A role in a movie is like a mirror that reflects an actor’s personality. Some actors are capable of playing certain roles but not others. If an actor can feel the role, he or she will play it naturally, as it would resemble his or her life. Actors put their heart into playing, which gives them the model. Through a role an actor connects to the audience who makes the final decision about the movie’s purpose; that is why it is very important to show this purpose correctly by playing it sincerely. Personalization is a significant factor that can lead to the success or failure of a film.
Sergei Bodrov Jr was a leading actor in several movies during the late 1990s and early 2000s, he did not just play roles, he lived the roles. Sergei came from a well-known family; his father Sergei Bodrov is a famous movie director. Bodrov Jr graduated from Moscow State University. Afterwards he pursued a career in journalism and teaching. Sergei Bodrov started his acting/film career by debuting in his father’s film Prisoner of the Mountains as a leading actor. Although, Bodrov played in only several movies, his cast in these roles allowed him to become one of the greatest Russian actors.
During post-Soviet times, there has never been an actor quite as special as Sergei Bodrov Jr. After 1996 not many people knew who he was other than the son of a famous Russian director. Bodrov Junior’s first role was in his father’s film Prisoner of the Mountains adapted from the short story by Leo Tolstoy. In this film he plays a Russian soldier who is held captive after being ambushed. “In 1996 with the success of this film he was nominated for Nika Award for the best actor and won” (Metaweb). In later films including Brother and Brother II he played the role ...
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...ian culture is significant. After many years people are still watching Brother and Brother II since they reflect the mind of an ordinary man who wants to fight against corruption and poverty. Sergei Bodrov lived every role he played, as if it would be his everyday life; this personalization made his movies very important to the Russian audience.
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Sarah Davies*2(P11) observes that “there was little notion of what Russianness meant for ordinary workers and peasants.”(P23) What was missing from most Russian people was their sense of heritage, the pride in knowing where they came from and where they were going. They needed history a...
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Anton Chekov was born in Taganrog, a port town in Rostov Oblast, Southern Russia on January 29, 1860. He was the third child born to Yevgenia Yakovlevna Morozov and Pavel Yegorovitch. Chekov grew up in a loving environment along with his five other siblings despite facing financial difficulties. Chekov and his siblings worked vigorously to help their father run his shop. However, the children still managed to enjoy their childhood by participating in social activities such as fishing, tennis as well as visiting their grandfather in the country. He attended the University of Moscow in 1879 to study medicine and graduated in 1884. He practiced medicine throughout the rest of his lifespan as well as picked up a career in writing and a well-developed social life. In the words of Anton Chekov he described his careers as “Medicine is [his] lawful wife and literature is [his] mistress. When [he] gets tired of one [he] spends the night with the other”. He continued to work to tend to the sick and support his family until the insidious disease of tuberculosis ended his life on July 15, 1904.
Chekhov was born in Taganrog, Russia in 1860 to a woman named Yevgeniya and a man named Pavel. His father, who shares the name of the bishop, is described as being “severe” and sometimes went as far as to chastise Chekhov and his siblings (Letters
This essay shows the subtle differences that can occur between directors, even when they are basing the movie off of almost the exact same script. Almost no two movies are exactly alike, no matter how hard the directors and actors might try. Minor personality differences and scene changes greatly affect the atmosphere and meaning of the same movie. One example of this is the movie Romeo and Juliet. This movie tells the gripping story of two young lovers who are forbade to see each other because of a viscous feud between the two families. I'll be looking at the older 50's version of Romeo and Juliet and comparing it to the newer version of Romeo and Juliet.
During the course of this essay it is my intention to discuss the differences between Classical Hollywood and post-Classical Hollywood. Although these terms refer to theoretical movements of which they are not definitive it is my goal to show that they are applicable in a broad way to a cinema tradition that dominated Hollywood production between 1916 and 1960 and which also pervaded Western Mainstream Cinema (Classical Hollywood or Classic Narrative Cinema) and to the movement and changes that came about following this time period (Post-Classical or New Hollywood). I intend to do this by first analysing and defining aspects of Classical Hollywood and having done that, examining post classical at which time the relationship between them will become evident. It is my intention to reference films from both movements and also published texts relative to the subject matter. In order to illustrate the structures involved I will be writing about the subjects of genre and genre transformation, the representation of gender, postmodernism and the relationship between style, form and content.
