Film Analysis: Rebel Without A Cause

We had heard about the movie “Creed” before it actually came out because of displays up at movie theaters and it caught our attention but we never watched it because we were interested in others movies a bit more. The movie is about a professional boxer's son who wants to fight like his father did even though his mother disagrees. It is actually a follow up from the Rocky movies. The main character in the film is the son of Apollo Creed whose rival was Rocky Balboa which is also who trains the main character. The reason Apollo doesn't train his own son if because he met his death in a boxing match in Rocky 4. When it eventually came out on DVD we bought it and we didn’t watch it for over a month until after it came out.

Fruitvale Station depicts the real-life case of Oscar Grant III, a young unarmed black man shot in the back by a white police officer on January 1, 2009 in Oakland. The movie begins with cell phone footage of Oscar Grant’s death recorded by bystanders. Grant’s life was tragically cut short due to a white man’s racism and stereotypical perception of a young black man. The BART police officer Johannes Mehserle abused his authority and shot Grant for no other reason but hatred and racism. At the time of the shooting, Grant was unarmed and pinned on the ground in handcuffs. The movie then walks you through the last twenty-four hours of Grant’s life. As you watch the movie and research the aftermath of Grant’s death you a forced to ask yourself a few questions; why does the media have the right to take away Oscar Grant’s humanity? Where do we draw the line between racism and holding others responsible and will the public’s perception of black men and women ever change? Lastly, we must focus on how this case and others impacts African American society and culture. We also must focus on the necessary changes African Americans must make in order to survive in a world that does not value black lives.

One of the symbolic representations in La Mission is where it takes place, in the mission district of San Francisco. It represents the traditional stance of Che the main character and compares it to the shift to a more hipster neighborhood with new people like Lena moving in who haven’t been in the neighborhood until recently. He also restores old cars into low riders which is historically Mexican American style of car. The music featured in this movie is a mix of traditional chorales, native drums and guitars mixed with newer more modern version that also show the transition that this community and culture are facing coming to terms with change and homosexuality that is culturally unacceptable.

In the modern day era, we find in society a ubiquitous usage of technology that seems to be never ending and forever growing. Included with this notion, the broad subject of surveillance is of course included. Contemporary surveillance, or more specifically technological surveillance, has been described as ambiguous; meaning that it is often misunderstood or open to different interpretations. The representation of surveillance within popular culture has played an impacting role on how we as a society perceive it and this raises certain questions that may reflect back on to society. The 1998 film Enemy Of The State directed by Tony Scott, Starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman and Jon Voight is considered to be a ‘spy-thriller’ blockbuster. Its

New Year’s Day, 2009, a man is brutally shot by the BART Police of Oakland, California. Fruitvale Station, written and directed by Ryan Coogler, took audiences by surprise as it resonated with twenty-two year old Oscar Grant, a man who was shot down by the BART Police. This movie takes viewers on an emotional expedition as it takes a peek into the life and death of Oscar Grant and his family. The struggles of originating from an African-American background become apparent as Oscar Grant struggles with steering away from racial stereotypes and the misunderstandings of racial profiling.

The “Lost Battalion” film was a great film about World War One. It showed a lot about the horrors of the war. It also brilliantly depicted the reality of the war.

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.

“The Gunfighter” is a short film directed by Eric Kissack and was released in 2014. It is set in a western saloon and begins with “the gunfighter” walking in. A narrator, which can be heard by all the characters, begins to speak. The narrator tells everyone’s darkest secrets, beginning with the fact that two brothers want to kill the gunfighter for a bounty. This all leads to a lot of confusion and eventually a gunfight killing everybody in the saloon. It is evident from the film that there are consequences when the truth is revealed. It also shows how some things are just better known and in the open and it’s sometimes hard to decide what needs to be said and what doesn’t.

It's nice to know your place in the world. Or so Tris imagined. After all, Tris was a girl who couldn't decide much on her own. Part two of the Divergent series, Insurgent continues the story of Tris prior (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James). In a world divided by sectors based on excellence, Tris learns that she is divergent and different from everyone else. With the help of a friend, Beatrice and Four must escape from the government who demands on eradicating all those who are divergent. Now Beatrice Prior must encounter her inner self to stop the downfall of all Divergent's, and to find out why Divergent's are considered a threat.

