British films

The film A Passage to India, directed by David Lean, is based on a novel of the same name written by E. M. Forster. The film takes place in India in the 1920s during the Britain's rule over India. In this time there was a vast amount of tension between the British and the Indians as the Indians are trying to gain independence from Britain. Mrs. Moore, whom accompanied Adela Quested to India because Adela is to marry her son Ronny Heaslop, fills the wise mentor character role. Ronny Heaslop, who is

movie “The Patriot” is a great and thrilling film set in the revolutionary war. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich and primarily stars Mel Gibson. The film addresses heavy themes for the time and tries to represent the Revolutionary war as closely as possible. The films ideology was nothing unique however and most movies at the time represented these themes as well. “The Patriot,” is set in 1776 South Carolina to be exact. In the beginning of the film the Revolutionary war has already begun but

13th 1919 due to conflict between India and British. India was part of the British Colony in the 19th Century and over 1 million Indians fought alongside the British in the First World War but when the War ended they called for independence from the British. The Indians wanted to be ruled by their own government but the British were not. The British knew that once India left the Colony that many other countries would expect to leave too. Although the British warned the Indians not to protest, on April

Battle of Somme” is a British Propaganda film presenting a sanitized perspective of war, directed by Geoffrey Malins, who was a British photographer assigned to the Western Front during the First World War. The source is reliable as evidence as the film was shown by the British government as a morale-booster, evident in the depictions of trench warfare shown to audiences as “authentic” footage to prove British strength and determination in the war. The film exhibits the British soldier’s attitudes

Attenborough’s film Gandhi (1982) unveils the saga of the greatest Indian freedom fighter and political activist Mahatma Gandhi. Attenborough presents a realistic and chronological record of the events in Gandhi’s life related with Indian Independence Movement. He made Ben Kingsley, the popular British actor enacting the role of Gandhi. The film opens by showing the end of Gandhi, after being shot by a Hindu fanatic and his burial with thousands of people mourning. The burial scene of Gandhi in the film clearly

in agreement on both sides. Power only belongs to those who can enforce it, and in extreme cases, it can change sides in an instant. This “David and Goliath” struggle for power is shown in examples throughout history, and is a major plot point for films. [2] Even though attaining power required some sort of power usually requires material resources (ex. Money, people, supplies), sometimes non-material resources can also be beneficial, elements available for society for the satisfaction for

the Indian Film Industry, more commonly known as Bollywood, to produce films that sought to evoke Indian nationalism not only directly after the Partition, but also continuing throughout the 20th century. Films associated with the split between the two nations celebrated India as it transitioned from colonization to independence, while also demonizing Pakistan and thus creating an extremely intense anti-Pakistani sentiment throughout India. In particular, two significant Bollywood films, Mother India

East is east – a film analysis The film East is east is a British comedy-drama film from 1999. The film is based on a play by Ayub Kahn-Din, which based on his own immigrant upbringing. Kahn-Din also wrote the screenplay for the film. Damien O’Donnell directed the film. The film is about George Kahn, a Pakistani immigrant, and his mixed family. The film follows him, his wife and their seven children. The film shows the challenges the family face by trying live ordinary British lives and the fathers

The Extreme Patriot “Everything will change. Everything has changed.” A powerful statement made in the film The Patriot (2000), however, radical change is occurring right before the American populist without any realization. Mel Gibson stars, in an action-packed war story, as a widower named Benjamin Martin with seven children. Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson), is loosely, based on several real-life players in the American Revolution, including Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion, a militia leader from South

for his 1984 film version of A Passage to India. In fact, Lean manages to clarify the novel’s intentions. The characterization in David Lean’s film of A Passage to India mirrors the novel’s original intentions and provides even more depth to the characters. At the heart of the novel is Dr. Aziz – a kind-hearted Indian man who just wants to prove that Indians can be friends with British people. When he meets Mrs. Moore in the mosque for the first time he is pleased to see that the British can be understanding