National Film Registry

The movies that are remembered and considered good, are the ones that bring people to tears, keep people up with the threat of nightmares, the ones that make you feel empowered or powerful and the ones that leave you thinking about them days and weeks and years after you’ve watched them. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, does just this. Throughout the movie I laughed hysterically, bawled my eyes out and to this day I think about some of the more serious topics addressed in the movie. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, is centered around Charlie, a freshman in high school who struggles with mental illness and prior abuse. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is about Charlie 's freshman year of high school; early that year he meets Sam, Mary Elizabeth and Patrick, seniors who are getting ready for college and who are “wallflowers,” and embrace and adopt charlie in their group of friends. A wallflower is, “someone who sees and understands, and doesn 't talk about it.” However, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is not only about Charlie 's freshman year adventures, but also about coping with the loss of friends and family, how unperfect family is, and the reflection and journey of Charlie 's heart and mind. Charlie 's story touches and affects all the characters; making for a complex and realistic storyline, as well as lovable (or dislikeable) characters. The charecters, storyline and topics breached are one of the many reasons this movie is excellent. The characters in The Perks of…

Relationshipis the bondage in which the Indian society prevails. Githa Hariharan being an Indian women writer has written many novels and short stories. In all her novels she deals with the theme of social, political issues. She also deals with problems faced by women in Indian society. One another theme is relationship. In all her novels, she deals with some kind of relationship. In the novel The Ghosts of Vasu Master Hariharan deals with the relationship between a teacher and a student. She…

This interactive narrative is an interactive documentary short that follows Marta Aviles, a longtime resident of Brooklyn’s Los Sures neighborhood in South Williamsburg, NY. Living there for nearly forty years, she now faces challenges with the rapid gentrification of her neighborhood. This piece documents her journey in deciding whether to stay or to leave her home. The narrative was broken down into the following structure: Introduction, The Street, The Stairs, The Apartment, The Listing, Part…

The brilliantly written Rear Window has drawn many insights from the analysis of the perception of the human mind and the hidden realism of everyday life. Set in the 1950 's we meet an active Photographer known as Jeff, that has been confined to his wheelchair because of a broken leg, which only always him move from his bed to the window. In doing this he notices the daily routine of his surrounding neighbors from their rear window. Nevertheless, the Rear Window was not only introduced as a…

Man with a Movie Camera, a film from 1929 directed by Dziga Vertov, is a film unlike any contemporary movie we would see today that may hold more significance than most modern blockbusters from Hollywood. This film takes place over the course of one day, and presents how extraordinary everyday life can be. Vertov uses no actors and tells no story in this film. Instead, he focuses on the technology of the camera he is using to film, and shows his audience what the kino-eye sees and what really…

he has of his son. We do not know exactly why, but it is evident that Juror #3 holds a grudge against his son. His son is brought up at the beginning of the story but is touched on very lightly. We learn at the end of the movie that the feelings Juror #3 had towards his son were being reflected onto the teen on trial. Having more of a backstory for this juror can make the audience sympathize him and understand why he is how he is. Overall, 12 Angry Men the play was made pretty accurate…

Rear Window In the film, Rear Window, Hitchcock makes me feel as though I am trapped as I watch other people's lives behind a lens like he does. To me, the main theme of this movie is his human curiosity and obsession with others and what they are doing in their daily lives. It is almost as though he has his own personal soap opera Television show, just without the Television. I really like the suspense and different kinds of emotions he makes you feel during the film. Four different things…

Moon Shadow tells the reader about how his dad works next to golden mountain doing laundry and some of the money he makes goes back to his mother and him. Then one day his cousin comes to them and asks Moon Shadow's mother if Moon Shadow can go work with his dad to help make more money so goes to San Francisco. Moon Shadows goes on a boat with his cousin hand clap to San Francisco but when they get to San Francisco it was not what Moonshadow expected they were nowhere near the golden mountain. …

“News is coming in on the accident we heard about earlier” said the man seated at the computer desk. “Perfect, put me on air in 30” responded the news women. She was skinny and tall with chin length blonde hair and blue eyes. “A man named Derek Urban has been hit by a semi truck, the truck has driven away. Derek is dealing with major medical issues and is currently at the George Rise hospital.” “Anything else I need to know before I go live?” “Yes, but I can’t access it in tell the hospital…

“Woah,” Vella whispered, looking at the shattered remains of what used to be a small town. Vella, Shay, Oz, and Finley had all left that morning and started down the yellow brick road. Finley blabbered the whole way--Vella and Shay ignored him by talking about home while Oz had to listen to everything the monkey said. Finley had also insisted that they take a look at the source of some smoke they saw billowing in the sky. They’d found the ruins of China Town, a small village made of the same…