Film Analysis

In Tennessee Williams’ ‘Streetcar Named Desire’, the character of the protagonist Blanche is created by Williams to be facing great change, and is facing the pull between her internal flaws and the external forces pushing this change . By showing this change in accordance within the confines of a modern domestic tragedy, it becomes inherently […]

Film is about a man, used by God to help and serve people especially those who are hungry and particularly affected by the war between Christians and Moors. All through his inspiring experiences and trials, there are lessons that give us explanation and a much wider point of view on how to be a good […]

The Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet starts off zooming into a tv very slowly, which has a news anchor narrating the famous prologue of Shakespeare’s world renowned tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Suddenly, the screen cuts to an intense and out of control scene of gunfire on Verona Beach from all angles, a gang fight […]

Overview A Beautiful Mind is the story of John Nash, a real mathematical genius who began having symptoms of schizophrenia upon entering graduate school at Princeton University in 1948. Peers viewed Nash as odd, eccentric, and lacking in basic social skills. Nash often skipped class, wrote mathematical formulas on windows, and spent many hours pursuing […]

I watched The Matrix for this assignment because I thought it could offer good examples of the terms we were given. The concepts that I decided to work off of in this paper are deviance and crime, socialization and, societies. The matrix has a lot of good examples of this because there are two completely […]

Blade Runner Humanity Question of humanity continually appears throughout the film. What it takes to be human. Humans in the film are human but is it humanity, to have compassion spirit and emotion. Live in the darkness and day to day; the ones who never left to the off-world. Replicants started to achieve humanity where […]

Remember the titans is a movie based on a true story about the 1960 s’ schools integration plan this film is centered around the football team of the newly integrated school “T. C. Williams high school” and the struggles of racial separation, this movie shows the struggles of the two races desperately trying to become […]

Belonging can be accepted or refused depending on personal preference. Although included in a place or community, it is possible to not develop meaningful connections without forming an individual identity. Peter Skrzynecki’s “Feliks Skrzynecki” and “Migrant hostel” both explore and challenge the idea of belonging as a personal choice. Similarly, in Gary Ross’s “Pleasantville”, it […]

This film explores the dichotomy between the Black swan and the white swan, representing the tamed evil and untamed fragility of humankind. Throughout the movie, the main character, Nina Sayers (portrayed by Natalie Portman), repeats the phrase “I felt it, Perfect, It was perfect.” Nina is a young and vulnerable ballerina who is sexually naive […]

Cast Away tells a story of Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks), a time-obsessed analyst, who travels worldwide resolving productivity problems at FedEx Depot. He devotes almost his life at Federal Express. On Christmas Eve, Chuck proposes a marriage to Kelly Fears (Helen Hunt) before boarding a plane. But a plane crash trapped Chuck in a remote […]

After hearing positive reviews about the movie 3 Idiots, I was eager to watch it despite not having done so before. When I learned that we would be watching it, I felt excited as I could finally experience the film. I pondered why we were watching a movie like 3 idiots and its relevance to […]

Super Size Me, a documentary film by Morgan Spurlock, delves deep into the fast food world. This documentary takes the viewers through Spurlock’s experiment: eating McDonald’s three times a day, everyday, for thirty days. The rules: Spurlock must fully eat McDonald’s three times a day. Spurlock must try every item, over the thirty days, from […]

The film Witness, directed by Peter Weir portrays the concept of cultural differences between the Amish and the outside world through various film techniques. Weir demonstrates aspects of moving into the world using symbols, characterisation, setting and diegetic and non-diegetic sounds so to convey the significant cultural differences within the film. The contrast of the […]

Directed by Clint Eastwood, the movie “Mystic River” centers around three boys who were raised in the streets of Boston. Their upbringing in an urban environment significantly influenced their lives as they became older. One major theme explored in the film is urban crime, which is depicted from both perspectives – the corrupt side and […]

All throughout history, prejudice has been a part of society. Discrimination and intolerance are built into human nature. Less than 100 years ago, Blacks were still in the bonds of slavery. However, Blacks were not the only ethnical group that was ever mistreated. During the First World War, Germans in the United States were looked […]

Interpersonal Conflict “Hitch” Com 200 Instructor Bryant January 15, 2012 The main interpersonal conflict in the movie Hitch is the miscommunication between the two main characters. There are three main characters in this movie, but the two main ones that have miscommunication is Alex Hitchings who is known as Hitch and Sara Melas who is […]

Vertigo and The Yellow Wallpaper The 1958 film Vertigo is surrounded by themes of control, dominance, and illusion surrounding a male and female power struggle. One of Vertigos main themes is to create the perfect woman. This is also seen in the story The Yellow Wallpaper. The parallels with Vertigo’s protagonist’s quest for the ideal […]

The movie “Night of Living Dead” written by John A. Russo and George A. Romero and directed by George A. Romero may have done just that. This movie released on October 1, 1968 may not have intended to do this but appears to have this affect on many viewers all the same. The main character […]

The film “A Vision of Students Today”, give us an opportunity to glimpse into the mind of today’s students and share some of their thoughts, both good and bad. The film lets us know that all of the information learned in a classroom is not relevant to everyone. Some individuals do the work, but will […]

Their qualities and actions gave new meaning to the word “feminism” at the very least, for the American public in the 21st century.In the Orgasms and Empowerment: Sex and the City and the third wave feminism, the main point is feminism and its association with sexuality and freedom of choice. Astrid Henry expounded on feminism, […]

The film American History X is a film about crime fueled by racism. The crime was committed by a man named Derek Vinyard, a white supremacist. He murdered two black gang members after they attempted to steal his truck. If we look closely at the case of Derek Vinyard, we can see that the crime […]

In the movie Crash, the types of discrimination tackled were Ideological Racism and Racial Group. It can be observed from the movie that in every encounter and in every word uttered by every character pertains to racism. Apart from that, most of the characters are racist in their own way. Some of the characters were […]