9 to 5 is a 1980 comedy film starring Jane Fonda as Judy Bernly, Lily Tomlin as Violet Newstead, Dolly Parton as Doralee Rhodes, and Dabney Coleman as the boss Franklin Hart Jr. The film focuses on a department that is being poorly run by a "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss. After finally getting over their differences, the three main ladies develop a friendship, vent to each other, take down their boss and eventually help each other run the company. Describe the organizational
Cleo 5 to 7 as a New Wave Film Agnes Varda is not only one of the few female directors of new wave cinema; she is also credited as having helped create the genre. Her short film La Point–Courte is considered by some as the first new wave film. Her first full length movie, Cleo 5 to 7 falls within this genre as well. It is the story of a young woman dying of cancer and how she sees the world in the context of time. We follow the singer Cleo as she changes into the woman Flora and as she does so
Portrayal of Paris: Cities in Cleo from 5 to 7 and Inception The representation of the city has changed dramatically overtime .A city, the icon of a lifestyle completely different from other lifestyles, is a creation of modernity, social contrast and cultural collisions. The city of Paris is one of the most famous cities in the world and the main setting for both films, Cleo from 5 to 7 and Inception. Even though they shot their films in the same geographical location, Agnes Varda’s Paris is very
1980s and the film industry has been able to captures some of the more dramatic changes on film. Dating back to the 1930s, there has been films produced that depicted African-Americans as docile individuals who live to serve white families. As times changed and America made progress in integration of cultures, African-American rose to a new role on the big screen. Initially, African-Americans were introduced on the screen as closer equals to their white counter parts. However, these films did not accurately
A Comparison of Two Film Versions of Act 3 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet The two versions I have studied are Franco Zeffirelli’s paramount film and Alvin Rakoff’s BBC version. Both films were produced in the 1960s. The BBC film is aimed at students studying the play but Zeffirelli’s version is aimed at a much wider cinema audience. I think that it is the much larger budget and involvement of a world famous director that makes the paramount film much more successful
Nolan has been focusing and creating film since the age of 7. Nolan always has a unique touch to his film. This includes often using non-linear story telling throughout his films, his frequent uses of symmetric image composition, a use of unconventional and deep characters, his surprising and twistful plots and Nolan commitment to sticking to traditional film as oppose to the use of digital. Nolan likes to use a non-linear story telling when it comes to his films. Nolen comments on his non-linear structure
exposed in the plot during the film. The film and the play, offer a few similarities which the play is an original piece and the film remains faithful to the text. Shakespeare’s play, has a written prologue at the
ASSIGNMENT #5 – NEW WAVE CINEMA I’m Summiting the assignment late due to my father's death, I was not here, and which I wasn’t able to Turn It in on time. This assignment is worth 15 points. There will be three parts for this assignment. Part 1, write the name of your group film and your group thesis for your presentation (5 pts) – easy! The Name of Our Group: Mohuya, Raven, Rebekah, Karla The purpose of this investigation is to discuss Peter Pan’s isolation of the real world. I. Peter pan syndrome
Times, published an article on the front page of the paper titled “Taki 183... ... middle of paper ... ... sparked interest in graffiti once again. This film follows a French immigrant in Los Angeles and his obsession with street art. It shows the struggles of what a modern day graffiti artist has to go through to gain recognition. The film is debated whether or not it should be taken seriously but still has a serious impact on the art community. The first amendment sates that people have freedom
Chemistry and physics but after seeing D.W. Griffiths film “ Intolerance” he was inspired to follow film. He applied to the Sate Institute of Cinematography at Moscow in 1919. However in 1919 film was still a very young art form and ideas and techniques that are commonplace today were just being developed at that time. Pudovkin most influential role in the world cinema was his theories on editing. He recorded that editing is an aspect of film art form, which completely different compared to other
The book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne is about a young boy, Bruno, whose father is a soldier in the German army during WWII. Bruno lives with his parents and his older sister, Gretel. They live in a five story house in Berlin. He goes to school and has three best friends that he goes on adventures with. One day he comes home to find their maid packing his things. They move to a three story house in Germany because his dad was promoted and needs to be closer to his work. Bruno
Darren Aronofsky presented his 2014 film Noah to be a truthful account of the famous Biblical story, but in reality rewrote the story to be what many argue is an “anti-biblical” representation of the true story of “Noah’s
femaleness, puts forward two aspects of her cinema: her particular insight to the portrayal of a set of geographical locations, and her visual and verbal emphasis on female embodiment within a set space. Making the feminist phenomenological approach to her films particularly tasteful for her viewers. Drawing from the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, “it explores haptic imagery and feminist strategy.” In The Gleaners and I, the materialization of space characterizing Varda’s paralleled work of fiction and documentary
Anjelica Weigel Midterm Essay King Kong is one of the premiere examples of popular orientalism for a number of reasons. The films premise, following Carl Denham as he sets out to make a film about the mysterious beast on Skull Island, and the events that unfold subsequently, typifies racial and political divides of the time. Furthermore, it also encapsulates many of the aspects of colonialism in both past and present. In this paper, the definition of popular Orientalism and the film’s narrative
direction of the film industry in the United Sates. These two historical events were part of what was viewed as the beginning of the fall of the old studio system. In the 1920s to the late 1940s there were 5 very powerful and influential Hollywood film studios which were commonly known as the ‘Big 5.’ These studios were made up of Fox, Paramount Pictures, Loew’s Incorporated, Warner Brothers, and RKO. These studios became known primarily as the Big 5 because according to American Film, “The Big Five
Growing up in Dixon influenced Reagan later on as president (Reagan 27). Ronald claimed that living in a small town is a good foundation for anyone who decides to enter the world of politics. (Reagan 28). He suggests this because he feels as if you get to meet people as individuals and not as members of a special interest groups (Reagan 28). He states, “Despite the differences, most people have a lot in common: Every individual is unique, but we all want freedom, liberty, peace, love and security
revolutionized film making by mastering the art of using cutting edge techniques to make it one of the most single revolutionary and groundbreaking films in the history of movies. Citizen Kane, released in 1941, is thought to be the single most revolutionary and groundbreaking film in the history of movies (Rotten Tomatoes). Welles used many techniques in the production of the film that were never even thought of before that point. In this way, the film Citizen Kane is an extremely innovative film and definitely
Dupuy Kenzie Chang 5/22/17 Period 5 12 Angry Men Essay Emotion and facial expressions can have an influential role in the movie- it can set the scene and make it more visual. In the film adaptation of 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, the director Sidney Lumet uses emotion and tone to help enhance the film. The film is about a jury who decides whether a boy who people claimed to have murdered his father is guilty. At first, all the jurors except for one believe he is guilty. One by
will attempt to compare to what extent the given posters for the given film, Spiderman reflects the evolution of the superhero film and how the posters reflect the evolution of filming technology, by paying attention to theme, characterisation and overall appeal. It will also highlight which poster is most effective for advertising the film and which has best represented the idea of Spiderman. It could be said that poster 5 and 6 attempt to show a 3D image, focused on Spiderman himself, both including
The play is about a tragic romance, of two star crossed lovers and their deaths that reconcile a long feud between the Montague and the Capulet families. Romeo films are Franco Zeffrielli 1968 and Baz Luhrmanns 1996. These two films have been adapted for different audiences by using imagery, dialogue and film techniques, such as luhrmanns film depicts a modern day view compared to zeffriellis, this was achieved by using arrange of aesthetic features. Also this furthers the theme of death that Shakespeare