Analysis Of The Film ' Der Untertan '

The film The Player (1992) is a tale of murder and mystery, though not a murder-mystery by Robert Altman. The film is about an industry – Hollywood, that is run like an exclusive rich boy's school, where all the kids are spoiled and most of them have ended up here because nobody else could stand them. It epitomizes the twisted and self-reflective nature of Hollywood. This film skillfully creates a central plot around Griffin Mill who is a vice president at a movie studio, which pays him enormous sums of money to listen to people describe movies to him. When he hears a pitch he likes, he passes it along. He doesn't have the authority to give a "go" signal himself, and yet for those who beseech him to approve their screenplays, he has a terrifying negative authority. He can turn them down. Altman utilizes several tactics to both seduce and amuse the audience, ultimately showcasing how easy it is to be enraptured by in the world of celebrities and attention.

In many ways Unforgiven is not a typical western. Clint Eastwood’s character is different than the typical hero in Westerns because he shows fear and weakness after he gets brutally attacked. Munny shows his vulnerability throughout the film especially when he breaks social norms like turning down sex, remaining loyal to his wife, etc. Although some of his actions are questionable like leaving his kids alone for weeks. In this film unlike old westerns the gunslingers defend the honor of prostitutes and not the rightous women in peril. Rugged cowboys are exposed as cowards and weaklings and liars, while others find they no longer have the desire to take another man’s life. The law is represented by a man with a penchant for torture and sadism

In the book Night and the movie, Schindler’s List, the protagonists go through major changes due to their experiences of the Holocaust, a period in history no man would want to envision. Schindler’s List is created to convey a different side for the tragic time in history, an ordinary businessman. This businessman, Oskar Schindler, wants to prove that there will be hope in this desperate time. However, the motive behind Night is different. In Night, the author Elie Wiesel aims to describe his experiences in the Holocaust to avoid the past from reoccurring. Hence, Night is more effective in demonstrating Holocaust education through characterization. As the characters undergo changes in the novel, the goal of the author is attained.

Dementia is an impairment of thinking and memory that interferes with a person’s ability to do things which he or she previously was able to do (Nehan-Babalola 64). In the United States, there are an estimated 24 million people with dementia (Nehan-Babalola 64). With there being this many person in the United States with this disease, there are sill many who do not know much about it. Today, dementia is one of the main causes of disability later in life (Nehan-Babalola 64). It is important that everybody know about it so that if a loved one becomes diagnosed with it that they will know how to deal with it.

Benito Cereno is told in a third person limited point of view. The unreliable and naive Captain Delano gets in the minds of his readers. The crew was outnumbered, but yet gave the "negros" responsibilities that the crew should have had.  ". . . six blacks; each with a rusty hatchet in his hand" (Melville 40). A slave ship with whites being highly outnumbered doing their chores should had been odd. Yet e makes numerous excuses for the odd things he sees upon the ship, by doing so he convinces the reader to dismiss the red flags. The story being told through Captain Delano’s point of view manipulates the reader in to seeing only what he sees. It is not until the reader gets to the deposition at the end of the story that the reader realizes they had been deceived. That the story they had been told was as if it had been sugar coated. The factual account for what actually happens is not what the story portrays. Captain Delano’s personality misleads the reader into being fooled that the slaves are able to roam about a ship freely yet still be under the order of the captain. In addition to captivating you into Delano’s thought process Melville also indirectly insults blacks. Making the character unable to suspect the slaves of being smart enough to do such a thing as over taking the ship. Delano himself stated on page 65 that he felt the slaves were "too stupid" to think of such an elaborate plan against him (Melville).

The film, the Untouchables, was directed by Brian De Palma. It was set in the prohibition era, which was right at the start of the 1920’s. Prohibition can be described as a law that made selling and manufacturing alcohol illegal. By putting this law into effect, it actually increased the amount of crime and violence throughout cities in the US. This was ultimately due to the rise in organized crime, also known as gangs. In the movie specifically, it was centered around the rise of the Mafia in Chicago. By looking at the production of the movie, we can see how during prohibition, the Mafia controls everything and the violence ultimately it leads to.

In the film Toni Erdmann by the German director Maren Ade, there are many interesting techniques which help the viewer gain a better understanding of what’s going on. In using these techniques, Ade is attempting to display something to the viewer that they may not have otherwise caught or understood, such as facial reactions which contain useful information as to what is happening in a given scene. In addition to this, Ade brings back and somewhat recreates the genre known as the screwball comedy, which was very popular in the 1940’s. In Toni Erdmann, Ade alters the genre a bit from what it originally was to recreate a new, updated and modern version of the genre. In watching the film during Harpur Cinema, I was more naturally able to notice different film techniques and the updated genre due to our discussions regarding the topics in class.

