Since its initial 1954 release Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai has always been considered one of the greatest motion pictures of all time. In this Japanese action epic Kurosawa set the standard for modern action, editing, and storytelling. The setup of the story is as follows: a poor farm village that struggles to survive is plagued by a ruthless group of bandits. Fed up with their oppressors the villagers go to the city to recruit samurai to help them defeat the bandits once and for all. From this
known film, The Seven Samurai is his best movie, it is rank 19 of Top Rated Movies in IMDB, so of course after the release of the film in America, Hollywood remade the film and titled it The Magnificent Seven. Because it is a remake The Magnificent Seven and The Seven Samurai both have many similarities in terms of the plot, characters, and theme. Ultimately, due to having more originality and better characters, The Seven Samurai is the better film than The Magnificent Seven. The Seven Samurai takes
The Magnificent Seven (1960) written by William Roberts takes the idea of seven great warriors in Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes and creates a modern movie demonstration where these men face against immeasurable odds in order to reestablish power to the rightful leader. In both works, the previous leaders of the town are seeking men in order to fight for power of the town. In The Magnificent Seven, the town elder sends a few men from his town in order to find men to fend off the bandits that have
wonder what a 1960 Western American movie would have to do with a 1820s transcendentalist essay. Western movies are often filled with violence and death far from the teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self Reliance". Surprisingly, the movie "The Magnificent Seven" has borrowed some ideas from the essay. The premise of the movie lies in a small town terrorized by a bandit named Calvera. The people are forced into giving up their food and goods. The movie emphasizes on the gunslingers that are hired to
Seven Samurai, directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa is a grand tale and a pioneer film for its genre. The story takes place in 16th century Japan and focuses on a rag tag group of master less samurai known as 'Ronin' who ultimately come together to come to the aid of a poor farming village under the attack of plundering bandits. The film follows the farmers needing to find samurai who are willing to work for three meals of rice a day. They come across an elder samurai who accepts their offer
Foreign films are often not as popular, especially among people who do not understand the language being spoken. Viewers claim they would rather watch a film, as opposed to reading it because of the provided subtitles. However, The Seven Samurai is a well done film in which the subtitles are not a distracting and the language barrier becomes unnoticed as viewers are engulfed in the dramatic plot. After a group of bandits make plans to capture a village, the villagers are panicked and request help
movie that really stands out is “The Magnificent 7.” Considered a “classic,” The Magnificent 7 was directed by John Sturges, and was released October 23, 1960. The cast of The Magnificent 7 consisted of many actors like Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, and Eli Wallach. During production, Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen had a bit of a rivalry. According to (imdb.com), Yul had a problem Steve was trying to upstage him in a way. This made the filming of The Magnificent 7 much more difficult. Yul and Steve
the 103 rd floor that extends almost four and a half feet off of the skyscraper it is all glass so you can look down and see the city of Chicago and four other states. More than one million seven hundred thousand people visit the platform each year. On a clear day, you can see up to 50 miles away.2. Magnificent Millennium Park. According to millennium park “millennium park sits in a space previously occupied by a rail yard and parking lots. construction started in1998. Through a massive civil effort
she finally told me about my father. “He left to fight the war against the brutes of Troy. He said that he would not be gone long, that because the gods were on our side, that they would bring us victory. That was twenty years ago, the war was over seven years ago, and still no word from your father, his men, or the gods.” After she told me this, she pulled the soft, silky sheets up tightly around my neck, put her finger on my nose, and whispered quietly, “There
throws a magnificent masquerade since “the external world could take care of itself. In the meantime, it was folly to grieve, or to think” (Poe 37). The Prince Prospero represented prosperity.
Hollywood has been remaking more classic films than ever before, and the trend is nothing new. Movie studios have been redoing movies since almost the beginning of the industry. In fact, some of our favorite films in recent years have been remakes of films produced years before. Here are five of the best remakes in recent years. 1. REMAKE: YOU’VE GOT MAIL (1998) ORIGINAL: THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940) Most people are completely unaware that the very popular and successful 1998 romantic comedy
technology with our own, we find their accomplishments truly amazing. Their buildings, remarkably built without cranes, bulldozers, or assembly lines, rival our greatest and create great wonder among our culture. Chief among their architectural feats, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World remind us constantly of the ancient cultures’ splendors and advancements. These landmarks, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the
Wyman, and Rock Hudson, who was in seven of Sirk's thirteen American films (Halliday 162-171). Although critics in the fifties called the films "trivial" and "campy" and dismissed them as "tearjerkers" or "female weepies" (Schatz 224), critics in the seventies re-examined Sirk's work and developed an "academic respect for the genre" and declared that the films actually had "subversive relationship to the dominant ideology" (Klinger xii). Douglas Sirk's Magnificent Obsession (1954) and Imitation of
National Park Island is free, but in order to get there you will have to pay for the ferry. A trip to New York would be incomplete without vising this monument. It is my dream to someday live in New York and see it once more. I think that it is magnificent in every way and a great symbol of art because it not only inspired artists and sculptors, but also has a great significance on the lives of American
artists during Kahn’s era did not enjoy the financial support of the state, church, or individuals that artists had during the Renaissance. During his life, Kahn was sometimes even referred to as ‘Manhattan’s Maecenas’ or ‘Otto the Magnificent,’ after Lorenzo the Magnificent of the Medici family (Drake,
“The Masque of The Red Death”, by Edgar Allen Poe, is about the terrifying reality that time is always ticking away. The red death contains a lot of symbols showing that everyone in this story, and in real life, care about time. The seven rooms represent the seven stages of life, starting with the first one. It was described as, “the eastern extremity was hung, for example, in blue - and vividly blue went its windows” (Poe 208). Everyone attending the masquerade avoided the last room. This room
from the reader, and creating a false sense of security. The setting of The Masque, which Poe effectively and thoroughly illustrates, helps to create a desired atmosphere by developing the mood of the story. Poe describes the masque as “a gay and magnificent revel” in which “the prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure.” This creates a joyous and blissful mood, and shows that the masque, for the most part, was a rather jubilant occasion. However, Poe also illustrates how a gigantic ebony clock
Both Cuchullin and Achilles become heroes long before they become men. There are stories as mentioned above from when Cuchullin was just seven years old, fighting fierce attackers while look after Ulster’s boundaries. Achilles also becomes a fierce fighter, in particular in Homer’s Illiad when Phoinix refers to him as a child, as he goes off to war to fight with the Greek army. Even though
The Stolen Plays William Shakespeare is a fraud. Whoever wrote the plays Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and many more plays was a phenomenal writer. He or she was able to rhyme, use iambic pentameter, use puns, and was able to contribute 1,200 at minimum of the English language in one play itself. Which Williams Shakespeare was clearly unable to write these plays. Many people believe he wrote the plays that are in his name but as research shows he did not have the right
and an author. Some of Machiavelli’s conventions were “Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius” which was his discussions on what how he viewed issues inside of the Roman Empire and another on of his writings that he was famous for was the Seven Books of the Art of War. (Kreis 2013). In Niccolo Machiavelli’s book “The Prince” Machiavelli teaches how to gain and maintain power, but he also speaks teaches human nature and pursuing unethical opportunities in order to achieve your desired goal