A Fistful Of Dollars By Sergio Leone And Clint Eastwood And Carty Sewill

Stories of violence and brutality sell in the West. Many of the images that support this theme one does not notice initially. Many times Joe is shown taking pictures of violence, but he does not seem to entirely react, Saleh when he is present is shown with his camera ready, waiting for some form of violence to ensue. There is an excellent picture of Saburo on page 54; his camera lens seems huge, almost like a telescope. At another point, Sacco is talking to another Journalist, Saleh Saleh says he is tired of his current position because all of the violence of the intifada is gradually slowing, and that there are "no good pictures anymore". He makes reference to the fact that all the pictures of violence are the same. When Sacco arrives at Saleh's office, he meets Saleh's boss. When the boss is asking about the pictures Sacco has taken, he uses the quote, unquote bunny ears gesture around the word violence. At the end of this section, Sacco's pictures are not bought because the faces of the people involved cannot be seen. The man tells him that "the idea was good". Representations of this theme are a bit more hidden then the other themes in the book. However, if one looks hard enough, one can again find examples from cover to closing .

A violent contract killer, a blue-collar welder, and a weary sheriff are all players in the ensemble No Country for Old Men. The Coen Brothers adaptation of the novel written by Cormac McCarthy is a multi-genre, visual buffet about a man’s strength of will and dedication. It’s about death, fate and American violence. It is set in 1980 and centers around the chaos of questionable decision making and killing without a purpose or at the very least killing without ethics. Every Coen Brother movie has utilized violence as a way to enhance realism, entertainment and narrative. Each of their films employ bloodshed in

The Wild West, following the civil war, and even after reconstruction, was a place filled with surprising and fascinating characters, including the well-known and quite stereotypical character of the western cowboy. Though not all cowboys are presented in a bad or harsh manner, some, including the ones in George P. Cosmatos’ gritty and bloody “shoot ‘em up” western film, are.

Hollywood movies have shaped perceptions of North American culture through the storytelling of facts, fiction, history and myths. For a time there was no other genre that has become more important to Hollywood in a culture-driven industry fueled by formulas. As a film genre nothing was so adaptable towards American sensibilities as the Western. Set in the nineteenth century where a large section of the United States was still undiscovered; it is known as the Wild West. The central plot of a western film is the classic goal of maintaining law and order on the frontier in an action, adventure story.

In the western Unforgiven staring Clint Eastwood we embark the journey of a legendary gunslinger coming out of retirement in order to provide for the one’s he loves and holds dears to his heart, his kids. Throughout the film the idea of killing and the justification of doing so is continuously questioned in the minds of each of our three gunslingers. As in all westerns the use of violence is displayed to solve and extinguish any conflicts that arise. Violence is incorporated within this film in order to powerfully portray and strengthen the way in which we depict and understand the morals of each of the key characters. We start with the Schofield Kid, after all if it wasn’t for him Will Munny would have never even thought or questioned the idea of coming out of retirement.

There are many films that portray the truth of human history. 12 Years a Slave is an award-winning movie that filled with powerful messages as it completely portrays the horrors of slavery. The film’s uses of images, and sound encompass the story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and they also capture the audience’s hearts with the horrifying human tragedy in the film. 12 Years a Slave is told with passion, and the effective uses of film aspects, and powerful acting of Chiwetel Ejiofor leads the film to achieve the long lists of accomplishments. Not only winning many awards, but also achieve the film’s highest purpose: to elevate the audience by presenting them messages that are truthful and powerful.

The willing to get money and wealth is able to do awful things with people. Trying to

Adam Junio V00807894 Kill Bill Film Analysis The movie Kill Bill is, on the surface, an action movie about a wronged protagonist seeking revenge and redemption. However, it is also a movie that deviates from the types of movies that were coming out around the same time by going against the current movie culture and abandoning most of their tropes. Instead, Kill Bill is a movie that is inspired by and pays a respectful homage to many types of genre films that came decades before while at the same time playing with viewers’ expectations by diverging from the pre-established formula. This essay will show how Kill Bill is a movie that went against its current movie culture as well as elaborate on its various influences and how it played with

This sadistic action shows a bad character winning humanity, where personality of guards were changed when they were given the position of authority over prisoners. The power and movie influences encouraged them to treat prisoners bad by losing self-awareness of bad or good behavior.

Often regarded as one of the best films of all time by AFI, IMDb and film critic Roger Ebert, Citizen Kane, is a movie directed, co-authored, produced and starred by Orson Welles and released in 1941. The film follows a series of flashbacks to solve a mystery, and is based upon newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. The movies subtle comparison between the fictional protagonist, Charles Foster Kane (played by Orson Welles) and William Randolph Hearst leads Hearst to ban any mention of the movie in his newspapers. Citizen Kane shows the harsh realities of the lack of ethics in journalism as well as yellow journalism’s effect on public perception and politics that is ever-present to this day.

What defines a macho man? In the 1999 film, Fight Club, director David Fincher gives us a glimpse into the world of manhood. A man, known to viewers as the Narrator (Edward Norton) is an insomniac who seeks tranquility in support group. That is, until he meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) who introduces him to a new way of finding peace: fighting. The two team up and accidentally start an underground mens club called Fight Club where men are able to come and fight one another in order to leave reality behind, prove their manhood, and to simply have a little manly fun. In one of the beginning scenes of fight club, The Narrator has just recently lost his apartment to a house fire and he calls his new friend, Tyler Durden, for help. At first, the

While The Man Who Would Be King director John Huston may have made an effort to mitigate some of the overwhelmingly imperialist perspectives in his adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's novel, many depictions of the Easterners in his film still have the air of Western superiority. In fact, if Huston had completely removed this aspect of Kipling's tale from the story, the film would no longer be a faithful representation of the original work.

People are shooting at each other and pushing others into dangers way to save themselves or their family. There is a quick realization that in order to survive in this new world, you must not only be smart, but be willing to kill; which is one of the reasons that this film, and so many others, are so popular. People no longer have a real purpose in their ‘normal’ life, and in many ways, are restricted by the government regulated rules that are put in place to keep us safe. The people who used to have boring office jobs, where day in and day out was nothing but a boring routine with no real purpose or drive, are suddenly thrust into a world with no rules. They can do as they please now with no restrictions and suddenly they have a purpose again: to survive.

Leone the cinematographer of A Fistful of Dollars is one of the most influential Italian directors worldwide. His contribution to the creation of the sub-genre Spaghetti Western places him as the father of it, shaping its style with this movie. As Grant indicates “If we talk about the strictly Italian interpretation of the western subject, then Leone sets the point of origin.”(50) Story wise this film is not original, in fact the plot was admittedly borrowed from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961). It features a lonely fortune-hunter who

Other elements expected by the "western" viewer include the importance of the vast landscape in relation to the men upon it; the figures of the morally ambiguous marshall, the cultured Eastern lady, the understanding yet fallen prostitute and the "bad guy"; and the conflict between nature and civilization, usually represented by Apaches and white settlers respectively. Lastly, the most general and material characteristic of a "western" is its setting on the American western frontier in the late 1900's. Each of these motives is evident in Ford's Stagecoach ; however, there are several conventions of the "western" which the director intentionally manipulates, which exceed altering the traits of the actor who plays the lead role.