The Pianist By Roman Polanski

Legendary In American Sniper, Chris Kyle allows readers to learn about his life as the most lethal Sniper in U.S. history and how his choices affected his marriage, his family, his friends, and his morals as a patriotic American. The experiences that came along with his career as a Navy SEAL changed the man that put God, country, and family above everything else. Through the use of imagery, syntax, tone, and diction, Chris Kyle is able to tell his life story as a compassionate, tough, American hero. Chris Kyle’s use of imagery in his book mostly consist of experiences as a Navy SEAL- killing terrorists and dodging death.

War has been something that has existed since the most primitive eras. People selfishly fight just to get what they want, like political power or economic advantages. Events like World War 1, World War 2, and the Cold War have affected and changed our society in different ways, such as the creation of nuclear weapons, the murder of innocent people, the destruction of cities, etc. Even though war stories usually portray heroism and glory, war is not something to be glorified because it causes enormous human suffering, it creates a violent cycle that never stops and it frequently fails to resolve conflicts. War causes suffering and destruction to all the people who experience it, impacting not only the soldiers who directly fight in the war but

A true war story can have no moral. Neither side can be the protagonist or antagonist. Both sides are anti-heroes, they are neither good or bad because there is no moral to war. Since war has no moral, it affects soldiers emotions by effecting their morals. Due to the immorality of war, there is no correct side or perspective.

Everyone has different views of war. Some people believe that war is what makes a man become a man. They believe that fighting for your country is the only way to growth up. On the other hand, there are people who completely disagree with war. Those people think that nothing good comes out of war – only pain and suffering.

American Sniper (2014) helped bring more light to veterans. As well as what types of services they need to help them readjust after serving in the military. American Sniper (2014) helped say that Veterans needed more rights and more help when it comes to this. This is important because many veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after serving in the military and they may not know where to go for help. Cooper also went and visited with members of the United States armed services and thank them for their service (People 25 Sept

War movies were always a big part of the film industry from big action movies like Rambo to a history movie like Pearl Harbor. American Sniper is no different. American Sniper directed by a legend, Clint Eastwood combined with great actors and modern technology made the movie a pinnacle of a romantic action war movie. Throughout the movie American Sniper many different scenes had played a major role in shaping the audiences mind on war and what it is like postwar. One of the most important scene in the movie, is when Chris Kyle played by Bradley Cooper finally decides to join one of the forces.

Imagine living in a world where erasing memories of the past was just a night’s sleep and a click of a button; would you take advantage of this opportunity? In the film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, directed by Michel Gondry, Joel Barish and Clementine Kruczynski did. The two ended their relationship on a bad note which lead Clem to impulsively arrange an operation to zap that memory away. Joel did the same, but instead of letting go of Clem during his operation, he fell back in love with her; with this realization, his character developed throughout the film which reflects the color and mood of each scene and point of his life; Joel in the beginning, Clementine, Joel and Clementine together, and when Joel and Clementine broke up.

‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ (Wes Anderson, 2014) combines a perfect mix of nostalgia and history. The film explores the themes of war as it recreates history through mise-en-scene. Anderson also incorporates other themes such as racism and elitism during pre-war Europe. The film widely explores Europe from many viewpoints, one of which is of Mr Moustafa. His nostalgia is seen through flashbacks of when he was a lobby boy that went by the name of Zero. As an audience the depth of his nostalgia is seen through mise-en-scene. With the help of cinematography and props we see can see the time and place that Moustafa acknowledges. Anderson shows how history is reimagined through ones nostalgia. Mr Moustafa recalls events, which he was not present in yet he explains them as if he were there. This also shows how one reimagines history from another due to emotions and personal attachment. Despite the outcome being the same there are many viewpoints it can be seen from.

In the Film The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski. We witness a scene where Szpilman is injured, filthy and starving he rummages around looking for anything to sustain himself. He finds a can of gherkins which he struggles to open he finds some fire stoking equipment and begins opening the can however due to the state of Szpilman he drops the can and the contents falls and drains at the soldier 's feet. In the Hosenfeld scene Points which will be covered are the visual aspects, the aural elements, the mise en scene aspects and post production elements and how all these elements relate to the “big Idea” of having something or someone to hold onto can make you stay focussed and not give up.

The holocaust is seen as a time of horror, filled with brutal, inhuman actions carried out by the Nazi party. Schindler’s List, directed by Steven Spielberg, is one of the most realistic movies to show the gruesome shock of the concentration camps and torture of Jews. Spielberg captured the true essences of what pain was during World War Two. In 2002, Roman Polanski came out with The Pianist, a movie that focuses on a Jewish man’s struggles outside the walls of a concentration camp. Polanski created a movie that would leave an impression on the viewer. The main purpose of Schindler’s List and The Pianist is to provide an inside view of the

The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski is based on an autobiography book named The Pianist, which is based on the Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman. A polish pianist is forced into the overcrowded Warsaw Ghetto when Warsaw becomes apart of the Nazi-controlled party. As the circumstances get worst for Wladyslaw and his family, they are soon transported to the extermination camp. Wladyslaw is saved and becomes a slave labor that manages to escape. As a Jew who has to manage to survive, Wladyslaw has to find a way to outlive his starvation, and the Nazi Germans. Even though Wladyslaw witness horrifying occurrences, without the help of others his survival would have been fatal.

Michael Haneke’s Amour is the story of an elderly couple slowing dying. The film is melancholy, and the filmmaking is mediocre. In praise of the film, TimeOut magazine said: “Amour is devastatingly original and unflinching in the way it examines the effect of love on death”. The film captures the tone of death in an allegorical sense; it’s equally devoid of life as the degenerating characters it depicts.

In the movie “Shutter Island”, directed by Martin Scorcese, Teddy Daniels is an U.S. marshal and war veteran who seems to be left very distraught when his wife, Dolores, was killed in an apartment fire caused by Andrew Laeddis. The viewer can also see the trauma of when he liberated a concentration camp during WWII because of his reoccurring dreams of both his experience at the camp and his wife. When the viewer first sees Teddy it is 1954 and he and his new partner, Chuck, are on a ferry headed to Shutter Island, which is home to Ashecliffe Hospital for the insane, to investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solando. Rachel was brought to the hospital after drowning her three young children and living in the delusion that her children never died. Teddy’s purpose for taking this assignment is because he believes that Andrew Laeddis is a patient at Ashecliffe.

War takes lives. It kills fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, daughters and sons. War is scary, but it is as necessary as it is inevitable. It is a simple fact that people disagree. Not everyone thinks the same way, everyone has their own individual opinion on topics, whether they be trivial or vital. People have debates and debates can get out of

I finish up with a quote which speaks louder than words. “ War Doesn’t Determine who’s right.