A Kiss Before Dying Film Analysis

The Narrative or storyline is much the same as any other film noir movie. It has a ‘hard boiled' cop (Russell Crowe) who we grow attached to. The narrative of any film must have certain ‘key conventions' which are apparent for the audience to tell the genre of the film. The

Film Noir was extremely trendy during the 1940’s. People were captivated by the way it expresses a mood of disillusionment and indistinctness between good and evil. Film Noir have key elements; crime, mystery, an anti-hero, femme fatale, and chiaroscuro lighting and camera angles. The Maltese Falcon is an example of film noir because of the usage of camera angles, lighting and ominous settings, as well as sinister characters as Samuel Spade, the anti-hero on a quest for meaning, who encounters the death of his partner but does not show any signs of remorse but instead for his greed for riches.

Film Noir, a term coined by the French to describe a style of film characterized by dark themes, storylines, and visuals, has been influencing cinematic industries since the 1940’s. With roots in German expressionistic films and Italian postwar documentaries, film noir has made its way into American film as well, particularly identified in mob and crime pictures. However, such settings are not exclusive to American film noir. One noteworthy example is Billy Wilder’s film Sunset Boulevard, which follows the foreboding tale of Joe Gillis, the desperate-for-success protagonist, who finds himself in the fatal grips of the disillusioned femme fatale Norma Desmond. Not only does the storyline’s heavy subject matter and typical character

In my list of movies that always make me cry is the movie “Ghost” which was released on July 13, 1990. This movie made that summer really worth while and gave us romance, comedy and much to think about. The movie starred Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg.

Film noir is the perfect medium to reflect the bleak nihilism of post world war one in

Casablanca a film by Michael Curtiz was a combination of both drama, and romance genre. It was made in the year of 1942, and won a academy award for the best picture. The film contained many great elements such as lighting, close up’s, and costume. Also the plot of this film is very interesting as well. Because it has good themes, and topics along with it. It is one of the best classic hollywood films to be made.

Tony Garnett’s The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) seems a quintessential film noir. The title suggests a fateful conclusion for the two main characters—a flawed drifter named Frank (John Garfield) and his restless female conspirator, Cora (Lana Turner). Garnett’s crime drama is crafted with the stylish devices usually characteristic of the film noir genre—low-key lighting; a flawed, inept hero; and an archetypal femme fatale. Certain thematic codes are also persistent: psychological conflict, paranoia, fate, and moral ambiguity. Three telling scenes communicate the noir stylistics effectively—where nearly all of the devices converge simultaneously: (1) Frank’s first meeting

Film noir is a style of crime drama movies from Hollywood that are often focused on sex, crime, and corruption by using techniques like: compromised heroes and contrasting characters; camera shots with objects that have physical properties of reflectivity, transparency and translucency; a femme fatale; and specific setting. Film noir movies were during the period of early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir means ‘black film.’ Other films that integrated film noir techniques but were not during films noir era were known as Neo-noir, meaning ‘new black.’ Neo-noir incorporates elements of film noir, but with updated themes, content and modern media of motion pictures.

In crime novels, typically, there is a character who commits an offence and then is taken down by the hero. However, the genre noir contradicts this stereotype of crime themed stories. Noir was created in the 1930’s and is inspired by both literature and previous film history along with the sociohistorical of the period it grew out of.

The film I watched was Singin’ In The Rain. I liked this film and thought it was funny and the stunts were cool. For example, Don mentions sunny California while it is raining and when Don is jumping from the bus into Kathy’s car. I liked how this film portrayed the history it was trying to replicate and it showed what was happening at that time. It gave us a glimpse of the struggle film industries had to go through to adapt their movies so that the actors would talk while acting.

Discuss using one or two of film examples. We encourage you to use your own film examples. In Robin Means Colman’s book: ‘Horror Noire: Black is in American horror from the 1890’s to present; he defines notions of ‘Blacks in horror films’ and how African Americans depict the genre of horror.

The musical film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which is best known for the infamous show tune Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend, was filmed in 1953 and stars Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee and Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw . Lorelei and Dorothy are a couple of attractive ladies and best friends, who perform in a cabaret show. Lorelei is a diamond hungry, gold digger who uses her looks and sexuality to get what she wants from a man and she has set her sights on the wealthy but naïve Gus Esmond played by Tommy Noonan. Her best gal pal Dorothy is a sassy, clever beauty who thinks Lorelei is crazy to be so focused on a man’s money and could care less whether a man has a dime to his name just as long as he is a stud. After Esmond purposes to Lorelei

The movie that I did my report on was Spy Hard. Leslie Nielson did a great job in Airplane and continued to make people laugh in this movie. Although, critics say that Spy Hard was not as entertaining as his other movies. Overall it was a funny movie. Spy Hard has many scenes of slapstick comedy throughout. It is about a retired spy that can not do anything right but he is always able to get the job done. Plus, as in every spy movie he gets the pretty ladies. There were plenty of special effects in the movie to get your attention. The costumes that they wore matched the characters to the role. The good guys were sharply dressed, and the thugs had a dark look about them. Of course, the ladies wore dazzling attire to fit their roles. During the fight scenes the director had bright days to show off the lead spies, but when showing the bad guys the scenes or lighting was dark or

Kate and Leopold was a fantasy film published in 2001 about romantic and incredible love between two main characters- Kate and Leopold. Leopold was the duke of England lived at the 1870s. At the beginning of the film, he was forced to marry a wealthy girl who had enough capability of covering his family’s debts. Leopold had a descendant named Stuart living in modern life. Kate was a successful and strong girl in advertising industry; she was Stuart’s girlfriend but many differences in characters made them not keep their love longer. One day, Stuart discoveried a time hole in Brooklyn Brigde and enabled him go back to the past to meet Leopold and brought Leopold to New York city in 2001. Fortunately, that unexpected event gave him a chance to

I was assigned the movie Sister Sister. A 1987 thriller produced by Walter Coblenz. This movie takes place in a swampy area of Louisiana. This film includes lies, betrayal, and a murder, causing the characters to reface their deadly secrets of the past, which are revealed throughout the movie in flashbacks. Sister Sister is about two sisters, Charlotte and Lucy. Their parents are deceased. So, the two sisters decided to make their family owned mansion a guest home for others to come and stay at. Charlotte is the older sister, in her 30’s. Lucy is in her 20’s. Lucy struggles with a mental disorder and claims she sees ghost of the people who’ve died in the bayou. Near the mansion is a neighborly friend named Etienne, he lives near the mansion,