Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

This essay will be answering the Question of how a particular Jungian Archetype is represented in a film. The film ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ has been chosen for this analysis, because of its wide range of characters that represent Jungian archetypes. Before beginning the analysis on the film, it is important to state the definition of a Jungian archetype. In his essay ‘Psychology and Religion’, Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung describes archetypes as ‘…forms or images of…

the script. Talent is not short in this film as it stars Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones as well as many actors and actresses who contribute largely to the film (). A film review Janet Maslin of the New York Times said, “Miss Spacek is luminous and lovely, easily outshining her previous work, good as it has been” (). Spacek did outshine her previous work by winning the academy award for Best Actress in “Coal Miners Daughter”. Spacek performance is genuine and…

However, if you look at the original writing credits for the film, you’ll discover it says “MacKinlay Kantor and Millard Kaufman” as such at that time during the Hollywood blacklist of the 1940s and 1950s many professionals screenwriters, actors, directors, and musicians were barred from working in the entertainment industry if they were suspected of having any affiliation with the Communist Party. The blacklist was purely political and part of the Red Scare of the Cold War era that swept…

defined as film that takes a historical, mythic, heroic figure, and adds an extravagant setting accompanied by lavish costumes and a grand musical score.” While there are many films that loosely align with this definition, actor and director Mel Gibson’s Academy Award winning Best Picture film Braveheart, sets the standard. The 1995 film tells the story of William Wallace, a Scottish warrior in the late 12th century who leads the Scottish in the first war for independence against England. This…

Singing in the Rain What is the general opinion of film critics and moviegoers? Include at least two quotes from what professional reviewers have written about the film. The general opinion of film critics and moviegoers was overwhelmingly positive for Singing in the Rain. The only downside that was said about the film in the review in the New York Times movie review was that they were not sure how the title of the film really played in, but in the end they decided that the title did not…

“My Heart Will Go On” by Céline Dion was one of the best-selling singles in history and was easily her biggest hit. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and in 1999 it won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Song Written for Motion Picture (“My Heart Will Go On”). “You’re Still the One” by Shania Twain was another big hit in 1998. Producers of the…

Miloš Forman and released in 1975 is an iconic film because it won a plethora of awards, the most notable being four different Academy Awards, the Best Picture, Best Actor, Jack Nicholson, Best Actress, Louise Fletcher and Best Director. This movie withstands the test of time and belongs in the AFL Top 100 Films list because of the many driving themes throughout the movie and because of the outstanding performances of actor Jack Nicholson and actress Louise Fletcher. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s…

On May 4, 1929, philanthropist and style heroine Audrey Hepburn was born near Brussels, Belgium. Unlike many other Hollywood film stars, she was not born into her success. She had an arduous childhood, some of her younger years being spent hiding from the Nazis. Despite the suffering Audrey and her mother endured, she quickly blossomed into a beautiful young woman with a life overflowing with success. All across the world, people strive to follow in her chic and polished footsteps. Hepburn was,…

characters are all one race and that race is,more often than not ,white. The previous assumption has been lately confirmed with the 2015 Emmy’s and the 2016 Oscars. In last years Emmy’s, Viola Davis became the first African American woman to win the the award for ‘Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series’ maybe due to the fact that “[b]lacks., especially black women, are not being given roles like their white counterparts. There is a mindset that says movies with Blacks in leading roles won 't…

On July 14th 1969 “Born to be Wild” bellowed from movie theatre speakers across the United States along with the opening scene of a new film called Easy Rider for the first time. There was a lot happening in the U.S. during the year 1969. To give you some perspective as to what was going on at the time a few monumental events from 1969 include: mankind’s first trip to the moon, the government instituted the first U.S. draft lottery since World War II (which didn’t go over too well), and more…