Coen Brothers

One theme that is in every Coen brother’s film that we watched is money. Greed and money play a key role in most of the Coen's films.
In Raising Arizona, HI and Ed steal a baby because they want the American dream, to raise a family together. The biker from hell wants to get the baby so he can collect the money from Mr. Arizona. When Mr. Arizona says he won't pay all the money the biker demands then the biker says it will go for that on the black market. Also there are HI's two buddies who also want the baby for the ransom.
In Fargo, Jerry doesn't have enough money to start up his business, so he hires two guys to kidnap his wife and hold her for ransom until her father pays the money. The greed for money leads one kidnapper to kill the other simply because one wouldn't pay for half of the Oldsmobile.
In No Country for Old Men, Llewelyn stumbles across a drug deal gone wrong and finds a briefcase full of a lot of money. Chigurh uses the tracking device in the briefcase to hunt down Llewelyn and the money. Llewelyn comes across three guys when he is injured and asks one of them for his shirt and gives him a lot of money. Then he asks another one for his beer and the kids asks him how much he is willing to pay for it.
In all three films we watched money is a huge part of the plot. The greed of the characters is what drives the plot further, and sometimes into an unavoidable fate.

Altman

One key scene in The Player is the opening scene with the really long take. One reason why this scene is important is because shows how Altman uses satire. During the long take two people mention a movie that had a 6 min long take. It was in the begging of the opening scene so when you heard it you are watching to see when the cut comes in.
Another reason why this scene is so important is because it demonstrates how Altman uses sound. The sound of one conversation will overlap with the sound of another conversation. For example when the audience hears a movie pitch to one of the producers then during that conversation you hear two other people talking and the camera pans to the new conversation.
Another reason why this is an important scene is because it sets up the rest of the movie. Some of the conversations give away key parts of the plot. For example in one movie pitch, they talk about a political thriller with a heart, and they say that of course someone has to die in the end. So the audience knows the movie is going to be a thrill ride. Also Altman get you thinking that someone is going to die even though the story is changed to have a happy ending just like Habeas Corpus.

A Fist Full of Dollars

Yet another Leone film staring Clint Eastwood as the quite hero of the west. After watching Yojimbo then this movie i can clearly see how Kurosawa had a huge influence on Leone. The movie is almost an exact replica of Yojimbo in almost every way. For one both of the movies have two rival families that have a large control over the small town. Also both of the movies show the theme of a hero in a hellish world with Eastwood in one and Sanjuro in the other. Both of the heroes are out to get as much money from the rival families as they can, and both show compassion for the family that was torn apart, by reuniting them. Since this was the first of the no name man series of Leone, several of his techniques are still being tweaked. One thing that is very similar is how he executes his shoot out scenes. With a combination of close ups, ground level shots, and suspenseful music to create an intense shoot out scene. Another thing i noticed about Leone's films in general is his inventive gun fights. In A Fist Full of Dollars Clint Eastwood character creates the bullet proof vest which is unbelieveable to the other men. In For a Few Dollars More one of the characters has a gun that pops out of his sleeve.

Final Duel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiQntJC-Efw

For A Few Dollars More

For A Few Dollars More is another famous movie directed by Sergio Leone. One thing i have noticed is that Leone stick to the basic elements of the classic western. Leone creates a mythological place where a man is a good as his gun skills. The two main characters are obviously great with a gun and exhibit there skills by shooting the hats off of each others heads. Another skill one must have is to be able to make the ennemy think they have the upper hand. In Leone's movies the main character is caught off gaurd but kills them with a hidden weapon.
Clint Eastwood appears again in this movie, like most other Sergio Leone movies, as the unknown good guy out to get the bad guys. Lee Van Cleef also stars in this movie but unlike Eastwood he is out for revenge. Like in other Leone movies there are a group of bandits with faces as dirty as their hearts, who of course are after a large amount of money. Just like in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, there is a huge sum of money that the main characters are after and decide to team up to obtain it. The gun fights and other tense moments are typical Leone scenes with the use of a extreme long shot to close up of the mens faces looking at eachother.
On thing that I don't understand is some of the reoccurring mise-en-scene by Leone. For example, there are sveral scenes that Leone has insects in. Most of the times there is a fly on a mans face. it only happens a couple times but i just can't quite understand it.

Citizen Kane

• One important scene would have to be the scene at the beginning, where Kane dies and drops the snow globe while uttering his last word "Rosebud". This scene is what drives the plot forward as Thompson goes around asking everyone connected to Kane about Rosebud. I would just like to say that Kane has no reason to want his childhood back. His childhood must have sucked. First of all his dad beat him all the time and all he did all day was sled on a tiny hill by himself. Personally i would not trade being the richest man in the world for a crappy childhood where my dad would beat me with a belt. I mean really give me a break his mom wanted him to have a better life and in the end he cries about it and destroys rooms.


• One theme of the film is the theme of the American Dream. While Kane is a kid his family is poor. Then later on in his life he turns the newspaper into a fortune. He has everything that a man could want but he still isn't happy. This film is a good example of the distorted vision of the American dream.

Movies I Like

The movies that i like are mostly action and comedy. One of my favorite movies of all time is Wayne's World.

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