...The film Inglourious Basterds was nominated for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Picture. Although, it did not win (The Hurt Locker did) it was still an amazing movie. The film form of the movie makes it all the better. The lighting, sound, camera movement, acting, etc. all add up to the films overall form. Director Quentin Tarantino created a film that was a revision of history and he adds a bit of fantasy to show the audience his vision. He does not create events that occurred, he creates events the audience wished would have happened. Throughout the majority of the film two different Jewish groups, the Inglourious Basterds, a special Jewish/ American government unit that is sent to murder the German Nazis, and Shosanna Dreyfus, a Jewish...
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...portrays war as a simple concept-everyone against everyone. However, when looked at more closely, and when reaching a deeper understanding of the actual individuals involved, war is a very complex word that can have very different meanings to different people. This idea is clearly visible through the characters introduced in the two war movies, No Man’s Land and Inglorious Basterds. Both movies take a deeper look into the complex emotions that war can inflict on the individuals involved. Both pieces explore how the extremely trying times of war affect the characters’ actions and rationalize what initially may seem like irrational ideas. No Man’s Land presents a situation where two enemies are face to face, both given opportunities to kill the other, but both choosing not too. The audience watches as the two men slowly learn that they may not be so different, and experiences the reasoning behind why each man found it difficult to kill the other. These two soldiers were given a rare opportunity to be one on one with the enemy and by human nature develop a sense of compassion towards each other. In Inglorious Basterds, Shosanna is also given a rare opportunity; to achieve revenge on the Nazis’ responsible for the violent death of her family. This character, like the soldiers in No Man’s Land, was also driven by human nature that led to her actions. However, human nature steers her in the opposite direction of compassion, and she feels pure hatred for the Nazi party. The...
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...Insight of a Spaghetti Western through the eyes of a girl Ultimately, Inglourious Basterds gives audiences around the country tremendous insight on the satire of a spaghetti western. The satire of a spaghetti western features American leads and foreign supporting cast. “The genre traditionally is a western fare, but the Spanish settings are very distinctive” (Hughes, 2004). The distinctive traditional settings in Inglourious Basterds include: decaying old houses, desecrated bodies, and a lawless land. Also, “magnificent scenery, action sequences, and stirring music that leads to extreme graphic violence” (Hughes, 2004).This sequence of events is intertwined within this film, and keep audiences on the edge of their seats. Further, “the good, the bad, and the ugly” (Interview, 2009), meaning consequently, in the film there are both good and bad characters, but the seemingly good characters are not so perfect. Inglourious Basterds sets a perfect precedence for the satire of a spaghetti western. Nevertheless, Tarantino puts his own unique spin on a spaghetti western through the film Inglorious Basterds. The film is starring Brad Pitt as a commanding officer of a bush whacking, gorilla, Nazi-scalping squad of Jewish American soldiers, known as “The Basterds”. Furthermore, The Basterds invade Nazi-occupied France during World War II, scalping and killing any Nazi’s that the squad comes across. Meanwhile, a young Jewish girl escapes with her life as she watched her family get gunned...
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...Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Visual Analysis of World War II in Multiple Mediums Abstract During this Visual story telling class we learned ways to visually analyze different mediums. We learned about John Berger who introduced people seeing things in a new way. This is paralleled with the way the Holocaust has been portrayed in different mediums. He also introduced the idea of “seeing” depends on a person’s habit and their environment. I will be comparing elements in the mediums of Reflections and Echoes, Maus, Life is Beautiful, and Inglorious Bastards as well as the methods in the perceptions of the author and the lenses through which they see, and then go into detail about the readers perceptions. Introduction The medium through which an artist chooses to express their message or ideas has an effect on the way it is perceived by the viewer. Imagery has deeper meaning that artists tend to hide their message through the use of several representations. The type of image that an author decides to use has an ultimate effect on the perception of the audience. Members of the audience decode varied meanings from an image in the text. The World War II is among issues that have been represented in texts and movies through the use of imagery. It is upon the audience to have extra skills so that they decipher the intended meaning of the author. In this analysis, the focus will be on how different texts and films have portrayed World War II. However,...
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...Final Paper The topic I chose for this paper is The Blockbuster Mentality. In this case study, a list of the top 25 highest grossing films (in the U.S.) is given. It is noted that these films all have certain aspects in common. Most of them target younger audiences, are animated or include some type of special effects, and most are action films. Not only that, but the majority of these films also had a massive marketing campaign with fast food restaurants, action figures, and all sorts of other products. The question here is; why do all/most of the movies in this list contain the same attributes? Is it because these are the most popular types of films or because Hollywood continues to develop these types of movies? Finally, there are the foreign and independent film genres. As you can probably tell, foreign films are not produced in the United States and are instead produced in other countries. Independent films are not as self-explanatory. These movies are made by incredibly small studios with small budgets and often do not get recognized. All of these different aspects will be visited throughout this paper. First off, it is clear that many of these films share similar aspects and it could possibly be the leading reason as to why these movies are successful. Out of the top 25 list, the only movies that did not include animation or an extensive amount of special effects were Titanic and Passion of the Christ (I am not positive about the latter because I have never seen it...
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...Imagine being treated like property and not a person. Imagine being bought and sold, forced to work, unable to marry, taken away from your loved ones, held against your will, beat or raped. Can you imagine? Starting in the early 1500s slavery took place in southern states. During the slavery period, African Americans were forced to do all of the above and more; no African American wanted to be a slave. “I have often sung to drown my sorrow, but seldom to express my happiness. Crying for joy, and singing for joy, were alike uncommon to me while in the jaws of slavery.” Slavery has always been a topic people believe as brutal, cruel, inhumane and horrible so when I went and seen the movie supposedly based on slavery; “Django Unchained” written by Quentin Tarantino, released on December 25, 2012, I was disappointed. The movie Django Unchained mocked slavery and tried to make a serious matter funny. Slavery was nothing closed to a joke, if any slave was asked to describe slavery, the last thing it would be described as is a joke. The movie takes place two years before the Civil War. Actor, Jamie Foxx played the main character, Django, in the movie. Django becomes a bounty hunter in the movie after he is recused by a German dentist/bounty hunter man named Schultz at the beginning of the movie. Django agrees to take the job offered as a bounty hunter because he can think of no better job than to kill white men for money. In the movie he says, “Kill white folks and they pay you...
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...Dorner vs. LAPD (If you have trouble accessing site, the document is viewable at the end of the manifesto) From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648 To: America Subj: Last resort Regarding CF# 07-004281 I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are saying to yourself that this is completely out of character of the man you knew who always wore a smile wherever he was seen. I know I will be villified by the LAPD and the media. Unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name. The department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days. It has gotten worse. The consent decree should never have been lifted. The only thing that has evolved from the consent decree is those officers involved in the Rampart scandal and Rodney King incidents have since promoted to supervisor, commanders, and command staff, and executive positions. The question is, what would you do to clear your name? Name; A word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, addressed, or referred to. Name Synonyms; reputation, title, appellation, denomination, repute. A name is more than just a noun, verb, or adjective. It’s your life, your legacy, your journey, sacrifices, and everything you’ve...
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