Fallen Art By Tomek Baginski: Film Analysis

Everyday men and women die in the most brutal way possible away from their family either killed from gun shots or landmines and they do come back. But in caskets, as images like these emphasize the destruction of war and these snaps just show the side effects of humankind's worse anger being shown. In the Article “The Stranger in the Photo Is Me”, Donald M. Murray expresses how harsh it really was in the war and how it changed himself forever and not in a good way. Not to mention, that he describes the way he felt ready to go to war, maybe even excited, but he wishes that horror on no one “I would not wish for a child or grandchild of mine to undergo the blood test of war” as the sacrifice these men and women go through is undeniably tremendous

The strong imagery paints a picture of the battlefield and draws a connection between the past and present leaving the football players with a feeling of loss.

The members of the armed forces are well know, and well respected for their discipline. Part of that discipline comes from the ability to follow the orders of your subordinates, even if they don’t feel like it or don’t agree with them. How disciplined can a soldier be if they don’t follow orders. The soldier in question can’t be very disciplined if they fail to follow instructions right? It goes against everything a soldier stands for. This makes them a danger to their team members, especially in a time of war. I do not think

Deceased philosopher Bertrand Russell once said, “War does not determine who is right- only who is left”. Those left are the soldiers of the 1-502nd, specifically Bravo Company 1st plt, and the Janabi family and to a greater extent, the ever-changing global world we all live in today. The tragic events that conspired in a small Iraqi village became a microcosm of how leadership failures at every level shaped the actions of a few soldiers who committed atrocious acts. One can also see how a high operational tempo, along with prolonged violence and death, has on a person’s psyche. It is the ugly side of war that the average American citizen may not want to hear or talk about. For a soldier, it is inevitably what they train their

While these three points are extensively discussed and dissected, it is apparent that the key factor that makes us professionals is the ethical standard that we must hold every individual soldier, from the lowest private to the highest general, to. One of the major points that are missing is what happens when the ethical standard is breeched and how it is dealt with.

Brutal violence in war can be expected when soldiers kill other soldiers, but sometimes the

In “The Hurt Locker” directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the filmmakers accentuate the fact that war and chaos are dangerous and never ending, and yet are addictive in a way that forms the soldiers’ passions and ways of life. The filmmakers do this by using unique camera shots and techniques to capture the real-life tension experienced by soldiers, as well as explore different points of views during a situation and by arranging the movie in a documentary style that makes a fictional movie and story seem like real shots of soldiers in the field. They do this in order emphasize the uncertainty and danger soldiers face in war and the ways that this chaos affects the soldiers’ decisions and actions towards different situations, in a way that warns people of war’s

This image of the soldiers holding up the land uses the contrasting moods of the colors on top and bottom, the symbolism, and the eye catchers to show how the soldiers are sacrificing themselves, and the people are taking that sacrifice for granted.

Fourthly, repeating the existence of soldiers in the painting creates rhythm, and it leads to movement. Movement is created by the tendency which soldiers are getting more and more transparent at the back. You can actually imagine there is still countless amount of solders coming to join their crew and posting the same ‘ready-to-murder’

War is a kill or be killed place, everyone is fighting for their life. Crane states in his poem, “These men born to drill and die/ point for them the virtue of slaughter,/ Make plain for them the excellence of killing/ And a field where a thousand corpses lie” (19-22). These men who were born just regular men, were taught in the military to kill, they sold their soul to the military and now they continue killing until they are killed. The thought of murder is so unfathomable to most people, but to soldiers murdering someone is just another day on the job, killing someone is just as common as drinking water. The men that die there may be special to their loved one, but in war they are expendable, there is going to be new soldier’s to fight the same fight and die the same

War is not kind to the soldiers in combat. War is not kind to the innocent civilians who reside in the area of war. However, war is kind to the economy. Society likes to disregard the emotional and physical trauma that those involved with the war deal with and focus only on the high points of war. One might argue that war stimulates the economy and a strong army is necessary for protection, but how far are we willing to go when the hands of young men and women’s lives are in our hands? We have to draw the line at some point, and in the interview with David Grossman, he says that “The truth is, we exist by virtue of killing”. Stephen Crane tried to send out a similar message when he said “Point for them the virtue of slaughter, make plain to them the excellence of killing”. He was criticizing the way the military trains their soldiers, and how they are setting their men up for trauma later on in

In school we are taught fighting is barbaric and if done so consequences will arise. So how so it that military can blow people’s heads off, kill mothers in front of their children and suffocate innocent children and as they watch them take their last breath? In a article by The guardian a

Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles broke the mold for films when it came to classic Hollywood cinema. The film has numerous ground breaking ideas, such as, the order of narration starting from the death of the main character, Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles), and retelling his story in non-chronological order (Barsam & Monahan, 2016). This was accomplished by having newspaper reporter Jerry Thompson (William Alland) interview the other characters who were involved in Mr. Kane’s life. Each interview added more information to the mystery of Kane’s dying last word “rosebud.” Welles uses different camera angles and movements to change the viewers’ perspective of the situation along with numerous light sources to set the atmosphere. Citizen Kane changed how Hollywood films were portrayed by altering traditional narrative, using multiple new camera angles, and perfecting the technique involved with diverse

One of the techniques implemented is the use of salience. The salience of the image is the dead soldier, as his red, pooling blood contrasts the grey of its surroundings, it naturally draws the attention of the viewer. Moreover, due to the close positioning, it then leads the eye to the second soldier, whose body language indicates he is grieving over his dead friend. Furthermore, since the quote is written as a soliloquy, when implemented in the image, it creates the effect of the text being exclaimed by the grieving soldier to question the fate of his comrade as he, like any other soldier, was merely defending his country, and as a result he paid for it with his life. This then leads to the idea of ‘pointlessness of war’ as the concept of war’s senseless bloodshed outweighs any resolution it may achieve, as it is done through the promotion of hate and death, which defeats the very purpose of what it’s is trying to prevent. This idea is further portrayed through the symbolism of the dead tree, as trees are often symbolised as flourishing life. However, as a result of the war, similarly to the soldier, ‘life’ ceases to exist. Therefore, the dead tree represents the loss of life in battle, again supporting the notion of irrational bloodshed required in

The number one film, “Citizen Kane,” was directed by Orson Welles in 1941. Although it is not boldly stated in the film, the story was about William Randolph Hearst. Welles defied tradition with this film. He made it about a powerfully, well-known man, who upset him, and the film’s opening was a dead screen. By utilizing the dead screen, Welles demonstrated that his film would be different and unique than the rest.