Orson Welles

The following essay will compare the cinematic language of the two Western classics Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) while analyzing the claim that both film respectably are pioneers of the Western genre during their times proven on the basis of their original work in editing and narrative, and its influence on other filmmakers. After a brief summary of both movies, I will continue with the analysis of both, in particular with the formal…

indirectly reproached Hollywood’s long-established narratives and restricted storyline subterfuges” (Lanzoni, 206), the French New Wave directors also had a longstanding appreciation for directorial greats like Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang and Orson Welles. Each film was an exercise in honouring great filmmakers, and any other hero of the director: writers, great thinkers and even Hollywood actors, through countless references in style, mise-en-scene or even dialogue. Roy Armes notes this…

James Naremore writes about Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane as a “powerful example of film art” in Classical Hollywood Cinema. Wells opens the movie with a similar way that he ends it. The audience gets the view of a large fence, with a castle that looked “like the home of a sorcerer”, and on the fence, a “No Trespassing” sign. All awhile, there was eerie music playing in the background as the camera began to move over the fence and zoom towards the castle in the distance. This and the eerie music…

West Side Story, Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, is a classic romantic, modern day Romeo & Juliet story. The teeming teenagers from Manhattan's upper west are filled with racial tensions which later erupt into a rival between the teenage members of two gangs. Maria is newly arrived to the violence that surrounds her brothers life Bernardo, who’s the leader of a gang called the “Sharks.” Although Bernardo’s girlfriend, Anita, countlessly warned Maria to not fall in love with Tony, who…

Any transaction that requires more than an individual can be done through communication. Communication is a two-way operation of meeting a shared understanding in which communicators and receivers does not only trade facts, ideas and emotions but also build and share value. In simpler words, communication is the process of delivering and acquiring between two or more participants. The individual delivering the message is called the sender, while the individual acquiring the message is referred…

“It is undeniably painful to all of us,” he said, “that even now we do not know who was the author of the Comedies, Tragedies and Sonnets of Shakespeare.” Doubters of Shakespeare’s credibility range from Henry James, Charles Chaplin, even to Orson Welles to Helen Keller all from different backgrounds. Joseph C. Hart, the conspirator, and Delia Bacon, writer and Shakespeare scholar were both Americans, but put thrived in finding who the real writer was. This just proves that you don’t have to…

Shakespeare’s work to only be viewed deeper. The characters and plot are so timeless that they can survive all these years while being adapted to be viewed by new audiences and by old audiences in a new light. The essay further notes that, “In America, Orson Welles was probably the best known ‘modernizer’ of Shakespeare, especially through his 1936 production of Macbeth set in voodoo-haunted Haiti and his use of Fascist uniforms for many of the characters of his 1937 Julius Caesar”…

“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson When was the last time you took a…

Vincent Price The man behind it all In the mid-20th century, movies from the 50’s and 60’s were simple and yet captivating with many different genera’s to choose from. Some of the films where adapted to fit stories and epic tales you might find and remember from older books and fables from the past. Some of the best films focused on the classical Greek periods, the medieval times, renaissance period’s old westerns and modern day flicks with a strange horror aspect in it. Vincent Price was one…

The Distinctions of Love There is no doubt that we as human being at some point in our lives has experienced some kind of love, whether loving other people or being loved by other people. However, many of us still does not understand the real meaning of “LOVE.” Everyone has their definition regarding to love. Although, love is only a simple four letter words but combined with enormous amount of meanings. Love is notoriously difficult to define. The English word “LOVE” has various and broad…