Overall, Los Angeles in Film and Fiction has been my favorite class I have taken so far here at Chapman. Almost all of the movies and different texts that we have studied have been insightful and very entertaining. I would have to say that the highlight of my experience in the class was probably the …
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Blog Post #6 (Rewrite)
Mulholland Drive is a film by David Lynch that follows the real and dream worlds of a woman named Diane Selwyn. It is easy to get confused with the plotline of the story because the plot shifts between a dream world that Diane is imagining, and the real world that Diane actually resides in. This …
Blog Post #5(Rewrite)
Any film enthusiast knows the significance of the Bradbury Building in Hollywood films. It has starred in countless blockbuster hits like Chinatown, Lethal Weapon 4, Marlowe, and of course, it played the infamous house of the Toy Maker in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. The use of the Bradbury building in this film is significant. The …
Blog Post #8
The Los Angeles riots of 1992 were a very trying time in American history. The beating of Rodney King was a truly horrendous act and no one could have guessed the repercussions that were to come from it. It brought to light the hypersensitive topic of racial inequality in American society. And even more controversial …
BLOG POST #7
Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive are two texts that are chock full of accurate comparisons to one another. One of the biggest commonalities is that both films have a main male character who have committed horrible sins in the past but now hope to change the way they are and become …
BLOG POST #6
Mulholland Drive is a film by David Lynch that follows the real and dream worlds of a woman named Diane Selwyn. It is easy to get confused with the plot line of the story because the plot shifts between a dream world that Diane is imagining, and the real world that Diane actually resides in. …
BLOG POST #5
Any film enthusiast knows the significance of the Bradbury Building in Hollywood films. It has starred in countless blockbuster hits like Chinatown, Lethal Weapon 4, Marlowe, and of course it played the infamous house of the Toy Maker in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. The use of the Bradbury building in this film is significant because …
BLOG POST #4
Neo-Noir is a term used to describe films that were released past the classic “noir” period. Usually they are dark American crime films that contain a male detective and a female character that plays the role of the “femme fatale”. These films use different styles of film making to create a dark and morbid tone. …
BLOG POST #3
Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, William Faulkner’s “The Golden Land”, and Budd Schulberg’s “A Table at Ciro’s” all have a similar attitude when they describe Hollywood in that it is just a city full of illusions. Within these three stories, the director or writer chooses to look at the city through a negative lens. In a …
BLOG POST #2
I wanted to watch Tropic Thunder for this assignment because I have watched the film before, and it will always be very distinguishable. With this star studded cast and action filled plot, Tropic Thunder was an instant classic. The Hollywood film industry is depicted in a cynical way in Tropic Thunder. Big budget film companies …
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