
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
This is the cover from the film North by Northwest. This is the famous scene where Roger O. Thornhill is stranded at the bus stop in the middle of open fields. From the shot Hitchcock shows it looks like fields of emptiness, he is waiting to meet the unseen George Kaplan, when out of nowhere a plane swoops down and begins attacking him by raining bullets and poison upon him.
The movie "Spirited Away" is a fascinating anime film directed by the creative Hayao Miyazaki and co-director Kirk Wise. This film captures bravery, and love for the young. It has the classic story baseline "Home, Away, Home." The plot is about a young girl moving to a new neighborhood, though when her parents take a wrong turn down the road they unknowingly become lost in a spirit world that is inescapable until she proves her bravery to all. You are introduced to so many characters that you wouldn’t see in American films. I feel as if Japanese films have so much meaning behind the story that you can truly learn so much from the character by the end of the film. When I first saw the movie in theaters I was in middle school, and I thought it was horrible because I never seen a movie with this type of animation. I was very confused and uninterested. Then I watched it in my Art of Film class and loved it. I was more open-minded to the Japanese version and I was completely drawn to the story line. I found the way they shot certain scenes were more exciting from when I saw the film as a kid. I was finally able to understand the morals of the story.
Monday, September 22, 2008
I just recently watched the classic movie called North By Northwest (1959), written by Ernest Lehman and directed by the well know Alfred Hitchcock. This film is an amazing story that posses thrill for the innocent man becoming spy. Not only does it leave you on the edge of your chair it. It also leaves you warm hearted for the romance behind the plot. The main plot of this film is about a selfish Roger O. Thornhill working in the department of executive advertisement. Little does he know the life-changing situation he is about to step into in the beginning of the movie. He is easily mistaken for a CIA agent George Kaplan who is being hunted down by a group of spies. Later in the film he is introduced to the gorgeous femme fatal Eve Kendall, their relationship becomes more in depth by the ending of the film. The rating of this film is three in half stars. To get three and a half stars at this time was extremely hard. films were rated at a higher standards. In the late 1950's movies were more moving and symbolic, movies at this era weren't made to just make a quick buck. This shows how fantastic this movie actually is.
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