What Is Not a Country

 

Pulp: the flesh of the orange or grapefruit; usually we throw it away when we make juice

Fiction: story that is not true

We started to have TV in the early 1950s. Most people watch TV to relax after school or work. They don’t want to think because they are tired.

We had a kind of writing that worked the same as TV before TV. This is called Pulp Fiction. The director of pulp fiction is Quenton Tarantino. He wrote and directed it. 1994. The genre is dark comedy.

It is set in Los Angeles. The main actor is John Travolta. He made a comeback. Notice that the plot (or the story) is not in order. It is not chronological or sequential. It is not 1, 2, 3, 4…  It is NOT first, second, third, 4^th, etc.

The movie starts in a diner (hamburger restaurant). Tarantino used to go to the diner to write. It closed down during Covid.

To be a good actor, you need to change accents.

Tarantino is famous for his opening credits. They tell the name of the actors and director. They usually have music. They set the tone at the start of the movie.

 

The combination lock on the briefcase is 666 or the sign of the devil or Satan. The briefcase is glowing. We don’t see what is inside. What is inside. Now he quotes The Bible.

When you lose a fight on purpose for gambling, that is called “throwing the fight.”

There is some foreshadowing in a minute. Foreshadow is give hints about what will happen later in the story. Why the bandage on the back of his neck. Some people think we can take the human soul out of the body through the back of the neck. He is the boss gangster.

 

Paying homage to: when a scene in the movie you are watching copies a scene from an older, famous movie. The director is showing his or her respect. I think this copies A Clockwork Orange. The close up, crazy expression

 

 

 

I See Them all the Time

 

 

The Tropic of Cancer: 23.5 degrees north, located on Highway 9 in eastern Taiwan

The Sixth Sense

Is the psychiatrist helping the little boy or is the

psychiatrist being helped by the little boy?

He is dealing with guilt. I think in a way this is a

Christian movie.

The shrink goes down into the basement.

The basement represents Hell. He wants to wallow

in his guilt (because his patient a year ago committed

suicide).

 

Foreshadow: give hints about what will happen later

in the story (plot)

Twist (of fate): surprise (usually at the end)

 

Horror  / tragedy   Genre

 

He goes to the basement because he believes he deserves

to go to Hell. Somebody, disagrees. Who put the table

with the books on it to block the basement door?

God is telling him he doesn’t need to go down there.

 

1. What is the twist of fate at the end of the film?

2. The movie is set in fall / autumn. Is this a coincidence

 or does it add meaning to the story?

3. How are the little boy and man who commits suicide

similar?

4. How are the little boy and the man who commits

suicide dissimilar?

5. What is the genre of The Sixth Sense? Explain.

 

This homework is out of 20 marks for a score.

Bleak mood.

 

 

 

 

 

Don't Call Me Freak: The Sixth Sense

 

 

Grades

10% Attendance: for every hour of class you miss, I

take away 1%. Miss nine hours, you fail.

40% Classwork and homework

30% Final Exam

20% Midterm Exam

 

Every movie we view should be a different genre.

Science fiction, horror, comedy, animation,

Western, romance, action, thriller

 

This movie is from nineties. It takes place in

Philadelphia, which is a historical city. In fact,

it is America’s first capital city.

The director is a first generation person. That means

his parents came from a different country.

So, he will have an unusual perspective. His family

emigrated from India. His father wanted to move to

a historical city.

 

I think the season, that it is fall, is important…

(contemplate the pic below). Does autumn represent

things dying, leaves falling off trees and bleak

weather?

We have five senses:

The sixth sense is your intuition.

The director wrote the story (script) and he has a

cameo. When a famous person is in a movie for

a couple of minutes.

Twist of fate: surprise at the end of story

There are a lot of hints for the twist of fate.

You will feel cold when ghosts are near.

 

Foreshadow: you get some hints about what will

happen later in the story

In Western literature, a red dress often foreshadows

a tragedy (death) because it is the color blood

 

 

The patient who committed suicide came from

a single parent family. His mother raised him.

He says: “People call me a freak.”

Why does Cole know Latin?

Protagonist: most important character in a story

 

He says he isn’t a good doctor anymore. He feels

guilty about the suicide.

 

They are both so similar. Who is he talking about?

