Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Review - Otto
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind is one of the only romance movies that i actually find entertaining. The movie has believable characters with real emotions and problems. Joel is an antisocial person that seems to usually try to avoid people, He has trust issues and he isn't the generic knight in shining armor protagonist that you see in so many romance movies to day. The way the camera angles usually feel fitting, you can tell they had a great cinematographer. There is also a lot of imagery in the movie because for most of the movie he is unconscious going through his memories which gives the movie a lot to play with in terms of imagery because you are in his mind. Throughout the film Clementines hair colour changes according to the time in the story to show continuity and her emotions. When her hair was red she seemed to be more of an angry person but there were also good scenes with the red hair, representing anger and love. Than later in the movie when it shows how they met you can notice that her hair is green and she seems to be more of a calm, explorer type person. This is shown in the film when they go exploring and find the house. And finally her blue hair which i like to think through the film represents the sadness and emptiness in her life without joel even with patrick(who uses joels techniques with her because he had heard everything about the two). Along with the way they do the memory sequences it's
While music always plays a significant part to convey emotions in film, light can be used just as effectively. The use of a special lighting technique is very noticeable in the memory scenes of Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. A major part of Eternal Sunshine is spent inside the protagonist Joel’s mind. He is in the process of deleting his memory of Clementine, who was his girlfriend for two years. Two main lighting styles are used throughout the scenes which play inside Joel’s mind. On one hand, natural bright lighting and on the other hand a darker setting with only one light source, carrying a strong resemblance of a spotlight (Jason Sperb,
The cinematography of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind effectively develops the film’s plot and characters. In the beginning of the movie, Joel is shown awaking in a close up. This shot easily shows the gloomy expression on his face, asking the audience to question why he is upset. Hand held cameras provide the story with a natural, more realistic feel, inviting the audience into Joel’s memories. The hand held cameras provide the film with an imperfect, human perspective. This can be viewed primarily in the honeymoon on ice scene. Slight shakes of the camera are evident. In the scene when Joel and Clementine see each other on the train to Montauk, far
There were many similarities between the books Breakfast at Tiffany’s the film. The film Breakfast at Tiffany’s was a traditional translation which is a close translation of the book, but with minor detail changes in the way the director sees fit. The director possibly created these differences to make the film more palatable and relatable to a broader audience. The film did a great job adapting the novel. Many scenes in the book were adapted exactly how I pictured it. For example, her landlord, Mr. Yunioshi, who was infuriated every time she interrupted him in her apartment by ringing his bell, they casted his role beautifully and he appeared exactly as I pictured. First I will discuss the similarities, the
“Life is one beauty contest after another.” This quote from Little Miss Sunshine depicts the exact meaning behind the movie.. In the movie, a dysfunctional family helps their daughter, who is not the stereotypical pageant girl, attend a beauty contest, although she was far from a beauty queen. The movie used visual rhetoric to claim although society has a constant need for perfection and certain cultural stereotypes, it is our imperfections that make us perfect.
What was the worst thing that has ever happened to you? Perhaps you totaled your brand new car leaving the dealership, or you lost your dream job? Maybe you were bullied as a child, or were the victim of a crime. Did you go for a routine checkup, only to be told you an expiration date? Maybe you watched on as a pair of taillights faded into the darkness, as the love of your life left you. Worse still, maybe you witnessed your best friend’s, your parent’s, or your child’s chest rise and fall for the last time. Whatever came to your mind when I asked you the worst event of your life, remember that. Recall that emptiness, and that crippling pain. Now if I offered you an out, a way to delete that memory from the depths of your mind, would you take it?
