(Slide 1: Intro)
(Slide 2: intro clip of the movie)
Just going about your daily business, working hard to provide for your family, living a simple life; just like anyone else when, (Slide 3,4,5: Holocaust images) with no warning, frightening Nazi soldiers smash your door down, separate you from your family and brutally kill them along with your friends and neighbours right in front of your eyes. It’s a horrifying calamity that one could only imagine.
(Slide 6: show the rest of invasion- stop when camera pans to woods)
(Slide 7: Years)
Approximately 70 years later, we are left to consider a version of the truth surrounding exactly what occurred in that instant for the victims. Can we believe this truth? Of course we can! How could we not believe …show more content…
It seems Daniel Craig was chosen for the role as he is often cast as an action hero or as a self-described ‘anti-hero’ in the recent James Bond movies. In his 2009, Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Biography, Craig himself says, “I don’t know whether I am a good guy, or a bad guy who works for the good guys”. He has been nominated 23 times and has won 11 popular awards throughout his professional career to date. He is highly decorated. In his long association with acting, Craig has the experience needed to give credence to the physically and emotionally demanding role of the eldest of the Bielski brothers. His athletic ability and rugged exterior enhance his performance of the unsmiling, combatant portrayal of Tuvia. This high profile actor has the handsome, manly, mysterious look with an element of danger that supports the image of the real Tuvia Bielski. Although there is little written account on the real Tuvia’s nature or personality at the time, Edward Zwick creates this strong, reliable and intense character in casting Daniel …show more content…
He is left to pick up the emotional pieces from the carnage of his older brothers. He is deeply saddened and left feeling quite helpless after the violent death of his parents and other members of the Belarusian community. In reality, Jamie describes himself as a “hard-mouthed North-eastern man”. Raised as a talented ballet dancer with a strong work ethic and subsequently cast in the hugely successful Billy Elliot, Bell has played predominantly youthful and adventurous roles as he did in The Adventures of TinTin. With Bell’s small, lithe build, he is quintessential for the part of Asael. Asael’s sensitive character in Defiance leaves the audience is then left feeling sorry for the youngest and concern for him as he is chased by the Nazi’s and is missing in action. The audience experiences this overlayed tension with that brief sense of guilt by the older brothers that is in contrast with their tough
(Slide 2: intro clip of the movie)
Just going about your daily business, working hard to provide for your family, living a simple life; just like anyone else when, (Slide 3,4,5: Holocaust images) with no warning, frightening Nazi soldiers smash your door down, separate you from your family and brutally kill them along with your friends and neighbours right in front of your eyes. It’s a horrifying calamity that one could only imagine.
(Slide 6: show the rest of invasion- stop when camera pans to woods)
(Slide 7: Years)
Approximately 70 years later, we are left to consider a version of the truth surrounding exactly what occurred in that instant for the victims. Can we believe this truth? Of course we can! How could we not believe …show more content…
It seems Daniel Craig was chosen for the role as he is often cast as an action hero or as a self-described ‘anti-hero’ in the recent James Bond movies. In his 2009, Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Biography, Craig himself says, “I don’t know whether I am a good guy, or a bad guy who works for the good guys”. He has been nominated 23 times and has won 11 popular awards throughout his professional career to date. He is highly decorated. In his long association with acting, Craig has the experience needed to give credence to the physically and emotionally demanding role of the eldest of the Bielski brothers. His athletic ability and rugged exterior enhance his performance of the unsmiling, combatant portrayal of Tuvia. This high profile actor has the handsome, manly, mysterious look with an element of danger that supports the image of the real Tuvia Bielski. Although there is little written account on the real Tuvia’s nature or personality at the time, Edward Zwick creates this strong, reliable and intense character in casting Daniel …show more content…
He is left to pick up the emotional pieces from the carnage of his older brothers. He is deeply saddened and left feeling quite helpless after the violent death of his parents and other members of the Belarusian community. In reality, Jamie describes himself as a “hard-mouthed North-eastern man”. Raised as a talented ballet dancer with a strong work ethic and subsequently cast in the hugely successful Billy Elliot, Bell has played predominantly youthful and adventurous roles as he did in The Adventures of TinTin. With Bell’s small, lithe build, he is quintessential for the part of Asael. Asael’s sensitive character in Defiance leaves the audience is then left feeling sorry for the youngest and concern for him as he is chased by the Nazi’s and is missing in action. The audience experiences this overlayed tension with that brief sense of guilt by the older brothers that is in contrast with their tough