The Nolans

The movie Memento (2001) was a film about Leonard, an insurance investigator who suffered from anterograde amnesia. Memento (2001) did a fair job in not only explaining the condition of anterograde amnesia but also gave readers many thoughts after watching the movie. There are many human intelligence traits illustrated in the movie varies with different characters in the film. Leonard, an insurance investigator, who developed anterograde amnesia after an incident in his house, when his wife was…

It is a sin to write and read the following. It shows the ways in which the character, Equality 72521 from the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, and how he was not in by any means wrong in writing what he had written. The following will go through the community, himself, and finally his independence from the community and his “brothers” of his old life. The community is the words you hear most often when talking about an environment. It’s one of those words we are all taught when we were younger about…

In Antonioni’s Blow-Up, symbols are a large part of the characterization of the main character Thomas, and play a huge role in the execution of the themes and overall plot. The film is rarely direct, having many scenes and interactions whose intended purpose is complicated and usually hard to decipher at first, leaving the watcher very confused after it’s completion. While many aspects of the film seems disjointed with no connection or meaning whatsoever, most of the meaning is symbolically…

The Fall is a wonderful movie directed by Tarsem Singh. Tarsem Singh is a director who has directed several movies of varying success. The Cell. Mirror, Mirror. Immortals. And, most recently, Self/Less. Before this movie was made, Singh had made a small fortune directing music videos and television commercials. Instead of going wild and indulging, he put all of the money towards making this film. And it shows. It really shows. This movie radiates passion and love. On the surface, The Fall is a…

Garcia.Session1.Journal My childhood is filled with good memories, birthday parties, family dinners and abundance of things, food and stories. But on the other end of the spectrum, is sadness, avoidance, and a lack of love. Looking back I see that my parents did the best they could. I also see how my mother’s childhood influenced the way she raised us. I see how the loss of my father’s first family caused him to be somewhat distant. As a teenager, I was moody, didn’t like affection…

The Career Values Scale Report (CVS) is a Psychometrics assessment tool that looks at how an individuals’ personal values influence their career path. Career values can be defined as facets that individuals find important in relation to their work life. An individual may complete it before entering the work force or if they are looking to switch careers. Completing this assessment allows an individual to gauge what they are interested in as well as what they are not interested in. After…

Domingas Fernandes Evaluation #3 On Wednesday night March 30th, I opened my Blackboard page and noticed that I had a notification from my Virtual Group. My group members had already started the discussion about what Electronic Meeting System we would be using for the assignment. GoogleDoc, being the most widely used, was suggested and everyone seemed to agree with it. We also shared our phone numbers and decided to use iMessage. On the following day, it seemed that everybody forgot that we…

1. Describe any challenges you faced while taking the course for which you are applying to SI Lead. What were the challenges and how did you overcome them? BIO 1114 was a challenge for me personally because it was my first exposure to science at the college level. This true for many students. BIO 1114 taught me to believe in my ability to work hard in order to conquer any information that was put in my way. I remember watching my professor write the chemical reactions for cellular respiration…

The Auteur Theory is defined by a director who is the main force for a film. A main creative force is usually someone who wrote, directed, and maybe even edited their own film. Although in MMP’s it’s extremely rare for a director to edit their own movies, it’s not unheard of in the indie market. It is debatable whether if directors who are the main creative forces in their film make it any better, because sometimes they fail. A great example of an auteur theory director is George Lucas, and he…

Leonard, the main character in the movie Memento, finds himself in a situation no man wants to be in. His wife was murdered and because he witnessed his body goes into shock causing him to lose him memory which is his downfall throughout the movie. He keeps polaroids and tattoos of clues that will lead him to his wife’s murder so that he won’t forget them. Throughout the movie it shows Leonard waking up in a hotel room. The film genre that best fits this film is Detective but also mystery and…