YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Cinematography in Ashes and Diamonds
Essays 91 - 120
In a paper consisting of seen pages the 1955 film version of Richard III by Laurence Olivier is compared with Ian McKellan's versi...
estate which is known as Wuthering Heights, and the moors which constantly reflect the mood of the homes inhabitants. A stranded ...
aided in this aspect of the film by production designer Henry Bumstead, who "carried the masters color ideas out in ingenious desi...
angles that one would not normally expect, such as shooting through water. There is an underwater shot of blood slowly spreading a...
to tell what might appear on first glance to be a tired old story. First, there is the scintillating color that enables the film ...
in this film provides a means of relating the voyage that takes place without actually showing scene after scene of constant motio...
sexual encounter with a slave girl on an island, and the discovery of a nymphomaniac (whom they must satisfy before they can move ...
identity. It is interesting to note that as he pulls on his "cloak of madness" that his true intellect becomes completely clouded ...
of confines. The overall metaphor of this movie is the symbol of the rose. At one point a neighbor asks how the roses are grown s...
to comment on his future and to give him advice. The viewer comes to understand that Ben is expected to follow in his fathers foot...
possible, including the attainment of the American Dream. His childhood is in sharp contrast to that of his lifelong friend, Jenn...
child who is the product of a failed system, this film seems to be saying. This film was a social commentary of sorts, which use...
"More importantly, the innovative, bold film is an acknowledged milestone in the development of cinematic technique. It uses film ...
a woman from his past perhaps. But, those familiar with the film know better. This opening scene is also one, instilled by the w...
subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...
tidbits that enabled the readers to journey back in time. The film alters this setting somewhat with a present-day Evelyn Couch s...
he would have lent his considerable talents and boundless energy to the circus arena "because the circus is just that same mixture...
In five pages Schlondorff's 1985 interpretation of Miller's play is discussed in terms of acting especially Dustin Hoffman's and J...
falling Madeleine from her apartment to a flower shop, to a Spanish mission where she visits the grave of Carlotta Valdes, and to ...
decision to transform a personal tale of forbidden love into a social commentary on increasing teen violence and decreasing morali...
This film review offers a comprehensive overview of "Fifth Element" (1997) that discusses editing, mise-en-scene, sound, cinematog...
a camaraderie that is more reminiscent of Huck and Tom than future revolutionaries. However, as they begin to see the poverty and ...
wealthy man puts his emphasis on money, power and manipulation; fails at politics and his domestic life and dies friendless and al...
manicured lawns and rose gardens. But for every blooming rose, there is a thorn lurking somewhere, and through the frequent imagi...
of the play, which is the fact that Toms continues to love his sister, miss her and long for a different past, as he pursues a dif...
of Thatchers diary. Film components: Dissolves, flashback, deep-focus shots, long shots, close-ups. In the establishing long sho...
A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...
(Ralph Meeker) swerves to avoid her and runs off the road. Angry, he snarls, "You almost wrecked my car. Well? Get in!" (Dirks, 20...
working for them--and returns to the homeland: Limerick, Ireland (1774). They live there between 1934 and 1948 but Malachy still ...
it a little backward. While most Irish families came to the U.S. during the 19th century to escape the potato famine in Ireland an...