“No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.” Arthur Erickson. Since the rise of the film industry in the 19th century to the present day, a dream world reflected the individual minds of society. Resembling any other art some…
Category: Short Essay
Run Through Technology with Forrest Gump and Avatar
As the movie starts you are whisked away by a white feather slowly floating down, what seems to be, the heavens making its way towards the bustling city below. Gently intertwining around footsteps, industrial buildings, and nature the feather softly lands on the muddy shoes of Forrest Gump beginning the tale of his life. Just like…
There’s A Train Coming
Inception is a movie about dreams. A dream within a dream to be able to steal information from someone else’s mind. Although you can take a step further into inception where you can create your own world. Where five minutes in our world can be 10 years in inception. Imagine being able to create your…
How Technology Changed the Movie Industry: Avatar vs Aliens
Avatar is first and foremost a story of love and liberation, in which it can be seen as a handful of natives fully integrated into their natural environment who set out to fight to rid themselves of the boundless ambition of a human mining corporation, willing to the most brutal predation of nature. The story…
Dragon Vs Leather Face
The 1974 movie of The Chainsaw Massacre is about a group of friends who are going to a family member’s old house. Along the way, they need gas and need to stay overnight in a small town. During the drive, they pick up a stranger who is not only weird but cuts the guy in…
Bonnie and Clyde, History, Romance & Crime
Bonnie & Clyde, 1967, directed by Arthur Penn. The two leading actors are both good looking, and stay in character amazing the entire movie, so it’s no wonder why the film made history. There is a lot of history in this movie, that is still referenced in current day. I think the movie retells the…
A Cinematic Revolution – The French New Wave
Of all the transformations or innovations that cinema has had throughout its history, almost none has been so radical to the point of the breakup or to be considered a revolution. Two of them, linked to the technology of cinema, have managed to shake it and to some extent redefine it: the arrival of sound…
Art for the Sake of Art
Art is not always meant to be critical. Some art is made simply for the sake of art. Two films that are drastically different but strikingly similar in this aspect are “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” directed by Ang Lee and “Sex, Lies, and Videotape” directed by Steven Soderbergh. Right from the start, the poster for…
Italian vs. American Horror
“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” is undoubtedly one of the most important and recognized films in horror movies. This film takes place in the late 1970s, where horror films were taking a turn toward more realistic stories. In fact, this film begins with a virtually false warning that its events are based on real events, creating…
The Beginning of a New Era
“If we’re not at the right place at exactly the right time, we won’t find our way in.” Dale Cooper. “Twin Peaks” is a classic 1990’s show that not only screams “the ’90s but it also presented a new perspective on murder mystery films for the upcoming era. The show is about the mysterious murder…
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