I guess he is comparing the boy to the suicide victim.

 

Why is the doorknob red?

Why does he have trouble opening the door. 

 

Cameo: when a famous person is in the movie

for a short time

Final Exam: We'll Always Have Paris

These are the words, phrases, and names you need to know for the final exam:

Represent, Colony, Zinger, Casablanca, Sleigh, reindeer, Hillbilly, Caravan, Gypsy, Snatch, Throw the fight, Stereotype, US Marshal, moonshine, Cameo, Pay homage to, Genre, Science Fiction, Gangster,  Kentucky, Janitor, Wrapping paper, Symbolize, We'll always have Paris, develop, paragraph, sentence

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I was not going to do a movie this week. But I will

make the test shorter next week so we don’t have to waste two hours on it.   

How many people have seen “Good Will Hunting?”

The first director was Indian American, first generation and the son of immigrants.

The third was female director.

The fourth is a gay director.

Good Will Hunting is a pun. We often use puns to write titles. Shakespeare loved to write puns.

Good Will: be nice to other people you don’t know

We should show good will to our fellow man at Christmas. The protagonist is name Will. I think his surname is hunting. Hunting is also a person looking for some kind of truth. Metaphor. He comes from a troubled past. He is an abused orphan.

My dad told me a story. It was a grade ten drop out. He was a cowboy. And he was a janitor. He cleaned the labs at the University of Toronto. While he was there, he worked nights and saw the experiments on radar. He figured out a lot of radar’s equations even though he was uneducated. Later, he IQ tested at 197.

It takes place in Boston. Listen for the accent. Robin Williams won the Oscar for best supporting actor.

The driving scene from Pulp Fiction, which copies the driving scene from A Clockwork Orange. The director was copying Stanley Kubrick, who is famous director, to show respect. This is called paying homage.

The fight scene and the eye is paying homage to A Clockwork Orange.

The socio-economic idea behind the movie. Rich class v. poor class.

Why does Will feel angst? Nervous feeling young

people have because they feel they cannot solve their

problems.

1.  Lack of opportunity based on social position (money). He should be a student in the university, not a janitor. Not fair.

2.  He feels trapped in his neighborhood.

3.  He was a physically abused child.

 

P.O. This is an acronym for parole officers.

They are both from the same poor, blue collar neighborhood in Boston.

Match cut: copying to get from scene A to scene B

The sea is a mess of color. The sink is a mess of dishes.

Hint about something we will see or know later in the film or book. We know that he’s married, but where is his wife, and why is he drinking heavily?

Pay homage to, bird’s eye view, misanthrope, misogynist, tracking shot, chronological is sequential, myth, represent: symbolize, genre, filial piety

 

Paragraph: five or more sentences; when you write, you should explain

Homework:

1.  Write three reasons you think (not me) Will feels angst or pushes people away.

2.  Write a couple sentences on Robin Williams’ biography.

3.  What is your favorite Robin Williams’ movie.

4.  Why does Will have an emotional response when the shrink mentions Oliver Twist. This is an 1840s novel by Charles Dickens.

I said the genre of Good Will Hunting is drama. More specifically, it is a coming-of-age drama.

Line from Shakespeare’s Henry V: “Once more into the breach.” The door to the castle. Henry is saying “do not give up fighting and run away. Re-attack the French.

 

Paying homage to: copying a scene from another movie to show respect to the filmmakers

Gus van Sant is paying homage to Danny Boyd’s Trainspotting. The job applicants do not want the job they are applying for. Here, Will’s friend is pretending to be him. In Trainspotting, Spud is on the dole (free living from the government), but must show that he is trying to find a job.  

Don't Snatch

 

They give a little introduction at the start of the movie for what is going on in World War II. The movie was made in 1942, so WW II is still going on. 1939 to 1945.

World War.   Colony.

Germany kept invading other countries in the 1930s. England and France complained. Germany would always say “this is the last country we invade.” So, England and France would excuse them. This is called appeasement.

Casablanca takes place in Morocco, which was a colony of France. France had already lost. Germany has not taken over the colonies. Some of the people will kiss butt to Germany.

Colony: Taiwan was a colony of Japan from 1895 to 1945. Half mountain people.

