BAFTA Award for Best Film

is the first movie directed by the Coen brothers. A more contemporary noir, with a knowing awareness of the origins of the genre, blood simple saw film noir get down and dirty again, and not just in the bedroom (Wood. 2014). The use of violence and crime in this neo noir film utterly correlates with the classic noir. Majority of the Coen brother’ films feature a crime that seldom goes right. Blood Simple features a jealous Saloon owner, Marty who hires a divorce detective, Visser to spy and kill…

an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on concert stages.[1] Garland began performing in vaudeville with her two older sisters and was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There, she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney and her most iconic role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Other notable credits at MGM included Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Harvey Girls (1946) and Easter Parade (1948). After 15 years,…

or dance on national television,” -Jane Krakowski. This what Jane said after the fact that she has been in famous movies and hit television shows. Jane has also been in some broadway shows like “Starlight Express”. Jane also got more than one Tony award in her career. Her latest broadway show is “She Loves Me”. This was released in 2016. I believe she still acts to this day. Jane was born on October 11, 1969, in Parsippany, New Jersey. This is where she grew up most of her life. By the time…

monsters in film, has now disturbed the long-held hypothesis that claims that a monster's body is basically an embodiment of disparity bringing about one outcome, fear. A scholar in monster theory, Jeffery Jerome Cohen composed a book titled, Monster Theory Reading Culture, where he discussed the seven theses of monster theory, including two that will be addressed…

Attended The Orange British Academy Film Awards 2009 in London, England on February 8th. [February 2009] Attended the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. [May 2007] He toured Moscow, Russia's overcrowded Butyrka jail to prepare for his new role as a Russian villain in Iron Man 2 (2010). [March 2009] Attended the Sin City premiere in Tokyo, Japan on Sept. 27th. [September 2005] Attended The Wrestler UK VIP Screening in London, England on Jan…

Bernstein, because I read in his bio that he had written and sold several scripts. Becoming a writer for television and film is my goal, and the reason I chose to attend ASU, so I was interested to see what advice he could give me about the craft. When I met with Professor Bernstein we discussed how and why he became a writer, what it takes to make and sell a script, and films that we each enjoy. After introducing myself to Professor Bernstein, and telling him a little bit about my background…

Singleton always had a passion for films. John Singleton was raised by his mother and father in separate households. He was a son of a mortgage broker and a pharmaceutical company sales executive. John Singleton did not have any family influence when it came to wanting to be a director. His interest came about because he attended the Filmic Writing Program at USC after graduating from high school in 1986. Singleton started his career writing scripts and received many awards. He really loved…

the Hollywood film industry. For instance, modern classics such as Wuthering Heights and Marathon Man (Laurence Olivier, 2015). Starring as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights (1939)“grew into becoming an international matinee idol. Following up with, Rebecca and That Hamilton Woman, starring in Henry V (1944), and Hamlet (1948), winning best film and actor award for Hamlet from the Academy (Official Olivier Biography, 2012). He had appearances in over 100 stage roles, approximately 60 films, and…

The film ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ is set in Thailand during World War II and tells the tale of a Japanese POW camp comprised mostly of British soldiers. The main characters are the vainglorious Colonel Nicholson and Colonel Saito, the determined Japanese officer in charge of the prison camp. When Colonel Saito receives word that he is to construct a bridge over the River Kwai, Colonel Nicholson takes on the challenge as a way to keep him and his men occupied, as they were beginning to get…

Nevertheless, as she faces a journey to an unknown land, Ada's character reveals right from beginning, and through the entire movie, her strong will, never indulging in any weakness. After a brief introduction of Ada's "mind voice" as a narrator, the film opens on a gloomy cloudy day, when a boat that sailed from Nelson lands on a desolate beach of West New Zealand. Whipped by strong waves the…