Analysis Of The Film Dunkirk

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 film Gallipoli takes place during World War I's Gallipoli campaign in 1915. The two main characters in the film are Archy and Frank. Archy and Frank are from Western Australia and they both enlist to fight in Gallipoli. Archy is an extremely fast runner who meets Frank at an athletics competition. We can see from the beginning that Archy is eager to join the war. After being turned down because he was underage, he goes to Perth, anxious for someone to accept him into the light horsemen. Frank, however, is skeptical about Australians wanting to join the war. He tells Archy that it's "not our war to fight". Despite this statement, Frank eventually joins up into the Infantry.

The movie “Gone with the Wind” is about a rich southern girl named Scarlett O’Hara and her life hardships set during the time-period of the Civil War. In the story, Scarlett is forced to watch helplessly as her family’s wealth and lives fade as the confederacy loses the Civil War. Even though, the movie is mainly centered on the dilemmas of Scarlett’s love life, there are many historical accuracies that immerse the viewer in the southern mindset as well as the timeframe. The portrayal of class structures and the confederate attitudes before the Civil War are both accurate and engaging details that the movie successfully implements. In the film, these examples are displayed mainly through the dialogue and setting.

In the film “The Princess Bride” directed by Rob Reiner, a story about a fairy tale adventure that all begins with a beautiful girl name Buttercup who works on a farm alongside the farm boy named Westley, who she is deeply in love with. After a while, Westley decides to go seek his fortune, which made Buttercup very upset as she wonders whether she’ll see Westley ever again.

Patton and his soldiers in the movie participate in most of the plans that the ETO worked on like Operation Overlord and the Battle of the Bulge. During Operation Overlord, Patton is told to stay back for the beaches, but is put back in when the Allies were struggling and about to launch Operation Cobra.

of World War 2 Tom Hanks Starts on a 1998 blockbuster war movie Saving Private Ryan which has won 5 Oscars in that year. This movie has its story started in the time of World War 2, when the US troops attempt to invade Normandy on Omaha beach fighting against the German soldiers who at that time was led by Adolf Hitler. This movie has given a vivid image of violence and the real picture of a battle in the war between the US and German soldiers. Director Steven Spielberg used all of his talent and resource to portray the realistic scenario of the war which includes the brutal, graphic and disturbing scenes of the ongoing war against the Germans. The director of this movie Steven Spielberg has done an excellent job to portray the realistic scenario of the war with real time experience of the brutality, graphics and disturbing scenes. Although the main plot of the movie is

A suspenseful tale built on illusions and trickeries, “The Prestige” has been established as one of the most criminally underrated movies of the century. In this filmic masterpiece, director and writer Christopher Nolan, plays a magic trick on the audience and misdirects the viewers, but also hides the secret obviously in plain sight. Co-written by his brother, Jonathan Nolan, and adapted from a novel by Christopher Priest, this film is set in the nineteenth century London, and deals with an obsessive rivalry between two magicians that are willing to sacrifice everything they have to create the ultimate illusion. In this movie, Nolan leaves the audience guessing and gasping at its twists and unexpected turns, with a dauntingly brilliant script, thought provoking narration, unique cinematographic details, and a beautifully talented cast.

I have seen many films that accurately represent the savagery of war like “Apocalypse Now”, and “Black Hawk Down.” However, they do not capture the true brutality among men. Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan,” takes place 6 June 1944, which involved the invasion of Omaha beach; at the expense of thousands of American soldiers.

The Battle of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, was released in 1967 and is a documentary regarding the post-war struggle of Algerian Nationalists to free themselves from French rule and the cruelty of the French to maintain their state of affairs. Between 1960 and 1970, there was a transition of black and white to color television broadcast worldwide and most directors showed their film in color; however, Pontecorvo keeps the black and white theme to enhance the documentary formulating a realistic feeling for the viewers. The film also masks the French brutality against the Algerians during the post-war. The film balances and connects these two themes through cinematic techniques to shroud what occurred during the revolution and capture

In the present day, an elderly World War II veteran and his family visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Normandy, France. The veteran walks around the cemetery and, upon seeing one gravestone, collapses to his knees, overwhelmed by emotion.

"Valkyrie" is a detailed motion picture depicting one of the many attempts by Nazi soldiers to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The movie stars Cruise as Claus von Stauffenberg, he is the leader of the most important resistance groups in Nazi Germany. In the film we see Stauffenberg’s rise from a colonel in the German army in Africa, we also notice his upward hatred for the Nazi regime, the film also provides a report of the weeks leading up to the assassination attempt that took place on 20 July 1944. This movie shows us the planning stages of the attack, we also see the attack itself and later we see the aftermath. The events portrayed in the film are an extremely accurate detailing of the events of the assassination attempt. Director Bryan Singer has done an admirable job in providing a precise and accurate historical description of the events of the July 20.

Lawrence of Arabia is considered one of the b est cinemas of all time, however; the movie itself poses a negative effect for history buffs. The right and wrong aspects of the movie create a great visual experience but the bottom line is that it doesn 't accurately cover the events that unfolded. It seemed like instead of telling the truth the director wished to tell a story with fantasies of dramatized events, incorrect terrain, and even fictional characters. Even with this in mind there still stands a truth to it all and whether the sacrifice of historical importance is worth the so-called appeal of entertainment.

The movie Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan captures the action and intensity of a war zone in a sandy beach in northern France. The criteria for any movie to exceed expectations would be to have a strong story arc, character development, music, suspense, special effects, authenticity to history, and realistic setting. Dunkirk meets all the criteria for a movie that’s why it passed the $500 million mark this past weekend. For a historical movie, Dunkirk, exceeds the criteria for a successful movie because of it’s focus on character development, being historically accurate, and being suspenseful.

Overlord, a film with an interesting blend of historic footage and acting, does not present a heroic view of World War Two. This film portrays a pessimistic view of the war using documentary footage, as well as showing an ordinary soldier who died too young. Alongside this, at the time anti-war sentiment was on the rise and the memory of World War Two was being reshaped.

The four films that we have watched are all centered around the theme that Africa has more than just a “single story”. Africa is full of diverse people from all kinds of backgrounds. While the Battle of Algiers, Sembene!, Welcome to Nollywood, and Timbuktu have shown many different stories, they have just barely scratched the surface of the millions of “single stories” that can be found in Africa. The Battle Algiers tells the story of the French and the Algerian National Liberation Front during the Algerian Revolution. It covers both sides of the Revolution that eventually began the movement against the French Colonial rule in Algeria. Sembene! tells of the life of Ousmane Sembene and his journey from ordinary man to “father of the African cinema”. This film talks about some of the different films he has made and why he continues to make films. Welcome to Nollywood follows three of the directors in the Nigerian film industry and talks about not only the film industry as a whole but of the effect it has on west Africa. Timbuktu tells the story of many different people all effected by the Jihadists in some way. The Battle of Algiers and Timbuktu tell actual historical stories while Sembene! And Welcome to Nollywood are documentaries that talk about specific directors and the stories they aim to tell. These films all speak to each other in numerous ways. I will be focusing on Sembene! and Welcome to Nollywood because they are both documentaries that tell the stories of