Sunset Blvd Analysis

On October 4th 2016 Deputy Akins was dispatched to 8821 Centennial Road for an accident involving a red truck that left the roadway and struck a parked vehicle. Upon arrival Deputy Akins saw a 2013 Red Dodge 1500 in the ditch with the truck’s front end smashed into the rear end of a 1001 Honda Civic. In the driver seat of the dodge truck was a male Caucasian. Deputy Akins recognized the male as Evan Case. Deputy Akins asked Mr. Case if he was injured. Mr. Case replied with I can just pay the deductible and leave right. Deputy Akins asked Mr. Case again if he was ok or if he needed medical. Mr. Case replied no.

An illegal alien is a foreigner who enters the United States of America crossing the border by avoiding inspection. Luis Alberto Urrea, author of "The Devil's Highway," states, "The first white man known to die in the dessert heat here did it on January 18, 1541. As long as there have been people, there have been deaths in the western desert." pg.5 We might think we know everything, but we are not there yet. Just like we are not sure who was the first to die in that dessert, there are places in the world that we have not yet discovered. Places like jungles, rivers, forests, and maybe even other desert. Border patrols focus on putting an end on people crossing the border, their territory, but have they thought about what are their reasons.

In contemporary film making, “Hollywood-ization” generally refers to the re-creation of a classic work in a form more vulgar and sexually explicit than the original in an effort to boost movie attendance. After all, sex and violence sell. However, from the mid-1930’s to the 1950’s, “Hollywood-ization” referred to the opposite case where controversial books had to be purified to abide by the Production Code of 1934.[1] This occurred to many of James Cain’s novels as they moved from text to the genre of “film noir.” As has been said about Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, “The property, bought several years ago, was kept in the studio’s archives until now

“When I awoke I was sweating. I had thrown may blanket off onto may floor“( Myers 105 ). Birdy has had nightmares when sleeping, and what it means to be at war. In a moment of . Over the course of Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers birdy showed symptoms of PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and keeped wondering why he had joined the army in the first place.

In the short story, “Along the Frontage Road” by Michael Chabon, a father and son visit a pumpkin patch off a frontage road to escape from their home and problems. While at the pumpkin patch, the father reflects on how many situations in life are uncontrollable. The family had suffered the loss of their unborn daughter, and the father and son use their experience at the pumpkin patch to move on in life. Michael Chabon uses figurative language in the form of metaphors and similes, a depressing mood, flashbacks, and pumpkin symbolism in “Along the Frontage Road” to comment on hardships in life that people have no control over.

After reading the story “Night Drive”, we came up with a question: “Who is the murderer of the night drive? Mr. Tabor or Bob?” Although there is some evidence argue that Mr. Tabor is the murderer, they are weak. In my opinion, Bob is the murderer. Despite he was described nicely in the story, the evidence is strong to prove that he is the murderer. The strongest evidence is the description when Madge saw Bob changes his shape, “... very gradually and very terribly – from that of a tall and well - made young man favoring an injured leg, to a crouched horror which was wholly animal and an embodiment of blood-lust” (8). Based on this description, we can know that it was certain that Bob wasn’t a normal human. Bob is a werewolf, just like Eunice (Mr.

The desert is a dry barren land, desolate, abandoned; in the distance, 2 palm trees stand tall like an oasis of shade from the intensely hot sun. The Devil’s Highway, a journey taken by Mexican migrants in May 2001 across the border into the United States. Twenty-six men taken through one of the most pernicious pathways in North America. Recorded by Luis Alberto Urrea, a Mexican-American journalist and novelist, who focused mainly on the individual stories of each man as he pointed out why they were there and why they were leaving. Urrea illustrated Mexico’s genesis form the Native Americans to the Spaniards and smugglers, each illustrating complex ethics to the Mexican Culture. Urrea also ventured into the story of Coyotes, La Migra, Pollos, and Polleros, formed a connection between each characters desperate attempt at a better life. It’s true that the thing that gives you life, the sun, is also what brings these men to certain death, and here the desert is seen best as

Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder in 1950 is based on how Norma Desmond, a huge Hollywood star, deals with her fall from fame. The film explores the fantasy world in which Norma is living in and the complex relationship between her and small time writer Joe Gillis, which leads to his death. Sunset Boulevard is seen as lifting the ‘face’ of the Hollywood Studio System to reveal the truth behind the organisation. During the time the film was released in the 1950s and 60s, audiences started to see the demise of Hollywood as cinema going began to decline and the fierce competition of television almost proved too much for the well established system. Throughout this essay I will discuss how Sunset Boulevard represents the Hollywood