In the black and white 1955 film "Blackboard Jungle," Mr. Dadier (played by Glenn Ford) was an idealistic teacher on his first job in a tough urban mostly white male high school. The characters were dressed in clothing of the time (jeans rolled up at the cuffs, tee shirts, bow ties, baseball caps) and the boys wore their hair in the Elvis Presley

The words indicate that a leader should not always be at the forefront, but he or she can leave some duties of the position to his subjects. The case fittingly applies to instances when the people are the ones who actively participate in certain achievements and therefore, they should be given the credit for it while their leader partakes in the attainment in a passive manner. However, the leader should be in the forefront to protect the people he or she leads when it comes to their security being threatened, for instance infringement of their social rights. The passage refers to the words that are attributed to Nelson Mandela, a South African patriot who is released from jail and immediately takes up the presidency of the country. It is important to note that the time period when he is in prison, apartheid is the major issue facing his fellow citizens. Therefore, after his release, he champions for better leadership, that unites all the people irrespective of race, status, or place of origin. Meanwhile, the country hosts Rugby World Cup sport, which the veteran leader becomes keenly interested on how his team could win. Thereby, not only could it be of benefit to the country, but also enable it to gain recognition in the international community. On top of this, the sport is used as a basis to reflect on the determination that has to be upheld by a team before it is able to defeat opponents. On the same

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder that is associated with reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and uncontrollable thoughts that drives the patients to repeat something over and over again. The Aviator movie is trying to depict this disorder through the character Howard Hughes. The story captures the real-life experience of Hughes who was a successful filmmaker and aeronautic engineer in Hollywood between 1920s and 1940s. He was both rich, talented and notoriously eccentric. Hughes showed symptoms of OCD which were very severe and incapacitating at some points. His conditions deteriorated progressively from bad to worst throughout his lifetime, though in most parts of the film he is depicted as functioning relatively normally. This paper will focus on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and how it has been depicted in The Aviator movie through the character Howard Hughes.

Embedded in the heart of American social history is the spectre of racial and economic inequality and discrimination against people who are outside the norms of conventional white society. In the 1930s, during the Great Depression Era, these traits of life were recurrent, especially in the Southern states. Harper Lee recognizes this and writes what would become one of the most treasured pieces in the history of literature: To Kill A Mockingbird (1960). Centered around Maycomb County, a small town in Alabama, Jean “Scout” Finch, a bright juvenile girl , depicts her simplistic life with her widowed father, Atticus Finch, and her older brother Jem. Jeremy “Jem” Finch, a role model to Scout, spends his time engaging in activities with his sister and their friend Dill Harris - those of which routinely concern their reclusive neighbor, Boo Radley. The Radley family lives in unorthodox ways, inducing the town to assume fallacious stories that they are deranged and damaged. The lives of the children change forever when Atticus takes on the case of a black man, Tom Robinson, accused of raping a white woman. The threat of danger and bigotry looms over their heads as Jem must learn to accept his beloved town for it’s negligent flaws. His realizations are parallel to the movement he represents: the movement of purity and innocence to the bitter reality. Along the way, he discovers, with a heavy heart, that violence is often times the catalyst to change. Jem Finch’s maturity and growth

Sexuality, is one source of identification that we as humans all have and is significant to who we are as people. There are plenty of sexualities ranging from homosexuality, heterosexuality, bisexuality, etc. Homosexuality, is a sexual identity that has been discussed about and been looked down upon for plenty of years in religions and societies for centuries. Homosexuality has always been represented in films but it is more directly represented in films now than in older films in the early and mid twentieth century. The way that homosexuality is represented in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) is totally different but almost similar to the way that homosexuality is represented in Naz & Maalik (2015). Rebel Without A Cause (1955), was directed by Nicholas Ray, the film is about a troubled teenager named Jim who constantly gets in trouble at school. After his parents move him to a new town, he ends up in trouble with the teenagers that he goes to school with. Jim isn’t liked much by a large amount of teenagers at his new school, he gets in knife fights and trys to prove his bravery by participating in a game called “chickie”, which leads to the death of one of the teenagers during the film. Homosexuality is represented in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in multiple interesting ways. Plato, which is one of the teenagers that Jim meets at school, is obsessed with Jim and is highly interested in him. From the very first time that Plato sees Jim, you can tell that he has some sort of

In my early childhood while I was in India, my family indulged exceedingly. We would hold family councils whenever we needed to say in necessary subjects that needed discussion. We played games and had lessons like "being kind to your family.’’ Typically we heard stories from daddy, or pay an hour or two consuming ice cream while enjoying it at the park, spending time together.