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Anton chugar is a heartless killing machine and in the movie is represented as an emotionless, relentless scary character. In two scenes in the movie he decides someones fait, whether or not he'll kill them, with a coin toss. Firstly i will be discussing the first coin toss scene which takes place in a gas station.  The first shot you see for this scene is an establishing shot for the gas station. This tells the audience how rural we are and how far Anton has travelled since we last saw him. This then quickly transitions into a mid shot establishing the inside of the shop and the shop owner. The shop is crowded and there seems to be some sort of rope hanging above the shop owner. These look like nooses and creates tension as it makes the audience wonder what will happen in the rest of the scene, whether he will live or die. Most of the following shots are over the shoulder shots and don't tend to alter much. This could perhaps represent the stability of the situation, in the ...

Casablanca and Do the right thing are two films with almost completely different narratives and settings, but yet deal with similar films and are filmed in a similar style. Do the right thing is a 1989 American comedy drama, written and directed by Spike Lee. The film tells the story of an average day in Brooklyn. Casablanca is a 1942 romantic drama which follows Rick, a bar owner, and the life of someone living in Casablanca.  These films sound very different narratively in the sense that they are set in different time periods and different settings, but they both deal with similar themes. They both deal with themes of sacrifice and love and hate. Casablanca and do the right thing both deal with the theme of Love and Hate. In do the right thing there are always changing dynamics of love and hate. In the start of do the right thing there is a woman aggressively dancing to fight the power, this is then contrasted with the fact that the next scene is about a very ...

Anton Chigurh  In the balance of the movie Anton is on the side of evil. He seems to be emotionless and relentless. He is also portrayed as very weird and abnormal. He doesn't seem to have any human emotions and tends to only be focused on the task at hand. His deadpan dialogue unnerves the audience and almost creates an unnatural immortal atmosphere. Also his choice of weapon emphasises these points of immortality and inhuman behaviour. He seems to have no remorse throughout the movie. An example of this is at the start of the film where the first thing we see of him is murdering a cop. Llewellyn Moss     Llewellyn is a Vietnam vet who used to be an iron welder. In the balance of good and evil in the film he seems to be sitting somewhere in the middle. He isn't pure good because he willingly shoots to kill Anton, but isn't pure evil because he never kills anyone. His actions are heavily motivated by his own greed as he chooses to save his money and...

The three spike lee films ill be looking at in this essay is ' Do The Right Thing', 'Malcom X' and ' Inside man'. 1) Malcom X Malcolm X is a 1992 film, directed by spike lee, exploring the life of the infamous black activist Malcolm X. Malcolm X follows the life of African American activist Malcolm X. Rising from a troubled childhood, in which his father, a preacher, is murdered by the Black Legion and his mother is institutionalized for insanity, Malcolm gets a job as a Pullman Porter, calling himself Detroit Red. After getting involved with a Harlem gangster named West Indian Archie with whom he has a falling out, Malcolm flees to Boston and decides to become a burglar. He and his best friend, Shorty (played by Spike Lee) are arrested by the police and Malcolm is sentenced to a ten-year prison term. In prison, a fellow inmate, Baines, introduces him to the teachings of Islam. One of the main tropes of spike lee films is controversy. All of his...

Shelton Jackson Spike Lee is a film director who is most commonly known for his controversial films which explore race and class. He was born on the 20th march 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia. He owns the production company '40 acres and a mule', which has produced 35 films. Not only is he a director but he usually acts in some of his earlier films. He also usually acts in large roles in is films and doesn't just make cameos. He is also currently teaching at NYU. His most famous movies include: Do the right thing, Malcom X, Chi-Raq, She's gotta have it and Jungle Fever. Most of his films deal with racial and political issues. These are usually the point of much controversy and political debate. His films also have heavily black cast. This is because spike lee is a black activist.

'Do the Right Thing' (1989), written and directed by Spike Lee, is set in Brooklyn and mainly follows 'Mookie' but explores the hottest day of the year and what the average day in Brooklyn is like. The film tends to deal with the themes of peace and conflict. The Film has many conflicts over certain issues like race and poverty. The opening credits shows a woman violently dancing to the song 'fight the power', this sets an intense and violent tone to the start of the film. This sequence is then followed by a radio DJ called ' mister señor love daddy' who hosts a radio station called 'Love FM'. Throughout the scene with him he seems to preach about love and acceptance. This contrasts the violent opening and this dynamic of calm and peace to the violent and aggressiveness. A good example of when I think Spike Lee is acknowledging this affect is through the costume of radio Raheem who has Love and Hate knuckle dusters. This little touch just ...