Cate Blanchett Essays

The movie The story of Qiu Ju is a comedy-drama that follows the story of a pregnant woman trying to find justice for her husband, who was kicked by the head of the village. The settings of the movie are mostly in a small Chinese village during the 1990s. It is hard for some people to understand the themes of the movie and why it was created on the first place, since not everyone have seen the way of life shown and the Chinese history. The movie was produced mainly because many people could relate

A seventeen-year-old boy’s superficial discontent towards his disabled father’s return from the hospital draws attention towards what is supposed to be the strongest bond: a father-son relationship. Throughout Athol Fugard’s play “Master Harold” … and the boys, Hally tries to suppress his mixed feelings after each call from his mother, who intends to bring his father home. Athol captures Hally’s true sentiments towards his father through two phone calls, initially provoking irrational anger and uncontrollable

Among other essays I have read in this book, the essay El Camino Doloroso written by David Searcy seems to have won my heart over the other ones. This story is short; in fact, it only has three pages, but the message Mr. Searcy conveys surpass these simple pages. To be honest, I have to read this essay three times to understand what is going on with the character and what is happening in this story. At last, I come up with this: In this essay, David Searcy wants those who believe dreams are flaws

struggling to find happiness in his life. The only things that are keeping Gilbert happy is his love for his mentally challenged brother Arnie Grape, casted by Leonardo DiCaprio, and his physically challenged mother Bonnie Grape, casted by Darlene Cates. Then suddenly a chain supermarket opens up across the street from the store that employs Gilbert. This new supermarket is causing stress and instability in Gilbert's life, because he is nervous that this supermarket will close the store and he will

a sappy romance was not the best direction for this work of fiction. The actors who play the characters in the film Benjamin Button worked remarkably well together and made the movie exceptionally realistic. Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button and Cate Blanchett as Daisy (Hildegarde), and they portray the romance between their two characters with striking reality. However well the actors played their roles, the plot of Benjamin Button the movie was drastically different from the short story “The Curious

The movie tells a story about an accident that connects four different groups of people. It takes place on three different continents, Japan, America and Africa. A Moroccan family, a vacationing American couple in Morocco played by Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, a mute Japanese teenager and her father, and the Mexican nanny who is in charge of the kids of the American couple. These stories are linked to each other in varying ways, but are also still four independent stories, which makes it a very interesting

Blue Jasmine: the personification of a displaced person to criticizing the failure of the neoliberal society Blue Jasmine, it is a movie that was directed and written by Woody Allen, it is an adaptation of Tennessee Williams play called The Streetcar named desire. This adaptation is more than a simple transposition of the play to the movie screen. Woody Allen reshaped the plot and the characters of the play to contemporary context, a direct reference to the global economic crisis in 2008, to illustrate

Have you ever felt that the entertainment industry has become too predictable? How far have we really come? I often feel the same way, and ask myself the same thing. I believe the entertainment industry has evolve quite splendidly from 384 B.C. to 2015 A.D. I feel that the Romans idolized the concept of theatre, but didn’t have any interest for the actors involved. My understanding is that the Romans wanted to become emotionally invested in the stories of tragedies and comedies, and didn’t want

The movie tells a story about an accident that connects four different groups of people. It takes place on three different continents, Japan, America and Africa. A Moroccan family, a vacationing American couple in Morocco played by Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, a mute Japanese teenager and her father, and the Mexican nanny who is in charge of the children of the American couple. These stories are linked to each

worst things she did is that she basically took advantage of Cinderella’s kindness and made her a house helper at her very own house after her father’s death. For years, Cinderella suffered from her step-mother’s cruelness. Award-winning actress, Cate Blanchett portrayed the role of Lady Tremaine in the live-action remake of the classic tale. URSULA Finally, who would ever forget about Ursula? Her name alone speaks evil. She is one of the wisest villains there is, she basically makes deals like

Literature adapted into film presents a new visual experience to the audience through color, movements and sound effects. When reading literature, the reader must imagine the descriptive language; thus, in film the image is already presented with a vivid detailed creation. Through stories, the writer is who controls the evolving set of actions and plot events; however, in a film several professionals such as: producers, directors, and actors come together to create a rein action of the story by graphic

2017). As female film director, Jolie is also under higher pressure for her films to succeed. She is a woman in a male dominated field, and as actress Cate Blanchett remarks in an interview on sexism in Hollywood, women are not allowed to “screw up” in the film making industry (Bloom 2015). There are high amounts of “second-time male directors,” Blanchett comments: “If for some reason their film doesn’t do well, in eight to 12 months they’re back in there again, someone backs them,” whereas when a woman

It was not so long ago that elves, orcs, and dwarves were treading the fringes of popular culture; Peter Jackson rejected this, and thrust them into the limelight and mainstream for the first time with the help of an ensemble cast, New Zealand’s stunning landscape, award winning makeup and costume artistry, innovative cinematography, and cutting edge visual effects. Jackson’s epic depiction of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world of Middle Earth in “The Fellowship of the Ring” shook the foundations of

Yesterday evening, I watched a film that widened my view on a subject I thought I understood well. “Monuments Men” directed by George Clooney, is not only a stunning movie filled with incredible characters, exciting events, and a beautiful message, it is even more extraordinary than that because this film was based on actual events. World War II is known for it’s tragic deaths of millions, but little is recalled about all of the artwork, monuments, and books that were stolen and destroyed in thousands

help tell Soka story. Young girls that were faced extreme poverty, forced marriage, and forced labor (Robbin, 2013). Each story is written by a writer from the girl’s native country and is narrated by renowned actresses such as Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Salma Hayek, and Meryl Streep

Marry! I think not! Queen Elizabeth I stands out in history as the first queen of England never to marry. (“Elizabeth I”) Elizabeth was given many chances to marry and was in no way in short of suitors, some of those men were as follows: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Walter Raleigh and Robert Devereux. (“Elizabeth I”) Elizabeth’s refusal of so many suitors is indicative of a resolve not to marry, but the 1998 film “Elizabeth” depicts the Queen as ambivalent, debating the allure and risks of

Urban decay and “ghettoization” are the clear result of deliberate and discriminatory housing policies of every level of governments. The federal government has historically created various policies to maintain racial segregation. Since its creation, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has perpetuated discrimination as the protector of all White neighborhoods. The FHA employed a practice called “redlining.” It was a discriminatory practice that diverted mortgage funds away from both urban and