Joel Silver: The Attributes Of A Blockbuster Film

On the horizon, Blockbusters number of competitors should steadily increase from new emerging technologies. If Blockbuster extends into the realm of VOD, Legal Movie Downloads, or Digital Video Recorders (DVR), it must realize there are existing and powerful players in these markets already. This new technology is shaping the market for many deals or partnerships. They will face fierce competition, but in the future, Blockbuster must not find it self on the outside looking in.

In the movie Silver Linings Playbook, directed by David O. Russel and made in 2012, there are many techniques used to portray a certain theme. Since the film is about a character named Pat and his struggle with Bipolar Disorder, a lot of the techniques used are to accentuate different moods for him. Some of the tactics for creating the film were, the use of editing and cuts to depict the way Pat was feeling, filming in foreground for most conversations, and the use of the trash bag whenever he would go running as a costume.

There are several films that I have already watched, I really like to watch an action film, the film in which the actor take action for whole the film. Therefore, I want to describe two films with comparing the films. I have some of the criteria to compare the films, which is story essential, dialogue, photography, acting, music, originality. I want to choose which one is better or perhaps which one is more successful. The films that I want to describe are “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” and “Kingsman: The Golden Circle”. This genre film is basically same each other, which makes the difference is story film. The films have an awesome action scene. The films were astonishing to watch because there is a unique storyline.

How would you react if you found your wife in the shower with another man? Any sane person would furious, but would you lose control and beat the other man senseless? Bradley Cooper’s portrayal of bipolar disorder in The Silver Linings Playbook how untreated the disorder can take control of a person’s life giving them manic episodes and major depressive episodes. This film aims to accurately display the struggles any person with bipolar disorder will deal with in their daily life while trying to manage the extensive mood swings they experience. The intended purpose of this paper is to analyze not only in what ways the director and cast accurately display the everyday life of an individual with bipolar disorder, but also the quality of the film. Throughout the movie themes of divorce, medications, the need for social support when dealing with mental disorders and a person’s unwillingness to accept help, will all be brought up in order to help an individual manage their disorder.

Wes Anderson’s continued use of the idea of family as part of the storyline for his movies is another key trait of his which makes him qualify as another of film’s

Fargo’s opening scene sets the tone for the rest of the movie (fig. 1). As the opening credits are rolling across the screen, there is nothing but stark whiteness behind them. At first, this looks just like a simple white background. As the movie plays on, the viewer discovers this stark whiteness is actual footage of a snow-covered highway in Middle America. The epic and foreboding score in the background matches the harsh whiteness of the setting. To the untrained eye, this has nothing in common with film noir. However, the Coen brothers have the ability to create a postmodern film noir that disguises itself as a murder mystery with a rustic setting and comical characters. This movie tells a contrived tale of American culture, and more specifically

The requirement for the second paper in this Understanding Films course was focused in on a film selection based on films from 1970 to 2000. The film I choose this week was obviously True Grit, a film released in 2010 and directed by the Coen brothers Ethan and Joel. This film was a phenomenal time piece set in the mid to late 1800’s starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Hailee Steinfeld. The choice for this film came because of the impact the Coen brothers have had on Hollywood for the better of three decades. They are renowned for several films including The Big Lebowski, Fargo, and No Country for Old Men. Several of these films made by the Coen brothers have been nominated for Academy Awards for best screenplay as well winning best screenplay for Fargo and No Country for Old Men.

A story should engulf the audience into a new reality as they attempt to pieces together the events as information is given. As moviegoers, one highlight of the experience is trying to guess each step of the progressing plot. The characters become people the viewer can relate to and it’s all someone can do but try to predict the best outcome for them. Movies that make this difficult prove to be the best.

The true mark of many great directors is their ability to develop a commonality amongst many or all of their films. For Instance, Quentin Tarantino can be associated with blood and death and gore, whilst Wes Anderson takes his indie style and enhances it with a plethora of shots with a symmetrical look. The Coen brothers have their niche in things like opening monologues dubbed over shots of scenery and their take on the classic film noir style, but one of their most prevalent signatures is a theme that they use throughout many of their films: people in life are always pursuing things that are, for the most part, unobtainable. The fate of the characters that take on this theme is the way in which the Coens sneak in their commentary on those

Widely recognized as one of the most iconic films of its time, Citizen Kane made nothing short of a thunderous debut in May of 1941. An article from the NY times refers to it as “the most surprising and cinematically exciting motion picture to be seen” [1]. But why? What makes this film standout in what the article notes to be the “withering spotlight” of Hollywood? Let us start with the narrative itself.

The directors of the film are two directors that are commonly known as the Coen brothers, and often do the writing and producing of their movies, in addition

Though the performances are important, the main reason I watched “The Ladykillers” was to begin to get a grasp for the Coen brothers. I was intrigued by the Coens from their work in this movie. Partly because this is only the second film of theirs I’ve seen, but also partly from their ingeniousness, I never knew what to expect from the camera. This led to a more visually exciting experience as I leaned forward in my seat in anticipation of the Coens’ next

Ever since the Supreme Court handed down the Paramount decision the film industry has been open to everyone, not just large studios. The advent of such freedom in the business caused many smaller entities to produce small budget films which packed a big punch. To counter this new wave large studios had to find a moneymaking venture that the smaller producers couldn’t go up against; namely blockbuster films. This created the venue that’s still in the forefront today, the blockbuster versus the independent.

The movie I chose to watch is Courageous. The precipitating event in this movie is the car accident that takes the life of Emily Mitchell. Her father, Adam Mitchell, and the rest of her family are traumatized by the sudden death of their 9 year old daughter/sister. In thinking about information that would be gained in the first contact with Adam Mitchell, one thing that stands out about his previous state of mind/functioning is that he was somewhat uninvolved with his children, taking them for granted. This fact can also be a trigger for how he processes this event, causing a crisis for him as he realized his

Analysis of the Way in Which the Director Has Brought the Film to a Satisfying Conclusion