Jamie Cullum

In the Film, “The Gran Torino” directed by Clint Eastwood, a character that has presented his/her attitude and view of the world is Walt. Throughout the film, we can see the expression and many changes of his attitude and view of the world over time. In the beginning Walt’s attitude was a grumpy. old, intolerant man who hated everything around him. Then at the end of the film he changed his attitude into a more forgiving, calm, and peaceful person and shared his love with people around him. Clint

‘Gran Torino’ is a film directed by Clint Eastwood who also plays the main character, Walt Kowalski. The film is set in Detroit, Michigan where a car manufacturing factory has just closed, therefore, former workers moving away and immigrants such as the Hmong people moving in. Walt is a veteran of the Korean war where he won the silver star medal in 1952. The penultimate scene is the climax of the film where Walt confronts the Hmong gang, this holds a lot of significance. The gang has been hassling

The scene I have chosen to analyse from gran Torino directed by Clint Eastwood is the end scene where Walt sacrifices his life for his neighbours. Visual and verbal features such as camera angles, dialogue, props/symbolism and sound/music were used in the scene to show the change and redemption in Walt Kowalski throughout the film. Camera angles in the scene helps give an understanding of the characters in the scene usually Walt always looks dominant in the camera angles, but in this scene it shows

Gran Torino is a prevailing drama film that depicts a man’s journey in a crime-ridden neighborhood. The main character, Walt Kowalski, is a racist Korean War veteran and retired auto worker, who lives in a neighborhood where the most of the residences are of Asian descent. His life started to change after his neighbor Thao Vang failed to steal his prized Gran Torino after being pressured by his cousins that were in a gang. The Hmong tradition forced Thao to return to Walt and work for him as an act

Introduction Gran Torino is a film filled with conflict; there are age related conflicts, cultural conflicts, religious conflicts and value based conflicts. These conflicts continuously erupt in a working class Michigan neighborhood, which is dominated by immigrants. Walt Kowalski, a Polish American, is the main character who is a retired Korean War veteran and Ford automobile assembly line worker who has just lost his wife. He is a very embittered man haunted by memories of his past. Walt lives

Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Christopher Carley, Bee Vang and Ahney Her. Gran Torino was a critical and commercial success, grossing nearly $270 million worldwide (making it Eastwood's second highest-grossing film to date).[3] Within the Hmong community in the United States, the film received both praise and criticism. Clint Eastwood. That's really all you need to know about this film, because though

Gran Torino is a film, released in 2008, that was both directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. The cast featured Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski, a white, Korean War veteran who is very set in his ways, Bee Vang as Thao Lor and Ahney Her as Sue Lor, Walt’s Hmong neighbors, Christopher Carley as Father Janovich, the priest with whom Walt’s wife was very close, Sonny Vue as Smokie, a Hmong gang member, and Doua Moua as Spider, the cousin of Sue and Thao and the leader of the Hmong gang. The movie

Analyse how the ending was used to settle one or more conflicts in the visual text Gran Torino directed by Clint Eastwood. The film Gran Torino directed by Clint Eastwood tells a story about an elderly American War Veteran from the Korean War named Walt who lives in the suburbs with the Hmong people who have moved to the USA as refugees. In the beginning of the film Walt is racist towards the Hmong people until slowly throughout the film he becomes closer to his neighbours until gradually he becomes

Final Submission: Gran Torino Case Study For Milestone Two project, I have chosen the film Gran Torino starring Clint Eastwood to analyze, this film is brimming with cultural diversity, which is met with discrimination, contention, and stereotypical actions by the main character, Walt Kowalski. This film begins in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan where the grumpy widower Walt Kowalski is a Retired auto worker and Korean War veteran full of prejudice despising the many Asian, Latino and black families

Gran Torino: A Symbolism of Respect The influential motion picture performance Gran Torino represents a man’s excursion in a crime-harassed community. The character, Walt Kowalski, a racially prejudiced Korean War veteran living in a community where the greater part of the habitations were of Hmong Asian descent. Walt started to transform after the unsuccessful attempt of his teenaged neighbor Thao stealing his treasurable Gran Torino. Hmong tradition requires Thao to work for Walt as an act of penance