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The movie I choose was Collateral Beauty. This movie spoke volumes and touched on really life situations that occur. Will Smith is the main character, He played a father who lost his children. He was a grieving father. This is a sincere movie. It’s presented in a unique way. It held my interest. Will Smith is especially effective as the grieving father. The film addresses grief and loneliness. Collateral Beauty is about the search for meaning in heartbreak and death. Collateral beauty is the beauty

freedom. When the word “faith” comes to mind, it is one that concerns a belief in some power and requires perseverance in that belief. The Mende people certainly showed faith in more ways than one, but an example that is true to the definition mentioned before is one where Cinque and one of his fellow Mende look over the Bible. After examining the pictures, the Mende man pieces together the story of Jesus Christ despite knowing very little English. He shows the story to Cinque, and both men see how Jesus

American Beauty (1999) is directed by Sam Mendes (also the director of Skyfall and Spectre) and stars Kevin Spacey which examines the “ordinary” occurances of a family who live a desirable life but are unhappy and stagnant. Kevin Spacey plays the role of Lester Burnham, a suburban father and who is tired of his boring job and family. Within the film are many themes, the most important of these being lust and beauty. The film applies many visual effects to demonstrate the overall desired tone, and

What does one think when the word beauty is heard? Some may think about physical attraction, while others may have their own perception of what defines beauty. American Beauty (1999) is an American film directed by Sam Mendes. The characters throughout the film experience their own idea of happiness, or the beauty in America, in different ways. For Lester, it is an uncontrollable desire to have sex with a young girl named Angela that is friends with his daughter, Jane. Carolyn, Lester 's wife, has

life. It is almost like a game to see how many obstacles women can overcome; each obstacle yet another generalised representation of women in literature and film. Shakespeare exampled this through the classic, 1606 play, Macbeth, as did director Sam Mendes in one of the iconic James Bond films, 2012, Skyfall. Through classic pieces of literature and modern day film,

The film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes is a film about imprisonment and escape from imprisonment (Mendes, 1999). American Beauty explores the breakdown of a suburban family man whose life journeys from self loathing and emptiness to freedom and liberation but at the ultimate cost of his life. Mendes effectively employs a range of techniques to help convey the meaning of this film such as set design, camera angles, colour and soundtrack. Cinema often uses structured set design and camera

When you think of American Beauty, the image of a naked girl laying on a bed of rose petals is the first one that comes to mind. The shot is from the moment when Kevin Spacey's character has a sexy dream about his daughter's best friend. A thin, white, blonde-headed teenage girl turns into the object of a middle-aged man carnal desire. A different kind of American Beauty Photographer Carey Lynne Fruth’s body-positive American Beauty photo series is out to show that beauty is far more diverse. The

My favorite character from American Beauty is Ricky Fitts. The film shows that Ricky has a schizotypal behavior disorder. He was a socially odd character, had an unusual appearance, possessed uncompromising feelings, and a high degree of self-reliance. Moreover, Ricky had emotionally distant parents and a history of relentless childhood abuse; clearly showing how he substantially respects his father out of his fear of being hit, ending each sentence with “sir”. Additionally, he was infatuated with

American Beauty Respond critically to significant aspects of visual and/or text(s) through close reading, supported by evidence. Sam Mendes is an intelligent and sophisticated director who has created many award-winning films during his career. Some characteristics of his directorial style are; camera work with the specific use of close-up’s and the zooming effect, lighting/colour to symbolise characters/items and use sound to create tension and anticipation in the audience. I have chosen Mendes’s

American beauty is a drama-comedy type film directed by Sam Mendes in 1999.The film won 5 academy awards in 1999 including that of best actor and best director. It follows the story of the Burnham family and specifically Lester Burnham, a middle aged American man who is facing a midlife crisis and is falling deeper and deeper into a pit of endless depression. Because of this he has become imprisoned by all aspects of his life. Mendes deliberately uses motifs and camera work to illustrate this theme