Trying to produce a film adaptation from a play or novel is sometimes quite difficult because the result of the film is almost completely based on the director's decisions. While the director may manipulate the film production and guide it towards a certain direction, other people may disagree ...

I saw this movie on October first at my home. I decided I was in the mood to watch a B-movie, since I haven't seen one in awhile. Sidney W. Pink wrote and directed this movie. Two other films he directed were Journey to the seventh planet (1962) and Finger on the Trigger (1965). The story ...

The Searchers (1956) is one of America's top one-hundred films ever made. John Ford directed this film with John Wayne as the leading role, his supporting actors/actresses were Natalie Wood, Jeffery Hunter, Vera Miles, and Ward Bond.The film tells the story of a man, Wayne, searching for his captu...

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in London on August 13, 1899. His father, William Hitchcock, a grocer, and his mother, Emma Whelan Hitchcock, brought him up. As a young boy he loved to travel, and by the time he was eight he had ridden every bus line in London and explored all of its docks and sh...

Quentin Tarantino: The Art of the Movies"Storytelling has become a lost art. There is no storytelling, there's just situations. Very rarely are you told a story." These phrases are from Quentin Tarantino, a screenwriter, storyteller, producer, director, an actor, and film maker. Though his films are...

\"Auter\" is a French term for the film director who places a personal style on his or her films. It was first coined by Francois Truffaut to describe the mark of a film director on his films. A director can be considered an auteur if about five of his films depict a certain style that is definite...

When audience members look at films they want to put reality on the shelf and enjoy a well written movie. Martin Scorsese has always captivated and fascinated his audience members for many years. His types of movies tend to have a male leads while the female characters are sometimes not as develop...

Michael Mann's life is not as open and public as many of his colleagues and rivals in Hollywood, but over the last few years he has been brought into the forefront through his increasingly impressive work, which will hit a peak this year with the release of his latest offering, Ali....

The focus of my film review project for this term is the James Cameron's 1984 classic, The Terminator. Not surprisingly there was a surplus of original movie reviews out for this film, unlike the previous terms assignment when there was only the Variety and New York Times original reviews. In a...

Many young people today are learning about their world through electronic means – radio, television, video movies, computer games, virtual reality games and the Internet. In particular the visual environment of the electronic media is greatly attracting the print media in all its forms. How ...

Cinematic violence has been in films since the start of movie making. From Orson Wells tearing up his estranged wives room in Citizen Kane to Anthony Perkins slicing up Vivian Leigh in Psycho, violence has always been present in film in one form or another. It was not until the late sixties and sev...

WAG THE DOG "Wag the Dog" is a funny, but yet insightful movie, that provides a lot of insight into the world of politics. It provides remarkable resemblance to many events that has happened in this present time. This film touches on issues many aspects of the truth and the respon...

Alfred Hitchcock: The Greatest Director Ever! Alfred Hitchcock is among the few directors to combine a strong reputation for high-art filmmaking with great audience popularity. Throughout his career he gave his audiences more pleasure than they could bask for. The consistency of quality plot lines a...

Film can be an extremely powerful medium, and can introduce themes and issues to a wide variety of audiences on many different levels. The director carefully constructs the way in which the film is seen on screen, in order to best display these themes and create and idea in the audiences mind as to...

Steven Spielberg"Jaws" (1975) made Spielberg famous and the sequels continued to put him in the position of one of the most popular directors in America. "Jaws" also holds the record for the highest grossing film of all time. In my eyes, I believe that shows you a little something about the movie ...

The Tragedy of WARSince the beginning of mankind, war has been the ultimate companion of men across their evolution. Man has always had that spirit of a warrior. Without it, he could never have improved because that is the same spirit that guides people in the various fights which combine to const...

Requiem for a Dream, by Darren Aronofsky, is a truly amazing film. Every aspect of the film is finely honed to create a sensory overload in the viewer. From quick cuts to showing the viewer familiar clips over and over when certain things are done, it is truly a unique viewing experience. Sound a...

In today's society, there are many people that have made many contributions to the world. The person I feel who has a major impact on today's society is Steven Speilberg. I chose him because he is a famous Jewish American film director and because I am related to him. I am a Jewish, white male wh...