The 400 Blows (1959) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967) were released less then a decade apart and are very different movies. However they do share some similarities such as crime and fleeing from the law. I chose these films because 400 Blows is in a different language (with subtitles of course) and I though it…
Husbands, Solaris and understanding reality.
The movies I watched this week are Solaris and Husbands. Both of these movies were intriguing and confusing at the same time. Both films appear to be unconventional and thought provoking. While they have their similarities they also have there differences such as, Husbands appears to be a low budget film,…
Rashomon & Bonnie and Clyde
Here we have two drastically different films. Rashomon, a low-budget, unconventional Japanese film that went against trends of the time, using a unique story telling technique with four characters retelling different interpretations of one murder with a series of flashbacks. On the other hand, we have a New Hollywood era conventional film, Bonnie and Clyde…
The Bicycle Thief and The 400 Blows
The Bicycle Thief and The 400 Blows By Mason Thompson I wanted to stretch my mind so I choose 2 foreign film with English sub titles (this was my first sub title experience). The movies were released about a decade apart. The Bicycle Thief was released in 1948 while The 400 Blows came in…
Luchino Visconti and John Cassavetes: A Hollywood portrayal of real life
Italian neorealism as a genre, with films like Luchino Visconti’s Bellissima, had a major impact on the style and substance of the New Hollywood Cinema era, which can be seen in John Cassavete’s “A Woman Under the Influence.” Examples abound in overall similarities of the main characters and how they are treated/viewed by those around…
Breathless and The Manchurian Candidate.
Most commonly, in movies the main character is a protagonist who the audiences ends up rooting for during the film. However, there is an exception to this general film strategy called an antihero. An antihero is a protagonist that doesn’t usually act noble or well mannered. This unconventional character also creates for some debate among…
A Hard Day’s Night vs. Bonnie and Clyde
Even though they were released in the same decade, A Hard Day’s Night (1964) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967), these films are as different as they come. A Hard Day’s Night is a French New Wave film and is considered to be a B-movie. It’s basically a film that promoted the music of The Beatles with a splash of slapstick…
BONNIE AND CLYDE vs. JOURNEY TO ITALY
People are walking down the street to see a new movie poster that displays two average people face to face, romantically looking like they’re in love. Poster that previewed JTI…Mislead The pedestrians are intrigued in the poster and wonder what the movie is. The movie is JOURNEY TO ITALY. Why would people be so excited…
Tarkovsky’s THE SACRIFICE: Art, Not Entertainment
Quintessential World Art Cinema Andrei Tarkovsky made seven films. 1986’s Sacrifice was his last. These films are all visually beautiful, slow, and mysterious. They are “art films,” and Sacrifice became increasingly perceived as such over time. Absorbing Visuals The visual elements of Sacrifice have drawn a lot of attention: specifically, some very long takes, and the…
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