Amélie

of a variety of films. One such film is, Jean Pierre Jeunet’s highly successful film Amelie (2001). The French believe that the success of a film isn’t measured by the money it makes, but by the number of people who watch it. They believe that everything cultural must be protected from the domination of the markets, a concept known as L’exception Culturelle (The French Cultural Exception) (Wikipedia, 2011). Amelie, is the picture perfect example of this concept, as it perfectly exhibits the epitome

The movie Amelie, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, is a french romantic comedy that circles around the main character, Amelie. She is the only child of a distant father and deceased mother. At the age of six, her father, who is a doctor, diagnosed Amelie with a heart condition, but it was really just her heart race increasing when he touched her. She was not used to physical contact with their detached relationship. This made him think she was too fragile for school, so she became comfortable living

watched a few international films which included Chinese films, Bollywood films and a few French films. After a brief discussion we have unanimously chosen a French film entitled “Amelie” which was released in 2001 and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and

The 2001 movie Amélie, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, is a significant movie that demonstrates the unique characteristics of French movies. Two important ways that Amélie differs from the conventional movies, like Hollywood movies, is by the use of the camera and the mise-en-scène. The scene of the movie Amélie that is important to have in the movie is when Amélie is helping the blind man. This is important because it is where the actual movie starts. In the beginning, the director gave the audience

Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Film Amelie Imagination is an intrinsic part of the human experience. It has the power to mold reality by defining the limits of possibility and affecting perception. Both Alan White and Irving Singer examine aspects of this power in their respective works The Language of Imagination and Feeling and Imagination. White delineates how imagination is a necessary precursor to possibility (White 179) while Singer primarily illustrates imagination's effect on human relationships

research on the cameras and lenses used to film and I came up on a blog. The stated that for Tautou, Delbonnel and Jeunet found that a wide angle 14mm or 27mm lens was just right. Anything longer or shorter did not look quite right. The camera in Amélie barely filmed scenes at eye level. Bruno Delbonnel set the camera usually a bit above or below eye level. Mixed in with the wide angle lenses, a small tilt up or down eventually contributes to the dynamic look. Another element I cherished about the

1 . Introduction This is the author account of the film Delicatessen. This is a post-apocalyptic film set in France. Meat and food is very scarce in this dark period for the world. This film has everything from murder, sex, cannibalism to people living under the ground. 1.1 Methodology The author was giving the film Delicatessen and told to deconstruct the film and give the author's opinion on this strange film. The author watched the film a few times and read reviews online to learn about the

Amélie is a 2001, French romantic-comedy set in Montmartre, Paris, France during the late 1990s. The film follows Amélie as she wanders through the city, and portrays a variety of perspectives on daily life in the city. The film is set in and around iconic areas of Paris, France, where viewers are given glimpses of classical French architecture and landmarks. This essay will argue that the film Amélie portrays daily Parisian life through a romanticized lens. This essay will offer discussion on how

Krexy.com wrote “Judge by my heart, not by my mistakes.” I chose this quote because, in the story The Soul of Caliban Amelie and the other workers on the ranch couldn't find anything good in Caliban, they only saw his mistakes therefore they judged him by them. One example of don't judge someone until you know what is going on in their head, is when Caliban risked his life to save a little lamb that was born in the middle of a blizzard. Emma-Lindsay Squier wrote “And into the nebulous ring of light

Amélie, our charming heroine, grows up lonely and alone, a waitress in a quaint corner bistro. One day, however, the death of Princess Diana changes everything. The shock of the news causes Amélie to drop a bottle cap, which in turn knocks loose a stone in the wall of her apartment. Curiosity leads to her discovery of a rusty old trinket box, in which a lad from long-ago stashed his treasures. After an impulsive decision leads to tracking down the boy and returning his box, Amélie discovers her passion