Prison films

The Shawshank Redemption, widely considered one of the greatest movies of all time, is a film released in 1994 that was based on a short novella written by Stephen King in 1982. The screenplay, written and directed by Frank Darabont, is a period piece, set in the 1940’s, based on a friendship between two cons serving life sentences for murder, in Shawshank State Penitentiary. Andy Dufresne, played by actor Tim Robbins, is a banker who has been convicted of killing his unfaithful wife and her…

issue deeply imbedded in American culture. The directors, Rea Tajiri, Joshua Oppenheimer and John Ford, all give a voice to marginalized groups who have been silenced by the dominant culture. To make History and Memory, Rea Tajiri uses “Hollywood films,…

Eventually, the criminals were figured out and caught. Due to security cameras in the bank their crime was captured on film. Douglas O. Linder explains how they were caught by the security camera in Patty Hearst Trial (1976). The criminals were caught by a security camera in the bank. After figuring out who was part of the crime some were caught specifically Patricia Heart a few months after the crime. (Linder, Patty Hearst Trial 1976) John Greenya described how Patricia was captured after…

In the film Dead Man Walking they describe the death penalty as a normal punishment. The townspeople were so used to having that punishment that when it came to it they would say it would give them happiness, or make them feel better after the criminal was dead. In my opinion, I could see how it would make them feel better, because to be honest if it was my child that man raped and killed I would kill them with my own hands. But what I don't understand is why give them the freedom of being free…

Dauger is mainly associated with Bénigne dAuvergne de Saint-Mars (further noted as St. Mars). St. Mars worked at various prisons that corresponded with the transportation of Dauger (“Beyond the Man in the Iron Mask”). He started at Pignerol in 1665 and eventually governed at Exiles, Saint-Marguerite, and finally Bastille in 1708, dying later that year (“Beyond the Man in the…

It doesn't take much to notice all the madness going on in the world in today's times. Every magazine, television or website has carnage and destruction on it. It makes you question if genuinely good people still exist anymore or if everyone is out to get every one else. Humanity is pretty cruel but luckily not everyone is out to drag someone else down, and there are people who are trying to do good for fellow man. Thor Halvorssen is a human rights activist from Venezuela who is trying to…

Before becoming a mayor, Jean Valjean was a thief, he was convicted of stealing bread for his sisters starving children. After being caught, Valjean was given five years in prison, he elongated his sentence by trying to escape three times which added 14 years to his jail time. After Jean Valjean got out of prison he decided to be a better man. Valjean had a life-changing encounter with a bishop, he chose to become a man of God instead of the crook he used to be. Valjean becomes the mayor of a…

mistrial. Kervorkian wanted to be imprisoned in order to show how cruel the society is. Meanwhile, the Michigan legislature enacted a law that if someone was to assist a suicide, it would be a felony and the person would have a maximum five year prison sentence or pay a ten thousand dollar fine. Nonetheless, Kervorkian still continued assisting suicides and the courts continued to press criminal charges. In 1998, he wasn’t the least bit shy to go on the CBS television news program 60 minutes…

invoked a couple of times in cases such as Mark David, John Lennon assassination and a couple others such as Scarsdale diet. The Son of Sam law has been in effect in the past, present, and even has been challenged as unconstitutional. While in prison a serial killer or con-artist can profit off of their crime by writing a novel or selling movie rights about their crime and make millions. That’s why the Son of Sam law was created. On July 29, 1976 David Berkowitz started his killing…

in the film, “I had to come to prison to be a criminal.” In this movie, there are multiple ethical issues, including ethical business issues that can be identified. The first ethical issue, which I have already mentioned, is that Andy was charged and convicted for a murder he did not…