There is an idea that Humphrey Bogart’s performance as Rick is the first modern acting performance. All the great actors now are beholden to him.

The narrator explains history for about two minutes. That is the French national anthem.

There are actors from 34 different countries.

Zinger: is a line remember from a movie. Casablanca has many. Why did you come here? I came for the waters. This is the dessert. There are no waters. Then Rick says “I was misinformed.” I do not want to hear you talk about the usual things. I am not interested.

2. “I stick my neck out for nobody.” I am selfish and just take of myself. I do not help other people.

3. “Your business is politics. Mine is running a saloon.” I have no interest in what you are talking about. Actually, I look down on you for caring about such stupid things as nationality or politics.

Here is the scenario. Almost everyone wants the transit papers that Rick, the protagonist, has. The papers (visa) will allow you to go to America. Rick’s ex girlfriend has returned with her husband. She had an affair before with Rick.

They keep talking about a concentration camp. They would not have sent a rebel to a concentration camp. This is 1942.

America did not really know what a concentration camp was in 1942. They had heard the word, but not seen them.

The concentration camps are where the Nazis killed millions of Jews, gypsies, and gay people.

Gestapo are the secret police of the Nazis.

4. Here’s looking at you, kid.

5. We’ll always have Paris. This means I like you but we cannot be together anymore.

6. Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. This is ironic.

7. We don’t amount to a hill of beans. Existential (meaning of life) for we don’t have any influence in the world or it is useless to try.

8. Round up the usual suspects. This means the police are not going to do anything and do not care about this particular issue.

Gypsy, Romani, piker, pikey: They are a culture of people living throughout Europe. The stereotype is they are thieves and poor.

They originally came to Europe during the Middle Ages (500 AD to 1400 AD) from India. Right now, the world heavyweight boxer is a gypsy. The other stereotype is they are great fist fighters. They live in trailers or caravans.

This genre is gangster. It is US meets England. Brad Pitt is the lead. He was originally supposed to play Statham’s role, but he could not do a cockney accent (poor people in London). But he can do a pikey accent for some reason.

The writer and director is Guy Ritchie, Madonna’s ex-husband.

Orthodox Jews. Traditional.

Gangster genre. Heist genre. Heist means to steal or rob with a professional. Snatch means grab, but it also means steal.

The genre of background music is reggae. He uses all different styles of music in the same music.

The fighter was paid to lose the fight. To fake being knocked out so the gangsters could gamble on the other fighter.

This is called “throwing the fight.”

1919 World Series for baseball: The Chicago White Sox threw the World series. They banned eight players for life from MLB, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, who has the second best lifetime batting average: .358. The gangster are “fixing the fight.” The fighter is “throwing the fight.”

Guy Ritchie used to be married to Madonna. They have two kids. Cameo is when a famous person goes in a movie for a couple of seconds (and is often hard to find).

Here's Looking at You, Kid

 

They give a little introduction at the start of the movie for what is going on in World War II. The movie was made in 1942, so WW II is still going on. 1939 to 1945.

World War.   Colony.

Germany kept invading other countries in the 1930s. England and France complained. Germany would always say “this is the last country we invade.” So, England and France would excuse them. This is called appeasement.

Casablanca takes place in Morocco, which was a colony of France. France had already lost. Germany has not taken over the colonies. Some of the people will kiss butt to Germany.

Colony: Taiwan was a colony of Japan from 1895 to 1945. Half mountain people.

There is an idea that Humphrey Bogart’s performance as Rick is the first modern acting performance. All the great actors now are beholden to him.

The narrator explains history for about two minutes. That is the French national anthem.

There are actors from 34 different countries.

Zinger: is a line remember from a movie. Casablanca has many. Why did you come here? I came for the waters. This is the dessert. There are no waters. Then Rick says “I was misinformed.” I do not want to hear you talk about the usual things. I am not interested.

2. “I stick my neck out for nobody.” I am selfish and just take of myself. I do not help other people.

3. “Your business is politics. Mine is running a saloon.” I have no interest in what you are talking about. Actually, I look down on you for caring about such stupid things as nationality or politics.

Here is the scenario. Almost everyone wants the transit papers that Rick, the protagonist, has. The papers (visa) will allow you to go to America. Rick’s ex girlfriend has returned with her husband. She had an affair before with Rick.

