Hollywood

PART TWO: In the Film Harold and Maude, we follow the story of a boy named Harold who is obsessed with death and inexplicably, kills himself multiple times with no effect. This film is a solid example of pushing the limits of Classic Hollywood Film, it includes known actors, a fair budget, good special effects and was produced by one of the “big five” film companies, namely, Paramount Pictures. In the film Harold and Maude, Harold Chasen, a nineteen-year old death obsessed boy, elaborately…

insight that the text book never mentions. These are times where we believe what we read or see on the internet or in magazines is 100% truthful and that is simply not the case. Even though we have historical movies at the ready we must realize that Hollywood at the end of the day wants to make movies that interest people, and sometimes that means adding some extra drama. Thankfully Iron Jawed Angels, a story about women’s suffrage during the…

Introduction- Hollywood and how they portray teenagers have they got it right? Teenagers are a very common age group used in movies but are they really showing us as we are or just as the stereotypes that society has put on us says we are I personally think that Hollywood is getting better at how they show teens with movies such as The edge of seventeen, paper towns and the perks of being a wallflower these movies break old stereotypes and are more how life really is Paragraph one- The edge…

Another aspect of the Old West Hollywood glazes over is the difficulty of frontier living. In many movies, living in the West is depicted as easy and carefree. This is an extensive misconception. Settlers in the Old West battled an array of obstacles including the lack of supplies and food, isolation for periods of time, a very limited connection with the rest of the world, brutal weather, and fires. As a result of living in the unsettled West, supplies were sent out very sparingly. Ordering…

like 1932’s Scarface and 1942’s Casablanca. Both of these films, came out after the code was released with a 10 year interval in between. These films were both heavily affected by the code and had to make many changes to adapt to this new era of Hollywood. Scarface heavily threatened the “crimes against the law” clause while Casablanca threatened the “sex”, and the films had to change or else they would go through a deal of trouble and possible money loss to be shown. Origin…

How Hollywood Forgets the Real Facts About Memory Loss While the most intense amnesia syndromes are normally triggered by neurosurgery, brain infection, or a stroke (Baxendale, 2004), amnesia caused by traumatic brain injuries and psychological stress seem to occur more often in Hollywood cinema. Through the protagonists of The Bourne Series and Anastasia, Hollywood follows the aftermath of traumatic incidences which cause both individuals to develop retrograde amnesia and lose their identity.…

character positioning within the mise-en-scene to portray that Lisa desires Jeff but he doesn’t feel as strongly of her. Furthermore, these elements help the audience to analyze the film for larger significance and to see that during the Classical Hollywood Cinema era, women are often sexualized in their roles and are subjected to or become objects for the male characters…

Aside from directly contributing to the success of numerous film companies we know today, Steven has also influenced Hollywood. “[Spielberg] led to the creation of a new rating code, ‘PG-13’, which cautions parents to the presence of violence, language, and nudity—but at a level or an intensity that is lower than that found in an R-Rated movie.” Establishing a rating code…

“Bullet” by Hollywood Undead, an American rock-rap band, is a piece of music that leaves the listeners puzzled as to its true meaning is. While the guitar chords can be considered cheerful, the lyrics speak of self harm and ending one’s life, topics that do not fall into the same mood as the guitar. This contrast in the music presents an interesting dynamic to assess and decipher what the music is trying to get across. Not only does the song have an intriguing dynamic, but the official lyric…

the 60s towards the end of his career Warhol capitalized on that fact and brought him to life in Eight Elvises. In regards to the ‘Eight Elvises,’ Warhol is quoted as saying: “I always have to laugh, though, when I think of how Hollywood called Pop Art a put-on! Hollywood? I mean when you look at the kind of movies they were making then those were supposed to be real? This quote is very revealing, and offers clues as to Warhol’s intent in the Elvis series. Warhol has talked about this period of…