Chelsey+Spaeth

​My Six Favorite Movies



**//__Taxi Driver__//** = __ Year __ : 1976  = = __ Director __: Martin Scorsese = = __ Genre __ : drama (thriller)  = = __ Rated __: R = = __ Actors __: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks = = __ Awards __: nominated for four Oscars, won BAFTA Film Award, won Blue Ribbon Award, won Golden Palm, nominated for Golden Globe, and nominated for Grammy = = __ Located __ : Netflix  = __ **Synopsis** __ :
 * Travis Bickle, a loner on the streets of NYC drives a yellow cab on the night shift. He sees the disgust of people living on the streets and the world around him. Trying and failed to get a girl named Betsy he becomes lonelier. Through the movie Bickle continuously tries to find an escape from his depressed life . **

**//__The Bridge on the River Kwai__//** = __ Year __ : 1957 = = __ Director __: David Lean = = __ Genre __ : Adventure = = __ Rated __: PG = = __ Actors __: William Holden, Alec Guinness = = __ Awards __ : won seven Oscars, won BAFTA Award, won Best Cinematography Award, won David Award, DGA Award, won Golden Globe, nominated for Grammy = = __ Located __ : Blockbuster, Netflix = __ **Synopsis** __ : **British prisoners of WWII are ordered to build a bridge for the Burma-Siam railroad. They initially wanted to sabotage the bridge but it would be built as a symbol of British morals. But the leader, Coronal Nicholson, is actually building it more as a symbol of himself. Unknown to him and the workers the Allies were planning an attack to destroy the bridge.**

=__ // Unforgiven // __= = __ Year __ :1922 = = __ Director __: Clint Eastwood = = __ Genre __ : Crime = = __ Rated __: R = = __ Actors __: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Ham s = = __ Awards __ : won four Oscars, won Eddie Award, won BAFTA Film Award, won DGA Award, won two Golden Globes = = __ Located __ : Netflix =
 * __ Synopsis __ : Big Whisky is a town full of normal people, cowboys, and whores trying to get by in life. After someone hurts one the town whores the cowboys take matters into their own hands. A bounty hunt was set for the perpetrators. The battle between the town and the killers will be an unforgiven scene in the little town of Big Whisky. **

//__**Raging Bull**__// __ **Year** __ **:** 1980 = __ Director __: Martin Scorsese = = __ Genre __ : Biography = = __ Rated __: R = = __ Actors __: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci = = __ Awards __ : won two Oscars, won Eddie Award, won RAFTA Film Award, won BSFC Award, won DVDX Award, won Golden Globe = = __ Located __ :  Netflix =
 * __ Synopsis __ : When Jake LaMotta steps into the ring he dominates his opponents. But as he cant find a place between the ring and his personal life he becomes very violent. Because his rage he ends up losing his close friends and family. Although his violent behavior helps him become a champ he’s left in the ring of life standing alone. **

=//__ Easy Rider __//= = __ Year __ : 1969 = = __ Director __: Dennis Hopper = = __ Genre __ : Crime = = __ Rated __: R = = __ Actors __: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson = = __ Awards __ : nominated for two Oscars, won Best First Work, nominated for Golden Globe, won NSFA Award, won Golden Globe = = __ Located __ :  Netflix =
 * __ Synopsis __ : Two “hippie bikers” set out on a trip across the country looking for a way to lead their lives. They run across many difficulties going through small towns that fear their attitudes. They end up in a hippie community living their unreal dram. They encounter many problems here as well and end up in jail. As a layer gets them out they continue on their tip to New Orleans for Mardi gras. **


 * //__It’s a Wonderful LIfe __//**
 * __Year __****: 1946 **
 * __Director __****: Frank Capra **
 * __Genre __****: Drama **
 * __Rated __****: NR **
 * __Actors __****: James Stewart, Henry Travers, Donna Reed **
 * __Awards __****: nominated for five Oscars, won CEC award, won Golden Globe, **
 * __Located __****: Netflix **
 * __Synopsis __****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: George Bailey had the perfect life until one Christmas Eve when his uncle loses the cash they owe on their business. George is now in a life crisis and tries to kill himself but he’s saved by a guardian angel. The angel shows George how much life really means and where people would be without him. He listens to the angel and returns home. Little did he know his friends and family have raided money to pay for the loan. **



2-19-09 Charlie Chaplin

Durning the depression there were many people searching for jobs, homes, and a way to venge for their family again. Charlie Chaplin reflected this throught his 1936 film, Modern Times. He brought many ways of the lifes around him into his films to make funny events out of nothing. He was a hard working man showing many hard working activites though out the movie. The common man had to work hard for thier profit durning the depression just as Chaplin showed the men working in the factory. The movie showed him going to jail and how much easier life would have been to be locked up than out in the real world. I believe that showing this different diversity of class though the people can let a lot of men and women relate to Modern Times. Not just in that period of time but even now becuase we are still stuggling in the world around us in a recession the same way the people did back then in the depression and the social classes we have today. I believe it had a funny humor that made everyone laugh at whats going on around them. Our world seems to be a like a ticking clock always going in a continuous circle and never really getting anywhere ahead of you.



__bookends__: secenes at the beginning and end of a film to help tie the film together __lightening mix__: the light and shadows used in the scene __Symbolism__: a object in a film that has a second meaning for another object __Chiaroscuro__: use of light and shade in scenes __Wipe__: transtion that wipes the scene off into another one __Montage__: series of scenes that are joined together to portray one bigger scene __MacGuffin__: device that catches the viewers attenchin and is important to the characters __Forced perspective__: illusion that makes an object appear futher way that it actually is __Dissolve__: editing technique that overlaps scenes to fade it into the other event __Deep focus__: using different techniques to create great depth in the film __Film within a film__: having one film with in another film __Subjective camera__: allows viewer to look at things from the characters perspective __Narrative structure__: series of events linked by cause and effect __Censorship__: determines what can or can not be filmed