A Woman Under the Influence premiered in 1974, and is a strong telling of the way that women were treating in that day and age. this movie tells us a detailed story of a wife and mother that is seemingly crazy. Mabel spends her days taking care of her 3 children, trying equally to be their…
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Review of Bonnie and Clyde
The film Bonnie and Clyde have caught my eyes immediately when I scroll down the dossiers. I believe the last movie I chose influences me. It seems that I like watching road movies. This movie happened to be another excellent road movie and was more excited than the last one that I watched. Adopted from the real events about Bonnie and Clyde, the movie…
A Room With No Ceiling
A room at the top is just another movie in modern times. In order to truly see the affect this film had at the time of its release, you must first consider the time and location that it was being produced in. England in the late 1950’s still lived with the memories of WWII, the…
The 400 Blows- Future or Past?
In this coming of age film by Francois Truffaut a new meaning of the phrase “it takes a village” is displayed as we follow a 12 year old boy whom first got placed with a wet nurse only to be given to his grandmother after the family ran out of money to pay the…
A Hard Days Night Critical Essay
The Beatles are one of the most iconic bands of all time, as they are still one of the most popular artists listened to on Spotify. The movie, “A Hard Day’s Night,” directed by Richard Lester, follows a few days in the band’s life as they head to London to perform live on television, and…
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Every decade has its central theme. In the 1940s, societies’ focus was on the war. The 1950s were all about entertainment; featuring the invention of color TV and the rise of Elvis Presley. The 60s, however, were all about the radical change that was sweeping across the Western World. There was a shift happening in…
Unorthodox
Unorthodox Journey to Italy was directed by Roberto Rossellini and released in 1954. The film was shot in black and white and follows a crumbling relationship between an english couple who are traveling to sell an inherited home in Italy. The 1950’s were a time of conformity for the general American public, it was the…
Gray
In the 1950s, after the victory over fascism, people all over the world were in a state of reflection. In the east, the movement represented by China was initiated by the government. In order to allow the people to eat the same food at the same table, they were allowed to eat the same amount….
A Hard Day’s Night – 1964
A Hard Day’s Night is a movie starring the rising pop sensations of England called The Beatles. Though the movie itself was groundbreaking, the most interesting part of this movie is it began. The project seems to have been the result of calculated risk and ended up spreading Beatlemania throughout the world. Early into research,…
The Racial Tension in Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
I chose to watch Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, directed by Ralner Werner Fassbinder, because I haven’t seen a lot of foreign films and I am a huge history buff. I wanted to get an inside perspective on what racism was like in a post World War II Germany. The film explores the social issues…
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