Desire Movie Reviews Samples For Students

Introduction

Raise the red lantern (1991) is a Chinese film whose main theme is sexual enslavement. The protagonist in the film lives life in a closed system where the long established customs that rule demand no escape. The protagonist in the film is a nineteen year old girl who drops out of college in the event of her father’s death. The girl is condemned into a life of a concubine of a wealthy man, alongside four others, because her mother denied her support after the demise of her father. The movie in itself is an anthropological lesson because it enlightens on the nature of humans ...

The issue of feminism in the film industry is a common topic for controversial discussions. Many writers are more popular than others because of the ways in which feminism surfaces as the driving force behind their presentations. Feminism can be classified as a social movement that has created an enormous impact on culture of film, the theories of films and the critical reviews of films. A number of films represent the myths that reveal ideas on women and their femininity. In addition, there are films that speak to men and their masculinity. The issues of representation and spectatorship form ...

Final Film Critique: American Psycho

The film, American Psycho (Harron, 2000) is based on the book of the same name, written by Bret Easton Ellis and is fundamentally preoccupied with the idea of wealth, sex and success as being significant drives behind human behaviour. Its central protagonist, Patrick Bateman is a mass-murdering psychopath whose actions are driven almost singularly by his desire to be the best: the richest, the most successful, the most popular and somewhat bizarrely, the man with the best business card. Set in 1980s New York, the film is a discussion of yuppie culture taken to its absolute extreme and is hugely successful ...

Final Film Critique: American Psycho

The 2000 film, American Psycho is based on the book of the same name, written by Bret Easton Ellis and is fundamentally preoccupied with the idea of wealth, sex and success as being significant drives behind human behaviour. Its central protagonist, Patrick Bateman is a mass-murdering psychopath whose actions are driven almost singularly by his desire to be the best: the richest, the most successful, the most popular and somewhat bizarrely, the man with the best business card. Set in 1980s New York, the film is a discussion of yuppie culture taken to its absolute extreme and is hugely successful in ...

The movie “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring” starts with showing a small Buddhist temple on the river. In the temple, there were both old and young Buddhist monks. Leafy trees and clear spring weather evoke peaceful background of this movie. To gather medical herbs and to get into land, two monks have to take a small boat. A young monk teases small animals like frogs, snakes, and fish by suspending stones to them with his innocent smile; at the same time, the old monk observes young monk without any comments. That night an old monk suspends rock to young monk ...

ABSTRACT

During the last decade, Asian horror cinema has seen a surge in popularity throughout the world, especially in western countries. Traditionally, Japan has dominated the Asian horror cinema, but recently Hong Kong and South Korea have emerged as major powerhouses in the genre. Majority of these movies have enjoyed international success. Moreover, many of these movies have been adapted and remade by Hollywood. As the genre continues to grow, there is a need to understand the social conditions, cultural values, and cinematic traditions which influence the horror movies from Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. In particular, ...

Sooner or later, all children go through a stage of adolescence, which begins with sexual maturation, and ends with the attainment of self-sufficiency and independence. This period is not easy both for the teenagers, and for their parents. Sometimes own mood, behavior and desires can cause confusion even to the teenager, and there is a cause for that. During adolescence, the brain structures undergo fundamental changes, and the large amounts of hormones affect the individual as a whole.

A magnetic resonance imager (MRI) allows the scientists to explore the features of the teenage brain structure and functioning. Exploring the brain, a neuroscientist Charles ...

Riverside Theatre presents an epic illustration of a well and specifically designed arrangement meant to accommodate the diverse activities. The range of events of events from concerts conferences, speaker presentations, ceremonies and graduations clearly highlights the importance attached to the theatre itself.
The stage management and the latest lighting effects bring the epic presentation that reveals a dramatic revelation of opportunities. The lighting effects feature an operable wall that perfectly attaches the audience to the centre stage. This helps in the staging techniques that help in the live performance. The artistic paintings on the stage help in the communicating of ...

