And you can take this however you want.

"We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I'm setting the example. What I've done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed... forever. " - John Doe

This quote expresses the thesis of the Fincher's film, Se7en, and presents it by introducing to the audience a world filled with crime and injustice, otherwise the world we live in now. Here… Continue

It's Oscar season!

As I flip through all the nominated movies for this year's Academy Awards, the Wrestler specifically caught my attention. This movie garnered two Oscar nominations: Best Leading Actor and Best Supporting Actress. I continued my research prior to watching this movie by reading an article on Newsweek. In this article, it features six nominated actors/actresses, one of who is Mickey Rourke. He discussed about creating this movie under a tight budget, which intrigued me since mos… Continue

Sam Mendes

[Sam Mendes: Biography bottom right corner on the screen w/e red back ground white font]

[Sam Mendes portrait]
Samuel Alexander Mendes was born on August 1st 1965 in Reading, UK, to parents James Peter Mendes, who was a former University lecturer, and Valerie Mendes.

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After he graduated from Cambridge University in 1987 with a degree in English, he joined the Royal Shakespearean Company where he directed and produced such works as Troilus and Cres… Continue

Documentary – like Expositions
In the beginning of the movie the audience is introduced to most of the characters in this movie in a bibliographical method. The Belfonte is also introduced in the same manner, by creating a wider scope and narrowing it down to certain compartment inside the ship. The director chose this type of format to go along with the movie since the plot is to create a documentary of Steve Zissou hunting down a shark. This form of introduction complements the style of the mo… Continue

Theme: Racism is prevalent in modern society and is a "taboo-d" notion that people consciously (and sub-consciously) recognize and still execute.

Generalization: Crash, directed by Paul Haggis, is a movie set in Los Angeles and covers a two day time span. In this movie, characters are depicted stereotypically to create generalizations of the types of people living under that society. This movie works with the audiences sense of morality towards racism. Assuming that we were… Continue