1998 in film

Grace Kelly: An Iconic Actress Acting her way through her success, Grace Kelly, an American actress, caught her audience’s attention with her direct symbol of excitement in the film The Country Girl (Gevinson 659). She was known for all the shows she was in. Kelly changed the acting communities by her various performances and created the iconic characters that she was known for. After retiring her profession, she continued to help America through her fame. Grace Kelly, a talented American…

1. Thesis statement a. The 1998 version of The Parent Trap is a soundtrack film with many nostalgic aspects in the music, which changed the way audiences viewed this version of the film compared to the original 1961 version. 2. Use of nostalgia in film a. “As texts move through history, they encounter new audiences, are placed in new contexts, or gather new historical and cultural resonances. Thus, the political and social function of texts’ nostalgia inevitably change.” (Dwyer, 2015) i. This…

The title of the movie is Awakenings. It was directed by Penny Marshall and produced by Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker. It was based on the life Dr. Oliver Sacks portrayed by Robins Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer. He was finding a cure for patients who survived from an encephalitis epidemia and became catatonic and unresponsive for years. The movie started when a Doctor named Dr. Malcolm Sayer worked in a hospital named The Bronx in New York City wherein it was full of catatonic patients.…

horror and supernatural films was lifted, marking an era when the number of supernatural film screenings skyrocketed in local cinemas. Much of this was due to the efforts of Shuhaimi Baba, as she managed to convince the censorship board to reconsider the ban so that local films could be financially competitive with the influx of foreign horror films (Hassan, 2013, p 228). It is useful to note that before the censorship was being lifted – for few decades, overseas horror films has been already…

whole country itself. “So it is no surprise if past leaders like Hitler, Mao and Mussolini had always wanted to be in charge of their country’s movie industry” (Chang). Moreover, there is no doubt that there has been a great rise in the competition of film industry recently. Making…

When Psycho was released in 1960, it quickly became of the most memorable and notorious films in cinema history. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on a book by Robert Bloche, the movie proved to be a huge success upon its release. The movie initially follows Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) as she flees town with money she stole from her employer, which inadvertently leads her to the Bates Motel. Here she encounters the infamous Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), and ultimately her death at the…

In her study ‘Films as Cultural and Emotional Measures,’ Kristen Leder provides interesting insight into the emotions connected to film and how this affects viewing choices. Leder utilises qualitative material to analyse the vernacular criteria through which viewing choices are made in regards to horror films, for instance, specific textual content such as media violence, or the ‘emotional investments’ subjects anticipate due to preconceptions they had of specific films (284). Unlike previous…

The short film Gasman, directed by Lynne Ramsay in the year of 1998, presents a tale of a father balancing a secret life between two families. The double family units have similar aged children, revealing to the viewer that the man started and continued the families simultaneously. Through the Christmas party preparations, the one family is revealed to be middle class or perhaps living in poverty as the mother helps the little eight girl Lynne dress up in new clothing as her brother, Steven,…

unfavorable, some might argue, they mostly remind people of the great original films out there and enroll new audiences into classical creations. A well-recognized remake in the cinematography world is based on Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Psycho, 1960, by Gus Van Sant. Arguably, Van Sant’s Psycho, 1998, is a ‘shot-for-shot’ remake of Hitchcock’s original film. However, there are several formal differences between these two films that must be addressed because they bring a distinct overall meaning…

Ratner is the name signed behind Rush Hour film series as a director. He is most famous by that endeavor. Other notable works as a director and producer include, “The Family Man”, “X-Men: The Last Stand” and “Tower Heist”. His eye has been behind the director camera since 1990. So how much exactly is Brett Ratner rich? According to sources it is estimated that Brett Ratner`s net worth is $65 million. Amount gained mostly by successful productions of films, but his career also expands onto the…