Amelie Movie Analysis

Lauren Greenfield’s 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles offers an entertaining and thought provoking look at what subjects a documentary can cover as the film follows billionaires David and Jacqueline Siegel and their family as they navigate the 2008 economic crisis and attempt to build a mansion inspired by Versailles. Though the premise of the film is fairly straightforward, on a deeper level the film touches upon such ideas as the unattainability of the “American Dream,” the correlation between wealth and happiness, and family perseverance in the face of adversity. However, one key theme of the film serves to discredit the outside assumption that wealthy individuals lead flawless happy lives, and are in someway elevated beyond typical humanity, not experiencing hardships in the same manner as middle class society. In reality, as the film demonstrates, the wealthy are as flawed and as deeply human as any other class, capable of experiencing hardships and unhappiness regardless of material wealth. To further explore how the film achieves its theme, one must first have a firm understanding of the documentary form and how certain events in the film highlight the theme, which is explored in the following paragraphs .

Princess films are beloved classics that range from the beloved Disney franchise, to live action films such as the Princess Diaries, to historical tales as those seen is polish films. No matter what the format or genre these films typically have a prince searching for his love the princess and contain recurring scenes. The film The Princess Bride offers a new comedic approach to this classic genre. While scholars have explored how princess films are able to succeed through the use ideas such as nostalgia or nationalism, The Princess Bride succeeds through the use of comedy. Through the use of comedic devices such as mistaken identity, absurdity, and good old-fashioned slapstick comedy, The Princess Bride is able to parody the traditional

The animated film, Ratatouille, may seem like just another Disney/Pixar collaboration to some, and while that partnership seems to always produce innovative and interesting films, this film about a rat who realizes his dream to become a chef is something beyond even, what these two giants in the film industry usually do together. It is more than just a sweet story about Remy, an anthropomorphized rat—but not too anthropomorphized—realizing his dream along with the garbage boy, Linguini, who teams up with Remy. Both of them discover who they really are and overcome insecurities that previously prevented them from realizing their full potential, but the movie is a recipe for success in many ways. The loving care and talent that is combined in the making of this film is the same kind of care and talent that Remy—or any real chef—puts into his food. Still, it seems impossible that a rat making food in a Parisian restaurant could possibly have the right ingredients to produce a successful result—however, Ratatouille proves that it does. Just like the painstaking attention that goes into a chef’s creation of a meal, the care and skill that resulted in the film sets Ratatouille above the typical animated movie and makes it a classic in not just unusual story-lines, creative computer graphics, and groundbreaking film-making, but also as a study of human behavior. There is truly something for everyone in this feast of a film.

Between pursuits of her love interest, Amelie takes it upon herself to help the other characters in the film. Through her interactions with the other characters, A great contrast can be seen between the title character and the supporting cast. Whereas Amelie seems to bend the rules of reality with her imagination, many of the other character are locked down by their inability to imagine other possibilities. In helping these characters, Amelie's imagination also expands their imaginations and beliefs.

The film Life is beautiful was directed by Roberto Benigni in 1997. The film tells the story of a man by the name of Guido who falls in love with a woman named Dora. He is later taken to a concentration camp with his family. Guido turns the experience of the concentration camp into a game in order to hide the harsh reality of the war and many killings from his young son, Giosue .

Italian Neorealism was a movement of art, which strived to illustrate the normal lives of the ordinary, working class people in post war Rome, usually with the use of non-professional actors. As one of the best Italian Neorealist film, Bicycle Thieves showed an absolute depiction of the war’s impact on daily life and exposed a world in which sufferings, unkindness and corruption jeopardized the rationality of human beings and action of men (Schoonover). By utilizing a depressing and gloomy cinematography, De Sica implies the somber lives of the poor and their crisis in losing their self-identity and moral conscience as a result of parochial society that make a fetish of personal belongings as a mode of social acceptance. By examining the cinematography, ‘mise-en-scene’ and events in the film, the daily struggles of the working class in post war Rome can be seen through the crisis of masculinity, class struggle, ethical dilemma and a profoundly patriarchal society.