The placelessness and timelessness of the film also allows the creators to disregard archaeological accuracy when drawing inspiration from Incan art and architecture for the animation of the film. The Inca civilization developed a distinct “abstract” and “geometrical” style of art (Zuidema, 2). Drawing upon this, The Emperor’s New Groove’s creators claimed to use the Inca art pieces “as inspiration and use their designs in other ways” (Silverman, 309). While the creators did base some of the film’s animations off of authentic Incan art, they do admit to altering nearly all of it. This fragments the archaeological information that could be provided by these art pieces by using them out of context (Silverman, 301). For example, using a
The movie introduces Nick as an "antagonist" at the beginning who is shifty and mischievous. It then reveals the reason that causes Nick's trouble history, which is the cynical and prejudiced society in fox's point of view. When Nick is 9 years old, his mother buys a brand new scout uniform since he always has a dream of joining the Junior Ranger Scout. However, since Nick is the only fox there and fox usually is a symbol of untrustworthiness, the first conference that he attends turns out a hazing and he is brutally beaten by the other animals for being a fox. After escaping his tormentors, Nick wails and thinks the Zootopia and the prey as an abysmal place. This horrible experience prompts Nick to not believe in the goodness and become a
“Shot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee is a story that follows the lives of Atticus, Scout and Jem during the great depression. Scout (Mary Badham nominated for an oscar for best actress in a supporting role) and Jem (Phillip Aford) live their everyday life and become obsessed with their never seen neighbor Boo Radley (Robert Duvall). They adventure around with their friend Dill (John Megna). When eventually everyone is obsessed with Atticus (Gregory Peck, winner of an oscard for best actor in a leading role), their respected father, defending Tom Robinson (Brock Peter), a black man falsly accused of raping Mayella Ewell (Collin
The focus of my essay is going to be mainly on characterisation: how this two characters are constructed and how they interact with each other in this fragment, and on speech acts: what types of speech acts are performed in this fragment and what’s the intention behind them.
When the older group of women sit down to watch this film, they are more likely to be watching in envy, and look at the film as a wish that may never come true. In this instance, they could also live vicariously through the events and characters in The Notebook. Also, women who are married or in long-lasting relationships are probably more likely to bring their significant other to the film. Regardless of age, the love and relationship is an attractive attribute to the film, and the outcome of the film is something any women or couple aspire for. From this gathered information, the audience for the notebook would be young single women looking for love, or women in their thirties and forties who have relationships in which they would compare the film to. It is also geared toward couples in love.
Life is a struggle for the single father Chris Gardner known as Will Smith. He and his young son known as Jaden Christopher Syre Smith got evicted from their apartment with no place to go. The Pursuit Of Happiness directed by Gabrielle Muccino. The Pursuit Of Happiness was released in 2006 and it is 117 minutes long. The genre of the movie is Biography and drama. The important theme in this movie is about the American Dream. It is a very common dream that we all share. The dream is to being successful and happy. To fulfill that dream in America you need to have courage and the abilities to achieve your dream.
The movie Pursuit of happyness was based on a true story of a small family. The father, Chris Gardner eventually become’s a single father of a young son because of the struggle of the economy trying to sell bone density scanners .The movie takes place in San Francisco, California in the 1981. In this movie, it shows strength, survival of the economy, and how if you set your mind to get something you want it can change your life around.
I thought that the film The Pursuit of Happyness, was a very well put together film that had a great story line to it. This film has a way of inspiring people, and shows that anything is possible if you put in the work to accomplish it. The way Chris Garner pushed through every obstacle, and never quit pursuing his dream of being a great father for his son. Garner should be that model citizen of what every person in the world should want to become. He is a hardworking man that did whatever was necessary to achieve happiness in his life. This movie does a good job at showing the difficulties every person faces in their life, but it also gives them hope by showing how Chris Garner was able to succeed at the end of all his troubles. Beyond
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind possess a sense of hyperconsciousness in the way that it presents a postmodern text in the debts of a science fiction drama. There are undertones in the writing, directing and editing that establish the postmodernism in the film.
Italian opera of the 19th century was deeply rooted in national life. Italy was unified under Victor Emmanuel II in 1859-61, and verismo was the popular form of composing operas at this time. Verismo, or realism, is a phase of naturalism in literature and music characterized by projection on stage of fierce passions, violence, and death. Operas of the verismo style paint a picture of everyday people that were mainly from the middle class, doing extraordinary things. An example of this is Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, which is set in the contemporary world, and deals with an American sailor and his Japanese bride. The opera challenges the superficially "exotic" world of Japan that it inhabits, and ends with a geisha girl committing suicide on stage. In Madama Butterfly, Puccini blends the musical styles from Italy, Japan, and America to create an opera for all.