They keep talking about a concentration camp. They would not have sent a rebel to a concentration camp. This is 1942.

America did not really know what a concentration camp was in 1942. They had heard the word, but not seen them.

The concentration camps are where the Nazis killed millions of Jews, gypsies, and gay people.

Gestapo are the secret police of the Nazis.

4. Here’s looking at you, kid.

5. We’ll always have Paris. This means I like you but we cannot be together anymore.

6. Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. This is ironic.

7. We don’t amount to a hill of beans. Existential (meaning of life) for we don’t have any influence in the world or it is useless to try.

8. Round up the usual suspects. This means the police are not going to do anything and do not care about this particular issue.

Gypsy, Romani, piker, pikey: They are a culture of people living throughout Europe. The stereotype is they are thieves and poor.

They originally came to Europe during the Middle Ages (500 AD to 1400 AD) from India. Right now, the world heavyweight boxer is a gypsy. The other stereotype is they are great fist fighters. They live in trailers or caravans.

This genre is gangster. It is US meets England. Brad Pitt is the lead. He was originally supposed to play Statham’s role, but he could not do a cockney accent (poor people in London). But he can do a pikey accent for some reason.

The writer and director is Guy Ritchie, Madonna’s ex-husband.

Orthodox Jews. Traditional.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angst

 

How many people have seen “Good Will Hunting?”

The first director was Indian American, first generation and the son of immigrants.

The third was female director.

The fourth is a gay director.

Good Will Hunting is a pun. We often use puns to write titles. Shakespeare loved to write puns.

Good Will: be nice to other people you don’t know

We should show good will to our fellow man at Christmas. The protagonist is name Will. I think his surname is hunting. Hunting is also a person looking for some kind of truth. Metaphor. He comes from a troubled past. He is an abused orphan.

My dad told me a story. It was a grade ten drop out. He was a cowboy. And he was a janitor. He cleaned the labs at the University of Toronto. While he was there, he worked nights and saw the experiments on radar. He figured out a lot of radar’s equations even though he was uneducated. Later, he IQ tested at 197.

It takes place in Boston. Listen for the accent. Robin Williams won the Oscar for best supporting actor.

The driving scene from Pulp Fiction, which copies the driving scene from A Clockwork Orange. The director was copying Stanley Kubrick, who is famous director, to show respect. This is called paying homage.

The fight scene and the eye is paying homage to A Clockwork Orange.

The socio-economic idea behind the movie. Rich class v. poor class.

Why does Will feel angst? Nervous feeling young

people have because they feel they cannot solve their

problems.

1.  Lack of opportunity based on social position (money). He should be a student in the university, not a janitor. Not fair.

2.  He feels trapped in his neighborhood.

3.  He was a physically abused child.

 

P.O. This is an acronym for parole officers.

They are both from the same poor, blue collar neighborhood in Boston.

Match cut: copying to get from scene A to scene B

The sea is a mess of color. The sink is a mess of dishes.

Hint about something we will see or know later in the film or book. We know that he’s married, but where is his wife, and why is he drinking heavily?

Pay homage to, bird’s eye view, misanthrope, misogynist, tracking shot, chronological is sequential, myth, represent: symbolize, genre, filial piety

 

Paragraph: five or more sentences; when you write, you should explain

Homework:

1.  Write three reasons you think (not me) Will feels angst or pushes people away.

2.  Write a couple sentences on Robin Williams’ biography.

3.  What is your favorite Robin Williams’ movie.

4.  Why does Will have an emotional response when the shrink mentions Oliver Twist. This is an 1840s novel by Charles Dickens.

I said the genre of Good Will Hunting is drama. More specifically, it is a coming-of-age drama.

Line from Shakespeare’s Henry V: “Once more into the breach.” The door to the castle. Henry is saying “do not give up fighting and run away. Re-attack the French.

 

Paying homage to: copying a scene from another movie to show respect to the filmmakers

Gus van Sant is paying homage to Danny Boyd’s Trainspotting. The job applicants do not want the job they are applying for. Here, Will’s friend is pretending to be him. In Trainspotting, Spud is on the dole (free living from the government), but must show that he is trying to find a job.