Key Question #4 – Movie Review Good Copy A Fantastic Must-See Movie Released in 1988 by Directory Tony Kaye‚ American History X is a powerful view of the destructive fascination of racism and hatred. Lead by some impressive performances‚ this movie paints a vivid picture of how mindless hatred can tear society as well as an individual family apart. Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton)‚ is the perfect skinhead poster boy. He is handsome charismatic‚ athletic‚ smart and full of hatred
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Danny‚ with a shaved head and a rebellious attitude‚ seems destined to follow in his big brother’s footsteps. After Danny writes a favorable review of Hitler’s Mein Kampf‚ black high-school principal Sweeney puts Danny #1 in his private "American History X" course and assigns him to do a paper about his older brother‚ who was a former student of Sweeney’s. This serves to introduce flashbacks‚ with the film backtracking to illustrate Danny’s account of Derek’s life prior to the night of the shooting
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American History X Crime/Drama‚ 1998‚ R American History X is a crime drama directed by Tony Kaye‚ of whom‚ in addition is responsible for the exceptional cinematography. The script is by David McKenna and is produced by New Line Cinemas. American History X is centered on the white-power movementand the consequences of extremism. It is also a convincing depiction of the human ability to change‚ often for the better. Following the cold blooded murder of his father‚ Dennis Vineyard - a fireman
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armed or not. He goes to tell his brother Derek who is in bed with Stacy‚ his girlfriend. Derek takes a semi-automatic pistol and sees two blacks and one in the car ready for a getaway. Derek plunges out of the front door and shoots the first Afro-American several times and spots the other trying to run away. He takes aim and fires again mortally wounding the second. The car driver speeds off with Derek firing several shots at the car‚ emptying the magazine. In slow motion he goes back to the wounded
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The film I chose to do my reflection paper on is called American History X‚ and is one of my all-time favorites. The movie is about a man named Derek Vinyard‚ an impressionable young man who becomes involved in a “white power” gang after the murder of his father. After Derek’s incarceration‚ his younger brother‚ Daniel Vinyard‚ idolizes him and begins to go down the exact same path. Throughout Derek’s time in prison he realized that he was manipulated by a man named Cameron‚ and his entire outlook
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The film American History X by Tony Kaye looks at the idea of manipulation‚ one of the roots of racism. Kaye uses dialogue‚ close-ups‚ a mise-en-scene‚ a wide-shot and a mid-shot to show how easy it is to be manipulated‚ despite your intelligence. Kaye’s purpose is to show that if you are manipulated under the right circumstances and the manipulation is coming from the people you love‚ then racism and hate can be adapted. During a flashback of the Vinyard family we learn that it was Derek’s father
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Anthropology American History X “I hate anyone that is not white Protestant‚” begins Danny Vinyard‚ the brother of a former neo Nazi skinhead. American History X offers opinions from two sides through one character‚ the ex-neo Nazi Derek‚ and the post-prison-reformed Derek. The post-prison-formed Derek serves as a vision of hope for present time. This powerful movie not only depicts the most disturbing aspects of racism‚ but also shows how close racism is to the middle-class‚ white Americans. American
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American History X Movie Review American History X is a powerful movie about racism in today’s society. It follows the life of a troubled teenager Danny Vinyard played by Edward Furlong‚ who looks up to his neo-Nazi brother Derek. Derek‚ played by Edward Norton is the leader of the local skinhead gang in Venice Beach‚ California. Derek was sent to prison for committing a hate crime against a black man‚ who tried to break into his house. Danny decided to continue down Derek’s path of becoming
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American History X The main theme of the film is racism in America and the violence involved in it. The movie begins in a scene with teen Danny Vinyard‚ where he races to tell his older brother Derek (who is a neo-Nazi) about three young Afro Americans breaking into his car in front of the house‚ Derek reacts and gets his gun and with no forethought shoots them. Two of the boys died‚ so Derek is sent away for three years in prison. In jail he meets a group of neo-Nazis wich are related to other
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The film American History X tells the story of two brothers‚ Derek Vinyard and Daniel "Danny" Vinyard from Venice Beach in Los Angeles‚ California. Their father‚ a firefighter‚ is murdered by a black drug dealer while trying to extinguish a fire‚ and Derek is drawn into the neo-Nazi movement. Derek kills two black gang members whom he catches in the act of breaking into the truck‚ and is sentenced to three years in prison. The story shows how Danny is influenced by his older brother’s actions and
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