Compare a film from the 1950s and another from the 2010s, and one would know that so much has changed. The graphics have become better, the camera more stable, and indeed the plot more modern. The most typical of the 1950s films may be Seven Samurai, featuring black and white shots, very limited camera movements,…

Gump has become a cultural icon, not only because of his charisma of purity, innocence, and integrity, but also because he has been immortalized by the ages of turmoil, in a world full of treachery, distrust, and misbelief. When I first viewed the film, I could not understand the logic behind the huge popularity Gump…

Texas Chainsaw Massacre(TCM) and The Terminator(TM) are both films that exert great influences upon viewers, filmmakers, and the general society as a whole. After I viewed the TCM, the immediate feeling I developed was that human deviance can be astonishingly horrifying. And I thought the film was significant not only because it was based on…

Texas Chainsaw Massacre(TCM) and The Terminator(TM) are both films that exert great influences upon viewers, filmmakers, and the general society as a whole. After I viewed the TCM, the immediate feeling I developed was that human deviance can be astonishingly horrifying. And I thought the film was significant not only because it was based on…

       King Kong, originally filmed in 1933, was a sensational film, as The New York World-Telegram stated, “This King Kong is one of the very best of all the screen thrillers, done with all the cinema’s slickest camera tricks” (Pitts 171). It has a position in film history that is somewhat irreplaceable for…

King Kong, originally filmed in 1933, was a sensational film, as The New York World-Telegram stated, “This King Kong is one of the very best of all the screen thrillers, done with all the cinema’s slickest camera tricks” (Pitts 171). It has a position in film history that is somewhat irreplaceable for mainly its aesthetic…

The Shining is significant for many things. First, it contains rich themes, some of which are presented outright while others hinted at. For instance, many may argue that it is a film about classes, with Jack representing the failing, marginalized middle class while the hotel the ruling elite capitalist class. Secondly, it employs techniques and…

The Shining is significant for many things. First, it contains rich themes, some of which are presented outright while others hinted at. For instance, many may argue that it is a film about classes, with Jack representing the failing, marginalized middle class while the hotel the ruling elite capitalist class. Secondly, it employs techniques and…

Bonnie and Clyde tells a simple story of a boy and a girl. They meet by accident and together they embark on a road of crime, robbing banks, teasing the police, and killing people. They keep running away, while at the same time picturing a peaceful life in the future. And eventually their bodies are…

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard and released in 1960, A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) is a French crime drama film that started a new wave in French cinema and proved to be a milestone in the world history of films. Against a backdrop of the 1946 Blum—Byrnes agreements, under which quotas restricting the number of American…