...Emily English 1301, Assignment #3 October 25th, 2015 Crash Essay E.B. White once said, “Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.” This nation has become a melting pot of people from different cultures, races, religions, backgrounds, classes, and beliefs. Prejudice is born from personal experience and from generalizations and beliefs about a particular group of people. In the movie Crash, the director does an incredible job illustrating prejudice in today’s world by showing examples in our everyday society, how our personal lives can often influence how we interact, and how sometimes our preconceived ideas can be shattered by chance encounters. Society is full of prejudice, people are judged on the basis of their race, class, sex, or religion. The movie Crash depicts the various aspects of prejudice by showing the causes and effects it has on different people and how they interact with each other. For example, in the beginning of the movie a wealthy white couple, Rick and Jean, is walking down the street and Jean moves closer to her husband when she sees two black men, Anthony and Peter, walking towards them. They notice the woman’s reaction, then they rob the couple at gunpoint and steal their car. Then, after Rick and Jean get home they have their locks changed, Jean gets really upset when she sees the locksmith is Hispanic and wants to have the locks changed again because she thought the Hispanic man was going to sell...
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...Greysun Morales Professor Calabrese Humanities 2250 30 August 2012 Crash When you’re walking on a sidewalk or walkway and happen to brush shoulders with a person or make eye contact, you don’t think you are ever going to see that person again. But in actuality, that person can be your future boss or even coworker, or the murderer of a loved family member. Crash shows that every person on this earth is somehow connected to each other; it doesn’t matter if you are black, white, or Hispanic. This film has a handful of people that when you look at them separately, you would never think they were connected in any way. But they all eventually have something in common that brings them together but definitely not in a good way. Despite its not so happy ending, I really liked crash for what it’s worth. It shows how far people can go when they hate a certain race of people, in this case, African-Americans. In a certain scene in the movie a white cop, that dislikes black people, pulls over a black couple for no apparent reason besides wanting to cause them trouble. I’m positive that in the real world there are cops that are racist to different kinds of races. Race is the big issue in this film; it’s what causes the problems that these people run into. A rich white lady not wanting a “gangbanger” Hispanic guy changing her locks for fear that he might sell the keys to his “homies”, a pair of black men robbing that same white women and husband just because they knew that she feared...
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...Final Film Critique: Crash (2004) Jay Dennis ENG 225 Introduction to Film Instructor: Cicely Young April 13, 2014 Final Film Critique Draft: Crash (2004) There are many different critical elements and artistic aspects to examine when analyzing and critiquing any film. In 2004 Paul Haggis wrote and directed the award winning drama Crash about various intertwining experiences involving racial relations and the socioeconomic status levels of the diverse cast of characters. This film addresses how humans being deal with real life circumstances and addresses how racial stereotypes and prejudices impact our society by causing a separation of customs, ignoring human and civil rights, and demonstrating how racism can cause moral, cultural and economical suffering. This detailed essay will address the cinematic elements employed throughout the movie, and provide a critical analysis on the various components and techniques used to create this compelling and powerful film. Crash is a movie that involves several different stories and plots that all manage to somehow connect the characters to each other in a series of events that take place during two days in California. America’s ever-growing melting pot is distinctly represented in the film as the audience is introduced to a black LAPD detective, two black mischievous car thieves, a white district attorney and his prejudice wife, a white racist beat cop and his neophyte partner, a black Hollywood director and his wife, an...
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...criminals in Rang de Basanti? I do not wholly agree with the message screened in Rang De Basanti. The movie, for all its comedy, drama and performances of the actors, suggests a very dangerous breed of patriotism. Simply put, you cannot assassinate the Defense Minister of the world’s largest democratic nation. It’s against one of the most fundamental ideals of the legalism India enjoys, that of due process, under which a convict is legally tried for his crime in the court of law. Similarly, the Defense Minister too should’ve been tried in the correct forum rather than being gunned down by a bunch of college students. Indeed, what the minister said and did in the movie was unbecoming and wrong, and undeniably, the movie gives a very strong base message (that the youth should make an effort to right the wrongs), however what Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra shows in the movie is drastic to say the least. Instead, if he had shown Aamir Khan and co. making an effort to rightfully convict the minister (Perhaps a sting operation? They could’ve sought access to the minister via Siddharth’s father), the movie would’ve made its mark much better. An analysis of the events transpiring before the assassination makes a rather strong case for Aamir Khan and his friends’ antipathy towards the minister. Amongst their best friend (an Indian Air Force officer) lays down his life in an aircraft crash to protect a town in Northern India, but rather than winning praises for his heroism, is subjected...
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...According to the movie Beowulf, he’s on a quest by himself for glory and also to slay the dragon. In almost the first scene, Grendel slays the Danes in the night while they are sleeping. He attacks the men so they don’t have a chance to fight back. During the next scene in the movie towards the middle, Beowulf kills the dragon by ripping its heart out with his hand. While in an attempt to grab the dragon’s heart, Beowulf dislocates his own arm for a better reach. Lastly, Beowulf dies from his fight with the dragon and Wiglaf sends him on a flaming boat of fire away into the sea. In the movie, Beowulf fights three important battles. The first encounter was with Grendel when he creeps into the hall and kills about 30 men. Secondly, he goes head...
