In the past, directors have been plagued with the task of creating a classic teen movie. The idea of a classic teen movie would have to include drama, comedy, action, friendship, and most importantly a life lesson. However, today's directors seem to make carbon copies of each other work in the ...

It's always hard to remake a movie that has achieved classic status, as is the case with the 1950 movie DOA. But Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton's 1988 remake of the film breathes new life into it. The basic question that must be posed to the directors of any remake is: Why bother' Why not...

"Memento" directed by Christopher Nolan, is an interesting and complex film. The concepts and ideas the film conveys are a welcome, fresh change from the recent stagnation that American film has endured. Mr. Nolan built this film from a concept that had nothing in common with the all too familiar ...

Lights, Camera, maybe Action? While not a motivating or inspiring film, Robert Altman's "The Player" is creative and amusingly satirical. The cinematography and editing tricks grabs the audience attention and throws them into the midst of Hollywood back-lot. "The Player's&q...

Another movie with talking animals, most likely means another big flop in the theatres. However, audiences soon changed their minds after viewing the live action tale of Babe™, the marvelous movie based on Dick King-Simth's children's novel, "The Sheep-Pig." The cinematography...

FILM EXPRCIST Fear is one of man's most primal instincts; the task of evoking that instinct in a film is not an easy one. In order for a movie scare the people watching it, there has to be a sense of realism in the film, the sets characters and plot have to be believable. This real world...

General Purpose: To inform my audience about Quentin Tarantino. Specific Purpose: My audience will know who he is, how he became Quentin Tarantino, and most important his movies. Introduction Attention Reveal Topic Relevancy Credibility Preview I. If you liked that you'll l...

Days of Heaven Days of Heaven: - Director Terrence Malick - Screenplay written by Terrence Malick - Cinematography by Nestor Almendors - Music by Leo Kottke and Ennio Morricone - Production Design by Jack Fisk - Costume Design by Patricia Norris - Film Editing by Billy Weber - ...

Quentin Tarantino is arguably one of the most influential film makers/ directors/ actors of our time and has made his mark on Hollywood forever. His movies are thought provoking, intelligent, and, very often, so vulgar and violent that we cringe or turn away while watching. However, Quentin Tarant...

Friday vs. Barbershop Comedies have always been my favorite movies. The ones that had the biggest impression on me are Friday and Barbershop. These two movies did not just have talented casts with Ice Cube as a main character in both of them but two great directors as well. They also possessed ...

Sounds of Glory The 1957 film Paths Of Glory can be hailed as a cinematic stunning success because of director Stanley Kubrick's unconventional use of sound aesthetics. He has a remarkably collective use of natural sound, music, and sound effects in this semi-fictional pacifist picture. The ...

Robin Wood's article "Ideology, Genre, Auteur" suggests that instead of looking at movies in only one perspective, one should combine different approaches to assess the movie as a whole. By collectively looking at the ideologies, the methods, and the director, one will get a more acc...

When one reflects on the past two decades of film, many magnificent movies have been put into production. They're has been ground-breaking developments in all of the different genre, not to mention in animation and other aspects of film. If we were to list the greatest films of this era, we ...

Well-known director Krzysztof Kieslowski, has stated that he dislikes making films but appreciates the life they've allowed him to live. Kieslowski was born in Warsaw, Poland, on June 27, 1941. His father was ill for most of his life and when he was 16, his father died at the age of 47. At this time...

A Rhetorical Analysis Of Jaws Jaws is horror film based on the beaches of a small island town called Amity. Within the waters of these beaches lies a killer shark, hungry for human flesh. After the terrorizing of several people by this ruthless shark, Chief Martin Brody takes it upon himself...