2001 in film

The 2001 film Iris addresses the terrifying reality of losing a loved one to, not death, but Alzheimer’s. We watch throughout the film as Iris slowly deteriorates from who she was into someone new, and her husband John struggles to care for her, and truly hold onto the love he has so long had for this woman. It tackles the hardest questions of what love truly is, how much is too much to give, and what is a real tragedy. Throughout the film we get to see both John and Iris’ current relationship

The film The Others (2001) by Alejandro Amenábar is a ghost story based around a family that believes they are being haunted by spirits in their home but come to realize they have already died and are haunting the new family that moved to the house. The title of the film refers to servants that abandoned the house and is used constantly throughout the film to reference the intruders and other spirits the original family believe are residing there. The main lesson to be learned from the film is that

Although Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, was first shown in theaters in 1968, it is still thought to be one of the single most phenomenal films ever released. For this reason, the film is shown in schools throughout the country, providing an example of exclusive style and visual breakthroughs. Kubrick avoids the use of dialogue throughout most of the film, displaying to people the importance of pure visuals and music. 2001: A Space Odyssey is paced at a slow and meticulous manner,

the plots that add to the movie such as Jupiter, the Moon, Saturn, Mars, and Mercury. Specifically, in this paper the planetary archetypes will be assessed in the films of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Interstellar (2014), and The Martian (2015). The film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) incorporates both the moon and Jupiter through the film. At the beginning ape like creatures habit the earth and feed on plants and interact with hog like animals. Soon shows up an object called monolith and this creates

Literature can, at times, have a fascinating connection with film. Whether it is a film or a piece of literature, both are written by someone that wants to leave an impact on an audience. However, movies and books have different roles. They each have different strong points wherein books give better characterization, stronger revelations, and inner conflict, but movies create a better mood with music and visuals, showing much more emotion. It's a totally different kind of experience, of course, and

won best soundtrack in 1969, and rightfully so. The use of sound, or no sound, and the editing was used incredibly to show the evolution of man over billions of years. 2001: A Space Odyssey has a realistic, yet theatrical, use of sound and editing to convey the evolution of man. The ‘monolith’ is one of the main ideas in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The tall, looming, black structure in this movie is the main component of man’s evolution. There are three main instances in the movie when man’s evolution

The 2001 movie Amélie, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, is a significant movie that demonstrates the unique characteristics of French movies. Two important ways that Amélie differs from the conventional movies, like Hollywood movies, is by the use of the camera and the mise-en-scène. The scene of the movie Amélie that is important to have in the movie is when Amélie is helping the blind man. This is important because it is where the actual movie starts. In the beginning, the director gave the audience

A Shrek-tastic TaleA swamp and an Ogre isn't your everyday The traditional fairytale is ready for a 'Make-Ogre' in Dreamwork's 2001 film Shrek, explains Charlotte McClintock fairytale beginning, but Shrek isn't your traditional Cinderella story. Today I interview Vicky Jensen about how Dreamwork's 2001 film changed the way we all look at fairytales and happily ever afters. From the moment the green ogre Shrek enters the scene bathing in a swamp, we realise this isn't a fairytale full of ball gowns

In the science fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The director, Stanley Kubrick, portray his masterpiece in an ambiguous understanding where he examines topics such as extraterrestrial life, the dealings with technology and the human evolution. Throughout the movie, Kubrick depicts the facade, monolith as an instrument in awakening intelligence. Moreover, the protagonists go through a drastic change of struggle to explore on the idea of technology and extraterrestrial life. In the opening scene

The upcoming fifth season of the FX American Horror Story: Hotel will kick start on October 7. However, new details are beginning to pop out about many twisted characters who occupied the most recent, disturbing and horrific field of the American film and television screenwriter Ryan Murphy. The Countess role of Lady Gaga as described by Ryan Murphy, is a bisexual "wealthy social doyenne" who is "consumed with art and fashion and people, and she has a nefarious plan that is revealed in the first