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    “Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn’t have fucked with? That’s me.” (Walt Kowalski‚ Gran Torino‚ 2008) After watching the movie Gran Torino‚ I certainly can agree with Walt’s perspective on himself. Gran Torino was produced in the year of 2008‚ written by Nick Schenk and directed by Clint Eastwood. In this particular movie we see the cause and effects of several social issues‚ how through socialization these social issues can be resolved and perspectives can be altered

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    Gran Torino Introduction Gran Torino is a powerful drama film that portrays a man’s journey in a crime-ridden neighbourhood. The protagonist‚ Walt Kowalski‚ a racist Korean war veteran lived in a neighbourhood where the majority of the residences were of Asian descent. The difficult part of this was he was racist and prejudiced against minority groups. All started to change after the failed attempt of his next-door neighbour Thao of stealing his precious Gran Torino. As part of the Hmong tradition

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    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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    In the movies Up and Gran Torino‚ there are many reinforcements and resistments of ageist assumptions. While Up and Gran Torino both exhibit and defend against ageist assumptions‚ they do it in similar and in different ways. Both of these movies are stories about an older man who lost his wife and grow throughout the movie because of their relationship with a young boy. These men are portrayed as grouchy old men who are lost without their spouses. When the young boys come into their lives‚ they learn

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    Malith Samaradivakara 4/28/2013 MCS 100 Culture Film 2 Gran Torino A movie I watched and liked a lot was Gran Torino. I thought this movie was great! There is a lot of culture in this film. Gran Torino is about Walt‚ a Korean War veteran‚ who’s neighbor Thao Vang Lor is pressured into stealing his Ford Gran Torino by this gang. Thao is caught and Walt makes sure he deserves a punishment. Walt makes Thao do chores around the house for a month. During this time‚ Walt and Thao develop a strong

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    \ Journey of Transformation Film Critique Dr. McGinn Wednesday’s 1-3:30 “A Gran Torino Ride to Redemption” Gran Torino‚ a film directed by the immortal Clint Eastwood‚ tells us a story of redemption and transformation. Eastwood’s character‚ a Korean War veteran‚ is living a depressing‚ lonely life‚ we are first introduced to him as a racist‚ bitter old man. The movie takes place in a less than affluent suburb where Eastwood has seen a drastic change in the neighborhood. His neighbors

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    Conflicts are not only seclusive to differing cultures‚ but can often occur within similar cultures as well.  For this week’s 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

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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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    "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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