The protagonists and social conflicts in the film The Visitor presented living experience to explore that are different to my personal history. The four actors in the film are all unique from one another, but they possess a universal understanding and awareness that are not different from the life that I know. Walter Vale is a single white male, a widowed and a father who is at the end of his professional career as an academic professor. Walter adult son lives in London and he pretends to be happy with his work, but the truth is he felt unsatisfied, this was expressed at the end of the film. You also saw in the beginning of the movie Walter also didn’t enjoy his piano lessons he took from an elderly woman. Walter found meaning in life the

The decline of the Weimar Republic marked a time of great concern over how post-war Germany would shed its authoritarian past and reinvent itself. Feasibly, no other film from this era could so adeptly capture the history of immediate-postwar Germany than Fritz Lang 's Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler. Fritz Lang’s melodramatic tale of an elusive and depraved gambler, or ‘player’ as it’s literally translated, is actually an allegory for a corrupt and economically unstable Germany that would soon give rise to fascism. Though Lang, a fervent anti-fascist, would find great success in cinematically portraying despotism in his cult classic Metropolis (1927), Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler was the film that was the more directly connected to a recovering Germany. Dr. Mabuse is an allegory for the political and economic strife that took hold Weimar Germany.

The expansion towards the west and the building of the transcontinental railroad played an undeniably crucial role to the development and advancement of the United States as a whole. Therefore, it came as no surprise that movies surrounding this topic would hit the box office one after another. The trailer for the movie Sierran successfully captured a point of view different from all other movies of its type and attracted viewers to witness the awe of what humans are capable of.

When one thinks of Germany, he or she would most likely think of Nazi propaganda, Hitler, and concentration camps. Although these depictions of Germany may be true, they are relatively closed-minded because they only depict a single, relatively dark time period in Germany’s history called the Third Reich. The time periods which portray Germany from the twentieth century to present day are quite diverse, and German films respective to each time period reflect that diversity. The time periods include the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, Germany during the Cold War, and Germany post Cold War. Therefore, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari portrays Germany’s Weimar Republic, Triumph of the Will portrays Germany during the Third Reich, The Lives of Others

Siegfried Kracauer, the author of From Caligari to Hitler, speaks about the inability of the Germany’s unwillingness to rebel about irrational and maniacal government and the need of a tyrant in German society. While the film speaks upon the critique of corrupt and

Therefore, this film is not only a testimony about the German past but also the German present. It displays the irrational annihilation of six young Germans at the end of WWII, summoning up a very agonizing recollection of Nazi Germany’s futile effort to turn back the Allied invasion by hurling teenage boys into the

The film “The Prestige” is one of many masterful Nolan films that walks the line between being a meta film about the film industry, and being focused on immersing the audience in the actual content of the film. At a close inspection, comparisons to the film industry can be seen, but they are not so obvious to distract the audience from the central conflicts that are at the forefront of the film. The subject of the film could most easily be defined as surrounding the topics of obsession or fame. More specifically, the obsession of fame, and the illusion of happiness that fame projects. The main characters of the movie both urn for the fame of being the world’s most successful entertainer, even if for different reasons.

The dark expressionism used in Weine’s film boosts the feeling of depression and suppression. Weine’s use of Caligari as a control figure demonstrate the feeling of the German public after World War I. The people wanted freedom from war and peace time to recover, and that is what occurred from the German Revolution. Kracauer views the film as a barrage on the overwhelming control of the imperial government, arguing that Cesar was created “with the dim design of…the common man who, under the pressure of compulsory military service, is drilled to kill and to be killed.” (From Caligari to Hitler, Kracauer) Kracauer observation of Caligari and Cesare as puppet master and puppet, demonstrate a disdain from humanity. The human rights violations performed by the totalitarian like Caligari seem ironic now in modern day. Caligari representing the imperial government with complete control, abuses his power and sicks Cesare to murder innocent victims. The film is meant to persuade and show the people the negativity of this power and to be against war, but in a way it foreshadows the events leading and during World War II under Adolf Hitler. The atrocities performed during World War II do not compare to that of Dr. Caligari and Cesare, but rival them in their nature. Kracauer’s comment about the frame added to the film argues that the revolutionary ideal in the film is lost due to