Gran Torino Gran Torino is an American drama film‚ released in 2008 film directed and produced by and also starring Clint Eastwood. Set in Detroit‚ Michigan it was the first mainstream U.S. film to feature Hmong Americans. Gran Torino was a critical and commercial success‚ grossing nearly $270 million worldwide and is also said to be Clint Eastwood’s most successful film‚ but as like many films Gran Torino received both praise and criticism. “Gran Torino” tells the story of Walt Kowalski (Clint
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Gran Torino Review Directed by and Starring Clint Eastwood Co-starring Bee Vang 2008 A mint condition vintage 1972 Ford Gran Torino is the symbol of Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood)‚ an old man past his prime‚ frozen in time‚ bitter at everything that has changed around him. Walt is a Korean War Vet left alone in a rundown Detroit neighbourhood full of Hmong (South East Asian) immigrants after his adult children stop visiting him‚ and his wife passes away. Despite initial resentment and race
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making meaning out of texts. Not only the context of production matters to the making of the meaning‚ the context of reception is also important as everyone has different values and experiences that influences the meanings they derive off texts. Gran Torino is directed at older Americans and Hmong people. The meaning that the target audience of the text will derive will be different to the meaning that‚ for example‚ a teenager from Italy will derive. The main characters in the text are predominantly
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Gran Torino Film Analysis Norma J Morehead Intercultural/International Communication 10 June 2012 Cultural conflict and popular culture are two experiences in life that assist in defining intercultural communication and how its influence affects our daily intercommunication. Cultural conflict is inevitable as we live out our daily lives in the identities we have selected for ourselves‚ the identities relating to our ethnicity and in those identities others have selected for us. These identities
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Gran Torino starring Clint Eastwood was about a man’s struggle in adapting to the changes in his environment when confronted by unfamiliar exposure to cultural differences. The film was chosen because it told a story about one’s struggle with traditional practice‚ cultural diversity‚ gender roles‚ and the acceptance of others. In terms of culture‚ there was an abundance of traditional practices related to the Hmong community. The screenplay was written by Nick Schenk and the movie was filmed in
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Gliederung: 1. Einführung 2. Kurze Inhaltangabe 3. Charaktere Nebencharaktere Walt Kowalski 4. Background information Detroit City Hmong in Detroit 5. Message of the story 1. present the movie Gran Torino released 2008 Produced‚ directed by and starring Clint Eastwood 2. The movie Gran Torino deals with the story of Walt Kowalski‚ played by producer and director Clint Eastwood. Walt is a crabby‚ lonely and conservative widower‚ who fought on the side of America in the Korean War. Now he
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As shown in the beginning scenes of one of the older racial cinemas Gran Torino‚ Walt Kowalski‚ the movie’s hero‚ is the most Scrooge‚ Grinch like character you can think of. Walt‚ played by the notorious Clint Eastwood‚ smokes on his porch‚ mows his lawn‚ drinks excessively‚ and cares for his dog. He is an old‚ bitter‚ and grudge-like Korean War veteran with a recently deceased wife. Ironically‚ his old Polish neighborhood is taken over by Hmong people in the middle of the Detroit ghettos. When
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The film‚ Gran Torino‚ directed by Clint Eastwood is a film about Walt Kowalski played by Clint Eastwood‚ an old racist American man‚ and Thao Vang Lor played by Bee Vang‚ who is a very shy Hmong boy‚ that is being pressured into joining the local gang by the Hmong teenaged boys. Set in the 21st century‚ South Detroit‚ with a large number of Hmong people moving into the neighborhood‚ we see that Walt’s opinion of the Hmong changes‚ as Walt is getting to know the Hmong people‚ and forming a relationship
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world around them either enriches or limits their experience of belonging. In Peter Skrzynechi’s anthology “Immigrant Chronicle” this statement is explored via two of his poems‚ “Migrant Hostel” and “In the Folk Museum”. Clint Eastwood’s 2008 film Gran Torino also demonstrates similar themes and concepts. However both these texts are relevant and illustrate how one’s interaction can strengthen or alienate their experience of acceptance and identity. Through connections with people‚ place and community
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[You’re Name] [Course Name] [Professor Name] [Date] Extra Credit Film: The Hmong in America Film: Gran Torino The Hmong cultural group is always targeted as the racial discrimination especially by the white people of the America. The same concept is shown in the film Gran Torino where the white American Walt who is actually an overt racism personality makes fun of the people that are belonging to other race and his main focus is always his neighborhood Hmong family. The family shown in the film that
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