Movie Analysis: La Bamba

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.

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

Movie Analysis Name: Institution: Movie Analysis Lumumba is a French movie that was directed by Raoul Peck. The movie recreates Patrice Lumumba revolutionary struggle towards attaining independence or self-rule in Congo. Through the film, the audiences are not shown the struggle of the Congolese against obtaining self-rule from the Belgian government

The 2012 movie Argo is based off of a true event in 1979. During the Iranian Civil War, President Jimmy Carter gives the Iranian Shah refuge in the U.S. due to his illness. In retaliation, Iranian activists invade the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran and the staff are taken as hostages. This is famously known as the Iranian hostage crises. Although six of the staff members escape and are taken in by the Canadian Ambassador. Determined to rescue the six, Tony Mendez, who is our main character, from the CIA is brought in because of his expertise. After talking to his son one day while watching a science fiction program on TV, he comes up the idea to go into Iran, under the guise of Canadians

His song, “Heartbreak Hotel” instantaneously becomes popular and it is topping the charts by February of 1956. In the late 50’s he is acting in many movies and appearing on several talk shows. He had later bought a mansion by the name of Graceland for himself and his parents. Although, he had been drafted into the army in 1958. During this time, he meets his future wife, Priscilla Wagner, who had been fourteen at the time they had met. They married later in 1964 and had one daughter, Lisa Marie

"He lived and he loved the songs that he wrote and the songs that he sang. He’s a man of great courage. He’s kind. He’s gentle and he has God-given talents. He chose a career he was hoping he could make a difference in. That career made a difference in

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.

Born and rise in Richard Steven Valenzuela on May 13 ,1941,in Pacoima near LA, California, Ritchie Valens made history when he died in the plane crash.Because he was youngest . His promising career, however, was cut short by tragedy. Valens died in a 1959 plane crash while on tour, along with Buddy Holly and J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson only 17 years old when he died he died Fed, Valens left behind a few recordings.His first self-titled album was released shortly after the accident and did well on the charts.He was put in the Rock and Roll hall of fame in 2001.At 16 Valens joined his first band.The group played local gigs, and Valens was spotted at one of these performances by Bob Keane, the head of the Del-Fi record label. With Keane's

The film moves ahead to 1981; Abraham is married to Marcella (Constance Marie) and has three children, A.B. Quintanilla (Jacob Vargas), Suzette Quintanilla (Jackie Guerra), and Selena. After finding her father alone playing music, Selena

Three amazing artists died in one fell swoup. I believe ritche was about 16 when it happened. This amazing music makeing founded/ pioneard spanish rock and roll.This in my oppinion is a fitting end for the three rock and roll artists who were invalved in the plain crash going out in a blaze of glory.

Rich was known to jump around between bands within short periods of time. Soon after Rich joined Marsala, he joined Artie Shaw, and then Tommy Dorsey. While Rich was with Dorsey, he was roommates with jazz legend Frank Sinatra for two years. Rich took a break during World War II for military duty, but quickly got back to drumming after the war was over. He formed and led his own band in 1946 and disbanded in 1951.Frank Sinatra helped fund Rich’s band. In 2951, Rich married Marie Allison. Rich was earning $1,500 a week with the Harry James Orchestra by 1954. Rich formed another band in 1966 and had greater success than his band back in 1946. The group stayed together until 1974. Although they weren’t together after that, they reunited for tours on and off until Rich died in 1987 (http://www.biography.com/people/buddy-rich-9457049#musical-success). He had a heart attack in 1959, which slowed down his drumming but started back up as soon as he was well enough to do so. His passion for drumming showed when he filed for bankruptcy in 1968, but kept on drumming even though he had no money and was most likely in debt. “Personal considerations usually took second place to Rich’s music.” (http://www.biography.com/people/buddy-rich-9457049#personal-life) Rich had yet another heart attack in 1983, which required surgery. Lo and behold, he kept on drumming as soon as he was well. A tumor was discovered in his brain in 1987 and was removed in March. While he was in the midst of receiving chemotherapy, he died on April 2nd in California due to heart failure

Music heavily influences and creates a voice for the people of the time period it is written in and also reflects the tone of the time period. Mclean’s generation was impacted greatly by classic rock and roll artists, such as Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly. Music direction and message portrayed the prosperous nature of the 1950s and what life was like before the 1970s. The change in music direction rooted from a tragedy that Mclean recognized with the verse, “But February made me shiver”. In February 3, 1959 Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson died in a plane crash. Theses musicians were Mclean’s heroes and rock and roll legends. McLean considered this to be “the day the music died”. After their deaths, music drastically changed. New musicians and styles of music came into play. Buddy Holly and the other musicians before the Vietnam war sang uplifting songs or songs with religious references. The verse “A long long time ago,” is referring to the time period of rock and roll and a

The ideas of what a utopian society should look like changes when talking to different people in different parts of the world. More often than not most people would say that violence is not a part of this utopian ideal and that man has found a way to work past that and find a better solution to the violent issues we have seen in the past. Films in a sense are a way for artists to explore these utopian and dystopia ideals and present them to the public as a looking glass into what the world could look like. For many of us we live in a capitalistic society or a society with at least some forms of capitalistic ruling. Film makers in Latin America have used their position to critique and analyze the different forms of capitalism and how the

Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run (1998) is truly a brilliant film. It is very seldom that a film manages to combine the high pace of an action thriller and a deep philosophical subtext without botching it, but Run Lola Run does an excellent job at striking a balance between both. Tackling the very abstract and philosophical concepts of chance and cause-effect, Run Lola Run is truly a modern foreign classic. Tykwer manages to postulate one simple theory through the film, that the simplest of choices can completely change everything. The film is supported by stellar performances from Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu as the protagonist Lola and her boyfriend, Manni. The film’s use of cinematography to add to the narrative, clever use of the aspects of mise-en-scene and explosively-paced soundtrack add a whole new dimension to this film. One of the few German films to be both a critical and commercial success, Run Lola Run is a smart and stimulating film, which demands active watching in order to understand fully. I will now analyze the film comprehensively using three main parameters; the mise-en-scene, the cinematography and the sound.

Since the establishment of Walt Disney Company in 1923, it has created many classic animated characters, such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Lion King, Bambi, and so on. The success of Disney animated movie is not only due to its wonderful storyline and the vivid characterization of the animated characters, but also because of the music produced in the film. Disney’s music, whether its theme music, its background music, or song music, are clever and perfect blend of the plot, prompting many Disney animated movies become classics. This paper will focus on one of the Disney’s animated movie, The Three Caballeros, and analysis the connections between its content and its music.