Formalism

Russian formalism and Pierrot le fou In this essay I will apply the ideas of Sergei Eisenstein to Jean-Luc Godard's film, Pierrot le fou: one of the first road movies. Both are two filmmakers who seek to create transcendental movies through a methodical use of editing and offering a political and controversial vision of the time in history to which they belonged. One is linked to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the other one is a contemporary of May 68, two of the most important events in…

Mr pinto first briefly explained why the fascination with formalism. It is so because formalism attempted to break far from the present norm and resorted to analyzing the medium itself: language. The formalist definition: literature is prepared violence dedicated on everyday speech. This definition makes a speciality of how for…

My initial thoughts of “Truth”, is that it could possibly have another meaning other than just talking about the sun. She uses the word “he” whenever she talks about the sun, so I initially thought it would be about a guy. But I now believe she is comparing the sun to the truth. When it says, “What if we wake one shimmering morning to hear the fierce hammering of his firm knuckles hard on the door?” (Brooks). I think that it is possible that the poet is trying to compare the sun to the truth,…

Hello, and welcome to the St. Edward’s University Art Gallery. Today is an exhibition that reflects artwork that demonstrates the progressiveness of artist after moving past the more traditional and classical artwork. This audio guide will have you following along the paintings on the wall, and lastly the sculptures and models in the middle of the gallery. Watch your step and enjoy! Entering the gallery from the left door, looking to your right on the wall you will find Edvard Munch’s” Night in…

under no circumstances. In this case the expert evidence was necessary because an ordinary person may be unable to understand why she would stay with her spouse if he was beating her and it is not a free pass to kill any abuser. However, from this formalism theory, it focuses on the developing respect for the law and ensuring equal treatment of people similarly situated. (…..pg. 129) More significantly, Kant believes that “Act only on that maxim which you can at the same time will to be a…

partially concealed him to another position as he spoke; the interviewer eventually had to turn around, still in the shadow, and continued the interviewing and replying to the responses. I do not feel this short film was formalism because, according to the definition of formalism the short film’s focus would have been on the formal or technical elements of the film, which would have been the lighting, sound, set design and color. Although there was music playing throughout the film that was…

‘Casablanca’ was released during the golden age of Hollywood film; “a visual and narrative style for making motion pictures and a mode of production used in the American film industry between 1917 and 1960”. It is a style in which falls between formalism and realism. Casablanca makes the shots realistic at the beginning by making the voice over resemble a radio reporter - drawing the audience in and making them feel apart of the story. But the the film is then also filmed in controlled studio…

Through the elements and principles of design, M. C. Escher’s print, entitled, Waterfall, will be analyzed, interpreted, and judged. This lithograph was created in 1961. This picture shows a village with a water wheel. The water wheel is being turned by a waterfall. However, the water flows through an uphill path back up to the top of the waterfall. The path has 3 turns, and every corner of the path has a tower going through it. These towers are topped with polygon-like shapes. The path seems…

Attorney Harris is a Criminal Defense Attorney who just started practicing a little over two years ago and she is now representing her most difficult client to date. This would be her first serial killer case, and it is definitely unsettling. Her client is charged with ten murders, but they have only found three of the bodies. As a part of attorney-client confidentiality, her client tells her where the other bodies are, but he does not say he is going to kill any others. Harris knows she…

What is the role of legal rules in judicial decision making? Compare and contrast the perspectives of formalists, the American Legal Realists and HLA Hart. How do judges apply the law? This question has stimulated many theories about how far legal rules guide a judge when it comes to their foremost job: decision making. Does a judge simply just apply rules to the facts of the case? Of course, “the importance of rules as a basic building block of law can hardly be doubted,” but it is argued…