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At the time this documentary was made the gay and transgender lifestyle was largely unknown and considered taboo. This documentary helps to shed light onto this lifestyle and place into context why this lifestyle exists. The documentary seeks to present this lifestyle as more than just a joke, but rather a presentation of the stories of real mean that desperately seek to fit into a society that has no desire to accept them. The men in this story are poor, black, gay, transgendered and desperate to fit into society and find self-realization. This duality ...

Movie Title: The Pursuit of Happ(y)ness

Released Date : 2006
Director: Gabrielle Muccino
Written by : Steven Conrad
Cinematography : Phedon Papamichael
Produced by : David Alper, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Mark Clayman, Louis D'Esposito, Chris Gardner, James Lessiter, Will Smith, Steve Tisch and Teddy Zee.

Genre: Drama

Story : Bibliographical, based on the true-to-life story of Christopher Gardner
Main Cast : 1. Will Smith as Chris Gardner, 2. Jaden Smith as Christopher 3. Thandie Newton as Linda

Plot Summary

The movie is based from the true events on the life of a man named ...

Management

Planning is deciding in advance what to do, which have to it and how it should be done. It stands as a bridge between where the organization is and where the organization wants to go. It can also say that decision-making is a process to achieve the desired future, taking into account the current situation and the internal and external factors that may influence the objectives achievement.
Planning involves a process of decision-making, a process of anticipation, visualization (representation of the desired future) and execution (take action to achieve the future concept). Every plan has two characteristics: it must ...

Many critics called the film Sholay (1975) directed by Ramesh Sippy the best film in the history of Bollywood, or the "Film of the Millennium". The critics praise it so much so that several critics insist that "innovation in Hindi films ends with Sholay and that everything after that is repetitious trash" (Banker 55). This picture is a mix of crime thriller with the elements of "Japanese samurai epics and American and Italian Westerns, most obviously The Magnificent Seven (which was based on Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai)" (Banker 55). The director involved a number of best Indian actors ...

Probably killed by life's adversities, everybody has at least once dreamed about how it would be nice if Paradise and prosperity reigned on the Earth. Only a few of us thought about the fact than it can be troublesome. Paradise is not a panacea and living in it would be boringWhy? Everything is simple: constant satisfaction and the quiet tends to simply annoy the man so that he wants adventure and adrenaline. There is no good without evil and evil without good. If everything is so good, how do people distinguish good from evil, if the second simply will ...

Life is one journey that causes the people living it to feel entrapped in different situations. It is then left upon the individuals to figure out ways out of this entrapment. To start with, the main actor is trapped. A famous photographer called Jeff is the main hero of the movie. He is trapped physically to a wheel chair. The cause of this is a broken leg that is accompanied by a heavy cast. The cast covers his body to the hip restricting his movements. Jeff cannot leave his apartment no matter how much he would like to. There ...

My reaction to the video is that am amazed by the people who can memorize hundreds of numbers by looking at them at a glance. From my previous understanding I would say that these kinds of people are talented to some extent. This is contrary to what Joshua Foer says in the video. The ability to memorize something depends on how we pay attention to the situation at hand and how we engage our minds to enable you create images of what you want to memorize and determining their meaning (Foer, 2012). I think it ...

Introduction

The film, The Graduate, is Mike Nichol’s 1967 comedy-drama adaptation of Charles Webb’s novel of the same title. The story follows Benjamin Braddock, a 21 years old recent college graduate who has no well-defined aims in life. In his idleness, Benjamin gets seduced by an older woman, the family friend Mrs. Robinson. But things get even more heated when he falls in love with Mrs. Robinson’s daughter Elaine.
It explores, among others, the theme of family and becomes a good portrayal of just how delicate the family can be, how the dynamics of factors, often subtle in ...

Darren Aronofsky’s 2000 movie Requiem for a Dream is perhaps one of the most harrowing depictions of the cycle of drug abuse ever put on film. Following four main characters – a strung-out drug addict with big dreams (Jared Leto), his supportive but suppressed girlfriend (Jennifer Connolly), his wisecracking best friend (Marlon Wayans), and his lonely, starstuck mother (Ellen Burstyn) – Requiem for a Dream showcases the many different ways in which drug addiction can ruin lives and demolish dreams. Through the use of Clint Mansell’s harrowing score, Aronofsky’s quick-editing techniques, and bravura performances from all four leads, Requiem for a Dream ...

