1984 Movie Reviews Samples For Students

Produced in 1984, Yellow Earth was the first film directed by Chen Kaige, a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. The film is a period piece, taking place against the backdrop of China when World War II broke out. The film focuses on a communist soldier who comes to a village to collect folk songs to serve as morale-raising communist propaganda for the Eighth Route Army. During his visit to the rural village, the young soldier stays with a family, motherless but with a father, a young boy, and two sisters. The elder sister has already been "married off" in an arranged marriage, and the 14-year-old ...

1. The most important man of the twentieth century, according to Charles Kaiser was Martin Luther King Junior. He was important for spearheading the civil rights movements that were advocating for social justice between the blacks and the whites.
2. The Diggers were a group of radical activists where were considered as left wings and operated from Haight-Ashbury within the proximity of San Francisco, in additional they were also improvisational actors who had guerrilla kind of a group that was referred to as San Francisco Mime Troupe. The original founding member was Peter Coyote (Perry 284).
3. At Monterey ...

The history of American Latino films in the United States is generally considered to begin with Luis Valdez 1981’s Zoot Suit. Since that time, a large number of dedicated screenwriters and directors have embarked on the production of such films, some through Hollywood and others through independent routes.
One distinct characteristic that has been conspicuous in most of the American films has been the use of stereotypes and comedy to explore the culture of different Latino groups and also deal with the issue of immigration from Central and South American nations into the United States (Barrera 45). Most ...