Mob film

The movie Pulp Fiction(1994) was directed by Quentin Tarantino is regarded as one of the best movies ever made and especially for the gangster film genre it is quite unique. It can be argued that Pulp fiction is or isn 't a gangster movie but there are enough signs to prove that it’s definitely is a gangster film. This movie focuses rather on the morality of decisions and about the character 's internal conflict and the karma that the character’s receive. Not only is there karam associated with their

In 1972, one of the world’s biggest movies came to theaters, The Godfather. The movie was nominated for 11 Oscars but won only three. The Godfather’s complexity circle’s around the mobs. There were five mob families in this film with crazy names there were important to remember such as Don Vito and Clemenza. The names of the characters were important to remember because they all had significance at some point in the story. A very complex scene was when Michael was at the restaurant meeting with Capt

The Hero’s Journey in Film: The Boondock Saints The idea of a clear and precise pattern that nearly all heroes follow is not something new. In fact, one of the most famous examples of a hero cycle is the one created by Joseph Campbell. In his world-renowned book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell sets up and explains how every hero follows the same basic path until he/she winds up back at the beginning and another cycle begins. “The mythical hero…is lured…to the threshold of adventure…journeys

named Emily Eden has to place herself into a Jewish community to help solve this murder. In the film there is several groups displayed and many different perspectives, along with an ethnic neighborhood and lots of learning about the Hasidic culture, and Detective Eden made some crucial mistakes in unraveling the murder. Also, this is a movie that is beneficial to everyone in our class. The groups in the film are not only ethnic groups but also groups involving occupations. There are two main ethnic

Gangster films are developed around the sinister actions of criminals or gangsters, particularly bank robbers, underworld figures, or ruthless hoodlums who operate outside the law, stealing and violently murdering their way through life. In some instances for example, the movie Scarface, they have that one person that runs everything that ranges from drug operations to giving out orders to murder people, whereas in The Godfather “the business” is ran by the whole family which is usually called the

Library Assignment 1 Haylie Galvan Wichita State University Gangster films have revolutionized cinematic filmography since the 1930s. In the article, it was mentioned that gangster films have a mixture of theory and history (Butters, 2005). As a result, several scholars looked at a variety of different essays dealing with criminality. They wanted to look how criminality within these films has transformed over time. They did this by focusing on the topics of gender, race, and sexuality

be placed in the middle of one of the most fast-paced, suspenseful films that will have you craving every running minute. Viewers’ eyes will widen the very moment the opening scene is presented as he or she is thrown right into the action with the actors themselves. Paul Walker works with New Line Cinema to bring a film for ages to come. This crime thriller will reach every pleasure that movie watchers seek in an unforeseen film through its intense, prodigious cinematography, suspenseful storyline

sit down to watch this film, they are more likely to be watching in envy, and look at the film as a wish that may never come true. In this instance, they could also live vicariously through the events and characters in The Notebook. Also, women who are married or in long-lasting relationships are probably more likely to bring their significant other to the film. Regardless of age, the love and relationship is an attractive attribute to the film, and the outcome of the film is something any women

quality film I have selected is “Goodfellas”. I believe this is truly one of the best films created during its time period. A little information about this movie before going into more detail involves the starring of popular actors, along with the movie focusing on many characters but specifically Henry Hill. Throughout this paper I will discuss such elements as: the plot; acting; directing; originality of story; soundtrack; and other important aspects in the production of the film. This film was a

Screenwriting Antics: That Dreaded Phone Conversation We’ve all seen films and television shows where there is a phone conversation of some kind. Some phone conversations are written from only one person’s perspective while another that cut to one person’s part of the conversation to the other person the second the first person stops talking and vice versa. There are at least a half dozen different ways of writing a phone conversation. 1. Inter-cutting Any screenwriter, no matter at what stage