Susponsibility In Polanski's Chinatown Transcends The Old Noir

"Cathedral" a story about a man who is annoyed with his wife's old friend that is blind, but ends up teaching him a new way of viewing life. “Walk a mile in my shoes, see what I see, hear what I hear, feel what I feel, THEN maybe you'll understand why I do what I do, 'till then don’t judge me.” The advice to “walk a mile in someone else's shoes” means before judging someone, you must understand their challenges are in life and what they go though. This is clearly expressed in the story “Cathedral” by the narrator himself.

Fearful and terrified, the people of the United States walk around with false faces to hide their selves. Every day the people tell themselves that they are strong when they are not. Evey Hammond, the female lead in Wachowskis’s dystopian film V for Vendetta, is a character who changes from an ignorant submissive girl into a conscious bold woman who can stand on her own. The catalysts for this change was the abduction by V. Using intricate symbols, well put together film styles, and a complex plot line, the audience can connect with Evey Hammond, and understand her metamorphosis.

This article talks about the film, "Scarface" directed by Brian De Palma in 1983. It surrounds the life of Antonio Montana who is basically a drug lord, and how he earned respect, power, and money through selling illegal goods while being an immigrant in the USA. Since, the article used Venkatesh's corporation theory on the social organization on street gangs, the film "Scarface" was the ideal film to represent Vankastesh's theory. Venkatesh's theory showed how the street gang began to involve in selling drugs, and using their economic expansion to become part of the community. Street gangs exist because of the lack of family structure, legitimate economies, and cultural awareness.

INTRODUCTION The films Scarface (1983) and The Godfather (1972) are both crime-drama films which focus on the rise of their respective characters up the criminal ladder, becoming leaders on their own right and experiencing parallels on their stories while interacting with characters with duality in rules for both films. Scarface’s Tony Montana opted for drug trade and started his own empire on the back and blood of the people he killed, while Michael Corleone took matters to his own hands when he saw his family being besieged by the other families, psychologically exploring the minds of the characters while trying to deal with outside threats and stimulus. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 1. What are the similarities and differences of the film?

figures of wolf-men or tiger-men. As we have seen, animals represent human beings' sexual urges. Therefore, it seems equality is reached between men and women as far as sexuality is concerned. A concept further reinforced by Rosaleen’s mother, who seems to be the voice of reason against the archaic view of sexuality as evil, embodied by Granny. “If there is a beast in men, says Rosaleen’s mother, it meets its match in women too.”

“Citizen Kane” is a tale of the “Charles Foster Kane”. “Citizen Kane” was one among the major controversial movies continually built up. Kane was one of the most controversial films ever made. Hearst, affronted from his representation, presented RKO a diminutive chance to wipe out the movie. When that attempt did not work, newspapers of the Hearst go aboard on an operation of denouncement in opposition to Welles, therefore demonstrating that the dishonesty of the press and the condemnation of the power in film were specifically the aim.

Among the most renowned gangster movies of its time, Scarface is a thrilling depiction of the organized crime which occurred in Chicago during the early 1900’s. The incessant and merciless violence exhibited by mobsters in the film does not stray far from the brutality faced worldwide, with multiple scenes having to be removed due to censorship. Despite being an overall 4-star production, the film proves to be difficult to follow at times. Jumping between action-packed scenes, some central plot points are obscured by the pacing, and only the generally violent outcome is seen. As far as the score goes, the most noteworthy melody is without a doubt the tune Tony whistles throughout the film.

Hollywood is famous for its ability to make money. Simply recalling the history cannot help Hollywood to gain that amount of money because of audiences’ taste. Therefore, Hollywood frequently misguides the history event, and even creates history. Numbers of movie reviewers and historians are disappointed about Hollywood historical movies. Toplin cited David Armstrong’s comment towards the movie JFK (1991) that JFK misleads the young film watcher by its mixture of real history and dramatic creation.

The short story,The Painted Door, by Sinclair Ross, focuses on a woman who commits adultery due to her husband's absence and neglect of emotions. It is set in a rural farming community. It is written in the third person’s perspective and produces high levels of intensity, emotions, and drama. The Painted Door compels the reader to ruminate on the implications long after the reader has finished reading the story through the use of symbolism, and an interpretative plot.

The descriptive passage above taken from, How the other Half Lives by Jacob A. Riis, demonstrates the isolation of the Chinese community from the rest of New York. Riis uses figurative language such as hyperbole, metaphor, and quotation, as well as other literary devices, to depict the Chinaman as an embodiment of Chinatown itself, where the cultural aspects are portrayed through the man and his doings. The descriptive passage I wrote as an imitation demonstrates how the eyes take in factual information which is then distorted by perception and outside influential factors. I used the same types of figurative language to depict vision as an embodiment of truth as well as trickery. The concept is displayed through the eyes and what they see.