The Imposter Movie

In the motion picture Finding Forrester, the principle character's name is Jamal Wallace. Jamal Wallace goes to a secondary school where various individuals believe he's nothing than only a dark kid who plays ball. Matter of truth he is a virtuoso in his own psyche, and skilled at both b-ball, writing, and composing. All through the motion picture no one appears to see his real nature on the grounds that various individuals are always attempting to force him down in light of the fact that they simply surmise that he is only a dark startling kid who lives in the city and is just great at ball. There are three individuals in the film that have a tendency to cut Jamal down.

“The Imposter” made in 2012, is a film tale that follows the chronicles of Frederic Bourdin, a con artist, who managed to trick an unsuspecting family into believing he was a long lost relative. Bart Layton directed this documentary and uses unconventional techniques to unravel this complicated, unbelievable story.

The idea of a documentary being an artistic or even personalised expression of a director is long gone, or so it seems in recent times. In Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Bowling for Columbine, he attempts to get across to viewers his, and essentially only his point of view, on the topic of gun laws. Although what Moore is trying to say is not necessarily wrong, he is at the same time not taking into account the other side of the argument either; all he is trying to do, essentially is hypnotise viewers into thinking

I thought that this film was an excellent amalgamation of both the mystery and documentary genres of film. The Imposter brings the story of the Barclay family to life in this thrilling motion picture about reality, manipulation and self-deception. After the disappearance of a young Nicholas Barclay, the family of the child is heartbroken and is desperate to find him; meanwhile, in Spain Frederic Bourdin crafts his intricate plan to commit identity theft. His identity of choice would soon become Nicholas Barclay. From the cinematography to the score of the film, the directing and acting, the film does an incredible job of not only re- enacting the events that this movie covers,but also, to ensure that the audience remembers that the events

As the movie begins, the audience notices that Oscar Grant is portrayed as a man who is loving and caring toward his family, but also has a history of convictions and drug dealing experiences. As the movie continues, Grant is shown as being a doer. Acting on situations without much thought and logic, his life has been full of risks. By depicting Grant as having two completely different sides to him, the director does a great job in displaying his struggles with himself as he tries to become a better man for the sake of his family. The audience is allowed to see the humanization of Grant as the film proceeds. His character is portrayed as flawed and misunderstood which relates to the viewers on a more personal level. The audience notices the shrinking gap between themselves and Grant as the film continues and takes them deeper into Grant’s life. The film as a whole is filmed with cinema vérité

The American Revolution is almost like the civil war but, it is split in three parts instead of two, happened in late 1700s. The movie, The Patriot, is a fictional movie that shows us the battles and life during American Revolution. Some people were forced to fight because their family members died and some did not fight because they did not wanted to risk their family even though both sides are die-hearted patriot. Family could make people do anything. The producers of the movie The Patriot, Dean Devlin, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn, chose a composite of different colonists, like Francis Marion, Colonel Daniel Morgan, Elijah Clark, Thomas Sumter, and Andrew Pickens, to make Benjamin Martin look better and the hero with no fault what-so-ever.

Everyone who have succeeded in life faced obstacles and criticisms at some point throughout the process. The movie, Rudy, was no difference. It was an American sports film directed by Daniel Anspaugh in 1993. It was based on a true story of Daniel “Rudy” Ruetigger who had always dreamt of playing football at the University of Notre Dame. Through Rudy’s life, he had always been told that pursuing his dream of playing in the Notre Dame football team would only cause him disappointment. However, evident through the entire movie, Rudy’s full desire helped him to overcome any struggles that came into his way. He faced all the challenges that he encountered and achieved his goal. Determination and perseverance led in to Rudy’s success in despite

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is widely dubbed an anti-Communist film by those who have seen it. The plot of the movie is that unfamiliar, extraterrestrial “body snatchers” are taking over the bodies of people in a small town in California while they sleep, and replacing them with clones that lack emotion. For the most part, a general consensus has been reached that the mass hysteria about the “pod people” in the film is reflective of the red-scare consumed society of the 1950’s. However, the article that I read that was written in response to this film suggests that it is instead a cynical representation of post-WWII, traditional American domesticity.

The process of discovery is often, a rigid and gruelling journey which leads an individual or group to formulate new perspectives as new truths are uncovered. Ivan O’Mahoney thorugh the T.V. mini-series Go Back To where You Came From utilises a myriad of film and narrative techniques to convey how the provocative and the transformative power of emotional and physical discoveries triggers an epiphany. Leading to the development of an individual’s ability to appreciate the complexity and severity of Australia’s asylum seeker crisis.

The film The Mask You Live In was written, filmed and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. It was released on January 25, 2015 at the premiere of the Sundance Film Festival. Jennifer also released a similar film called Miss Representation, a film about what the expectations of a woman were according to the media. According to the film, using hyper-masculinity among boys and young men through parental teachings and social expectations in the United States negatively affects them psychologically as it affects their way of decision-making and become more isolated throughout their lives. I firmly agree with Newsom’s message she was trying to send out to her intended audience, the parents and our society at large communicated through statistics shown as title sequences and the testimonies coming from boys and men who were once at-risk.

The main character in the film “Girl Interrupted”, Susanna Kaysen, is an eighteen-year-old female. She admitted herself into a psychiatric hospital after attempting suicide by overdosing on Aspirin and Vodka, where she was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. Susanna repeatedly denies trying to commit suicide, and claims she took aspirin because she “had a headache”. She appeared to be well groomed, her speech was articulated, and her thought process clear. Susanna is not currently employed, nor is she a student, and appears to have no motivation or ambition (Wick, Konrad, Ryder & Mangold, 1999).

The question of “what is real” often becomes a debatable discourse especially after one has sat through 87 minutes of Exit through the Gift Shop (2010), a documentary directed by the elusive street artist Banksy. Watching it till the end raised doubts on whether the documentary has successfully achieved objective representation like all other documentaries are expected to do. Although it was thoroughly an enjoyable film, some may be left with lasting impression that Exit through the Gift Shop (2010) may just be another storytelling. This film review will discuss some conventions used by the filmmaker in capturing the real in his documentary. Exit through the Gift Shop (2010) chronicled a segment of Thierry Guetta’s life - a vintage shopkeeper who became obsessed videotaping street art and turned into a street artist himself, after becoming close with

The film Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve in 2015 was classified as an American crime-thriller drama that starred Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. The film Sicario (2015) was written by Taylor Sheridan.

     A Doll’s House, a play by Henrik Ibsen, tells the story of Nora, the wife of Torvald Helmer, who is an adult living as a child, kept as a doll by her husband. She is expected to be content and happy living in the world Torvald has created for her. By studying the play and comparing and contrasting the versions presented in the video and the live performance, one can analyze the different aspects of it.

A stimulating film exposes the fallacy of Britain’s corrupt and homophobic culture throughout the Second World War.