Film Analysis Of Sunset Boulevard

Sixteen candles was written by John Hughes, this movie was his first 1980s teen movies. Hughes was inspired by Molly Ringwald, to write the screenplay. As, he was finishing up writing the screenplay for Mr. Mom and National Lampoon’s Vacation, Hughes' agents at ICM gave him a stack of photos of young actors. When he was going through the stack he noticed Molly Ringwald, then began write the screenplay for the Sixteen Candles. John Hughes finished the script over a single Fourth of July weekend. Hughes also was so impressed with Anthony Michael Hall's performance in National Lampoon's Vacation that he created the role of Ted “The Geek” just for him. Michael Schoeffling got the role of Jake Ryan, as the leading male because of his good

The Great Gatsby is a novel, written and published by F.Scott Fitzgerald and depicts a tale of a young man called Jay Gatsby attempting to find his lost love Daisy, but after finding out that she is already in love with someone else, he will go to any extent to get her back. The story is set out as a narration, spoken by Jay’s Neighbour, Nick Carraway. Nick tells the story based on the experience he had with his neighbour throughout his journey. The Great Gatsby was later adapted into a movie form in 2013, which was directed by award-winning Baz Luhrmann. This analysis will explore the adaptation of The Great Gatsby novel and film. Focussing on the changes through the adaptation process, the main key features that will be discusses are characteristics, omissions, and additions.

It is quite common nowadays that classic pieces of literature are transformed into movies. Oftentimes these movies are considered to be not as enjoyable to view as the book, one such case is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; a classic novel that gives us a glimpse into the vivacious 1920s. The story begins with Nick Carraway (the narrator) explaining the backstory of his life. He lives in a fictional town on Long Island, named West Egg, across the bay from his cousin Daisy Buchanan and next to a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby, whom he rarely sees. Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, a hypocritical and arrogant man of old money. Gatsby on the other hand is an idealistic man of new money, who became wealthy through bootlegging. He is

Oftentimes when novels are adapted into movies, important details are excluded. Some movies however, manage to incorporate all the intricate details in the literary work. “The Great Gatsby”, directed by Baz Luhrmann, sadly does not accommodate all information, and slightly varies from the American classic on which it is based, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The screenplay differs from the book within the characters, Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson, and Jay Gatsby, and the inclusion of the mental health asylum.

The movie I decided to analyze is The Great Gatsby both the original 1974 and the 2013 version as well. This movie is based on the novel by the same title by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The 1974 version was direct by Jack Clayton and the screenplay was written by Francis Ford Coppola. The two major stars of the original are Robert Redford who plays Gatsby and Mia Farrow who plays Daisy. In the 2013 version which was done by Baz Luhrmann with Leonardo DiCaprio playing Gatsby and Carey Mulligan playing Daisy. Both films follow the love story between millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsession Daisy Buchanan along with other characters that come into play in this tragic love story. The setting of both the film and book is the roaring twenties which included flappers, jazz music and bootlegging; this was just before the great depression.

Sunset Boulevard is a movie that needs no introduction, but to keep to proper essay format, I will give it one anyways. This 1950 classic is a staple in the book of Billy Wilder’s film making genius. Directed and written in part by Wilder, this film not only utilized Billy’s classic comedy-noir charm, but paired him with the incredible John Seitz, and Franz Waxman. William Holden and Gloria Swanson do a marvelous job at capturing the depth of their characters, and embody the style of everything that makes 50’s Hollywood incredible. But the combination of the three aforementioned men make for a hard hitting behind the scenes team, one that near outshines the actors themselves.

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To be more specific, the actors that were cast to be a part of this film did an admirable job at reflecting the character personalities and intents. Dustin Hoffman who portrays Benjamin Braddock was able to accurately exemplify his characters awkwardness, clumsiness, and discontentment with his life and situation. Throughout the film, Hoffman’s seemingly uncomfortable interpretation of Benjamin Braddock emphasized the characters

Several will agree that they were at the edge of their seat waiting for the movie of the year to be released. The release day of “The Great Gatsby” seemed millenniums away, but finally the day so many awaited arrived. Now, the real question is, was the movie worth the wait? Some might agree, myself included, that the movie was disappointment and was below what many expected. The expectation that the book itself would be brought to life was not met. I expected to be transported into this 1920 setting, living the life of the Great Gatsby himself, but instead, as Richard Brody says, I, along with everyone else, was given extraordinary actors working together in an extremely modern sumptuously-realized Jazz Age extravaganza telling a

Jay Gatsby (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best actor throughout the entire film in my opinion because he played out his character impeccably. The actual introduction of Jay Gatsby along with stunning fireworks in the background and the climax of the orchestra as he smile majestically, made him seem even more extravagant. Leonardo flawlessly played the passionate role of Gatsby and portrayed the determination of achieving wealth and power to win back his love, Daisy Buchanan. The great acting made the audience believe as if there was a real love connection between the two actors especially at

Most actors do not continue making films one after another until they die but Norma could not get this into her head. She spent years writing her script to return to the big screen and was set on that dream. Since Norma was obsessed with the goal of filming again it led her to become foolish about how famous she actually was and her terrible script. Also a scary realization of having a chance of ending up demented like Norma. The directors wanted to show us a alarming visual of what life could be like for actors after their acting days were over.

Sunset Boulevard is in no way, shape or form an adjusted story of Hollywood, past or present. Be that as it may it is such a cunning compound of truth and legend—and is so lavishly fragrant of the past, yet so contemporaneous—that it apparently talks with extraordinary power. Sunset Boulevard is that uncommon mix of impactful composition, master acting, excellent course, and inconspicuously aesthetic photography which rapidly does magic over a crowd of people and holds it excited to a shattering peak.

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The Great Gatsby is the perfect example of the classical Hollywood film narrative, as it is focused on a story about a man who becomes a witness to many unfolding events. Nick, the main protagonist of the film ends up watching the rise and fall of his neighbor and friend, Gatsby. Gatsby who happened to be in love with a

The movie The Great Gatsby is set during the roaring twenties in Manhattan New York City. Where the young protagonist Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) is narrating his life story when he moved to New York. He introduces a young playboy millionaire by the name of Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his obsessive love for Daisy Buchanan (Carey Milligan). This movie is the most recent adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald classic American novel, directed by Baz Luhrmann who does a fantastic job with the visuals of the movie. In the film the director shows the lavish mysterious life of Mr. Jay Gatsby through the use of visuals, lighting and music to captivate the audience.