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  👋     Hey, blog! 🎥    The film we will be discussing today is called Kuch Kuch Hota Hai . It is a Bollywood film. Bollywood cinema includes Indian and South Asian films. Their popularity is very large in those countries and is gaining attention in the United States at a pretty constant rate. Bollywood cinema includes a lot of singing and dancing! This film, in particular, had so many long singing and dancing scenes that the film was over three hours long! Thankfully the music was catchy! This film even won an award for its soundtrack! 😅   My first impression of this film was that it was too long and I would probably get bored right away. That was not the case at all after I began watching it! It was so capturing. The storyline was so good that I got submerged in their world. It didn't even feel like I had been sitting down for more than three hours.  💛    I loved all the songs and dances! I got a bit of déjà vu after list...

  👋     Hi, blog! 🎥    This week's film was Ali: Fear Eats the Soul . This film falls under the German cinema category. Like other film eras, German cinema wanted to try new things that would make films distinct from the past. The history before this new German cinema came to be was intense. It basically revolved around WWII and Nazis who were destroying all the progress that came after the first world war. Germans knew that their history was rough and since they had pretty much witnessed their close older family members go through so many struggles, they felt like they had to include a bit of it in their films. This can be seen in this week's film since there was a part in which Emmi talked about Hitler's favorite restaurant.   😬   This film brings so many uncomfortable feelings. From the start, there is so much blank staring and awkwardness. Although this film appears to be one in which love is born, it is everything but that. Ali had be...

  👋     Hey, blog! 🎥    This week's film was Bicycle Thieves . This film perfectly represents the goal that Italian Neorealism had for films. Italian Neorealism wanted to create films that didn't feel like films. They wanted to make the audience feel like they were watching real-life captured on screen. The concepts for films were no longer supposed to be fictional, unrelatable, or unrealistic. During previous film eras, for instance, Classic Hollywood, musicals were extremely popular. The use of music was so random and everyone would know that this kind of spontaneity doesn't happen in real life. In Bicycle Thieves , however, the use of music is much more subtle. It doesn't distract the audience from the film but holds enough power to influence our emotions. This film also gave off a 'very real' feeling. Sometimes, those who tried to  follow the Italian Neorealism expectations for a realistic film, tried too hard to make their film appear real that, in t...

  👋     Welcome back, blog! 🎥    The film that I will be discussing today is a coming-of-age film and is titled The 400 Blows . It was created during the French New Wave. This film shows the new generation and how different it is in relation to past generations. The vibe of the film was also pretty distinct because, at the time, light film equipment and affordable production were new. This kind of production was also being done by people who weren't 'professionals' per se since they were film club members who decided to start creating films of their own (as was stated in the "Film and History: New Wave Cinema and '68" article by Eugene McCreary). Focusing on the new generation was something that these film producers at the time wanted to show and that's exactly what we see in this film . 🌈    One of the first things someone might notice at the start of watching this film is how it is a black and white film. Although film in color was available, the...

  👋      Hello again, blog! 🎥      The film we will be talking about today is titled  Raging Bull . This film is based on the real, professional boxer, Jake LaMotta. This film was made during the reign of New Hollywood and was influenced by the French New Wave and German cinema.  🙅      I didn't really like this film because it showed domestic violence and possessive behaviors towards women as if they were property. Some people, though, liked how this film focused on a character with so many imperfections and personality flaws. In "The Art of Martin Scorsese" by Jim Leach and Martin Scorsese, it was mentioned how some people reacted to Scorsese's film in ways that weren't expected. One unexpected reaction was laughter during a horrific moment. He believed it was a nervous reaction. I was reminded of this while discussing Raging Bull . Someone had said how they thought there were some humorous parts. I didn't really think tho...