Taking a look at the final movies‚ Gran Torino and Sixteen Candles‚ we have two very different movies in terms of tone‚ plot and characters. Gran Torino (2008) is a drama that revolves around an old‚ recently widowed Korean War veteran that appears disillusioned from the modern world and is alienated from his family and seemingly bitter towards everyone. By an at-first shaky relationship with his Hmong neighbors‚ Walt develops a connection with them and goes through a revelation of sorts about
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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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writing assigment we were asked to watch the film Gran Torino‚ starring Clint Eastwood‚ and reflect on the conflicts and popular cultures within the story line. Cultural Conflicts 1. Walt Kowalski has an underlying cultural conflict residing in within himself. The life he once lived as a soldier conflicts with his desired culture of living a pleasant life. His combat past haunts him and keeps him from pursuing a peaceful life. In the film‚ Walter speaks to Father Janovich and says‚ “The
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"Gran Torino" is an American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood‚ and one of the most successful films in the world. It won the "Best Foreign Film"‚ "Best Original Screenplay"‚ "Best Actor" award at 2008 and so on. I believe a good film is made in many ways of aspect skill. At this time‚ I will be looking at four different aspects which are camera shot using‚ dialogue‚ main idea of the film‚ music editing in "Gran Torino" to shows what sort of skill involved is need in a film‚ why do we need them
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Gran Torino Does the movie Gran Torino glorify violence and gun culture in the United States make specific reference to events in the film? The movie Gran Torino does glorify‚ justify violence and gun culture in the United States when used for the greater good as the military or police do to save lives of many civilians every day. The protagonist Walt Kowalski known as simply Walt well he’s a character he loves using his gun as if it was his culture after all he is a retired veteran. He demonstrates
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Gina Lawence English 306 Gran Torino (final draft) In the Eye of the Beholder The film Gran Torino allows Clint Eastwood directs and plays a role that depicts an older man dealing with lost love‚ life and death‚ hauntings from the past‚ and managing his own racial biases. All of these obstacles come to a harsh reality with the changes taken place in his mid-western home town. Eastwood plays the widower‚ Walt Kowalski‚ who is highly racist and prejudice. His character was a former Korean War
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Film Response: Gran Torino (Draft) By Clint Eastwood There are many things for the director to take into consideration in order to portray their movie in a specific way‚ such as background music/ noise‚ lighting‚ cast‚ camera angles and many more. These variables within a movie can emphasise different atmospheres throughout‚ such as dominance‚ innocence‚ happiness and other emotions or character supremacies. The film Gran Torino‚ directed by Clint Eastwood uses all of
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“The Gran Torino” allows Clint Eastwood to play a role as a Polish American factory worker and a Korean War veteran‚ who has to face his prejudice beliefs and in doing so creates a heart felt experience with a dash of unparalleled humor. His rough stern traits was forged over time‚ living a solitary life unable to get along with the only family he has left. With this cynical mind set on the world ever since the war each passing day for him gets darker. Until one day theres a sudden change of events
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breathing‚ but is that all we need in our lives? In the film‚ Gran Torino‚ directed by Clint Eastwood‚ Walt Kowalski is a veteran and retired auto worker who has only needed his shotgun‚ beer cans and his dog‚ Daisy. Haunted by his past‚ Walt had never been able to live life to the fullest‚ but when 17-year-old Thao shows up at his door‚ he gets a chance to redeem himself from past mistakes and move on from his death ridden history. This film exposes the human nature to resolve the doubts
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Gran Torino Gran Torino is a movie of change and compassion. Its controversial prejudice combined with its racial slurs make it almost conflicting to watch. But Clint Eastwood put just the right amount of love in this movie to make your heart pitter and patter. In the movie Clint Eastwood plays a man named Walt Kowalski that has just lost his wife. His sons are selfish and lack the care to look past their racist‚ gun-toting‚ Korean War veteran father enough to understand and gain a relationship
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