This report is focused on a clip from the film “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” (CTHD). This film released in 2000 is a creation of a prominent producer Ang Lee, known to broad public for the filmography including “Life of Pi” and “Brokeback Mountain”. The film’s overall plot centers on the student-teacher relationship between a criminal martial artist, Jade Fox, and her student Jen who was the daughter of a government official. Li Mu-Bai, a Wudang sword master, and Shu-Lien, owner of a large estate in the area, play the two leading roles. The journey of these heroes cross when Jen steals a sword that Mu-Bai had ...

The play I saw was “The Producers.” I saw it at Saginaw Valley State University. I saw it on April 11, 2014. The play was inspiring and as close to the original Broadway production as I could have hoped for at a university showing.
The actors went off the original script; the playwright for “The Producers” is Mel Brooks. The play is also a musical, which contained the original composition done by Mel Brooks, as well. As it turns out, Mel Brooks was also the lyricist of the play. The play was written in 1968 and is representational and presentational, ...

Film Essay Assignment: “Four Days in September”

The film “Four Days in September” is a movie based on the book of Rio de Janiero journalist, Fernando Gabeira, “O Que E Isso, Companheiro?” It is about a group of young middle-class Brazilian revolutionaries who wanted to overthrow the brutal military dictatorship of Brazil in 1969. Gabeira joins this young terrorist group, known as the MR8. Their initial move is the robbery of a bank. Although the heist was a success, one of their members, Cesar was captured. Since they did not gain much media mileage from the robbery, the group decides to kidnap the United States Ambassador to Brazil Charles Burke ...

J.J. Abrams’ serialized television drama LOST follows the stories of a group of survivors of a violent airplane crash on a deserted island, stuck without any hope of rescue and beholden to the mysterious forces that govern their new home. In its pilot episode, the filmmakers of LOST firmly establish the recurring theme of good vs. evil that establishes the characters’ journeys in their island setting. This is done through a combination of visual motifs, symbolism, and character moments juxtaposed through flashbacks and editing. Throughout the course of the pilot, the flaws, alignments and attitudes of the characters are weighed against a sense of ...

The 1958 thriller Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is commonly considered to be one of the finest films ever made, and one of the best works of Hitchcock’s career. The tale of a former police officer (James Stewart) who must deal with his issues with heights while also tracking a woman through two different lifetimes, Vertigo is a masterclass in filmmaking’s most subtle and effective techniques, resulting in a work that stands the test of time. Through its innovative use of mise-en-scene, music, performance and more, the film allows for a stunning look into paranoia and duality, raising questions about identity and ...

The connection between the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Liberation theology and how liberation theology has had an impact on society today.
The connection between Montgomery bus boycott and liberation theology, is that they apply the church and faith to facilitate the solving of problems affecting the people across the world .The desire to solve the problems is due to the need to bring about ``political , economic, social changes”, by using the problems which the poor people face to challenge the society.
Liberation theology applies science in interpreting the bible in order to address the social injustices in ...

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 ...

Film Review

I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist
I don't do that any more
(Banksy)
The film “Exit Through the Gift Shop: A Banksy Film” narrates about a start-up of street art, and about how art can turn into a business, thanks to people like Thierry Guetta. Guetta, who from an ordinary bystander and narrator of street art has turned into an ambitious businessman "Mr. Brainwash".
At the start, in the very focus there is an off-stage life of street artists, captured by Thierry Guetta, who attained commitment of Banksy – a well-known figure in the ...

English 2

Passion is one characteristic that drives creative individuals, enabling them to commit themselves and give everything they can to a thing they love to do. While some are successful in achieving what they desire, others are less successful in realizing their desires. They can only watch from afar, wanting to be absorbed. This anxiety is what the movie, “Adaptation” presents. Directed by Spike Jonze, and written by Charlie Kaufman, this semi-autobiographical film focused on Kaufman’s personal struggles in adapting the book The Orchid Thief. Likewise, this movie also presents the melancholy of having creative freedom when you know that ...

