Australian films: analytical Essay The films that we are using are shine and strictly Ballroom. They are both Australian films. The question that was chosen to relate to the film is 'many Australian films explore the concept of 'overcoming adversity' common to films from many countries but they explore it in a manner unique to Australia and embrace the 'Aussie battler' or 'Aussie hero' icon.' Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 rom-com directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann and is the first in his red curtain trilogy.…
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dream dies, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly” (Langston Hughes). The film “Of Mice and Men” directed by Gary Sinise is an adaption of the novel with the same name written by John Steinbeck, it depict the icon living conditions and life style of itinerant farm workers in California during the Great Depression. Both the novel and the film develop the themes of “friendship,” “loneliness,” and “loss of dreams” and use the actions of the characters to portray these themes through different methods. First of all, the theme of friendship is developed through the main character of George Milton. In the film, George displays tenderness when he gently cleans the blood from Lennie’s face after Curley attacks…
Red Tails Critique The color of ones skin does not make them unable to carry out tasks. Throughout the movie, Red Tails by Anthony Hemingway, we see a story unfold as a group of African American pilots struggle with their identity. They are viewed by the whites around them as unfit to fly, but through their struggle they show the world their capabilities. Red Tails depicts a story of the African American pilots in Italy, in 1944 during WWII, who are given a chance to pass the expectations of the people around them.…
This paper is about the movie “Dances With Wolves.” Dances With Wolves is a 1990 Western film starring Kevin Costner. The movie starts during the Civil War when a Union lieutenant is wounded, the wound is threatening to cause his leg to be amputated. After the lieutenant leaves the hospital with his leg he goes back to the front and steals a horse and runs in between the two lines which causes the fighting to start up again. After Lieutenant Dunbar galloped through no man's land and survived with his leg he was transferred to the frontier.…
The dog movie “The Champions” I found to be a touching and profoundly dramatic film about the pit bulls rescued from the brutal fighting ring of former Atlanta Falcon’s star quarterback Michael Vick. It chronicled those brave individuals that risk it all to save them, overcoming much pressure from PETA and the Humane Society to euthanize them. The film successfully exposed the prejudice and much misunderstanding while slowly eradicating the myths surrounding this breed. The documentary unfolds the journey of five of the dogs such as Handsome Dan, Jonny and Little Red to name a few, and their second chance on life and their supreme power of resilience and the true significance of the Human- Animal Bond. It features several rescue organizations such as Best Friends Animal Society of southern Utah, BADRAP centered in Oakland, California and individual families who reached out to these creatures with love and compassion.…
In the clips prior to Lone Survivor Navy SEALS trainees ring a bell three times and place their helmets on the ground when they want to voluntarily fail SEALS training. By the end of the clips there’s a line of helmets showing that there is a limited number of sailors that passed. Sailors are exposed to extreme conditions in the training such as drowning and cold, yet they don’t go through these challenges alone as they are surrounded by their fellow trainees. This brotherhood in the face of adversity is a distinctive part of being a Navy SEAL. Lone survivor captures this brotherhood through the values held by the team, as well as the unique choices and events the team encounters.…
Strictly Ballroom an Australian film finds humour in the exaggeration of Australian culture, this being a Western culture, derived predominantly from Britain but also affected by the unique region of Australia, the influence of the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other Oceanian people. I think that to an extent for a film of its time strictly ballroom shows the unique Australian culture and humour including black humour, self mocking and anti-authoritarian. In some cultures finding humour in difficult situations is considered bad taste, but in most cases it is very common in australian culture this is known as black humour. Black humour occurs in strictly ballroom at the beginning when using a mockumentary style setting…
Start Free Trial Discrimination isn’t only based on skin color, it can also be based on gender and age. In the movie “Of Mice and Men”, a story about two friends, George and Lennie, that have a dream to live on there own farm. When George and Lennie finally find work on a farm, that is where they both see and experience discrimination first hand. The victims of discrimination are Crooks, Curley’s wife, and Candy.…
Reflecting on the video WIT has given me more insight as to some of the things that really happen in the health care setting such as the hospital. After watching the video I can categorizes many of the things that I observed under “ professional ethics” and “unprofessional ethics”. Professional ethic according to my interpretation where the things that where done in the movie that was patient oriented, whiles unprofessional ethics are things that where in the interested of the providers rather than the patients interest. Things that I observed in the movie that I could comfortable grouped under professional ethics are as follows. I observed that the nurse Mrs. Susie Monahan exhibit a trait of a prudent nurse on many occasions by advocating…
Night of the Living Dead, has cultural aspects popular to its time in the 1960’s; this included racial movement, patriotism and female gender normalities. The main character and hero in this movie was black; it was not common to see at this time. This movie helped recognize the issue of racism in Hollywood films and the change and need for equality. There was also an aspect of patriotism in this movie; by having the directors name above the flag of America. This movie can have been viewed as criticism of the Vietnam war as there were many American soldiers that were lost in the war, just like the innocent lives of the civilians that were taken by the zombies.…
For my independent project, I watched the movie Teenage Wolfpack by George Terssler. This movie is focusing on the teenage rebellion in West Germany during the late 50s. Tressler wants to take a closer look at these teenagers and see why they’re doing all these malicious acts, what’s causing it, and also how much American culture is responsible for these behaviors. Also, this movie has a lot in common with the East Germany movie, Berlin-Ecke Schonhauser and the American movie, The Wild One.…
A dystopian society is one that is dehumanizing and as unpleasant as possible. Several popular books and movies describe a future society that is awful. Life as a child was great because I did what I wanted didn’t have to worry about grades and other school related things. In the story, it talks about a bleak world that I hopeless also in these stories a young person saves everyone because young bloods have more energy they also fight for what they believe in. The book anthem and the movie Maze Runner tell stories about young people who save society because they are idealistic.…
Drugs, greed, hookers, and a giant scam. This would be an accurate way to summarize the "professional" life of Jordan Belfort also known as the "Wolf of Wall Street". Mr. Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is the main character in the film The Wolf of Wall Street, a film by Martin Scorsese based on the real life memoir of Jordan Belfort. He is a man consumed in himself and Scorsese makes his viewers want to embody his lifestyle. So how was he able to present and glamorize a life filled with all of this sin?…
The film Hearts and Minds is a documentary made by Peter Davis in 1974 to portray America’s unethical involvement in Vietnam and examine the opinions of many by showing interviews and vivid footages. The film focuses more on those who were against the war than those who supported it. For the U.S. all that mattered was the victory. However, those who were opposed to the war felt that there was no right or reasonable justification for their actions. The real issue illustrated by the film was whether the U.S. wanted to protect the country from communism or to manifest its greatest power in the world by winning another war.…
Syifa Afiah 016201400164 The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy film, directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay by Terence Winter is adapted from the eponymous memoir by Jordan Belfort and recounts from Belfort's perspective his career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm Stratton Oakmont engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street that ultimately led to his downfall. Leonardo DiCaprio (who also produced the film) stars as Belfort, with Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff, Margot Robbie as his second wife Naomi Lapaglia, and Kyle Chandler as Patrick Denham, the FBI agent who tries to bring him down. Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, Joanna Lumley, and Matthew…