Film noir

the same way that I would a superhero. Nevertheless, director Steven Soderbergh’s hit film, “Ocean’s Eleven” accomplishes this feat in a 2001 remake of the original 1960's film which starred Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack. The modern take stays true to suave Hollywood glamour in using today’s brightest stars; a list that includes George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Julia Roberts in the leading roles. The film follows a crew of expert thieves and their attempts to plan a robbery involving…

Huda R Mohammad Professor Jeff Ambrose Eng 112 20 November 2017 Nightcrawler- The Power of The Psychopath Entering into writer-director Dan Gilroy’s world of Nightcrawler, the audience has an uneasy feeling about its off-killer anti-hero. It is a thrilling movie that paints an image of “the world of crime journalism”, where every police siren is converted into an opportunity to earn cash. Lou Bloom, played by Jake Gyllenhaal in a performance of quirk and creepy smiles, speaks with a precise,…

The French Connection was made in 1971 by the Director William Friedkin and the Cinematographer Owen Roizman. It is in top 100 the best films in the last century- Twentieth Century. The French Connection still remains an electrifying achievement. Especially, the climatic car chase scene in The French Connection is still jaw-dropping in its suspense and execution. Through this paper, I would like to analyze about the Cinematography and Editing in The French Connection. The plot of the movie is…

stylistically the latter definition by being rough around the edges through simple, low budget production, while being littered with adult themes and crass humour. However, the film uses it's identity as “pulp” in the best way, transforming crass jokes and genre imitation into a statement on film itself. Though the film consists of an erratic nonlinear narrative, there are 3 protagonists, each given character arcs through their own vignette. The first protagonist is Butch Coolidge, a dead-end…

Delicatessen is black-comedy set in around the 1950’s. The French film was written and produced by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro in 1991. This film show cases a range of themes from comedy, romance and horror. The use of different camera angles such as chanted or Dutch. Jean-Pierre Jeunets use of multi narratives to slow the viewer to full understand each character important to the story told in throughout the film. The film opens to a fog consumed rundown apartment building, on the ground…

Witness, directed by Peter Weir, and The Man from Snowy River, directed by George Miller, are often categorized as very different films, but fit into the category of Syd Fields 3 Act Structure. Witness is shown as a crime thriller, whereas, The Man from Snowy River is an Australian coming of age drama. Both films have the same sub-plot of romance, but differ in some areas. Having romance as the sub-plot compliments both film’s plots and provides a soft element to the story. The romance changes…

character, the private personality and the public persona of the actor, especially since these distinct and overlapping identities are both exposed and concealed at different moments throughout the film (Shingler, 121). For Edgar Morin (27), “The star is incarnated in the characters of his or her films but also transcends them. Moreover, these characters transcend the star” (Shingler, 124). With that being said, Morin believes that “the star cannot appear when this reciprocal interpretation of…

The film version of the ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’, is not only known for winning Academy Awards for the several categories, it was also known for its casting cinematic appearances. The film version, though retaining most of the novel’s motifs and themes, possesses differences from the novel in significant ways. Although there film exhibits pronounced differences from the content of the novel, it retains the natural verses the institutional themes, the creative nonconformity battle…

THE TIME OF ROMANTICIZED CRIMINALS In his film Chicago, Rob Marshall pulls the audience back to the roaring ‘20’s when jazz is hot and vaudeville is all anyone. We follow the story of Roxie Hart as she goes from stardom hopeful, to a criminal, to an American Sweetheart. Marshall utilizes theatrical lighting, intriguing symbolism, masterful techniques and a beautiful, exciting musical score and choreography to enthrall his audience. It is a musical so there are very many theatrical elements to…

Jerry and Grimsrud’s actions. We know though Marge doesn’t try to understand why this happens, but instead returns to the happy world she believes in. The massive tone shift from the importance of the money to Ed’s dilemma reveals the purpose of the film No Country for Old Men. That purpose questions the rules of the universe and direction the United States people are heading. It also answers questions from Fargo that was left unsolved; why was Grimsrud a cruel individual? Because some people…