"Gran Torino" is an American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood‚ and one of the most successful films in the world. It won the "Best Foreign Film"‚ "Best Original Screenplay"‚ "Best Actor" award at 2008 and so on. I believe a good film is made in many ways of aspect skill. At this time‚ I will be looking at four different aspects which are camera shot using‚ dialogue‚ main idea of the film‚ music editing in "Gran Torino" to shows what sort of skill involved is need in a film‚ why do we need them
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unavoidable. Conflicts are happening all around the world‚ as they always have‚ and at many different levels” (Martin and Nakayama‚ 2011‚ pg. 224). Conflicts are not only seclusive to differing cultures‚ but can often occur within similar cultures as well. For this week’s writing assigment we were asked to watch the film Gran Torino‚ starring Clint Eastwood‚ and reflect on the conflicts and popular cultures within the story line. Cultural Conflicts 1. Walt Kowalski has an underlying cultural
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Gran Torino Does the movie Gran Torino glorify violence and gun culture in the United States make specific reference to events in the film? The movie Gran Torino does glorify‚ justify violence and gun culture in the United States when used for the greater good as the military or police do to save lives of many civilians every day. The protagonist Walt Kowalski known as simply Walt well he’s a character he loves using his gun as if it was his culture after all he is a retired veteran. He demonstrates
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\ Journey of Transformation Film Critique Dr. McGinn Wednesday’s 1-3:30 “A Gran Torino Ride to Redemption” Gran Torino‚ a film directed by the immortal Clint Eastwood‚ tells us a story of redemption and transformation. Eastwood’s character‚ a Korean War veteran‚ is living a depressing‚ lonely life‚ we are first introduced to him as a racist‚ bitter old man. The movie takes place in a less than affluent suburb where Eastwood has seen a drastic change in the neighborhood. His neighbors
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Film Response: Gran Torino (Draft) By Clint Eastwood There are many things for the director to take into consideration in order to portray their movie in a specific way‚ such as background music/ noise‚ lighting‚ cast‚ camera angles and many more. These variables within a movie can emphasise different atmospheres throughout‚ such as dominance‚ innocence‚ happiness and other emotions or character supremacies. The film Gran Torino‚ directed by Clint Eastwood uses all of
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Gran Torino Gran Torino is a movie of change and compassion. Its controversial prejudice combined with its racial slurs make it almost conflicting to watch. But Clint Eastwood put just the right amount of love in this movie to make your heart pitter and patter. In the movie Clint Eastwood plays a man named Walt Kowalski that has just lost his wife. His sons are selfish and lack the care to look past their racist‚ gun-toting‚ Korean War veteran father enough to understand and gain a relationship
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Starter text response: Gran Torino ‘Gran Torino’ is a film full of symbols of hope and redemption. Discuss. In his film ‘Gran Torino’‚ Clint Eastwood tells the story of an unlikely relationship between Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski and his Hmong neighbours Thao and Sue. The film explores the possibility of redemption‚ “second chances”‚ and the hope that comes from having a positive future. Both Walt and Thao experience redemption in the film. Walt is saved from the guilt of murder and broken
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will and being given the Gran Torino‚ Thao decides to go home and pack his bags before heading north with Walt’s best friend Daisy‚ to an unknown destination somewhere in Canada for an unknown amount of time. As Thao began packing his things Sue stormed into the room very confused as to why Thao was packing “Thao! Why are you packing‚ and where are you going?” said Sue. “On a little road trip with Daisy‚” replied Thao. “No I forbid you!” shouted Mai Thao’s mother from upstairs as she came rushing
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the bridge that bring Walt and Thao together and develop an unbreakable bond between the two. Sue‚ though a huge controlling force in Thao’s life‚ had good intentions for him. She did not want him to fall into the typical Hmong American life where boys just end up in jail. She wanted him to forge a new path and pursue a real career. Walt‚ on the other hand‚ she showed that not all people are bad‚ and she gained his respect by going against the norms of his closed off world and brought to light how
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movies‚ Gran Torino contains a lot of symbolism throughout its story. Some symbols are obvious and some are easily missed if a person isn’t looking for them. Among the various symbols there are three that deserve extra recognition. They truly help to tell the story and fall perfectly in line with the movie’s underlying themes of life‚ relationships‚ and death. The first and most obvious is the Gran Torino‚ the car itself‚ representing the theme of life; the second is the refrigerator that Walt is
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