Memento is a 2000 psychological thriller film directed by renowned Hollywood director Christopher Nolan. Also produced by Nolan, the movie is actually adapted from a short story titled “Memento Mori” written by Jonathan Nolan, his younger sibling.
The lead character named Leonard is played by Guy Pearce. He stars as a man suffering form short term memory loss and who is on a mission to avenge the rape and death of his wife. Apart from moving into vengeance direction, the movie tries to create a picture on some of the factors that push people to do certain acts.
Leonard memory loss came ...

Wild Strawberries, a classic road movie written and directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1957 tells a tale which pictures the scenes of a protagonist, whose life falls between the past and the present, discovering the world of vision and realism. The film was casted with Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand and others. Victor Sjöström plays the character of Professor Isak Borg, the old-aged protagonist, who is on a journey, where he revives his childhood days through some symbolic dreams and scenes. And all these scenes happened through narrative technique used by the script-writer, director Bergman. It ...

The mention of Holocaust brings to mind probably the greatest agony in history that mankind has ever faced. It is agonizing to even imagine the world being revisited by the horrendous events between 1938 and 1945. More than six million people (most of them Jews) were murdered in a state-sponsored spree led by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party in Germany during the World War 2. The event of the Holocaust have been captured in several books and films each trying to capture the horrific memories of the events in the best way they know how. In the film Night ...

Asian horror, as a genre, carries with it a generous mix of scathing subtext and grotesque images. Whether witnessing the wrath of an uncanny ghost girl, seeing people murdered in mountains of gore, or the many subtle avenues in between, many of the best Asian horror films combine shocking sights with potent messages in order to convey an anxiety present in that society at the time. "Setting aside the moral ramifications of such manifest extremities, we can identify the current boom enjoyed by Asian horror and extreme cinema and discern a complex nexus of local, regional and global relationships in play" (Choi ...

The genre of film noir is an expansion of the classic Hollywood genre of film known as the crime film. The crime film persists as one of the most popular and enduring of all types of Hollywood films - ever since the sound era, it has remained a particularly potent and popular genre (Leitch 1). As the years have progressed, the noir film has been replaced with the neo-noir - a modern film genre which takes the trappings of noir and places them outside of its typical comfort zone. In the case of 2010's Winter's Bone, the typical film noir detective ...

“Bringing Up Baby” is a classic screwball comedy which stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. The story revolves around a heiress, Susan Vance (Hepburn), who has a pet leopard and a paleontologist David Huxley (Grant). The major highlights of the movie centers on the search for the missing bone, the upcoming marriage of David with his fiancée Alice, the probable one million dollars donation for David’s project and the search for the leopard. The two characters meet at a golf outing for the possible benefactors of David’s museum. It is in this meeting that Susan gets attracted to David and decides ...

The main characters in this movie are Paul Walker, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, James Remar, Tyrese and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges. It was directed by John Singleton. He acted as a link between production, technical and creative teams. He was responsible for carrying the vision for the film and seeing it through. He made most of the crucial decisions such as choosing the cast, location and crew for the film. He also directed the acting and worked closely with the editors to produce the final product. The production designer was Keith Brian Burns. He was responsible for the overall look of ...

McCarthy's novel has a greater mode of resemblance with the actual film in various ways. In most scenarios, the film helps the audience to clearly understand the intentions of the author capitalized on the thematic contents of the book. Based on modes of approach offered by the film, a lot of the past, present and future expectations evident in the novel significantly appear in the film. Firstly, the novel covers more on the narration about the historical disparity of the people. This concept is well spread over the novel capturing on the fiery mood created by the author.
The book ...

Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway tells the tale of an aspiring playwright (John Cusack) who quickly discovers he has no talent, even as he schemes with the mob to finance his first play. Eventually, he soon falls into adultery and plagiarism, along with all the typical jabs at the moviemaking business typical of a Woody Allen picture on the subject. However, at the same time, it also discusses ideas of how to find one's calling in life, and how our passions may not necessarily be our strengths. In that sense, it touches on ideas of eudaimonia - the enlightenment and ...