The 1997 film Taste of Cherry by Abbas Kiarostami is one of ambiguity in a number of ways, the vagueness and openness of the films content results in an array of possible interpretations; the film has likewise been ambiguous in the responses and evaluation it draws. This essay shall examine two of these responses and interpretations, namely those of Hamish Ford and Jonathan Rosenbaum, whilst postulating that the Humanist view proposed by Rosenbaum is the more pertinent of the two. This shall be
what was going on in the world at the time of the child’s birth. I was born on April 22nd, in the year of 1997. It was a rather interesting week, with both its ups and downs going on throughout the world. The Thursday of my birth was both proceeded and followed by interesting events. A serious but funny thing that happened in the week of my birth was an internet crash. On April 25th, 1997 an Internet Service Provider accidentally passed along some bad router information to the Sprint Company.
The major reason for this is the changing times as the Zefferelli and Luhrman films were made in 1968 and 1997 respectively. Basically, the 1997 film is made so that young people in the year 1997 can relate to it and the 1968 film attracted the 1968 audience. The difference in dates affects a lot of different aspects in both productions. For example, the music is very different in both. Obviously the 1997 film has more modern music than the Zefferelli but it is also the types and times when
Good Will Hunting is the graceful tale of a young gentleman’s struggle to find out where he belongs in the world, by first finding out who he himself is. In this film, Matt Damon takes on the role of a disturbed genius that has a keen understanding of the deepness of human character. The film is a voyage through the mind of Will Hunting as he is required to undergo psychotherapy as an alternative to serving jail time. With the assistance of a psychologist, played by Robin Williams, Will learns about
popular type of popular culture is film. Films are a reflection of society, primarily the thoughts of the elites in society (Wilson et al.,2003, p. 74) Films that have the most influence on the public are cult classics or iconic films. Iconic films inspire people to change anything from their style to their career, but they also have the ability to change the way people think, by conveying a message that promotes elitist views. Breakfast at Tiffany’s is an iconic film that does just that. Breakfast
Thoughts on the concept of national cinema and Chinese movie The Dream Factory Since the commercialization of Chinese film market in 1997, The Dream Factory(1997) directed by Xiaogang,Feng was committed as the first commercial film in China (Mainland of China) after years of previously censored propaganda film (this refers to those films allowed to be screened during the Great Culture Revolution period). This movie was meaningful not only in terms of it leads the serious thinking about the future
The Sweet Hereafter is a Canadian film that is an adaptation of the novel that is also called The Sweet Hereafter that was written by Russell Banks. The sweet Hereafter the Canadian film was written and directed by Aton Egoyan in 1997. Aton gained a lot of attention at the Sundance Film Festival for his earliest works. A few years later he broke out into the public with one of his most famous works, Exotica that was made in 1994. Later in 1997 is when The Sweet Hereafter got him major attention
Made in Hong Kong (1997) is one of the independent films directed by the “grassroots director” Fruit Chan on low budget production. The cost of production was kept low by utilizing the leftover film reels and amateur actors such as Sam Lee Chan-Sam who has been awarded best New Artist in the 17th Annual Hong Kong Films Awards and nominated Best Actor in 35th Annual Golden Horse Awards. Made in Hong Kong is very much a vernacular film featuring the Hong Kong society and culture in 1997, particularly the
texts have multiple references to culture, and that these are left to interpretation by the reader. This theoretical orientation is essential to the reader-centred approach that I have adopted to analyse the film Frozen. In my defence I will focus on the aspects of my positive response to the film that were formed due to “my initial low expectations” and “the relatable characters” (specifically Elsa). Richard Beach’s academic framework of reader-centred theories can be applied to the theoretical position
Beasts of Burden In 1997 Steven Spielberg directed Amistad, a film based on the true story about the Mende tribesmen who were captured, put on board the Amistad ship, and set to be sold into slavery. However; the Mende tribesmen are able to gain control over their captors and soon after a legal battle about who the slaves belong to ensues. With the help of a former president, a diligent lawyer, and the courage of the chief of the Mende tribe the slaves are freed after the court upholds the ruling