The plot by Matthew Harmon tells the story about a visit from Anne Boldin (Kate Voigt) to her sons and daughter. Different events had happened while they were preparing to welcome their mom after a long time since they

Casablanca, the crowning achievement of director Michael Curtiz, which was released in 1942, is a film that had to work against the pressing concerns associated with World War II to stay relevant in both cinematic and general audiences. The writing, which was done by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch, had to be inspirational yet uncontroversial. With actors like Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund, Claude Rains as Captain Louis Renault, and Paul Henreid as the French revolutionary Victor Laszlo, Casablanca has a respectable cast. The movie initially appears to fit the film noir genre because of its smoky backdrops with muted colors,

Casablanca is one of the most famous film made in 1942. Made in 1942, Casablanca is one of the most famous films of that time. With Humphery Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, portraying Richard, ‘Rick’ Blaine and Ilsa Lund, In a sequence of flash backs it is shown that Ilsa never wanted to betray Rick or Laszlo, she had thought that Victor had died, the last time she saw Rick in Paris a close up shot of her saying ‘kiss me like it were for the last time’ shows her guilt. Through the battle of the national anthems the loyalty the French have for their country is shown.

A film directed by Roberto Benigni, Life is Beautiful was released on the 26th of December, 1998. The film follows the life of Guido Orefice, who must shield his son Joshua from the horrors of life in a concentration camp.

The culture and history of France have been highly influential among filmmakers and have affected the construction of a variety of films. One such film is, Jean Pierre Jeunet’s highly successful film Amelie (2001). The French believe that the success of a film isn’t measured by the money it makes, but by the number of people who watch it. They believe that everything cultural must be protected from the domination of the markets, a concept known as L’exception Culturelle (The French Cultural Exception) (Wikipedia, 2011). Amelie, is the picture perfect example of this concept, as it perfectly exhibits the epitome of French culture; portraying France as ‘The City of Love’, full of wonder, where dreams come true. Amelie is a beautiful film

How does Roberto Panini convey that there is always beauty to be found Life is Beautiful?

The film Amelie provides multiple examples of individuals sacrificing, and applying Campbell 's moral objective to their own lives. One of the people from the film that follow the objective is Dominique Bretodeau. When he was a young boy, he lost his treasure box. Directly after it was returned to him from a stranger, he began to tear up over the lost memories that the box contained. He then confides in people at the bar that he has not spoken to his daughter in years, and because of this does not know his grandson. This simple act of kindness was enough to make Bretodeau sacrifice his pride enough to reconcile with his daughter and grandson. He had no idea if his family was going to open their arms, or push him away for being away for so long. This failed to stop Bretodeau. This journey of becoming a hero was a spiritual one. Most of the conflict happened within his own heart. A small act of thoughtfulness helped a man choose to create a better life for him, and his estranged family.

Ever since the Holocaust happened there has been a variety of movies and books portraying this massive genocide that changed individuals’ lives. One of these movies that portrays the Holocaust is Life is Beautiful that was directed and acted by Roberto Benigni in 1997. This particular film won Oscar awards and it’s unlike any other Holocaust movies because of its drama, romance, and comedic genre. It tells the story of a man named Guido that comes to Arezzo, Italy and works as a waiter for his uncle Eliseo. Guido falls in love with Dora, a school teacher who he calls “Princess” each time he sees her. Eventually, Guido is able to charm Dora despite her being engaged. Five years later they have a son named Giosuè, but at this point in time

Another part of the film that is also very Disney and very Pixar is the visual feast that the eyes enjoy while watching. Robertson says, “Pixar has created something unique. The light. The colors. The textures. Ratatouille is not a film with brightly colored toys, fish, bugs, or cars”, which would allow it to perhaps be the most Disney of the films on which Disney and Pixar have created together (Robertson, 20). Yet, even without those interesting aspects, Ratatouille is very visually appealing, like a dish one eats first with one’s eyes. Robertson quotes Michael Fong the supervising technical director at Pixar who says, "We tried to make this film look different…One of the big things was to break away from what standard CG [computer graphics] looks like. We got rid of straight lines and did a lot of hand tweaking. We wanted it to feel handmade. The other part is lighting and shading” (Robertson, 21). From that special attention, like a chef gives his signature dish, the team that collaborated to make Ratatouille created a delicious result.