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The Departed, a film written by William Monahan, Alan Mak, and Felix Chong, directed by Martin Scorsese, was in my opinion a spectacular crime-thriller deserving of less criticism from overly sentimental viewers. Though this film is in some scenes brutal and vicious, I praise Martin Scorsese’s refusal to cower away from the undeniable truth that organized crime in the United States is murderous in nature just to satisfy certain viewers as critics advocated he should. Being a four time Oscar winning

Capitalism and legalism along with their assumptions, ideas, and values are used in Roman Polanski’s China Town (1974) to position the audience through manipulation of conventions and features. Polanski manifests the love of money and the corruptibility of society in the depiction of the antihero, thus encouraging viewers to comprehend Noah Cross’ escape from the social value of justice. Protagonist Jake Gitties’ characterisation is used by Polanski to persuade the audience decency will prevail,

Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, was written in 1962. It is a classic book and is fictional. Fictional books are important to read for many reasons. Some of the reasons are the following; fiction can help you understand society and the world around you, it can allow you to understand and share the feeling of someone else, fiction can help your way of viewing others and strengthens your consciousness, and fiction also helps to keep your brain healthy and knowledgeable. The way

The innumerable symbols are an important factor in the movie Chinatown (1974) directed by Roman Polanski that contributes to the development and presentation of the story. The name ‘Chinatown’ itself is a metaphor that delivers the theme of the story in which we are living in a sinister world, a corruption society. The creation of characters like Noah Cross and Evelyn Mulwray, focus shots on specific props such as glasses and eyes, and a plot that relates to the California Water Wars are all some

How to Find Yourself Set in present day New York, “Trying to Find Chinatown” is a short, one-act play David Henry Hwang wrote in 1996. Only two actors, Ronnie and Benjamin, interact throughout the entire play, but through their conversation we learn about who they truly are and not who their genes require them to be. Hwang shows us that it is our nurturing environment and not our genetics that define us, and he helps make this an exceptionally convincing case through his use of character and setting

The genre of film noir was first acknowledged in France for its distinguishable darkness and its critic of social norms through nontraditional narratives. In Chinatown, Roman Polanski effectively utilizes many of the thematic and stylistic devices commonly associated with the neo-noir film genre. The objective of this essay is to critically discuss these devices employed by Polanski in order to reveal some of the subtle complexities that are embedded within the cinematic fabric of the film, Chinatown

This essay analyses the representation of both crime and criminality in Roman Polanski’s 1974 neo-noir film, Chinatown. This essay will discuss the way in which the film reinforces, and challenges myths constructed in classic noir texts including the role of the sleuth and the femme fatale, with close reference to the text and notable film theorists and critics. Chinatown is designed to appeal to classic noir audiences through deliberate recreation of Los Angeles 1937, and the inclusion of John Huston

Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski, was a private-eye film released in 1974. Private investigator J.J. Gittes investigates what looks to be a classic case of adultery, but he quickly uncovers much more than just broken wedding vows. Throughout the film, Gittes is captured by the camera such that only his face is in the scene, thus allowing the audience to observe details that may otherwise be overlooked. In Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski, the main character J.J. Gittes is frequently shot

negative thing depending the event that has occurred. What I believe was Polanski’s intent for the film is to have the audience have a sense of betrayal from the corruption and lies. It is revealed throughout the movie that the main character, Jack “J.J” Gittes (Jack Nicolson) is what is called to be the anti-hero protagonist. He wants the truth to be reveled but yet makes very questionable decisions in his quest to have the truth reveled. J.J reveled the truth to many people that came to him for help

After watching both films, it is safe to say that Infernal Affairs out-ranks the Departed by a substantial amount. The Departed is an American remake of the Chinese film Infernal Affairs. Both movies reveal the secret life of moles for a gang and the police force. Even though the Departed stays pretty close to the original screenplay, there are some differences that both add to each film and takes away from the plot. In all, besides their differences, the Departed and Infernal Affairs both create