Badlands

The example of the film Badlands was present a lot in the text we are currently reading for the class. I was interested to see what it is about. I found a trailer for the film that helps describe more information on Badlands.

Badlands

Hey you guys, this is one of the movies mentioned in the our book. The link is to imb reviews.

Badlands is a fictional movie that was inspired by the true killing spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate in 1958. The movie is about a young couple named Kit and Holly; Kit is an outgoing, young man while Holly is a shy, little girl. The story follows the young couple as they fall in love and eventually kills Holly's father, who forbade their relationship. The couple becomes fugitives and kills many more as they run through the Midwest.

The Birth of a Nation

This controversial film was directed by D.W.Griffth in 1915. It was the first American movie to be longer than one hour in length and it also introduced new techniques like deep focus and facial close- ups. The movie circles around two families- the Stonemans from the North and the Camerons from the South- and their experiences during the American Civil War.

L'Avventura: A Movie of Love, Loss, and Adventure (What else were you expecting?)

L'Avventura was directed by Michelangel Antonioni and is mentioned in Corrigan's Short Guide to Writing About Film. Seeing as this film was made in the early 1960's, some of us may be unfamiliar with it. In brief, the movie is about a girl who goes missing. Her boyfriend and close friend begin to look for her, but eventually fall for each other. The film has some interesting elements, including some angles that were not used at-large in that era. Despite the movie being old and odd in some ways, it could also be used as a candidate for our final project in class. Almost all six approaches could be applied to the movie. As we can see in Corrigan's book, a person could write a lengthy essay on just one scene alone.

The link that I am providing includes an analytical piece written by Gregory Solman, a film scholar. The other link that I'm including has some quick facts about the film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053619/

I'll be honest, this trailer really doesn't explain what the movie is all about. Yet, it does have a catchy tune and shows a good amount of the scenes. Pick up the volume and nod your heads to this one!

Crash

Corrigan uses the recent hit film Crash as a reference in his book. I for one had seen the film, but for those who haven't, here is some background information.
Crash is a great film, in my opinion. The way that the different parts of the film are brought together was great. Throughout the film, different forms of racism take place. It didn't matter what race, ethnicity, or even social class the character came from. At one time or another, each character has to come to recognize their racist beliefs, and they have to face those problems head on. I for one was impressed with the way the film turned out.
The link that I have posted leads to a brief overview of the film and its plotline according to www.imdb.com. There are also links to a trailer as well as trivia about the film.

Badlands by Terrence Malick

"He was 25 years old. He combed his hair like James Dean. She was 15. She took music lessons and could twirl a baton. For a while they lived together in a tree house. In 1959, she watched while he killed a lot of people."

Loosely based on the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree during 1958, Badlands is a film about a "innocent" teenage girl, Holly, and her older boyfriend, Kit. Holly's father strongly forbids their relationship, so Kit kills him. This event began their killing spree adventure to the Badlands of Montana.

The link attached is a trailer of this 1973 Thriller/Drama/Romance.