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,…

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…

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…