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Top Gun The 1980s is a time known for big hair with lots of hair spray, boom boxes, brake dancing, converse, denim jackets, loafers, and neon everything. During the 1980s many good films were released, one of those films was Top Gun. The film Top Gun was released on May 16, 1986. The movie was directed by Tony Scott. During the film Top Gun Maverick must undergo the hero’s journey to overcome his foolishness and his ego, so he can become the best fighter pilot. The film Top Gun was and still…

Bill Cunningham New York Bill Cunningham New York directed by Richard Press is a tribute to a legendary New York streets photographer who devoted his whole life to street fashion photography without thinking of it as a door to fame or wealth. The movie drives us through Bill Cunningham love story with fashion especially women fashion and how he devoted his life to what he loves the most which is fashion photography. Cunningham captures the lives of others and has been a very important…

Archibald Prize winner for 2013 is Hugo by Del Kathryn Barton. It's a watercolor, gouache and acrylic painting on canvas of the Australian actor Hugo Weaving. It's a large painting sized, 200cm x 180cm. The painting is a portrait of Weaving holding a cat with a weeping lilli pilli and a intricate and colorful background. Weavings facial expressions seem serious but natural and he gazes off to his right. Barton painted the portrait in her studio over 5 months and 4 sittings in 2013. Barton…

As I watched Whiplash, by Damien Chazelle, and saw the crazed director address his band, I saw my own music director. However, I am not referring to the man’s violent actions, but his passion for jazz. My music director grew up in Romania and lived a harsh life preceding his escape to the United States. He was deprived of many opportunities and forced to accept communist beliefs. He is, by far, the most passionate man I know. Although his love for music can be quite extreme, it spreads over to…

The movie that I chose to do this week assignment on is called “Crash” directed by P. Haggis in 2004. Once I started watching this movie I realized that it was one that I had seen before and thought was a really good movie with a wonderful meaning at the end. This movie won three Oscars in 2005 for best picture, best original screenplay, and best editing. In this week assignment we are to pick an interpersonal conflict in the movie we chose to watch. In Crash there were lots of interpersonal…

Ocean’s Eleven is one of the most popular heist Hollywood blockbusters. The movie is a remake of Lewis Milestone's film in 1960 which was also calls Ocean’s Eleven starring Frank Sinatra. Steven Soderbergh did a great job as a director in keeping the audience interested throughout the whole movie time. Although the story is quite original and non-trivial Soderbergh’s idea to combine different genres was successful. The film demonstrates its large-scale approval from an outstanding combination…

Oliver Burgess Meredith, professionally known as Burgess Meredith was an American actor, director, writer in theater, television, and film and producer. He was born on November 16, 1907, in Cleveland, Ohio to a Canadian-born physician of English descent, Dr. William George Meredith, and Ida Beth. He studied from Hoosac School in 1926 and went to Amherst School. He died on September 9, 1997. He was known as a proficient actor and one of the most refined actors of the century. He was a life member…

Now, I'm not one to normally watch a mafia movie. It's not because I don't like a bit of crime every once and awhile, but I usually find most mafia movies to be rather boring. In fact, I have never sat down and watched any of The Godfather movies. I know, I know, for shame! I'm sure they are great films, but I just think you need to be the right mood to watch them, and I'm usually never in that type of mood. However, give me a mafia movie that is considered to be one of the most violent,…

Essay 1 The use of color and photography in Hero The thorough analysis of the use of color and photography in the film Hero It is fact that the film Hero was a box office smash, and won several different types of awards around the world. The director , and producer was Zhang Yimou, and the cinematographer Christopher Doyle which worked together for the first time on Hero and resulted in the film's unique style of layout and design concerning the use of color and photography.…

"The Godfather" - a crime drama in 1972, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie turned out to be a true masterpiece for all time and for any generation. This film can be reviewed and revised over time. The movie was shot gorgeously: believable, original, clean, interesting, in places its history is simply shocking. This drama reveals to us the criminal world of the mafia and remains the favorite and best film related to this topic. We see the godfather - Vito Corleone. He is the head of the…