They Live Challenges The Ideology Of The Superstructure In The Film

Oppression of Government “Divergent” Divergent is a 2014 American fiction film directed by Neil Burger, and is based on the book of Veronica Roth. The main protagonist of Divergent is Beatrice “Tris” Prior. When the movie started Tris narrates how lucky she is to be in the city, and how terrible the war was, leaving the rest of the world destroyed. Tris also explains how the founders of the city built the wall to keep the civilians safe, dividing them into five groups or factions to keep the peace.

Contemporary Africa is shown as a violent and dangerous place, were the vulnerable are exploited by greedy and unscrupulous people and enterprises. Older African films depicted a much more untouched and peaceful Africa, however this pristine area has now suffered much exploitation as a result of the western influence. The directors have used a variety of film techniques in order to distinguish this new trend of Africa films from the elder ones.

Freedom Writers was published in 2007 and it is an intense film featuring by great actors who are Scott Glenn, Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey and Imelda Staunton. The movie idea was based on book called “The Freedom Writers Diary” the story of teacher called Erin Gruwell and her one fifty students who wanted to change themselves and the society around them. The plot was located at Woodrow Wilson High School in the eastside neighborhood of Long Beach, California. The person who came up with the idea to make it into a film was journalist named Tracey Durning. The title of the movie “freedom writers” is interesting because the term is referring to freedom they need from the society. I choose this movie because I could relate

The movie Idiocracy, directed by Mike Judge, takes place in the year 2505, where the world has drastically changed from now. People have gotten so dumb that someone of average intelligence from today, is two times smarter than everyone else in 2505. In Idiocracy, the main character, Joe Bauers, wakes up to a world that in centered around consumerism. In this society the media constantly is around people, telling them to purchase more and to obtain more stuff. The way that companies market their products in 2505 has become very crude and in-your-face. Idiocracy is a phenomenal movie because it takes current trends in society and pushes those trends to the extreme, such as sexualized marketing, prominence of ads, and profanity in advertising.

In the movie A Better Life, the Main Character Carlos Galindo is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who started working as a day labor worker when he first arrived in the country, however he has had steady work from Blasco Martinez who owns a gardening business which he tries to convince Carlos to buy from him as he says he is moving. The idea of being self employed is very appealing to Carlos but he knows he can never afford to do so and the risk of getting caught and deported is very high. Carlos has a son Luis who is reluctant to go to school on a daily basis and gets into trouble as he is influenced by his friends who are part of the

Imitation of Life is a film directly focusing on the relationships between mother and daughter. Although the main characters, Annie and Sara Jane, and Lora and Susie, seem similar in their relationships, the film juxtaposes them in terms of race. On the surface, the relationships presented are, at best, considered to be normal struggles between mother and daughter. Analyzing the specific trials and problems will reveal a difference in Black motherhood and White motherhood. Annie and Sara Jane face racial and identity issues, that cause the relationship to shatter. Lora and Susie encounter a sense of abandonment and loss of love, which in turn creates a divide between them. While jointly living, and raising their girls together, Annie and

They do this by monitoring the citizens every move and beliefs. Citizens consume Soma as a source of the sacrament and religious belief. The government convinced people that soma is a religious view, but they actually use it as a weapon to control them. They also limit their citizen’s opportunities and freedom through the use of science. They control reproduction and genetically select traits that they want certain individuals to possess. Then, they categorize individuals into different social classes and assigned roles to serve in the society. Although every individual has a role in the society, they are categorized into groups to act as a whole rather than acting as an individual. Bernard Marx is categorized as an alpha in the new world society. Alphas are superior to everybody else in the new world society because of their intelligence and physical appearance. Because they are alphas, they are tall and strong, unlike Bernard Marx who is short for his social status. As a result, others in the alpha social category make fun of him for being different. Bernard wants others to accept him but others fail to accept his physical appearance. He begins to question the motives and rules of the new world society and wonders why individuality is not encouraged. ‘’Everyone works for everyone else. We can’t do without anyone. Even Epsilons are useful. We couldn’t do without

When Marcello accuses Lino of the crimes that he, himself, had commited and then turns around and denounces Italo for being a fascist. It represents the paradox of facist dictaorship of deflection of the blame. Marcello blames everyone else around him for his personal choices because he believes those choces were made ofr him. He blames Lino because he believes that his life path had been determined by the actions of which he was a victim when he was younger.

One of the most illuminating scenes in the film They Live, would have to be the scene from the beginning of the when the man on the television is talking about the growth of the lower and middle class . This relates to the primary source “Rachel and her Children” by Jonathan Kozol who writes about the homeless American families in 1988 whose lives were greatly changed. The scene from the movie where the man on the television is discussing the divide continues to say that “they” have created a repressive society and that we are just going along with it. He continues to say that the people of this country are only concerned with their own gain. This comes from the idea that “greed is good” which was brought on by Ronald Reagan who persuaded the

It´s 2015. A group of friends from Los Angeles, California are promoting the business of selling tickets for big parties at a night club named “The social”.

To live tells the epic story of a man’s transformation from being brought up in a wealthy home and having a lavish lifestyle to a man who just wants to live a “ simple quite life” as a poor man who is truly kindhearted. After squandering his family out of fortune with his gambling and brothel spending Fugi settles down to the most honest work of a peasant. Fugui was forced into the Nationalist Army and left behind his family, this is where he witnesses the horrors and privations of the Civil War. Only to return years later to face a string of hardships that were brought on to him by the ravages of the Cultural Revolution. Left with an ox in his final years, Fugui finds his appreciation

In conclusion, these films were new to myself I usually don’t watch these types of films. Due to the fact that it’s our reality and it gets be traumatize. Like if this dystopian world would happen right now I would probably be one of the first to die. I have no survival instiks and all the fast food I eat would slow be down. I’m over eat and so out of shape. At least the cannibals would have plenty to enjoy. In “The Road,” and “Children of Men,” they are a reflection of dystopian communities that display violence’s, giving up, and dehumanization.

Two selfish cantankerous grandfathers continue a life-long feud over an unfinished 1965 drag race and their decision to finish the race brings chaos to their grandchildren’s pending wedding.

The film “They Live” gives a representation of how people in today's society are blinded by reality. The movie was directed in 1988 and to this day speaks the truth about our society today. Of how we are blinded of the truth/reality and not everyone in this world have bad intentions. In the video when Nada was going around shooting the aliens he resisted to shoot one of the cops because he was not seen as one of the enemies by the glasses of reality; even though he had shot every cop in sight starting in the alley. In today's society many people see cops as savage animals because of the increase in police brutality. But although there are many corrupt law enforcement there are also many humble officers that look out for citizens.

The film ‘Freedom Writers’ directed by Richard LaGravenese, is a moving, inspiring story about a group of students and their everyday challenges living in the suburb of Long Beach. Long Beach is gang land, not just one gang but numerous rival gangs all fighting for superiority. Memorable scenes from the film mainly always refers to a 14 year old student named Eva Benitez who has grown up in this environment. Her life story is shown throughout the film from when she was young, initiating into gangs, going to school and up until her senior year. Some important scenes involving Eva are in the toyshop, school and court scenes.