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...in the year 2000, there has been an indubitable resurgence in the amount of interest in, and amount of films being produced within Mexico. This picture, as well as Y Tu Mamá También (2001) by Alfonso Cuarón both received worldwide acclaim and have set a high benchmark for the other Mexican releases since the millennium to live up to. This essay will explore the prominence of narrative structure in the aforementioned Amores Perros (2001), as well as Amat Escalante’s Los Bastardos (2008) and Guillermo Del Toro’s El Espinazo del Diablo (2001). The constituents of a film’s narrative structure come under two different entities: the content of the film’s story, and the way in which the story is presented to the spectator. Vis-à-vis the content of the films story, the essay will mention how, on a thematic level, these films each rely heavily on the use of violence to delineate its message and intentions. James Kendrick states that the use of violence in a film is employed as a structuring device and it is evident that each of these films uses violence for differing intentions, of which the essay will later make discernible. Subsequently, the essay will contrast the order in which the stories are presented to the viewer, chiefly, regarding how Amores Perros uses a non-linear structure while Los Bastardos and El Espinazo del Diablo use a linear structure. Finally, the ending of the films will be discussed. These films are all open ended and are open to interpretation from the spectator...
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...As a thrill seeker, I am a big fan of the horror author, Stephen King. So naturally, when I heard our class would be doing an essay on a book and its movie, I knew instantaneously that I wanted to read a publication by him. After doing a bit of browsing, a book by the name of Misery jumped out at me. Something about this book in particular jogged both my interest as well as my memory. I had definitely heard about the movie and its infamous “hobbling” scene. It did, after all, win Kathy Bates an Oscar for best leading actress. After a glance, I noticed that the first few pages were very odd, unlike any other books I had seen. It begins with the main character in a fog of unconsciousness, hearing a voice state through the haze “yerrrnnn umber...
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...A relieving day dream passes through her unconscious thoughts that tend to stay in the back of most of our brains when we find ourselves involved in mundane or routine tasks. Our arms put on our jackets and our feet find their ways into our shoes, dishes and trash appears without any effort concentrated to land scattered about, following us around wherever we have been. Without telling our legs to carry us over close enough for our arms to bring our hands to tidy up. We all do it. We are taught that we should do it and when life becomes more complicated, our bodies help us along, taking up the slack of our minds. I was guiding my car down the highway, mezmorizing at the yellow center lines against the swirling grey. My auto-pilot knows how important it is to keep the wheels of my car between those white lines on either side of the road. Its amazing how to mind works and what it is capable for doing byits own decision to so so. A well trained brain is a nice comfort to have to get throught those hectic days safely and without crashing things into things. My brain made an image develop behind my eyes. How smart to not block my vision. My mind had me lay down and rest in a clean hospital bed. There was the security of the bed rails and a call light near. A tv hung on the wall, mind didn’t want me to get anxious and bored. Just to rest and sleep would be a welcome activity, but no way would they allow me to stop. I would get into hot water if I missed the appointments, the court dates...
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...Yvonne Lara Professor Hall Sociology 101 20 April 2015 Content Analysis Essay: “Crash” The movie Crash is a sensational film that is as much thrilling as it is tragic. The film was released in 2004 as an ensemble drama, and ended up becoming a box-office hit in the spring of 2005. The producer, Paul Haggis, not only directed the film, but was a co-writer as well. It includes enough comedy, action, suspense, and emotion that it appeals to all types of film genre fans. Moreover, Crash had a very popular cast of various types of actors, actresses, rappers, and entertainers. Crash won Best Picture at the 78th annual Academy Awards. Crash is a narrative of many different life events that affect a group of individuals who are of different races, social classes, occupations, education levels, economic statuses, and gender. The film is attempting to portray the current social structure of race, social class, and gender in Los Angeles. Almost each character in “Crash” has a connection, whether direct or indirect, with every other character. Metaphorically speaking, the narrative of the film can be compared to the Domino Effect. One domino falls, and then a chain reaction starts, and one by one, the first domino brings all the rest of them down with it. The first scene opens with Detective Graham Walters speaking. He is a black man portrayed by Don Cheadle. He says, “It’s the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people; people bump into you....
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...participates in, and is affected by society”. After watching the movie, Crash, I found it fairly difficult to analyze just one of the topics discussed in class. In many instances, race, class, gender and sexuality seem to intersect in our daily lives more often than we (as in one individual) may realize. It is important that we pay attention to this as we begin to form our opinions of people and situations. I have found that stereotypes are often the foundation for our beliefs and fears; however, there are always unknown factors that contribute to the formation of these stereotypes. As Crash opens, a black man, Detective Graham Waters, speaks about the nature of Los Angeles and the need for people to crash into each other. “It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something” (Crash). This was a great quote for me as I took the word crash as a metaphor for intersectionality. The metal and glass symbolize a shield or façade an individual has up. This shield provides protection and safety but it also prevents the outside from seeing what’s being hidden within. This is what you see day to day when you are simply looking at someone. However, as you “bump into” or get to know them, you eventually “crash” into their reality; an intersection and mix of identities that...
