Venice Film Festival

contrary, they are rather humorous, in an utmost, Japanese way. Ren Ohsugi is delightful as the dirty older man, particularly in the comic scenes. Jun Ichikawa is equally excellent as Kawada, even netting an award for his role from the Yokohama Film Festival. 7. Blue Spring (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2001) The script is based on a series of autobiographical short stories by the manga author Matsumoto Taiyo and takes place in an all-boys school. The protagonist, Kujo, becomes the leader of the seven-member

the club or organization will be interviewed and asked various questions pertaining to the club he or she is in. Furthermore, the person being interviewed will give advices for future members interested in joining. The essay will focus on the CSUF Film and Media Arts Association.  Intro Clubs are an important aspect of college life: they allow students to experience new things outside their comfort zone and be part of the college communities. In addition, various clubs implements techniques that

In the world of film-making, female directors are rather scarce. It’s easy to find a great actress, but all too often, men fill the role of director, and women get overlooked. In the world of independent or indie films, there are often more opportunities for women to get involved, and it just so happens that is where we find Crystal Faith Scott. Recently, I happened upon her work, and I realized that she was just the kind of person to not only shed light on her crowdfunded feature for which she is

do you see as the benefits of indie films? Interesting--I made a documentary about Sundance that talked a lot about this, but I've never really answered it myself. What I love about indie film is that if it's good--studio films and indie films can all be good and they can all be bad--so

Hardcore Henry, or Hardcore as it was originally titled, is an action adventure sci-fi film written and directed by Ilya Naishuller. This co-production between Russia and America is a brand new experience in filmmaking as the story is told from a first person perspective, that of Henry, a man who has just been brought back from the dead, as a super soldier. Not remembering a thing about himself, he relies on his wife, who gets kidnapped by a warlord. Taking place in the city of Moscow, Henry sets

change. It 's the methods in which they did so that were so similar. Both of them seemed to address issues or put forth information that generated a lot of discomfort from the people around them as well as criticism. For example, Moore has a part in his film that displays instances of America supporting or creating corruption in other countries which leads to high levels of violence (Moore). This among many of the other topics he discussed in the documentary caused a lot of discomfort which led to harsh

I had a heartwarming experience this past summer at a Bible camp where I volunteer as a counselor. It was my first year volunteering and I wanted all my campers to have a great time like I always did! One of my campers was a young girl named Vivian. She had a rough start to the week. Vivian did not want to do any of the activities, follow the rules and she walked without a buddy at all times. Unfortunately on top of all this, Vivian was very accident prone. The first three days she had visited the

Where there is life, there is hope.” In The Road by Cormac McCarthy a recurring theme is hope, whether it is losing or gaining it. Throughout this novel there are countless instances and events that occur in which all seems lost at a dead end, but in this moment hope carries through and flourishes. In this post apocalyptic world the man and boy or fight to stay alive while keeping their humanity. As well as searching for what humanity is left in this kill or be killed cannibalistic planet. As their

Despite his emphasis on the father's unrestricted love for his son, Cormac McCarthy persistently reminds the reader of the novel's dire surroundings through his introduction of malevolent characters, and the use of a disheartened setting thus conveying his bleak suspense for the future of civilization and cracking light on humanity's naive nature. “The man,”( Wilson) as McCarthy like to call our mysterious fellow in the book. McCarthy never reviles his full name to anyone.Unqualified maternal love

Persepolis, a graphic novel enriched by the autobiographical narrative of Marjane Satrapi, covers her coming of age in the politically unstable Iran in the 1980s. Specifically, the novel concerns defining events in Marji’s character development and in accordance, her ideological perspectives; the Iranian Revolution followed by the rise to power of the fundamentalist Khomeini (1979), the Iraqi-Iranian War (1980), and personally, her uncle Anoosh’s death. Moreover, Marji’s contrasting perceptions of