1950’s film analysis is The Bridge on the River Kwai. Directed by David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai follows a battalion of British soldiers who find themselves trapped in a Japanese POW camp during WWII in 1943. The British soldieries are led by Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) who is ordered by the commandant of the POW camp, Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), to build a railroad bridge over the Burmese river Kwai. Colonel Nicholson refuses to help build the bridge based on the fact that the
In the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai, the leadership techniques and styles of the two key leaders, Colonel Saito and Colonel Nicholson are persistently in conflict. Both men have significantly different personalities and both come from conflicting cultural backgrounds. Yet, these two have one common goal: to build a bridge. Both men have conflicting leadership styles and approaches to achieving this goal. This film is a great exploration in how conflicting leaders can eventually learn how
The purpose of this paper is to apply the rational systems theory to Bridge Over the River Kwai. First, an overview of the rational systems theory is provided. Second, a brief description of Bridge Over the River Kwai is provided. Lastly, the rational system theory is applied to Bridge Over the River Kwai. First, rational systems theory argues that organizations are “instruments” whose sole purpose is to achieve a definite goal by way of a formal organizational structure. Goal specificity, allows
to the Japanese. He was marched, with fifty or sixty thousand other prisoners of war, to the deadly Changi Prison, and transported to Ban Pong, in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, to work on the “Death Railway”, which portions include the legendary Bridge on the River Kwai. Lomax started to secretly make escape equipment but he was arrested and forced to stand outside in the blistering heat all day without food and drink. He, along with five other prisoners, was clubbed unconscious by the Kempeitai or Japanese
work in Holly... ... middle of paper ... ...to obtain work in the American film and television industry for many years. Some of those blacklisted continued to write Hollywood films, using false names. This allowed movies such as The Bridge on the River Kwai to be completed. Several screenwriters moved to other countries, where they were able to find work in film. Most estimates indicate that the blacklist involved approximately three hundred and twenty-five employees in film and related industries
“The horror... the horror...”- Colonel Kurtz are the last lines of Apocalypse Now, the Francis Ford Coppola directed war-film masterpiece, which truly explores horror. Typical war films, like Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket or Boulle’s The Bridge on the River Kwai, follow the camaraderie of a protagonist and his unit and their struggles that build up to a violent and climactic confrontation where both sides sustain losses to illustrate the tragedy of war. Apocalypse Now is different; there are only
U.S.'s Influence on British Cinema Culture Between 1930 and 1980 Britain and America have always had a very close relationship that could have stemmed from a number of different things. The English discovered America, they both speak the same language and the fact that America helped Britain in the first World War may have played an important part in why the two countries are so close. Due to this close bond or the 'special relationship' between the countries, over time we have influenced
film that Stanley Kubrick made during his forty-nine year career. In my opinion, it is the best of its genre, even better than Hitchcock's Psycho. Among the ten greatest war movies of all time, I would include Saving Private Ryan, The Bridge on The River Kwai, Platoon, and Apocalypse Now. Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket also belongs on this list. No other movie has depicted boot camp the way Kubrick did in this 1987 film. The hair on my arm was literally standing up by the time the movie had
A Comparison of the Representation of the Future of The Matrix and Planet of the Apes Sci-fi films were born in the aftermath of the industrial and scientific revolutions of the 19th century. The first motion picture from this genre was ‘Le Voyage Dans La Lune’, a Georges Meties production from 1902. This is regarded as the first sci-fi film; the one that set the standard for the genre and to what most of the future sci-fi movies would aspire to in someway. Le Voyage includes astronauts, spaceships
1958, the national psyche has sprouted a self-confidence which is not always becoming, but which leaves no doubt that it offers the rest of the world something out of the ordinary. ... ... middle of paper ... ... inspiration for both The Bridge on the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes; two others served up the plot for Vertigo, and films noirs have become a Hollywood genre. French films have been a highly fruitful pillaging ground for a string of Hollywood vehicles for Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon