Sam Peckinpah

I chose the movie , “ I am Sam.” It was about this mentally retarded guy named Sam, who accidently got a homeless girl pregnant. Right after she had the baby, she left Sam with the little baby girl named, Lucy. Sam has the mind capacity of a 7 year old so raising a little girl could be difficult at times. Sam would take Lucy to IHOP every night and they would both get the same things. But once the state realized that Sam was an unfit parent because he didn’t have a job and he acts the same way…

disabilities because they do not understand them. However, there are people in the world who are willing to help those with disabilities. People whom have disabilities, especially ones like Sam has in the movie I am Sam, understand on some level that they are different and they care how people see them. In the movie Sam is able to teach those around him many things, including Rita on how to be a good parent. Sometimes it is not the people with disabilities that need to learn to adapt but the…

Violence in the Media “What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?” as said by Alan Paton. In the midst of the lurking past, violence leaves a scar engraved in our history. Filling museums and carved into monuments, and in pages written in tears. Violence has been an instinct of mankind, nothing is better at destroying man than its own kin. From this aspect, the thought of a glowing screen causing our crude violence and manipulating our brains to commit any foul act is…

The theme of loneliness is most certainly prevalent across the three films, each director has within his own right, succeeded to explore what it means to be lonely. Each film has embodied a story word of its own, consisting of an environment, a social climate and a lead character. As well as this, the film’s cinematography style must also be factored in, yet its significance in the context of loneliness, does alternative between the films. Moreover, we cannot ignore the fact that each…

Shane Quote: “I’ve heard you’re a low-down Yankee Liar” The tale of a gunfighter who, no matter how hard he tries, can’t escape trouble, Shane is the quintessential Western. A quiet movie overall, the final gunfight is sheer dynamite. Tense in built up and lightning fast in action, the 3-against-1 shootout is heart racing and iconic. The speed of the fight (gunfights then and now are typically quick affairs) keeps the scene grounded, as does Shane getting mortally wounded. The movie earns…

American Identity Through the West Two things come to mind when I think of the West; vast open spaces that seem to go on and on and also Clint Eastwood’s movie, “A Fist Full of Dollars” theme music. Whatever vision comes to mind for people, the west has been a part of American identity for decades. Westerns in film have been a huge portion of this identity. First, it began with documentation of Daniel Boone explorations, then on to the dime store novel. Western film would be the biggest…

“I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence.” ― John Lennon. There is a popular argument about the influence the media has over youth. Over the course of when America first began having picture televisions in their homes the times have changed immensely, especially the love for violence. As a result, what we see has increasingly gotten more violent on our televisions and with that our children are indirectly exposed to more violence now more than ever. However…