War film

makes a classic film? Answer: A classic film is the one which not only has to entertain the audience but it also has to provide the essential dimensions which as all the necessary drama, thrill and black and white photography which comes with it. The main element that determines a classic film is its test of time which means that it is supposed to pass the key of time and work universally as well as expand on the main idea which it is delivering to the audience. In order for a film to be a…

Through this global cinematic culture, individuals can categorize film in terms of its aesthetic and contextual aim by First, Second, and Third cinema. When discussing Third Cinema, there is a misconception that it is related to Third World Cinema, when in fact, Third Cinema is set within the Third World Cinema aesthetic. This paper aims to further distinguish Third World Cinema from Third Cinema, which goes beyond generic Western films or First and Second cinema, where First cinema embodies…

REVIEW OF HACKSAW RIDGE: Good war-films can be very disturbing to watch. The dramatic realism of modern digital effects spares little and many audiences will find Hacksaw Ridge one of the most violent sensory assaults that can be experienced in a cinema. If it were not a true story that celebrates an unusual hero the film could have been accused of a glamourous display of unrelenting carnage. The film plays in two halves: the early life and romance of Army Medic Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield)…

create an all around superior film than Nunn’s portrayal of the Shakespeare play, the time period, the cast, and the way the film is shot.Michael Radford kept the time period that the film takes place in the same as the original text, while Trevor Nunn did not and changed the time period in his movie to in between World War I and II. The cast in this adaptation of The Merchant of Venice are great actors and at the helm is Academy Award winner Al Pacino. The way this film is shot feels like a…

but when he got into a wreck his dreams of being a race car driver went out the window. At age twenty he left for Los Angeles, going to the college USC he found himself making a one minute film called "Look at Life" it had thirty two feet of film. Being a hard worker and doing things his own way made him a film school star,…

So far in the analysis of characters from the films chosen for this thesis, the characters have been found to possibly reflect the ethical and the aesthetic of Kierkegaardian philosophy. The fourth chapter found reflections of the ethical in the characters of Boris, Alyosha, and Stalin, and in the fifth chapter, possible reflections of Kierkegaard’s aesthetic were observed in the characters of Mark, Hitler, and Vadim. With these examples of the potential of Kierkegaardian analysis, the parts of…

Mitchell was first published in 1936, it has received Pulitzer Prize and Academy price for Best picture, it is one of the best-loved novels on the BBC`s The Big Read inquiry. The film “Gone with the wind” was released in 1939, it has received 10 Oscars and is the highest grossing film of all the time. Both book and film are awarded and beloved by the audience and the readers. The main character is Scarlett O`Hara – daughter of a plantation (Tara) owner, she is beautiful, vivid, shrewd and used…

Whether or not you go to the movies every weekend, films are an important part of our lives in the modern world. No matter where you go you will inevitably see advertising for one movie or another, and if you do not then you will see one for a television show. In the age of the internet and social media it is truly impossible to escape movies even if you could not care less about them. I know people who have not been to a theatre in years and others, like myself, who go practically every week to…

and color revolutions and the advance of the "Talkies", and the further development of film genres. It was the decade in which the silent period ended, with many silent film stars not making the transition to sound. By 1933, the economic effects of the Depression were being strongly felt, especially in decreased movie theatre attendance. Although the movie industry considered itself Depression-proof, the film industry was just as vulnerable to the Depression’s impact as any other industry. To…

Film is portrayed as the art of stimulating experiences that convey ideas, emotions and surrounding environments through the use of the mechanical and automatic recordings that reproduce reality; being both past and present. Bergson describes cinema as being directly related to the function of intellect (Deleuze, 1986:1-4). Many theorists have stressed the importance of film’s ability to represent reality and the truth that might have other wise been overlooked. This truth derives from film’s…