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“La Amistad” I will write about the movie “Amistad”, directed by Steven Spielberg. He is a famous director, he has directed many movies, for example: Jaws, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, E.T, Tin-Tin, War Horse, Amistad, etc. The movie Amistad was released in December 10, 1997. It was based in a true history of historical events of 1839 before the United States civil war, it was aboard the slave ship “La Amistad” that was traveling from Cuba to the South of the United States with slaves…

Soul Surfer: A Survivor She was bitten by a shark, but her Bethany’s big courage motivated her to recover and get back to the surfboard. The novel Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton is about a girl named Bethany whose arm was bitten by a shark making her ability to surf almost “impossible” There are lots of historical events that cover the same theme of courage. Two courageous surfers that rescued a man that was drowning in the turbulent ocean, a pilot that saved 155 lives by landing a plane on…

The Matrix: A movie making Revolution The Matrix is a movie released in the year 1999, and it is considered a cult classic by many moviegoers. In terms of science fiction movies, it ranks highly on many lists and represents what critics consider to be a pioneering way of storytelling. It tells the narrative of a dystopian future. In this new reality, machines rule the world and are harnessing humans as an energy source. The humans are plugged in to a virtual reality which is popularly referred…

Similarities and differences between Night and Schindler's List (Rhetorical question/quote). Many books and movies describe the lives of people during the Holocaust, but more specifically the book Night by Elie Wiesel and Schindler’s list directed by Steven Spielberg are going to be focused on most. Night explains the story of Elie Wiesel and his experience as a jew during the holocaust as well as how Elie took care of his dad and tried to survive for the both of them. Schindler's list takes a…

minutes Hal Ashby leads us to start to understand just a little bit about the life Harold lives but also that he may not be happy about it either. To intensify the emotion, Harold then sets the tone of the film by playing the song “don’t be shy” by Cat Stevens. As we listen to the lyrics “Don 't be shy just let your feelings roll on by Don 't wear fear or nobody will know you 're there Just lift your head, and let your feelings out instead And don 't be shy, just let your feeling roll on by” the…

their will, while they are worked tirelessly on end. Throughout time, people have controlled others for personal gain and reward. Power corrupts peoples morality but the truth never pollutes their personal integrity. Both Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg and Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles posses leaders of society who come out favorable due to a lie. A leader’s power is determined by their manipulation of the truth. Manipulation of the truth demonstrates the leader’s…

The Girl’s Scene with the Red Coat in Schindler 's List The scene featuring the girl with the red coat in Schindler 's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993) is of the most recognizable scenes in late twentieth century cinema. It is often understood to encapsulate key aspects of the Holocaust, its brutality, and its effects on the lives of the people caught up within it. At the time, the scene deals with the paradoxes of memory, memorial and what may appear to be a sense of personal inability when…

Jaws is a classic American thriller film released in 1975 that had swept the nation with its iconic story about a ginormous man-eating shark attacking the poor citizens of Amity Island. Cue creepy, terrifying shark music. An action! Duunnn dun…. dun…dunn…dun..dun..dun..dun.. Jaws is more than a successful film, it is a film that is renowned with the title of “film history’s highest grossing movie of all time” (Gottlieb 11). However, aside from begin a timeless hit the process of making the film…

With that information, they must arrange interesting stories that audiences will enjoy. “Filmmakers have to find something an audience is interested in, then share it with them in a way that they’re also interested in” (Neistat 1). James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, the list can go on. The filmmakers previously mentioned are some of the best in the industry. They have mastered storytelling and their films live on as the greatest ever. A promising filmmaker may want to learn how…

The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) is undoubtedly one of the most notorious and successful tales ever told. The trilogy has earned around three billion US dollars and nominated for more than 800 film awards winning 425 of them, 17 of which were Academy Awards. This astronomical level of success has made Lord of the Rings a pop culture staple. Through the lenses of culture studies, the trilogy will be dissected critically to evaluate its success through the three main theories of popular culture.…