Hany Abu-Assad

is portrayed in an unrealistic glamorised manner. Alternatively, many directors aim to portray violence in a far more realistic way as it aims not to condone it. Instead, they seek to show the true repercussions of violent acts among society. Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now) and Tony Kaye (American History X) intend to challenge and create an alternative view to violence through the way they portray it. They all demonstrate the vicious and futile cycle of violence and how it is a useless notion that

convincingly portrayed the factors associated with terrorism by acknowledging that Said and Khaled knew the cost and benefits of being a martyr. After the completion of the suicide mission Said and Khaled were told “[they] would be met by two angels” (Abu-Assad, 2005). Thus, they would ascend to the heavens immediately after the completion of the operation. This scene in the film shows one that Said and Khaled feared nothing because they had nothing to lose. The two Palestinian terrorist knew that the

Paradise Now answers this question with a tremendous amount of power. Hany Abu-Assad tells us that we choose to do what is deemed “morally right” when we realize it’s not just about us rather, the livelihood of those around us. Antigone chose to bury her deceased brother because she knew he would have wanted that and took it

Cinematography is an art that only few are able to master. Within the four films we watched concluding our final, many messages and themes were delivered. The overall common theme in each film summoned to be, that a happy ending in our world today is not reality. In reality, bad things happen to good people and there is nothing anyone can do about it, in which is a secondary theme. This common theme was developed after watching and analyzing the films Sicario, Incendies, Paradise Now, and The Hunt