United States National Film Registry films

1. What is the setting for Casablanca? How does the film establish this setting? If you were creating a theatrical production of the play upon which the film is based, how would you establish the setting on stage? The setting for the movie looked as if it was around the 1980’s. The movie has a sort of mellow feeling to it because of how calm all the actors and actresses are performing. If i were to do a theatrical performance on this i would have set all the scenes in a way where it would fit the

The producers of the film, Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz created the 1975 film and deleted some scenes from the novel. Failing to put scenes in the film that are important to the novel's portrayal can be a bad decisions for most producers. Readers and viewers may be disappointed because they were looking forward to the scene or it changed the plot entirely. In most cases scenes have to be deleted in order to keep the film a certain length. This is evident for movies like The Hobbit and The Hunger

“Get me a new fucking monitor!” Highly Suspect’s lead singer and guitarist Johnny Stevens was livid after the band’s opening song “Lost.” Confused, I looked around at other members of the crowd and found that they were equally curious – the performance had been as bold as Stevens’ demand. The opening song was a display of unbelievable rhythmical control that could be appreciated even without knowing the band could not hear themselves, or that Stevens had slurred his way through greeting the crowd

End of watch is a film about two cops as the do their job accross LA. The movie wastes no time at all getting us into the action. Right away we are thrown onto a dashcam that is fixed to the hood of the car. All over the screen we see letters and numbers something we should expect from a dashcam of a police car. If you have seen a few episodes of cops this shouldnt be anything new to you. With the car swerving left and right and houses drifting away quickly there is a real sense of speed and danger

Leaving her place of employment, Lehane took in a deep breath, driving towards Pike Market. Lehane thought about the day, about everything going on around her. Nathaniel coming back, Chris coming back, her father died, and, her brother doing something that he shouldn't have done. It was all piling up inside needing to break out or something along those lines. Parking her car, she got out and walked the mile to Pike's Market. Pike's Market wasn't just known for its Wharf; It was one of the most historical

One major similarity between Johnny and Dally is they both care about each other. When Johnny is dying Dally begs for him to not die but that does not stop Johnny from dying then Dally states “‘oh damnit, Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die…” pg(149) Sense Dally cares so much about Johnny he is sad that he is dead. Dally does not cry often but when Johnny is dying Dally has a meltdown and hits the wall. When Johnny is already dead he leaves Ponyboy the book Gone With The Wind and he put a note

The ethics of sport in Bring It On Bring It On is a movie that brings out the theme of the competitve world of Cheerleading. The 2000 film, Torrance Shipman is the newly elected captain of the Toro cheerleading sqaud. With their killer routines and amazing spirit, they have managed to win the National Championships 5 timez in a row. Unfortunetly for the Toro squad their winning streak might end soon under their new captain. Torrance Chipman finds out a shocking secret. She disovers that their killer

Sometimes it seems like things are small, and it really doesn’t need to be brought up. According to Boatright (2012) though, this is a dangerous rationalization. He states “a belief that the activity is within reasonable ethical and legal limits-that is, that it is not “really” illegal or immoral” (p. 15). The problem with this is that it is rationalizations like these that sociologists who study crime find and call

Mint hated being locked up in a cage. Not like she was complaining or anything the cage was spacious it had a soft mat,a big dog-like food bowl which they would put cooked meat such as pork, beef, and chicken. It also had a tire swing and a jungle gym. Mint didn’t like the rest of the emptiness of the cage. Every day she seen humans being petted and force to do tricks. She had a friend in a cage beside her. Her friend was named Raven. Raven was five to six years old, seven or six years younger than

insatiable need to know, and it blinds them from respect for life with horrible consequences. These motives for greed to know, are the cause of both film's monsters and how they are shown to affect the worlds created to contain Scott's stories. In the film Alien, the antagonist is the Company. This company sends the Nostromo and her crew in harm's way for knowledge unknown. The ship itself, regardless of its contrast to current tech, seems run down and almost ready for the scrap yards. This is shown