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In the dirty, undesirable location of gangland Texas, a single man presents himself as the only beacon of right in a land of wrong. The story of Llewelyn Moss’s short, but eventful protection of a satchel full of money creates a character that stands out from all others, and gives the reader a window into the sentiment of the author, McCarthy.

In conclusion within Cormac McCarthy’s novels No Country for Old Men and The Road were two completely opposite genres, but within them they both held an important theme of death is inevitable in the world. Because of his writing style we are able to experience both probabilities through his books. While some deaths may be brought on by the actors as seen in NCFOM, others it is destined to happen based on the circumstances they were placed in like the road. Overall Cormac McCarthy displayed an acceptance towards death, and the factors that manipulate one’s

Directed by Orson Welles in 1941, Citizen Kane gave this young, brash, first time movie director unheard of control over the film. The finished result, through the use of flash-back and third- person interview shows Charles Foster Kane's life unfold through the eyes of the people who thought they knew him and those who did not know him at all. Welles used long camera angles, depth perspective, and shadow in the noir style, in new and interesting ways throughout this film, as apposed to standard two dimensional filming . He explored the ideas of wealth, happiness, and consequence through the life of a forgotten boy who grew into a reckless man.

Rope (1948) starring James Stewart based on the infamous Leopold and Loeb Case, follows two wealthy bachelors as they plan and execute what they conceive as the “perfect” murder. They have no other motive other than to boast of having gotten away with the crime. Their twisted psyches and Hitchcock’s delight in the perverse surface when they serve dinner on top of the truck containing the deadbody (Rafter 29). Shadow of a Doubt (1943) introduces the serial killer “Merry widow murderer” Charlie Oakley (Joseph Cotton) who justifies his actions. Hitchcock has perfected his murder scenes like the love scenes. While dissecting the each film from its contexts Truffaut was struck by the sincerity and the savagery of Hitchcock’s work. He says “It

What can you say but: "Excellent!" Humphrey Bogart is in practically every scene of this remarkable film. We all know that Bogie was a great star but he hadn't reached that point yet when he was cast in "The Maltese Falcon". Of course, he sort of owe all his good fortune to George Raft as we all know but could you even imagine Raft in this role. I certainly can't.

Critics have called the 1941 film Citizen Kane one of the best movies of all time, and director Orson Welles’s direction is largely to thank for the work’s accolades. Citizen Kane is famous for its use of long shots, deep staging, deep focus, and, as will be considered in this paper, its lighting practices. Welles strategically lights his characters in order to develop them throughout the film; this paper will focus on three shots that show Jerry Thompson (William Alland) develop from functioning as a narrative device to directly invoking the work’s thematic meaning.

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.

An espionage and intriguing movie of 1975, which is an American thriller directed by Sidney Pollack and played in New York. It guests the evergreen Robert Redford; Faye Dunaway, a splendid young woman; plus MaxVon Sydow, and so many other valid actors.

The psychological thriller film, Psycho, was directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock in 1960 changing many aspects in the world of the motion picture as we know it today. Through its unconventional and very daring way of showing the audience, female undergarments, scaring the audience into not wanting to shower for years with an onscreen murder seen as never seen before, and even with something seemingly prosaic by showing a flushing toilet. Hitchcock managed to captivate and scare people around the world, as well as enthrall the minds of many other movie directors and producers until this day. Hitchcock decided to film Psycho in black and white for three reasons 1) he thought the bloody murder might just be too much for audiences and used chocolate syrup as the blood swirling down the drain, 2) his love for the French horror film Diabolique (1955) which was shot in black and white, and 3) Cost cutting. Psycho is based on Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel, which was inspired, by the grave robber and murderer from Wisconsin Ed Gein.

Clayton County is a county south of Atlanta 's Fulton County. MapQuest states Clayton is 30 minutes from Atlanta, but on a good day it’s really only about 10 minutes. Clayton County can be highlighted for many reasons. Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel Gone with the Wind was set here. The Gone with the Wind museum is situated on the railroad tracks that run through the city of Jonesboro, which is county’s seat. The museum is a small, damp, and cramped space. For artist such as Gucci Mane, Trap music origins can almost be pinpointed to the city of Riverdale. The music that has come out of Clayton County paints a picture that this place is a very dangerous and grimy place, raided with drug dealers, addicts, dirty syringes on every corner, etc. This is simply not true. Clayton County may not be the best place to live, but it contains lots of rich history. It is a place that makes you acquire an opinion; it creates individuals. Clayton County is the place that raised me into the person I am, establishing my way of thinking and many of my interest. It showed me that things I had and experienced in Clayton County were not the best the world has to offer.

The Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry, immerses viewers in a space of artistic expression from one scene to the next. Manipulating light and color in its filmic style, it stamps the viewer’s ticket and takes them on an emotional roller coaster ride, capturing the same distortion that Joel feels in his life and mind as he undergoes a procedure and loses his memory. Deftly, the film captures the effects of the memory erasing procedure by drawing readers into the subjective world held in Joel’s mind. Cinematography, editing, and mise-en-scene work together to create a space where the audience can feel the emotion provoked by the characters and narrative in an incredibly genuine way, hand-held cameras used to further highlight this effect.

I first experienced the mystical possibilities of filmmaking by witnessing the artistic genius of Mark Herman in his movie “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” and of course the one and only Alfred Hitchcock or I like to call him “The Wizard of Thriller” in movies like, The White Shadow (one of the greatest silent movies by him), Peak years and the famous Psycho. As a filmmaker, I studied nuances, character-based storytelling and building up a story from the introduction of the main till the end having misunderstanding or war within oneself or with someone else in the middle. I look to create tales that brings a thrill to the viewers in the form of films. And that’s the reason why my team and I chose to do something different with our film and that little uniqueness about our film is the Panoramic style.

What is the meaning of life? Joseph Campbell states that, “Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.” Directed by Orson Welles, the film Citizen Kane (1941) is about Charles Foster Kane who is a wealthy newspaper publisher and in the film, his life is retold from when he was a little boy to his passing by his friends and family. On the other hand, American Beauty (1999), a film directed by Sam Mendes, tells the story of Lester Burnham who is a forty two year old man with a seemingly normal family trying to figure out his own life. Both of the main characters in these films have very different meaning of lives, but as the films progress on and death is upon them, they have one thing in common which is family.

Humans have an insatiable urge for entertainment, part of which is often satisfied through watching movies. Whenever a movie is written and subsequently produced, there are a couple of themes that accompany it. Though all movies have a significant amount of simulated actions, many of the themes do occur in the real life. Writers tend to have a particular thought to develop into a plot, which is often inspired by real-life events. Then, when a movie is being written and produced, the relevant personnel decide which genre to adopt. Horror, science fiction and action are some of the categories for movies. In this paper, the focus lies on a 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film, Psycho where a theme comprising of violence, sex

In this essay I will be exploring how the dystopian society in Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ 1963 novel, A Clockwork Orange has been used to explore contemporary anxieties. A Clockwork Orange takes place in an outlandish and dreary vision of future Britain governed by an oppressive, totalitarian super government. In this society, ordinary people have fallen into a dazed state of complacency, unaware of the sinister growth of a rampant, violent youth culture.