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Where to begin about this movie. I guess I can start with my main thoughts about the film. I thought The Last Picture Show was just okay. I really liked the idea of this film and the exploration of the sexuality of teens in a time period that had “wholistic values.” I got to watchContinue reading “The Last Picture Show Reflection”

The 400 Blows was definitely more of my type of film. It was a very character-driven movie and the main character was human and had flaws. It was a simple film with a simple plot. I wonder if this film was inspired by the style of the Italian Neorealism movement. I saw many similarities betweenContinue reading “The 400 Blows Reflection”

When I signed up for this class, to be honest, I thought that our Alfred Hitchcock would be Psycho, Rear Window, or Vertigo, but we got something very different than any of those, North by Northwest. In my opinion, This movie was very different than Hitchcock’s other backlist films. Maybe I’m just not as educatedContinue reading “North by Northwest Reflection”

I really liked this documentary. I have said many times the thing I learned the most this year is that history was never liner it was more complicated, it dips and rises. Complicated Women cemented my thoughts exactly. This documentary exploits the female characters of the Pre-Hays Code era.  Many of these movies and charactersContinue reading “Complicated Women Reflection”

I really didn’t like this movie all that much. The storyline was interesting, but after a while, I found the plot dragged in places and I didn’t really care about the characters and to me, I find the characters are the most important part of the story. I am the first to admit I likeContinue reading “Reflection for Rashomon”

 When you think of what movies are the most beloved of all time, what do you think of? The obvious answer is Citizen Kane. Many film critics consider the movie the greatest film of all time. Citizen Kane influenced and continues to influence today’s pop culture. For example, I think everyone has heard the catchphraseContinue reading “Reflection for Citizen Kane”

The Grand Illusion is often branded as the antiwar film and they are not a hundred percent wrong but in my opinion, the film is about the war to some degree. For a movie about war, it is not about the casualties and bloodshed, but about the people of war and relationships, one could makeContinue reading “Reflection: The Grand Illusion”

Question 1: What are the diffrences between omniscient and restricted narration? a. Omniscient narration means that the narration knows all and can tell us whatever we want to know. Restricted narration is what it sounds like restricted, meaning that the narration has limits on what it tells us, the audience. Question 2: What is theContinue reading “Chapter 4 Journal: What is Narrative?”

For a movie that was made almost a hundred years ago the film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari feels utterly modern and something that could be pasted to today as a cult classic. The film is a German Expressism film by Robert Wiene and considered to be one of the first true horror movies. TheContinue reading “The Reflection for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”

Week 2 Reflection  Film has always had the power to bring people together through messages that the film portrays. Since the beginning of the history of film, filmmakers have been able to connect audiences to reality like the Luméire brothers or to create stories to entrain audiences like Georges Méliѐs and Alice Guy Blanché. TheContinue reading “The Social Power of Film Reflection”