The Shining was an adaption from the Stephen King novel to film by Stanley Kubrick in 1980. The film redesigned the Horror genre and delved into the themes of violence, repetition, and reincarnation. Jack Torrance accepts a job to be a caretaker in the Overlook Hotel for the winter with nobody but his family around…
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Bonnie & Clyde
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are an infamous couple, known for their heist of banks and murders in the 1930’s. Clyde is an ex-convict who is out on parole, when he meets Bonnie and two automatically click and run away together to fall in love. During their adventures they commit a number of bank heists…
Bonnie and Clyde – 1967
Bonnie and Clyde is a conventional American crime movie about the famous criminal duo, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. My introduction to this movie started as most do, with the trailer to the film. It was a fun trailer but made me wonder if I take these sorts of exciting trailers for granted. For instance,…
Bonnie And Clyde: A False Idol
In the movie, Bonnie and Clyde, we are given an in-depth narrative of one of the most notorious criminal couples to ever live in America. We get to experience the ups and downs of their criminal career from the moment they meet to the moment that they die. Bonnie and Clyde connects the audience to…
The Conversation and it’s Historical Relevance to Watergate
The film by Francis Ford Coppola titled, The Conversation, was a film produced in 1974 starring Gene Hackman and Harrison Ford. This film follows Harry Caul, played by Gene Hackman, who is hired to bug a conversation between two young individuals at the beginning of the film. Harry is called the “best bugger on the…
Social Influences
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…
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…
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