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...Cinderella man is a film based on the rise of world championship boxer James Braddock. Braddock’s life was affected heavily by the great depression .this essay aims to discuss the role of the stock market crash in the beginning of the great depression, the effects of the depression on the life of the everyday man. The main character is James Braddock. He was a very wealthy man, with a wife and three kids and a nice big house living life with no problems. James Braddock was also a professional boxer, a very good one at that, but things changed really fast. In the 1930’s. Braddock and his family living the life to living in a small apartment, struggling to make money, have food and keeping the house warm and their children safe, and they also decommission him of his boxing license because he was losing all his fights, and also ended up breaking his hand in the last fight. That happening forced him to have to try and get a job down at the docks. IT wasn’t really constant work, they pick like five to seven men to do a little bit of work and get paid little amount for it. One time he does get a job down their he comes home to his oldest son in trouble because he went down to the bakery and stole a stick of salami from the butcher shack just trying to help his family because he didn’t want to be sent away like his other friend did, Braddock walked his son back to the butcher to return the stolen merchandise and when they got out front he promised to him that he would never think about...
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...HSM 250 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.hsm250.com HSM 250 week 1 Checkpoint Human Services Vocabulary Hunt HSM 250 Week 1 Written Assignment My Cultural Identity HSM 250 week 2 Checkpoint Character Case Study HSM 250 week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 3 CheckPointCollaborative Discussion and Reflection on Perceptions HSM 250 Week 3 Written Assignment Developing Ethnicity HSM 250 Week 4 CheckPoint Gender Role Development HSM 250 week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 5 CheckPoint Sexual Orientation Identity Theory HSM 250 Week 5 Written Assignment Sexual Orientation Case Study HSM 250 Week 6 CheckPoint Influences on Family Structure HSM 250 week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 7 CheckPointAbleist Beliefs HSM 250 Week 7 Written Assignment Care Plan HSM 250 Week 8 CheckPoint Religion and Human Service Organizations HSM 250 week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint HSM 250 Week 9 Final Written Assignment Character Profile ******************************************************* HSM 250 week 1 Checkpoint Human Services Vocabulary Hunt For more course tutorials visit www.hsm250.com CheckPoint: Human Service Vocabulary Hunt Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Individual forum] Use the reputable online resources to define each of the following vocabulary terms: Enculturation Acculturation Assimilation Encapsulation Collectivism Individualism Write an original definition for each term and provide an APA reference...
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...Women in film have been stereotypically portrayed since the invention of film. In an industry that is extremely male dominated stereotyping is very common. In film women make up 16.7 percent of directors, 4.1 percent directors, 12.2 percent of writers and 20 percent producers . In 2012 out of 67 top films of 2012 only twelve leading characters were female . This essay will be taking a look at various films from different time periods and analyze the way that women are portrayed. The research will focus on how feminine characteristics are considered inferior, women being portrayed as sexual objects, the importance of looking at issues that women face in, also taking a look at stereotypes that don’t seem to be going away regardless of when the films are made. This essay will focus on the evolution of film and how it represents modern day society. It will explore both the negative and positive aspects of the evolution of how women are...
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...Jackson Torturer John slouched moodily in front of his computer waiting for a brainstorm to hit him as hard as the one outside was hitting the windows. He had an essay due the next day he had waited until the last minute to do the essay, mostly because he hated writing. John looked up and saw a man glaring at him through his window. The light flickered and went out. The hum of his computer shut off. In the dark silence, the man hovered over him, and took him. He woke up in a room tied to a chair with several other people in it, he started screaming, "Where are we!!!?" but there was no answers, then a sudden chill ran down his spine. Someone walked in the door behind me "Hello there little boy, how are you today?" the man said, he spun in a circle and screamed, "Owe!” The man was wearing a black suit with a red tie; he had on some white gloves and black hair. "Who are you?” he asked, he replied, “His name shall not stream through your brain". "Okay then, you sound like a smart person", John said, the man spoke of no words, he then pulled. His gloves on tight and dropped them with a snapping noise! Aaaaaahhhh! He closed his eyes and heard drilling and more screaming. He opened his eyes and he could not believe what he was seeing with his own eyes! There was a girl with holes above her knees just like in a movie he saw a while back, maybe the thought of everything was just getting to me he thought but then realized it was real. Later on within the next five days he saw on...
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...power, or has it passed the test of time? Even when asking these questions, deciding whether a work of art is good or not is still an opinion and opinions can always change. After time passes by it is much easier to decide if a work of art is good. Does the work of art stand the test of time? Artist such as Mozart and Van Gogh did not get their fame until after their death. Even now years after they are gone their works of art are still alive and admired by people. The paintings of Van Gogh and the music of Mozart did not change once they died. The art works still had the same quality as it did before they died. So just because Mozart and Van Gogh were not popular in their time it does not mean that their works were not good. Also in the essay Moving Along, Updike expresses, “ Our two artists, separated by two centuries, capture well the eeriness of travel” (585). Here Updike is comparing two different art works from two different time...
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