Whole Gritty City . “Ballou Majestic Knight Documentary” and “The Whole Gritty City” were the two films we watched. Both of these films are about people who play in bands with their own way of how they do things. These are both films that get deep details about people’s life stories and where they come from.
In the year 2000, the philosophical movie genre was once again revolutionized when the psychological thriller, Memento, was released. Directed by Christopher Nolan and portrayed by Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano, Memento became an instant classic, as Christopher Nolan again blew audiences away as Memento 's plot was portrayed chronologically backward, with flashbacks leading to the movie 's climax. It was praised by many neuroscientists for it is nearly a perfect representation of how memory works when limited by a mental deficiency. Memento dove into the different philosophical topics of memory, mind, and personal identity. Memento follows the life of ex-insurance investigator, Leonard Shelby, who is hunting
Kill Bill Vol.1 - Close Viewing The Film “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” is directed by Quentin Tarantino, his fourth major film. In a brief genre classification of the film, it can be defined as a female lead samurai film. However it combines many aspects which bind it together in to a Grindhouse esque, female driven, revenge martial arts epic. In this essay I will look at the themes of revenge and the trope of the female action hero. More specifically I will be analysing and critiquing these themes within the scene named ‘Showdown at the house of the blue leaves’ and its importance as a whole.
Second part : The Subprimes Winners Anytime something bad happens, it does not take long before blame starts to be assigned… Nonetheless the beneficiaries that exploited the chaos to their advantage were not the guilty ones, and they could not have stopped this crisis of happening, there was no possible way of stopping this stock bleeding… for the most part “those winners” were not stock exchange experts, they just benefited voluntarily or involuntarily from it, some of them,in a political way, others in an economical way. Contrary to what we could think, only a small part managed to win by influencing and taking huge risks… they were brokers, traders and were known as the crisis opportunists. Also let’s not forget that some of them had advantages
The movie Kumare is a documentary that Vikram Gandhi did. I have never watched a movie like Kumare before, Kumare is very different and unique. In the movie there were a lot of messages, and I have learned some really good ideas that I can use in my life. One of the things I learned is that you do not need someone to help or a guru to help you, it is all in the mind.
Baz Luhrmann’s films are known their ability to make a watcher feel as if they are part of the show. Between his use of camera angles, shots and the use of a narrator, it’s no wonder he is able to keep viewers on the edge of their seat. But how does Baz Luhrmann pull off this spectacular feat of his? This is probably explained best by referring to Baz Luhrmann’s films and how he himself has evolved as a director.
Hayao Miyazaki Hayao Miyazaki is the chief, maker, movement furthermore storyteller, he additionally the pioneer of a standout amongst the most graters enlivened film studios on the planet that studio will be studio ghibli demonstrating the accomplishment with the movie Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and its proceeded with achievement was completely subject to the movies that he composed and coordinated. The convincing characters, captivating plots furthermore a stunning activity that Hayao Miyazaki movies have earned him global prestige, his movies getting pundits and in addition open acknowledgment inside Japan. The best movies in the history in Japan amid the 1990s, setting various film industry records. While his movies getting prevalent among anime , the Disney duty by bringing Hayao Miyazaki movies into the world and more individuals will see and value the fantastic movies that Miyazaki are appearing to us.