absolutely stunning film, Citizen Kane (1941), is one of the world’s most famous and highly renowned films. The film contains many remarkable scenes and cinematic techniques as well as innovations. Within this well-known film, Orson Welles (director) portrays many stylistic features and fundamentals of cinematography. The scene of Charles Foster Kane and his wife, Susan, at Xanadu shows the dominance that Kane bears over people in general as well as Susan specifically. Throughout the film, Orson Welles
responsibilities, Alvin York, discovers himself fleeing from religion with Satan dangling securely to his shirttail. York is a round character that is a rabble-rouser in the beginning, yet evolves into an extraordinary spiritual man. “Sergeant York” is a 1941 film portraying the trials and triumphs of Sergeant Alvin York. Based on real situations, the aforementioned flick depicts the life of a boy who grew up in the Tennessee Hills, then went off to fight in a war that would mold him into an American Hero
The nature of ego is a fundamental concept in Orson Welles’ 1941 film ‘Citizen Kane’. Through presenting the life of Charles Foster Kane, Welles explores how time and place are critical in the development of an individual’s ego. The ideas of childhood and adulthood life and Kane’s need for control in his public and private environment assist in shaping audience’s understanding of the nature of ego. Essentially, Welles uses Kane’s life to explore how time and place are crucial elements to consider
Pearl Harbor The film I chose was Pearl Harbor being directed by Michael Bay and was released in the United States on May 25th, 2001. Pearl Harbor was a theatrical run-through of the events that took place prior to, during and after the attack happened on the United States at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. These attacks ultimately led us to join in the war and declare war on Japan. The film Pearl Harbor was a plot based on two Army pilots who, while fighting a war, fall in love with a woman
In 1941, the movie Dumbo became the fourth film in the Disney American Canon. This movie officially premiered on October 23, 1941 produced by Walt Disney Productions, released by RKO Radio Pictures, and recorded using the RCA system. During this era, the Disney studio started to experience financial trouble as Pinocchio and Fantasia did not succeed to Walt’s expectations in the box office. Walt Disney and his crew wanted to make sure that Dumbo would be the most emotional piece of work to date in
Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) challenged the traditional narrative and technical elements of classic Hollywood cinema through the successful use of mise-en-scene. According to (Wikipedia) traditional narrative focuses on chronological order of history it is event driven and tends to center upon individuals, actions and intentions. Additionally (Wikipedia) also states that the title “Classic Hollywood cinema” were terms used in film history which designates both a visual and sound style for making
all films, since early black and white cinema until nowadays-modern movies. The filmmakers use a lot of different editing techniques to manipulate the flow of time and to compress the story of the movie into an acceptable duration. Virtually all films use time compression and it is often used with a purpose to create a dramatic effect. Slow motion was invented by Professor August Musger (1868 - 1929) and is described as an action that is made to appear slower than normal by passing the film through
Hollywood film came out, produced by Jerry Wald. The novel and the movie are very different from each other. “James M. Cain sent several letters of complaint to producer Jerry Wald, objecting to the changes Wald wanted to make, especially the dramatic idea of making Veda a washout musically and putting her in a tawdry nightclub” (Bennett Notes). The three main differences in the film were, the murder of Monte, Veda not having a successful career, and the time period only covering 1941 to 1945.
