Cinema of Mexico

Slumdog Millionaire, a movie by Danny Boyle, set in Mumbai, tells the story of Jamal Malik, a contestant on India’s version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’. Jamal was born in the slums of Mumbai with little education and was on his way to win the grand prize on the game show. Whilst on the show, he is suspected of cheating but little do his accusers know that Jamal’s life experience provides him with essential clues to answer each question. The movie alternates between flashbacks from Jamal’s…

“True function of cinema is not to tell fables … the cinema must tell reality as if it were a story; there must be no gap between life and what is on the screen.” – CEZARE ZAVATTINI This essay examines the life of lower-middle class in a city with the help of the movie Bicycle Thieves. Despite having been released during the middle of the 20th century, its continuing relevance in the present makes it an interesting topic of discussion. Bicycle Thieves is an Italian film directed by Vittorio De…

• The availability of the movie as it was available in many cinemas • The use of the The Dark Knight's opening sequence and teasers The Dark Knight was distributed US Opening to 4,366 theaters and had a gross of $158,411,483. The number of theaters also included 94 IMAX theaters, with the film estimated to be played…

The release date for Like Mike the movie was released on July 3rd, 2002. Like Mike made a humungous profit, when it came down to their budget and the number of ticket sales they made. Their budget was $30,000,000 and the number of ticket sales or box office, was $51,432,760 rounding out to about an eleven million dollar profit. The production company that produced the film "Like Mike," was 20th Century Fox, which is known for some of the best movies. The main actors in "Like Mike," were Bow Wow,…

movie of India was shot by an Indian photographer named Hiralal sen. The first ever production of Indian cinema was the flower of Persia (1898) and then the era of silent movies was going on. The first movie with sound was Alam Ara which was released on 14th March 1931. As 1940 and the 1960 was called the golden age of Indian cinema. The influence of Islamic architecture is seen in Indian cinema since the beginning of Indian film industry. This unintentional influence is seen by default, as…

There is almost nothing that makes my job easier as an interviewer than asking questions of an actor who is confident in his/her abilities and is able to present himself/herself as a well-rounded, talented, fascinating human being. In Lisa Temple 's case, that is exactly what she did with the questions she recently agreed to answer. She offered fresh insight into her early passions, her notable works, and her upbeat outlook on the industry as a whole. One of my favorite headshots! One of my…

“Crash” is a drama film from 2004; Paul Haggis has produced and directed the movie. The film is set in L.A, a city with a cultural mix of every nationality. There are several main characters, including Shaun Toub as Farhad, Bahar Soomekh as Dorri, Sandra Bullock as Jean Cabot, Brendan Fraser as Rick Cabot, Matt Dillon as Officer Ryan, Terrance Howard as Cameron Thayer, Thandie Newton as Christine Thayer, Ludacris as Anthony, Larenz Tate as Peter and Michael Peña as Daniel. The film is truly…

were still political imperatives to be voiced and rights to be claimed. Van Peebles was aware of this. His protagonist explicitly backs these demands by succouring Momo twice and dubbing him “our future.” The Panthers got his message and stormed the cinema houses to watch his nervy story of a “brother who is getting the Man’s foot outta his ass.” Sweetback did resonate with the anxieties and aspirations of black citizens at that time to such an extent that Huey P. Newton (1942-1989), the Party…

Cinematic minimalism is comprised of a deliberate removal or absence of the typical clutter that often weighs on Hollywood-style narratives, differentiated by the lack of content rather than the presence of it. “It” is here summed up as the mise en scéne (everything within the frame) of the film, as well as the positioning of the camera and sound. Ozu shows a mastery of storytelling in deciding how to utilise camera angles, setting, and dialogue to accompany and surround a story he was well…

Photography is the key element of mise en scene that determines how an audience will interpret the visual information in film. Orson Welles used the photography of his 1941 film Citizen Kane to emphasize aspects of the film he wanted viewers to focus on, and to remove non-essential information from the frame. This was accomplished through various camera tequniques including manipulation of angles and proxemity. Approaching the end of the film there is a scene just after Susan (played by Dorothy…