...s appeared not so much to matter as the fact that he developed new techniques, devised camera approaches and sought always to bring out the potential of a still developing form. That he forgot--or overlooked--to bring the Marxist message to one of his films two years ago brought him that fatal kiss of all--the accusation from the authoritative Soviet magazine, Culture and Life, that his productions had been short on the prescribed Soviet requirement of art and interpretation of history” ("Sergei Eisenstein is Dead in Moscow”, New York Times, 1948) . In film, Eisenstein was known for his development of the montage sequence, his unusual juxtapositions, and his life-like imagery. In life he was known for his propaganda and belief in the plight of the working class. Eisenstein left an inevitable mark on his community, his time, the shape of a sub-culture, and his art.
Often times, the vast entirety of the world populous enjoy movies for their entertainment or insight value, as well as the variety of topics of which they offer. The Cold War, a popular theme among many films, perpetuated from 1945, following World War II, until 1991. As the historical tensions between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Russia, USSR, the two nations came to stand off, only to be interceded by the all too unfortunate and plausible concept of Mutually Assured Destruction. The era raises the question and sense of awareness for each country of the other’s strength, striking fear into those who lived to see it unfold. The American society, in an effort to raise public awareness of the threat that lay at its door step, turns to the entertainment industry for assistance in their dilemma. Between 1982 and 1991, during the rise of the burgeoning motion picture industry and the apex of the Cold War, several motion pictures make their debut where they depict Soviet Russia and its destructive and innovative potential. These films based within the time period, such as The Hunt for Red October, Red Dawn and War Games, are noteworthy examples of American propaganda during the later period of the Cold War and its distortion of what threats lie at the relative east in an effort to raise concern over the intercontinental standoff.
Vaslav Nijinsky was a famous Russian ballet dancer born around 1889, and died in 1950 whose career ended because of his recurrent psychological problems. Nijinsky started early on his career and sustained homosexual relationships to his benefit in various occasions, but later married Romola in a to South America, with whom he had two children, Kyra and Tamara (Acoella 1999; Fearne, 2009). The onset of Nijinsky’s illness is not clear, and may have been a contribution of specific environmental factors, his need to perform for an audience (Järvinen, 2014), and genetic factors, his brother was institutionalized (Acoella, 1999), although it would be risky to assume the latter. Nevertheless, because of Nijinsky’s thoughts captured in a diary he started on 1919, one can clearly perceive he had delusional thoughts of grandeur (Nijinsky, 1999, p. 126) and persecution (Fearne, 2009), reflecting racing ideas flowing in the paper. In addition, it could be pointed out that he had difficulties communicating with others and some to perceive him as shy and hard to approach (Järvinen, 2014). The progressive development of his illness was emphasized when he institutionalized; at this point, other symptoms appeared, seemly with the help of the drugs he was taking (Ostwald, 1991, p. 235).
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Anton Chekhov was a very skilled and sometimes very humourous writer. He wrote many different types of literature such as short stories, novels, and even plays. Anton Chekhov writings explore the entire range of human spirit. Chekhov, a Russian, is considered to some to be the “father of the modern short story.” Chekhov is the third child and was born on January 29, 1860, in Taganrog, Russia, which is near the Black Sea. His father, Pavel, was considered a tyrant who repeatedly terrorized him and his two older brothers, whose names were Alexander and Nicolai. Chekhov’s mother, Yevgeniya was a great storyteller and Chekhov credits her for his narritive and he also learned how to read and write from her. Chekhov was sent off to grammar school when he was eight where he proved to be an average pupil in the class, and was the class clown that plays pranks and makes up secret nicknames for the teachers. This could explain why he wrote very humourous writings. During this time in grammar school, he also wrote his first play titled “Fatherless”, which was a very long and serious play, but he destroyed it when he got older (Contemperary Authors).
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is one of the most important Russian writers. Other Russian writers were Tolstoy, Torgenine and Pushkane. Anton was born in Taganrog in 1860, got educated at Moscow to become a doctor, soon he realized he has love for literature. Being a doctor he developed into a famous short story writer and dramatist. On the Road(1884), The Bear (1888), The Wood Demon(1889) are his early plays. His later plays areIvanhoe(1887),Three Sisters(1899), The Cherry Orchard(1904). His plays portray the 19th century Russian life in its variety facets.