Ryan Gillespie 12/10/14 HIS 343 Dandan Chen Gangs of New York: A Cultural Shift In the 2002 Film “Gangs of New York” by Martin Scorsese we see New York City reshaped and changed through cultural influence of feuding individuals and groups with different ideas. On the surface the movie seems to have a straight forward theme but in the back ground we see a cultural shift as immigrants come into America and New York City. In the movie we see the political influence during that
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Today the scene being analysed is iconic from The Wolf of Wall Street film created by Martin Scorsese. Since the release of The Wolf of Wall Street movie‚ millions of viewers around the world have been sucked into Jordan Belfort’s life. Not only is this movie a comedy sensation‚ but also a biography of the interesting life of Jordan Belfort. This movie successfully portrayed Belfort’s life in a comedic way while still being as accurate as possible‚ this move is based on a book written by The Wolf
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Vickie LaMotta‚ and Frank Vincent as Salvy (Scorsese would come to work with nearly all of these actors on many of his future films such as Goodfellas and Casino). Although it was met with only minor success upon its original release‚ Raging Bull is now considered to be one of the greatest films of all time. Arguably one of the best aspects of Raging Bull was its unique cinematography. The Director Of Photography‚ Michael Chapman‚ and Martin Scorsese made a number of decisions about how to
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as it fades in and out about every fifth word. For his part‚ Daniel Day-Lewis looks and sounds too much like Dustin Hoffman’s Ratso Rizzo to be truly convincing. Worse‚ the film is so thematically confusing that it is at first not clear what Scorsese is trying to say. To be sure the choice of material is worthy. The plight of working class immigrants in 19th century New York City‚ and the Draft Riots of 1863 have‚ to my knowledge‚ been given no filmic attention. Even more intriguing are the possibilities
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Sick on my duck Critical Analysis of Scorsese’s "The King of Comedy" To be king for a day is the central theme in "The King of Comedy" by Martin Scorsese‚ a black comedy that features Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin‚ an eccentric wannabe stand-up comic hell bent on achieving stardom. Pupkin idolizes talk show host Jerry Langford (played by Jerry Lewis) the proclaimed "King of Late Night." Pupkin’s goal in life is to replace Langford becoming "The King of Comedy" hence the title. He believes
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Film review. Martin Scorsese knows something about surprise endings which twist meisters like M. Night Shyamalan seem to have forgotten. The twist doesn’t matter if you haven’t already told a good story. By the time Shutter Island gets to its twist‚ it has already told such a tale. You’re invested in these characters and no matter how it turns out you’re going to walk away happy. The twist‚ when it happens‚ only serves to make a deeper connection. It makes sense of the madness‚ brings order to
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Mise-en-Scene Analysis: Raging Bull xxxx xxxxxx University I chose Raging Bull to do my film analysis on. Raging Bull was directed by Martin Scorsese. The fact that Martin Scorsese directed this film made me choose it over the other films on the list. I really like Martin Scorsese’s body of work and his style of film making. Raging Bull was made in 1980. The star of this movie is Robert De Niro. De Niro plays boxer Jake Lamotta. De Niro won the Oscar for best actor in a leading role for his
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Martin Scorsese‚ based in the book written by Nicholas Pileggi Wiseguys‚ where we can see the life of Henry Hill and how he works his way up through the mob hierarchy. From the beginning of the movie we know that Henry idolizes the mob with the next statement: “As far back as I can remember‚ I always wanted to be a gangster”. And even though through the whole film the main character loves the gangster lifestyle‚ the position of the film in this matter is different‚ what the film or Scorsese really
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The novel Silence written by Japanese author Shūsako Endo and the film interpretation of it directed by Martin Scorsese‚ who is a renowned director for his other films Taxi Driver‚ Goodfellas‚ and The Wolf of Wall Street‚ are truly two works of art that transcend storytelling and the way one views things‚ in my opinion. A surface explanation of the plot of the story; is that it revolves around two Portuguese Jesuit priests‚ Rodrigues and Garupe‚ who find out that their teacher‚ who was sent to Japan
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Lights‚ Camera‚ History Book Review Lights‚ Camera‚ History takes the reader through history within the film. A large problem this book faces is the depiction of history within films and the challenges directors face. This book provides an enthusiastic argument in the defense of directors saying the purpose is to make money not be historians. It is important to tell students do not accept what you see as fact. In the chapter “In Praise of the Biopic‚” the author talks about: “Reds‚ They Died with
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