one of the advancements which set the stage for films, beginning with the basic image to those utilizing multiple images in order to create movement. Then came the addition of sound into films which added another element for viewers to enjoy and finally the use of light to enhance the movement being displayed. For the most part, these techniques were rudimentary in nature until 1941 when the film Citizen Kane was released and forever changed the film industry. The remainder of this paper will analyze
Many film critics are familiar with a certain time period of film from 1941 to around 1957 called Film Noir whether that is through reading another critic’s article or actually watching a Film Noir. With Film Noir, there has been a lot of debate on what defines a Film Noir from plot to visual style. The Maltese Falcon (1941), one of the beginning film Noir’s, addresses the different aspects by exploring the adventures of Sam Spade, Brigid O’Shaughnessy, and other characters in retrieving and returning
people who have not seen this movie. I think It's not as mainstream as other movies, but still this is a masterpiece. The most likely reason I like this film is that Citizen Kane is a black-and-white film from 1941. This may turn off modern movie-goers. This movie was made 60 years ago, from the year America went into World War II. This film came out before Pearl Harbor, when Adolf Hitler was Fuehrer of Germany. Yet its direction is still unparalleled in the industry. Charles Foster Kane was
This paper will compare Gordon W. Prange's book "At Dawn We Slept - The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor" with the film "Tora! Tora! Tora!" directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, and Toshio Masuda. While the film provides little background to the attack, its focal point is on the Pearl Harbor assault and the inquiry of why it was not prevented, or at least foreseen in adequate time to decrease damage. Prange's book examines the assault on Pearl Harbor from both the Japanese and American viewpoints
discovered during the liberations of Livny, Kerch and Barvenkovo, and even eventually in Soviet documentation of the death camps throughout Poland. Furthermore, in the popular 1942 Soviet documentary Defeat of the Germans near Moscow, a section of the film depicting the remnants of liberated towns around Moscow has the narrator state the citizens had been attacked out of ‘hatred toward our Soviet people’, ignoring the overwhelming Jewish death toll in most towns. As a result of Soviet efforts throughout
their first feature film, Citizen Kane, and the beginning of Herrmann’s brilliant and influential film composing career. When Herrmann arrived in Hollywood in 1941, he pushed away the traditional “Hollywood sound,” that was being produced by his fellow composers, and began creating an individual composing style that was unique, simple, effective, and would set the stage for future generations of film composers. Unafraid of pushing the
David Cook’s, A History of Narrative Film, “both the problem pictures and the semi-documentary crime thrillers made it seem that Italian neorealism had found a home in an uneasy, if affluent, America. Yet another variety of postwar American film, one that depended on the controlled environment of the studio as well as on real locations for its depiction of the seamy underside of American life, soon appeared.” This literally was film noir, meaning “black film;’ it was discovered and named in 1946
Christmas Under fire is a World War II propaganda film created by the G.P.O film unit under the instruction of the Ministry of Information. It was released in 1941 in an attempt to get the isolated United States to engage Germany and the Axis powers in World War II. The purpose of the film according to the director Harry Watt was to make Americans feel “Uncomfortable while they celebrated Christmas.”(Sarah Street, 79). The film showed the Christmas of 1940 which occurred at the height of the Blitz
questions if Casablanca is the best film of all time. The film was originally released in New York in late 1942, and then nationally in early 1943. Given the time period and the plot, many found this film to be controversial, yet informative, as the movie follows the story of a group of refugees during World War II. With any discussion, criteria must be set to determine this answer. In this particular review, I will discuss why I believe Casablanca is the greatest film of all time and why. Specifically
Welles’ groundbreaking narrative and plot structures that paved a path for the future of the film industry. Though critics have viewed the film with such prestige over the years, a present day viewer might encounter a great amount of confusion or difficulty as to why Citizen Kane is the number one movie on the American Film Institute’s top 100 movies of all time. Especially considering the modern day film industry, Welles’ production does not measure up to the amount of thrill and entertainment audiences
President F. Roosevelt once stated, “December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan”. On December 7, 1641, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, killing more than 2,300 Americans many of them military personnel. The attack left the base destroyed and the people in shock. This incident lead to the United States’ participation in World War II
historical context, the 1941 novel Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain and its 1945 film adaptation by Michael Curtiz both carries a strong idea that when one, especially a female, tries to disobey their traditional family roles and social etiquettes, undesirable consequences would inevitably follow. However, the film adaptation, utilizing a slightly different narrative configuration and plot organization, further intensifies and emphasizes