Film Essay Examples Page 24

1. The characters Evey and Winston Smith have many similarities and differences. Evey lives a life of relative freedom compared to unfortunate Winston Smith. Winston is in the outer party, simply surviving a persistent routine that is being watched by the police. Evey has a life outside the government and works at a TV station….

The year is 507 AD and Hrothgar, king of Denmark, has built a great mead hall. There he and his minions drink and party. The troll Grendel attacks and kills many of those present. The threat of new attacks keeps the population quiet. Until Beowulf, a viking hero from Gotalandand and monster killer come to…

Francois Truffaut’s classic film The Last Metro depicts the frustration, confusion, and compromise in German occupied WWII France through the lens of theatre. A strong underlying theme of the movie is ambiguity. For instance, the character Bernard Granger is a young, handsome actor who supports the resistance but his actions are very unclear. The portrayal…

When the bomb technician Will James comes to the Bravo Company in Iraq, his teammates don’t know anything about him. They can only start knowing him from what he says and what he does. One teammate Sanborn thinks that James is a person who likes to act alone. Sanborn uses his experience and what he…

Pan’s Labyrinth is a dark, Spanish fantasy film that was written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. The narrative unfolds on multiple levels. First is a fantasy level. Second is “real world”? level. Third is the story of the movie. Fourth is the Spanish Civil War. All level reflects similar themes: Fantasy, reality, fascism, democracy,…

1. The major themes of this movie were the range of prejudices such as race, class, and others that we encounter in real life even if we do not realize it. These themes relate to perception and identity because through all the scenarios in this movie, it shows the collision of different races and classes…

I chose to do my first initial reaction essay on Fight Club because of how incredible it is and because of all the material and insight it gives me. Based on the title, most would assume that this would be a film of a bunch of dudes beating the snot out of each other. But,…

In the beginning of the movie our protagonist Jack starts of being a bit of a boring man and a workaholic. He’s a man in his thirties, not particularly muscular, constantly looking tired and he’s working a lot but without much commitment. That’s one of the side effects when you, like Jack have a sleeping…

In film, the emotion of empathy has the power to draw the audience further into the plot of the story. Using specific techniques to create empathy, we often notice that the movie will touch more hearts worldwide. The director of the film “Beneath Hill 60” has used film techniques to ensure that the audience becomes…

It was the absence of dialogue – scripted or otherwise – that caught my attention when I first viewed the docu-film, “Babies. ” obvious that the minimal use of words was played into the overall power of the film. It was really incredible seeing the different lifestyles and parenting methods in the various countries, yet…