Films considered the greatest ever

asked, why I would ever want to see such an old movie. I wanted to share my passion for older movies with my friends to…

Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name. In the story, a giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional New England summer resort town, prompting the local police chief to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter. The film stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint, Richard Dreyfuss as oceanographer…

is considered to be the greatest film ever made. Orson Welles had the ultimate freedom of directing this film in an innovative way that is not in chronological order. The film begins with the camera focused on an old man’s mouth, which whispers one word: "Rosebud." The old man then drops the globe, which rolls onto the floor and shatters. After a moment of puzzleness, a reporter, named Thompson, then comes trying to find meaning of Rosebud, Charles Foster Kane’s last word. Throughout the film,…

classical film, complete with many different visual interests and original styles. With the un-denying romance and comical atmosphere, “City Lights” is sure to keep you entertained until the very end. “City Lights” was directed by Charlie Chaplin and was released in 1931 and is said to be one of the, if not the greatest, romances of all time. Thought at its release to be “dead” because of talking movies starting up, Chaplin proved critics wrong, and made a never-ending name for himself in film…

the beginning of film, movies have always had a large social impact on American society. When the Kinetoscope first came out it allowed viewers to see pictures in motion, soon those pictures were turned into silent black and white films. As movies progressed to sound and then color pictures, the culture changed as well. These changes were brought on by events, such as, the great depression, World War II, and civil rights movements. Finally, technology drove changes in the film industry with…

10 Unmissable Survival Films You May Have Missed “That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.” - Danny Boyle (director and co-writer of the critically acclaimed survival film, “127 Hours”) The primary difference between survival films and other genres, including adventure, is that they are less romanticized and are thus more dark…

Screenings of films were shown in theatres or music halls, but as the popularity of film grew, it was recognized that dedicated cinemas were a necessity. Once such location that was only used for one showing was the Berlin Wintergarten Theatre. In 1895, Max and Emil Skladanowsky screened a film during the month of November. True dedicated cinemas arrived on the scene around the turn of the century. As we learned in Lesson One, the Eden Theatre in France showed their first film in 1899.…

Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. The film is a romantic story of obsession, manipulation, and fear. In the film, a detective is forced to retire after his acrophobia, fear of heights, and accompanying vertigo causes the death of a fellow officer. Vertigo is considered to be the greatest mystery film of all time according to American Film Institute’s rankings. I surprisingly agree with this rating as the suspense carries out to the very end of the film. The film created one the most famous…

by inspiring one another to let their dreams run free. The film goes on to tell about some of these great men who contributed to the creation of science fictions writings and films. Forrest J. Ackerman is the fist man talked about in the video. He made his first contact with the Los Angeles Science Fiction League around 1935 to 1936. Ackerman is known as Mr. Sci-Fi to millions of people around the world. In 1932, he became a Sci-Fi films specialist, and published the first list of imagine…

Michael Jeffrey Jordan, born in February 17th, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, is considered one of the best basketball players of all time. Jordan’s love for basketball developed in North Carolina. Ironically, Michael kicked off the Laney High team because the coach thought he was too small. Jordan attended the University of North Carolina as a freshman, and was the young layer to watch. Jordan’s college coach, Dean Smith, was known as a teaching coach who stressed basketball fundamentals and a…