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The documentary “The Plow That Broke the Plains” is in my opinion was not put together well. The information itself was badly researched as well as badly presented. I didn’t like that there was more music than information said in the film. The film was also (objective/subjective). To me the message of the film was Americans ruined the Great Plains land and contributed to the Dust Bowl. Despite the negatives the film to me also had some positives as well. I loved how the director showed the many scenes of people and the scenes of farming as well as dust. Even though there was a lot of music the style went well with the pictures and helped with some of the pictures that were put in there as well. Overall the documentary to me was not so good
Like when it comes to Pocahontas it mentions that she is married and several other facts that are not even mentioned in the documentary at all that could have made the documentary more interesting to watch. The Different events like America’s very first murder was very interesting to see displayed on screen while in the book there was little to nothing mentioned. Which wasn’t the only thing no mentioned like more about Pocahontas and her involvement with Jamestown like for example how she was captured by John smith which caused this huge
John Deere was born in Vermont in 1804. His father went to England to find a job in 1808 and never came back, so he was primarily raised by his mother with his three brothers and his one sister. He was an educated man, and had always been fascinated with blacksmithing. At the age of 17, Deere got his first apprenticeship as a blacksmith in Middlebury. He was so talented, that with just a three year apprenticeship he was able to gain so much knowledge and start his own blacksmith company in 1825. Blacksmithing in Vermont wasn’t as substantial as in the West because the soil wasn’t as hard, so when Deere’s business wasn’t flourishing he packed up and moved to the West.
I would like to point out the poignant cinematography, which was very innovative for its time. The narration and the filming introducing what was about to be uncovered must have been extremely moving in a melancholy way. The mise-en-scène is both compelling and haunting, each frame cleverly editied. Resnais experimented with what is known as the long shot, and the 360 degree shot, to make the voyeur very aware of the unbalanced composition. The panning of the film tracking back from Auschwitz brings us a close up, of barbed wire. This clearly suggests that this isn't what it appears to be. Resnais films the past in black and white, and the then present in colour. The ambiance is chilling, and the composed background music unique. Where normally dramatic loud music would be used to express the abonimation and enormity of the most horrendous scenes, Resnais did quite the contrary.
...t Bowl. Unfortunately the circumstances in the Great Plains all came to a head resulting in a horrific ten years for citizens of the Great Plains. The Dust Bowl caused government and people to look at farming practices and to evaluate their output. These policies resulted in overproduction of crops causing the prices to fall. The conclusion of World War I and countries that stopped importing foods added to the pain the farmers were already feeling. Yet with the establishment of government policies such as the Federal Relief Administration and the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act and with drought coming to an end, the Dust Bowl came to an end. The American people knew that they needed to do everything that was possible to end the Dust Bow. Tom Joad, the lead character in The Grapes Wrath best sums it up “ I know this... a man got to do what he got to do.”
The Dust Bowl grazed across the Midwest of the United States, destroying the ecology and agriculture of the United States and Canadian Prairies"1. The Midwest had been experiencing a severe drought when the wind started to collect any loose dry dirt building up gigantic dust clouds. The 1920 's were so prosperous with many new inventions and lifestyles being adapted. Farmers now had the aid of a tractor to help plow the fields faster and farther.2 Was the newly plowed dirt the cause of the Dust Bowl, historian, Professor R. Douglas Hurt seems to think so.
[2] So, then, what exactly are the problems with this film? Notably, nearly every film or TV show based on Daniel Boone has similar twisted depictions and representations of Boone, the native Americans, the white settlers, and the interaction therein. This suggests something deeper, and subtler maybe, than a few misinformed filmmakers. Something hidden seems to be imbedded deep w...
I truly enjoyed the movie, because of how honest it is about how people struggle, but never give up. It is a story of family and perseverance that is heart wrenching. I would completely endorse this movie and push it to be in the curriculum in the future. My hope is that students continue to over fill your class as you aloud me to do this semester. The movie explains so much of Deaf Culture that the standard population could really use to know. Which is probably why I whish the movie was more common in movie rental places, Hulu and other video cites. It is a fantastic movie with a fantastic message.
One issue that arises is in the court case the movie made the fact that the captives were really from Africa dramatically by evidence, while in real life a simple statement was from the captives was enough. During the film Spielberg focuses on stereotypes of the captives, and doesn’t use the information that was written down by John Barber on the captive’s life and story. The last mistake that I feel was made about the movie was that it lacked the information that truly showed how complex and harsh Africa was at the time. It completely disregarded the real role of the war in Africa and how much it added to the story. Personally I feel that while these inaccuracies didn’t taint the story to much as the same basic story was still there, just Hollywoodized. Though I do feel like it doesn’t represent history enough. The fact that so much information about Africa and the captives being less humanized does fade away from the true story. Personally I enjoyed the movie, but I feel that reading the true story was a lot more interesting as it showed just how important it was for such an incident to
The 1920’s were the singularly most influential years of farming in our country. The loss of farms following the war, and new agricultural practices resulted in the dawn of modern agriculture in our country. The shift from small family to big corporation during this time is now the basis for how our society deals with food today. Traditional farming in the 1920’s underwent a series of massive transitions following WWI as the number of farms decreased and the size of farms increased.
While the visuals and music were pretty outstanding, the actual story was pretty flat. Dinosaur films aren’t as revolutionary and awe-inspiring as they might have been back in the 90s when the first “Jurassic Park” film was released, and stories about dinosaurs and/or other monsters have been done and overdone in this past decade and even longer. So while the movie might have looked great, it was pretty much just a run of the mill action film about a man-made disaster with famous actors running around trying to save the
I really enjoyed watching this movie because it was very eye-opening, realistic and fun to soak in the Jamaican culture. The movie incorporated a mixture of colorful, sultry, Jamaican clothing, music and entertainment, while portraying the hardship and struggle of many poor residents of Jamaica. I could also feel the authenticity and passion in this movie.
was a spectacular film there were some things that I did not enjoy like, the
Although I enjoyed the main portion of the movie, there were some obvious likes and dislikes in my opinion. I believe that I learned from this movie and it helped me understand more of what the people of that time were feeling.
The movie helped me better understand Buddhism and understand the history of Buddhism. In my opinion, the movie corrolated with our class because it just shared so many similares. I liked how they portrayed Siddhartha’s story and it helped me better understand the history of Buddhism. The class taught us about how Siddhartha was raised by father, who sheltered him from society. We also talked about how shocked he was, when he first saw suffering. It was very hard for Siddhartha to believe in suffering because he never saw anything like this. He also saw for the first time, death, poverty, and old age. I liked how they incorporated this story to the movie because I think it just shows the real beginning of
I couldn’t see most of the dark scenes so it made it hard to know what’s happening. But the location and the scenery around was very aesthetic. The location they chose to film at made it very believable to think it’s the Maori culture. The camera crew did a good job with the camera and the editor made it very seamless. When they had the underwater whale scenes, I found them very pointless and the movie would’ve been better without it. At times, the dialog was very poor and I couldn’t hear what they were