Off the Veranda by Bronislaw Malinowski is a documentary that begins to discuss the start of his upcoming in the field of anthropology, the people of Trobriand Island and Functionalism. In the start of the Documentary we learn Malinowski began his field work by studying the Mailu people. During his work he was studying the natives afar from a Veranda. We learn that in order to fully understand the society of the Mailu; Malinowski believes he needs to learn their native language. Ultimately he decides to start afresh by studying the people of Trobriand Island. During the beginnings of his encounters he began to understand what it takes to be a member of the Trobriand. At first he was seen as an outsider and that his studies weren’t “working”

The 1950’s can be described as a conservative and sexually repressive time in the US, so how was a movie such as Some Like It Hot, a movie that dealt with crossdressing and hints of homosexuality, able to fare so well yet, at the same time, challenge the status quo of comedy and even pave a new direction for comedy in years to come? The success of Some Like It Hot effectively put a nail in the coffin of the Motion Picture Association of America as to say a Seal of Approval, or lack thereof, no longer dictates a flop in the box office. Some Like It Hot effectively built a dialogue structure on double-entendre’s, and in even some cases triple-entendre’s, that can be found in almost every passing sentence of character interchange. In fact, some

This expulsion from being able to direct Hollywood movies had an effect on not only his directing career but his personal life too. "Having learned how to be a director by working on numerous television shows as an actor, producer, and director during the fifties, Ritt found his career cut short when he was blacklisted in 1952. Yet he managed to survive both of these cultural onslaughts and carve out a successful movie career on his own terms. Coming to Hollywood at a time when big, expensive films were considered essential to Hollywood’s survival.444 After his expulsion he still would contained his movie direction and continued to do black and white films. In which in 1965, my film came out, “The Spy Who came in from the dark,” and continued his black and white theme. During this film, it can be shown to show his political ideology in which would portray

“We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just” (Carter G. Woodson). John Steinbeck was able to convey this of message of racism in his time- honoured novella, Of Mice And Men. The novella was released in 1937, the setting of the book taking place in California during The Great Depression. During this time, California had an influx of Dust Bowl refugees, who hoped to find employment and create a better life for themselves (CSUN, 2017). From this piece of history, came Of Mice And Men, a novella following the story of Lennie and George, two men travelling during The Great Depression to a ranch in Soledad, California looking for work after their hasty exit from their previous job. Lennie and George, like many of the migrants who have come before them, have their own dreams of buying land however once arriving at the ranch they realize the challenges and the harsh reality of those dreams. Film directors are constantly on the prowl for novels which present potential to be the next movie blockbuster. In fact, over 50% of movies are adapted from novels, however, when turning what’s on paper into a film, a portion of the book is taken out or new scenes are added to either cut down the run time of the film or to satisfy the filmmaker's plans for their interpretation of the novel. So how often are the film director’s attempts to recreate the essence of the ideologies provided by the author of the book successful? And was

Cormac McCarthy is perhaps one of the finest writers alive today. A novelist in the veins of apocalyptical Southern Gothic that’s tried his hand as a playwright as well as a screenwriter. In 2011 he offered up a play, or rather a novella in the form of a play entitled The Sunset Limited. A title which most definitely does not refer to the train line that runs from New Orleans to Los Angeles. No, it’s not a train line, it’s a play and a movie starring Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones, who also directed (and even had some on set script guidance from McCarthy, who’s a long-time friend). One need not differ much from the source material, but one can refine the suggestions of the lines and how they should be spoken, how they are to be felt.

The image quality of #3.2 Talbot’s photographic printing establishment at reading, appears to be dark with very little lighting on the men’s faces, but their clothing and the daguerreotypes are all shady. Certain parts of the image are blurred including facial expressions and body movements. Leaving the shed behind them the only thing that’s bright and have specific detail. This has to do with the long exposure time and the fact that it was taken outside, applied India ink to remove the imperfections of the picture can be seen. As for the #3.6 The Sun at Zenith, by Gustave Le Gray shows great detail of the entire ocean and the light reflected from the waves. He achieved this by waxing the negative image first, then sensitize it, allowing the

The Las Vegas Strip is full of surprising views. The Smith family certainly found that out on their family vacation last year. One strip photographer caught this picture of the parents looking appalled and holding back their young child John who looked shockingly cavalier. Why were the parents so scared and the child so calm? After interviewing the family we soon found out that the object of interest was a nude show girl on the Strip. The Vegas Strip was actually “stripping.” This explains the boy’s almost happy grimace. With somber moods the Smith’s have decided to never come back to Vegas as their eyes and their child’s are too “scorned” to ever return. They have recently started touring in their program called We Are Traumatized where they