A Film Analysis of Leon: The Professional

The main characters, Day and June have no reason to cross paths, until the day June's brother, Metias, is killed. Day becomes the most suspected killer. While Day is trying to make sure his family survives, June wants to kill whoever ended her brother,Metias's, death. As the story unravels its dizzying twist and turns, the two realize the reason they came together in the first place.

What were Edwin S. Porter's significant contributions to the development of early narrative film? In what sense did Porter build upon the innovations of contemporaneous filmmakers, and for what purposes?

The film La Bamba showcases one of the most important historical moments in not only music history but also Latino music history. The star Lou Diamond, portrays Ritchie Valens originally Valenzuela. Ritchie was a boy who did not grow up in a normal childhood. In the film Valens played by Lou diamond is shown working hard alongside his mother Connie trying to make an honest living. His older brother Bob finds his way to his mother and young brother convincing them both to leave the fruit fields where they were working. While Ritchie should have been at school he was working. Once they moved to Los Angeles, Ritchie started attending high school like a normal teen should. His love for music grew strong as he became fond of a young girl named Donna. Donna was from a middle class white family, while Ritchie was from a poor Latino American family. Donna’s parents wanted to keep the two apart from each other as her father did not approve of the romance because Ritchie had nothing to offer his daughter. Ritchie had nothing to offer Donna but his music and hope of someday making a name for himself. One-day Ritchie and his band mates are having a show and a man by the name of Bob Keane stops by to see the performance, while there Keane shows a great interest in Ritchie and reaches out to him. Keane soon convinces Valens that he didn’t need his band mates, that Ritchie was all the talent. Bob Keane not only manages to get Ritchie to drop his band, but he also convinces him to change

The film focuses primarily on the negative ways in which the themes of infidelity and jealousy effect intimate relationships. Leon’s cheating causes Sonja to break, as she is unable to trust her husband and the father of her children. What I found interesting was what Sonja said in her therapy session, being that she isn’t as much worried about Leon sleeping with another woman as she is about him lying

This movie Directed by Paul Haggis who also directed Academy Award Winning "Million Dollar Baby" and had also won an Academy Award for this movie as well puts a twisted story in this film. This movie is trying to symbolize what goes on in the world today in regards to racism and stereotypes. He tries to make a point on how societies view themselves and others in the world based on there ethnicities. This movie intertwines several different people's lives, all different races, with different types of beliefs. Such ethnicities include Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Middle Eastern. This movie includes conflicts on both sides of the picture from cops and criminals as well

Rudolfo Anaya, author of “Bless Me, Ultima”, uses an analogy of a lake during one of his interviews. He states that the top of the lake is the story and as you go deeper into it, you discover several important symbols and archetypes. The archetypes he uses connects the audience to the “the collective memory” and “connects us to every human being who has ever existed”. Archetypes help authors develop their stories and/or novels with characters that symbolize something meaningful. People often can relate to certain books because of author ’s uses of archetypes.

The simplistic plot of the novel and the overall theme of love allows the author to span the lives of the main characters. The reader sees the span of the life of two of the main characters, Sidda and her mother Vivi, as

The film revolves around two teenagers, David and Jennifer. These two siblings couldn’t be any more different. David is nerdy and isolated while his sister Jennifer is reckless and far more sexually advanced. One night, both David and Jennifer intend

This film is about the main character Janie Crawford's search for happiness. Throughout this film the viewer sees the different struggles Janie faces. This includes several different marriages, and even some life threating situations. This film is a drama because a story is brought to life through dialogue and action. The audience can see and feel the conflict Janie endures. The conflict in this movie includes person vs. self, person vs. person, and person vs. nature. This film fits perfectly into the genre of drama because of the elements, characteristics and conflict seen

It is about a woman who drops out of medical school after her husband has been sentenced to eight years in prison. While she turns all of her attention to his well being while incarcerated, she also goes on a journey of self-discovery. The film went on to be acquired by AFFRM and Participant Media at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. While at Sundance, it played in the U.S. Dramatic Competition and won the Best Director award for DuVernay, the first African American woman to ever win. It also went on to be nominated and win many awards at other festivals. The film had a budget of $200,00 and a total domestic gross of $236,806.

Mathilda struggles with separating her fantasizes from her realities. Since her father left her and the only thing that she has to remember him is a letter that he wrote. “As for that unhappy little being whom I could not see, and hardly dare mention, I leave her under your protection. Take care of her and heroism her: one day I may claim her at your hands;” (Mathilda 10). Mathilda believes that her father is going to return and they're going to have a wonderful life and he's going to be the cure to her unhappiness. Mathilda creates a false image and is let down when she really meets her dad. Her father being absent and her aunt being distant, causes Mathilda to struggle separating her fantasies from reality. Mathilda’s fairy tale in her mind comes to an abrupt end when her father claims his love for her. “...you are none of all these; you are my light, my only one, my life.—My daughter, I love you!” (Mathilda 22). These words shook Mathilda because she could not comprehend things that did not go along with what she dreamed

The simplistic plot of the novel and the overall theme of love allows the author to span the lives of the main characters. The reader sees the span of the life of two of the main characters, Sidda and her mother

A young, married couple, part of this family also, is also struggling because the man is thinking on leaving. His wife is pregnant, but he believes the child is not his. She was rape, and this has drawn them apart. Two more women, are part of this family. They come to the island from the main land on the day the movie describes. One of them is religious; she believes in Jesus Crist. This is another struggle between religious traditions. The other women left the Island long ago to live in the main land. In this day she was coming back to her land to stay, to rediscover herself. However, she got rejected by many women in the family. They consider her a traitor because she left. The younger women accept her because they are more open-minded.

This movie shows a lot of love, sexual content and betrayal. Velma and Roxie were at odds with each other through-out the film. But, when two ladies put there differences aside they became the biggest name is show business. First, the ladies had to work through the hated for each other to find out truthfully what each other can do. Once the ladies learned each others good points, weaknesses and strengths they were able to perform together.

The resentment within the young girl’s family is essential to the novel because one can understand the young girl better as she makes her decision.