American films

Heritage films refer to a period of films, initially European, that emerged in the 1980’s and 90’s. Though there is a long list of films that are classified as ‘heritage films’, this type of motion picture is not defined as a declared genre, but rather a list of characteristics declared by the movie industry that classify these films. This paper discusses the characteristics that define a ‘heritage film’, how Tom Hooper’s film The King’s Speech represents the characteristics of a ‘heritage…

In its ability to both challenge and confront previous conventions of the Hollywood war film genre, Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987) is a provocative and philosophical cinematic experience. Starring R. Lee Ermey as the diabolical Sergeant Hartman, Vincent D’Onofrio as the childlike and naïve private Lawrence or “Gomer Pyle” and Matthew Modine as the sarcastic Private Davis or “Joker”; the film portrays the gruelling experience of the Vietnam war through the perspective of new U.S…

variety of genres, an increase in the number of female and lesbian filmmakers (albeit mostly in the arena of independently produced lesbian-themed films), a gradual shift from tragic endings to more optimistic, yet sometimes implied, endings of reconciliation and overcoming a difficulty, as well as a shift in the intertextuality and interdiscursivity of films, namely by changing from being associated with reprimanding and restricting biblical and Greek tragedy discourses, through the comic…

The film Freedom Writers incorporates various elements of intercultural communication that were discussed throughout the semester, which is why I chose to analyze this film and focus on how the concepts discussed in this course are portrayed in the film. This film is centered on gangs and racial tensions so many elements of intercultural communication are touched upon and integrated into the central theme. Three major issues I chose to examine in this film were the concepts of co-culture,…

had to choose one film that represents Hollywood’s involvement in the Second World War, it would have to be Michael Curtiz’s 1942 film “Casablanca” . Examining just this film demonstrates the reasons to study the war films, especially with those produced during the war. From this type of film, we get the producers, directors writers and actors viewpoint reflected in the story that they are producing. The film is, from the producers’ time view, about current events thereby the film will often…

the roles of men. In film, broadcast, cable, and streaming media platforms 34.3% of women display sexually revealing clothing and 33.4% are seen with at least partial nudity, compared to 7.6% of men and 10.8% respectively (Smith, et al. 3). Furthermore, female roles decrease as women grow older because corporations believe that sexual appeal decreases with age. Only 29.4% of characters over the age of 40 are female in cable television; the number only decreases to 21.4% in film (Smith, et al.…

The fashion and film industry throughout the start of the 1950s decade, introduced a prosperous, new era of trends and styles for American citizens and the film industry faced a number of hampering obstacles, that threatened it legally and business-wise. It brought the birth of Rock N Roll, with some big influential names such as Elvis Presley, Marlon Brando, Sidney Poiter, and James Dean. Fashion and film-wise, it caused teenagers to do their own manipulating, rejecting their parent 's styles…

the heterogeneous population of the American ‘melting pot’ in order to fight in the war, not only militaristically and industrially, through the draft and increased production required by war, but also ideologically, because America’s power as a heterogeneous nation, directly countered Nazi ideologies of the Master Race eugenics. In his essay as a whole, Doherty outlines the way in which Hollywood collaborated with the Office of War Information to direct…

America, 2016) serves as an industry backed form of self-regulation for the content of films for the American consumer. However, amongst the changing times of the Country following World War II and leading into the turbulent 1960’s, Major movie companies were willing to forego industry-approved regulation for major films, forcing the MPAA to change from the Production Code towards the modern-day Rating system. Film as an art form has always been infatuated with replicating real life. The modern…

would describe Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat (1972) as. Bakshi’s film is an animated exploration of the hippie/ free love movement, the race relations, and the ideological debate of the mid-1960s New York City. By using these topics as the groundwork for this film, the animators were able to dive deep into the serious issues and ideas that arose during the latter half of the decade. The most prevalent of the influences on this film was the ideology that came out of the 1960s. Bakshi and his…