Did Departures Deserve the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar

At the time of its release many critics had written this film off considering as an average film with an average story. Chicago Sun-Times labeled it as an attempt to divert away from the traditional cinema, with a new concept silent film and it failed to make an impression on the audience because of lack of creativity in the story. The film had no surprise element in it for the audience.

My initial reaction to the film was of utter shock at the brutally raw reality of the film. Upon reflection and commentary from other sources, the film’s simple yet vastly effective filmmaking techniques of developing the explicit and implicit meaning of the film. The explicit meaning, as

Because there are no conventional story ideas or dialogue, the film takes its message from the tone

Regardless of the object being reviewed, there are a number of essential features of writing a review at a professional standard. This essay will examine each of those features with reference to two reviews of films which explore a specific theme.

Despite the fact that Asian Americans have been in Hollywood for decades, there are very few positive representations of them in film. More often than not, they’ve been depicted as stereotypical caricatures, and more specifically, as foreigners who can’t speak grammatically correct English. Moreover, the negative representations of Asian Americans in film has perpetuated certain misconceptions about their culture. Chan is Missing (1982) calls for more genuine representations of Asian American identities through its cast of complex characters and defiance of Asian stereotypes. The film also urges its viewers to critically think about their own notions of identity through the use of several recurring themes and filmmaking techniques.

Some critics may say that the untidiness of scenes affects the comical nature of the film but, I think a

Movies share a story with an audience that allows them to connect to it through their emotions. The writer of these stories usually has an intended audience and in this case it is a mature one. The reason for this is because it is the movie, Cast Away, written by William Broyles Jr. In his movie, he tells the story of a man lost at sea and gets stranded on an island. Broyles’s purpose is to allow the audience to feel for the man and in order to do this he develops a serious and sad tone. This serious tone is brought into existence by using repetition, personification, and camera

The power and prestige of this film comes not from its controversial and serious subject matter, but from the unbiased way in which the story is

After the uncomforting silence left, the whole cast and crew of moonlight came up the stage. Although it wasn't easy, after they finished their speeches the audience finally settled. The coordinators of the Oscars are extremely devastated, for it was the first big mistake ever made by the

“The Way Way Back May Be the Best Movie of the Summer”; this conspicuous title given to a film review by Christopher Orr seeks to attract the attention of any possible viewer. I picked this review because I enjoyed the humor involved, and the title was more interesting than the other options for reviews. It met my expectations for a review and introduced points which were fairly interesting, explaining some points of the plot that I would not have cared for otherwise. Orr’s review on the Way Way Back was very effective due to his analysis of plot, character and setting, making a strong argument for the quality of the movie.

The reviews were divided, although all critics agreed that this was one of the most unusual works of public entertainment ever staged. By unusual the critics meant the new vocabulary designed for universal appeal. One other unusual thing was the lack of a happy ending. The fifties were a time coming out of the depression and most citizens had the “YOLO” type of lifestyle. For a new movie to not have a happy ending but still become well liked by the people, was very unusual during this time

I didn’t have specific expectations for this film. I have heard about this movie before and I knew it was very well received both by critics and audiences so perhaps what I expected is a “cure” to the apparent lifeless existence of “perfect family”. Though in the end, it seemed that rejecting that life for one of carelessness, irresponsibility, and delusion can perhaps be even more destructive. For me, the ending lesson I took away was that even in the dark, depressed, and/or dull times in our life, there is beauty that we are failing to recognize because of the pressures of external forces (pressures relating to the professional world as well as measuring success by the goals of the “American Dream”).

The author starts its movie review by giving general background of Broken Blossoms and comparing Broken Blossoms to the other 2 most remarkable movies filmed by the same director, Birth of a Nation and Intolerance. The author realizes that the scale and genre of Broken Blossoms is quite different from that of Birth of Nation and Intolerance which the former one is a short love story whereas the latter ones are epic stories and are what the director used to film. The reviewer then appreciates that there are mere 3 main characters used in the movie and such that audience could focus on the tragic interplay between those 3 which could make the story easier to follow and understand. However, at the same time, the reviewer make criticism on director’s

Hess and Zimmermann mention that conventional categories have blurred and there’s demands for new political and aesthetic responses in transnational cinema (John Hess 2006). These transnational films I believe would be growing significantly in the film industry as a part of film history.

The film I picked for my critique is Red Tails, a historical World War II drama. The movie starred Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard and Gerald Mcraney, was written by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder, better known as the creator of the comic strip “the boondocks”, from a book by John B. Holway, directed by Anthony Hemingway and produced by George Lucas . In this paper the author will show how all elements of filmmaking