from ‘slavery days’ has never entirely disappeared (Hall, 1997). A Stereotype can be described as a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing (Oxford University Press, 2014) and can affect the target by getting hold of a few simple, vivid, memorable, easily grouped and widely recognised characteristic, about a person and reduce everything to the specific traits and exaggerate them (Hall, 1997). One of the most well-known stereotype has to be the ‘Black-stereotype’
(1842-1997) was signed to end the first Opium war, HK became a crown colony of the Great British Empire (GBE) on a lease for 99 years. China had become lost, what was once part of their nation’s identity had been taken. People of Kowloon began to lose their traditions, and their culture was beginning to disappear with new ports opening bringing Western products into China. HK horror between 1842 and 1997 has arguably been influenced by Western cinema – “It has been argued that Western film critics
Kubrick was both writer and director. Stanley Kubrick was born July 26, 1928 in the Bronx, New York. He is an accomplished director with other ground breaking movies under his belt, such as The Shining, Paths of Glory, and 2001 A Space Odyssey. His films have one common theme- the dehumanization of mankind. He is also known for his symmetric image composition and long "zooming out" and/or "zooming in" sequences. Kubrick constructs three-way conflicts and utilizes the techinique of extreme close-ups
Many early films made were based on religious contexts and have evolved from romanticism to thrillers, telling different stories (Fang, 1997). There have always been different national cultures being expressed in film. This is seen both in a deliberate and an unconscious fashion until the rise of Hitler in 1933 who stressed that the film should be seen as an art form (Briggs & Burke, 2009). Used by Hitler, the United States, and other world leaders during World War II, the film was seen as a force
attempt to attract a wide audience by interpreting universal stories or emotions, often looking to high culture source texts that contend with real events. The Lion King is considered the highest grossing musical (Johnson 2014). While based on the Disney film, it clearly utilises the narrative of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and encapsulates such themes as mortality, identity and family. Consider also, the adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables; “the world’s longest-running musical” (WestEndTheatres.com 2015)
The film Pride recollects a true story that happened in London during the 19th century. The story unravels the LGSM group, Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, that collects money to help the miners on strikes. Just like the film’s title, Pride, it tells the story of homosexual people coming out of their shells to embrace and be proud of their real identities and their achievements. The article, Celebration and Suppression, written by Mary Bernstein (1997) who argues that the meaning of “identity”
analysing, in a sociological context, the way the music industry utilized film to help create or reinvent star image of Rock icons The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, we can see how the signifier of the Rock Rebel has evolved with the developing Rock culture. (Dyer; 1979:1) Even before first staring in the 1964 film A Hard Day’s Night (HDN), The Beatles had already become acclaimed on a global scale and it was this initial film, made purely for soundtrack marketability, which proved instrumental in
reiterates Junn (1997) findings that compared to women, men are overrepresented (Leaper, Breed, Hoffman, & Perlman, 2002). Leaper et al. conducted a time-based structured observational study by evaluating a total of 12 different child target television shows. They selected 3 shows from each of the following categories: traditional adventure, nontraditional adventure, comedy, and educational/family (Leaper et al, 2002). In addition, Leaper et al examined the number of characters in each film while also
readers to make their own assumptions about the apparent threat to Quebec's culture. Tremblay also discusses whether Quebecois and Canadian cultural industries - such as "broadcast programming and production and film and video" - should enter the Free Trade Agreement (Culture Network, 1997). Would the entrance open the way to a complete cultural invasion? Or would it enhance Canada's and Quebec's cultural industries by maximizing profits? The main reason for noncompliance with deregulation is the
mentioned is the masterful Princess Mononoke. Written by the world renowned Japanese film director Hayao Miyazaki, the 1997 film is a historical fantasy world set in the Muromachi Period of Japan. It follows the story of the main character Ashitaka, the last prince of an Emishi village. A battle with a demon leaves the prince with a lethal curse, and he must leave home in order to search for an elusive cure. The film takes a twist on protagonists uncommonly seen at the time, in which Ashitaka fights