Ben Affleck

“Good Will Hunting” is an intense therapy with melodramatic elements that tries to push people who are not ready to be pushed and to try of changing their dramatic life. By using melodramatic elements the filmmaker tries to show to the audience that even of having a dramatic life, with some help and love everything can be overcome. The aggressive and problematic character of main movie character has roots since his abusive childhood. With this melodramatic elements, like the bad behavior of the…

Two-time Academy Award nominee, Jeff Cronenweth has been perfecting modern realistic cinematography for years. His last few films such as The Social Network (2010) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), have taken place in modern times and the cinematography in them further the audience's belief that the films take place in present time. Cronenweth, alongside frequent collaborator, David Fincher teamed up to bring forth another modern film with a deep interpersonal, psychological, thriller…

New Yorker but at the age of 20 he left and went to apprentice for the ever so infamous Brassai in Paris, France; this year is being celebrated for his 30 year stint at Vanity Fair. Becker has photographed everyone from Madonna to Calvin Klein to Ben Affleck and everywhere from Beijing to Palm Beach to Aspen. To celebrate this monumental occasion Becker has a book of 130 of his photographs published by Assouline, and his first Solo Exhibition in 30 years and his first museum retrospective ever…

Black Gold and the Islamic Revolution Ben Affleck not only stars in but also co-produces and directs the historical drama-thriller, Argo, which was adapted from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative Tony Mendez’s book The Master of Disguise and Joshuah Bearman’s 2007 Wired article The Great Escape. The film centers around the real-life CIA rescue mission of six American diplomats during the 1979 seizure of the United States Embassy in Tehran. The diplomat’s 52 fellow employees…

The film Dogma (1999) is a sarcastically filled film that centers on a woman named Bethany Sloan who is given a holy quest, so to speak, by the archangel Metatron. Metatron is the voice of God and God has deemed that Bethany is the one person who can stop two angels, Loki and Bartelby who were banished from Heaven, from cleansing themselves of their sin and re-entering Heaven. By this re-entrance of their banished souls, God would therefore be undermined and human existence would cease to exist.…

sensual parts of a woman’s body. Jennifer’s hourglass figure is put on spotlight in the yacht scenes, where she lays face down in a bikini and displays her famous bottom and bare chest to the paparazzi’s camera. Lopez’s heterosexual relationship with Ben are shown through close up shots of kissing, on dates, etc. Lopez is often shown in a medium shot and clad in skimpy clothing or half naked, dancing around in her room or swaying her hips at her boyfriend. Her sensual dancing and photoshoots…

I always say, "There 's nothing like a good indie film." Well, at least, that 's what I say this year. I have only discovered the wonderful world of indie films in the past few months, but I 'm sold. When I happened upon the film How Can I Help? I was intrigued by the title and the premise. Furthermore, when Stephen Kassen (director, producer, writer, etc.) agreed to answer a few questions about the film, I was even more fascinated. With pleasure, he apprised me to a variety of things concerning…

Society and the media influences have convinced teenagers that they would be more successful and beautiful if they change their appearance and reputation by using stereotypes such as the Barbie doll and models. With these forms of influences teenagers’ self-esteem will be lowered and their behavior can alter which can lead to violence. There are several different ways that teenagers will modify their appearance or reputation, but amongst these the more common are by using steroids, plastic…

Critique Project Upon taking music, I never thought I would have ever learned so much about the history and importance of fine arts not just in America, but also around the world. Art has a whole new meaning to me, one of which opens my eyes to the every day sights of life. The definition of art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as a painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or…