Film Analysis : Analysis Of 'The Three Caballeros'

For my cultural activity, I watched a Spanish-language movie with English subtitles in order to better understand the film. The purpose of this paper is to express my reactions concerning the Puerto Rican film Casi Casi. In summary, Casi Casi is a high school romantic comedy about a boy who runs for Student Council President who is attracted to a girl who also decides to run against him. At the beginning of the film, my initial reaction was that the film was going to be very difficult to view and interpret due to the fact that it was produced in a foreign language that I am not fluent in.

Based off Charles Webb’s 1963 novel by the same name, The Graduate is an American romantic comedy/drama released in the United States on December 21, 1967 starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, and William Daniels. The film was directed by Mike Nichols, produced by Lawrence Turman and the screenplay written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham. The film was produced by Lawrence Turman/Mike Nichols productions starting in March of 1967. Mike Nichols has also directed other well known films such as Catch-22 (1970), Working Girl (1988), and more recently Closer (2004). The film was distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures nationally and United Artists internationally. AVCO Embassy Pictures studio, founded by Joseph E. Levine, the films executive producer, also claims production/distribution for other hit films such as Godzilla, King of Monsters! (1956), The Fog (1980), and Prom Night (1980). The movie was well received due to its $104 million dollar box office opening tab. The score was produced by Dave Grusin and the songs written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

The film La Bamba showcases one of the most important historical moments in not only music history but also Latino music history. The star Lou Diamond, portrays Ritchie Valens originally Valenzuela. Ritchie was a boy who did not grow up in a normal childhood. In the film Valens played by Lou diamond is shown working hard alongside his mother Connie trying to make an honest living. His older brother Bob finds his way to his mother and young brother convincing them both to leave the fruit fields where they were working. While Ritchie should have been at school he was working. Once they moved to Los Angeles, Ritchie started attending high school like a normal teen should. His love for music grew strong as he became fond of a young girl named Donna. Donna was from a middle class white family, while Ritchie was from a poor Latino American family. Donna’s parents wanted to keep the two apart from each other as her father did not approve of the romance because Ritchie had nothing to offer his daughter. Ritchie had nothing to offer Donna but his music and hope of someday making a name for himself. One-day Ritchie and his band mates are having a show and a man by the name of Bob Keane stops by to see the performance, while there Keane shows a great interest in Ritchie and reaches out to him. Keane soon convinces Valens that he didn’t need his band mates, that Ritchie was all the talent. Bob Keane not only manages to get Ritchie to drop his band, but he also convinces him to change

A League of Their Own (Marshall, 1992) explicitly characterizes an American era when a woman’s place was in the home. Even our modern perspective implicitly follows suit. Although women have gained rights and freedoms since the 1930’s, sexism remains prevalent in America. This film offers an illustration when men went to war and big business men utilized women as temporary replacements in factories, sports, and so on. Here, course concepts, such as gender socialization, gender expressions, role stereotypes, emotion expressions, and language, correspond to the film’s characters and themes.

Macario is a 1960 Mexican film. This film was based on the novel of the same name by B. Traven. This movie was directed by Roberto Gavaldon which was a very well recognized director in New Spain (modern-day Mexico). This ninety-minute film became so popular in Mexico. This Film was the first Mexican film to be nominated for an academy award! This film entered the Best Foreign Language Film. It became so popular that it won its entrance to the 1960 Cannes film Festival. Macario the films’ name, is also the main character in this film. Another main character that is seemed in the film is the death (la muerte). We also have our secondary characters such as Macario’s wife, God, the devil, and some members of the inquisition.

The Serial is an interesting audio podcast that is hosted by a journalist named Sarah Koenig. Sarah tells the story in a form of a reporter, in which she explains the murder case that occurred in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1999, Hae Min Lee, a popular high-school senior, was disappeared after school one day. After six weeks, a jury convicted Adnan Syed, Hae’s ex-boyfriend, for her murder. Adnan stands firm on the fact that he is innocent and he has nothing to do with Hae’s murder case. Due to the lack of true evidence people are starting to question whether Adnan was falsely accused of the murder. I personally think Adnan is innocent.

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 Spanish class recently, we watched a movie about a young girl named Marta, who faced many problems throughout a period of months. Whether it was family, or a boy she snuck around, Marta always wanted to help. But the one thing Marta hoped and dreamed for was a Quinceañera. When girls turn 15 years of age, it is optional to have one. But Marta worried because it was optional, she could end up not having one. This put a lot of stress on her.

The Graduate is a coming of age story focused on the confusion and fear that many young adults feel as they try to strike out and make a life for their own. The film focuses on Ben Braddock as he tries to figure out what do with his life, which is further complicated by an unfortunate love triangle involving Ben and two women who happen to be mother and daughter. The opening scenes of the film serve to introduce the audience to Ben and the hopelessness, emptiness, and angst that he feels as he struggles to find his path in life.

When arriving to this exhibition I was excited to try and understand the story behind each piece of art. When first entering the exhibition I was shrouded in darkness with only the voices of the people in the videos to keep me company. The first thing that caught my eye was the videos playing in front of me and the ones I could hear playing in the distance I was overwhelmed for a second because it felt like I was taking too much in, but I got myself together and sat down for the first video. The name of the short film is La cabeza mato a todos (the head killed everyone). The video begins with a woman in a hammock holding a black cat and she begins to speak about magic and wars. She eventually starts to walk through a densely forested

In También la Lluvia the film describes the mission that two filmmakers take to produce a film of the journey of Christopher Columbus and his obsession with finding goods. At first the filmmaker Sebastian sets on his mission to expose Christopher Columbus’ initial intentions which were his obsession with gold, searching for slaves to take back with him, and lastly terrorizing and torturing any Indian that resisted Christianity. Sebastian and Costa decide to make the Christopher Columbus film in Bolivia because of their tight budget and also because Bolivia has many Indians that they could use as extras in their film. Upon arrival Sebastian and his crew face several challenges in filming because they were not aware that the area that they chose Cochabamba, was facing their own modern day Christopher Columbus because they were fighting to keep their water that was privatized to a British and American multinational. The film proves and supports

In the beginning of the 1930s, Mexico was home to one of the worlds most colorful and diverse film cultures. World War II gave rise to the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, commercially and culturally. The Mexican cinema was founded through its commercial strength. It was an exceptional era during which Mexican Industry challenged Hollywood’s international hegemony throughout the Western hemisphere. During this period there were numerous of popular stars such as Emilio Fernandez, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Infante, Mario Moreno, and Jorge Negrete. The films produced during the Golden age I believe had a piece of history behind them as well as a purpose. As Solin (2005) stated, films offer fiction based symbols, values, and ideologies rooted in the

What is friendship? According to google.com, friendship is defined as “a state of mutual trust and support between allied nations”. This is the main theme in the three movies that I have selected. The movies are Captain Abu Raed, Goodbye First Love and The Mystery of Happiness. These three movies all illustrate how a friendship can either blossom and grow into something beautiful or get hindered and fall out into something that it is not.

What is friendship? According to google.com, friendship is defined as “a state of mutual trust and support between allied nations”. This is the main theme in the three movies that I have selected. The movies are Captain Abu Raed, Goodbye First Love and The Mystery of Happiness. These three movies all illustrate how a friendship can either blossom and grow into something beautiful or get hindered and fall out into something that it is not.