Films set in New York City

I chose J. R. Martinez because of how inspiring he is to me. He is especially inspiring because of the way that he doesn’t let his injuries and scarring get in the way of how he lives life. J.R. Martinez is a motivational speaker, an actor, a wounded U.S. Army veteran, a best-selling author, and an advocate. His career pathway was and still is incredible. He used to be a high school football player from Georgia. His course in life is surprising to many and even he is surprised by it. J.R. Martinez was born as Jose Rene Martinez in June of 1983 in Shreveport, Louisiana. His mother was Maria Zavala and he had two sisters, Anabel ad Consuelo, who were raised by his mother’s family in El Salvador. Martinez never had the chance to meet Anabel…

stories and the future are never perfectly clear. In film, however, narrative structure and key details can be left uncertain or unseen to create suspense or a sense of unease. The poster released before the opening of the film Cloverfield produced by Paramount Pictures in 2008. This poster released to promote Cloverfield creates a sense of unease using by using tactics that prey on the fear of the unknown or unseen that is found in film and everyday life in order to attract an audience for the…

Saturday Night Fever, the iconic 1970’s disco film is really a tale of two cities, Manhattan and Brooklyn. It’s a depiction of people trying to break out of dead end lives. While both Manhattan and Brooklyn are a part of New York City, in the 1970’s they were worlds apart. Manhattan was White Collar while Brooklyn was blue collar. Manhattan was a borough full of hopes and dream while Brooklyn, the setting of the film, was the home of broken dreams. The characters in Saturday Nigh Fever, most…

parents or grandparents have traveled from their home countries to America to attempt the American Dream. For each and every person it may be a different ideal but all have a similar outcome, to give future generations a better chance at life. Since every single one of us are different we combine these different attributes and create a culture that is not like any other. This is prevalent is a place such as New York City and we can view these attributes in the media such as the television show…

New York Bright lights, breathtaking views, and thrilling nights are what I want to see in New York. The “Big Apple” has always been intriguing to me. Historical monuments, outrageously priced clothes, the city of lights is where I want to go. New York has many fascinating qualities, but in my eyes the nightlife, broadway shows, and the Staten Island Ferry are most interesting. New York is known as “The city that never sleeps.” Times Square is where the action happens. Known as “The center…

On March 25, 1911, a Saturday afternoon, as the workday was coming to an end the Triangle Shirtwaist Companies factory in New York City burned, killing 145 workers. The factory was located on the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors of the Asch Building in a neighborhood of Manhattan. The floor the employees were working on had a number of exits, including a freight elevator, a fire escape (that crumbled), and stairways; however, rapidly increasing flames quickly prevented workers from using those…

his amazing cinematography skills, but what his success as a director truly hinges on is the development of characters, and relationships amongst them, within his movies. Like any great director, Scorsese pulls inspiration for his movies from his own life experience, and as an Italian-American growing up in 1940s and 50s New York, he has a great source of characters and environments to pull from. This essay will examine Martin Scorsese’s life and show how he uses his life to create great…

Stan Brakhage, was an American non-account movie producer. He is thought to be a standout amongst the most imperative figures in twentieth century trial film. He quickly went to Dartmouth College then left for San Francisco, where he enlisted at the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute). “A mid-profession increase by a relatives’ film producer, focused on Brakhage's conception or initiation of moving visual considering:" his opinion regarding image and…

build a city, just as a city builds people. This proves that atmospheres impact a person's characteristics and the character one becomes. Judgements are build off of this impact, it builds a reputation for both the environment and the person. In the film “Gangs of New York”, there is an emphasis on the personality of multiple characters, and the sides those characters choose to present to the audience. Tyler Anbinder’s book “Five Points” discusses the history of New York, and the cultural blends…

New York City has a culture that many cannot resist. Whether the city’s used in entertainment and the media, or just talked about, many people are fascinated with the New York lifestyle, culture and diversity. In a poem for The New York, Terrance Hayes shows the diversity on a single roof-top bar in Chinatown. He writes about the different types of people around him and the possibilities. His emphasize on this idea is clear when he writes “On a Chinatown rooftop in New York anything can happen”…