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This is an analysis of Mike Nichols' film 'Carnal Knowledge'  Mike Nichols'  Carnal Knowledge is about best friends Johnathan and Sandy and their philosophies on sex, women, and happiness. Johnathan (Jack Nicholson) is a bachelor whose idea of happiness is relating to women physically. Sandy (Art Garfunkel) is also looking for the perfect sex partner and the perfect marriage.  Both men end up desensitized and enslaved to the urges of the flesh, Johnathan turning to scripted encounters with prostitutes and Sandy marrying a woman half his age. Sandy and Johnathan are 2 sides of the same coin: Sandy is the type of man women say they want—he’s a gentleman, accommodating, patient, follows the rules, etc. Johnathan is the type of man women really want— he knows what he wants, he’s direct. But most importantly, he’s a bad boy. We wear masks When I go to work, I am a professional; when I visit my mother, I am her son; when I’m with the guys, I’m macho; when I’m here, I sw...

An analysis of Ingmar Bergman's 'The Seventh Seal' The Seventh Seal is a 1957 Swedish fantasy written and directed by Ingmar Bergman based on his play called Wood Painting . The film follows Antonius Block (Max Von Sydow), a 14th century knight from Sweden who goes off to fight in the Crusades and returns home to a country ravaged by the Plague. The film’s epigram, Revelations 8:1, describes a half hour of silence after the opening of the Seventh Seal; it is within this half hour that Block and Death play a game of chess that Block uses to buy time to search for the meaning of life and the existence of God. The themes of the film deal with universal questions pertaining to God, life after death, and destiny.  Life after death The question of whether there is life after Death torments Block and he seeks this answer from the church; a possessed woman condemned to burn at the stake; and from Death himself. No one, however, can answer his question.  Amidst the threat of danger...

This is a plot summary of director Ingmar Bergman's 1957 film 'The Seventh Seal'.  The Seventh Seal is a 1957 Swedish fantasy written and directed by Ingmar Bergman based on his play called Wood Painting. The film follows Antonius Block (Max Von Sydow), a 14th century knight from Sweden who goes off to fight in the Crusades and returns home to a country ravaged by the Plague. The film’s epigram, Revelations 8:1, describes a half hour of silence after the opening of the Seventh Seal; it is within this half hour that Block and Death play a game of chess that Block uses to buy time to search for the meaning of life and the existence of God. Crusader Antonius Block and his squire Jons wash up on the shore of Sweden, both having fought long years in Jerusalem only to return home to a country  ravaged by the Black Plague. When they awaken, there is a chess board set up and also Death who has come to take Block; Block is not ready to die, however, and challenges Death to a chess m...

An analysis of Truffaut's 'Fahrenheit 451' Here is a plot analysis of  Fahrenheit 451  I want to share with everyone. Thanks.  Fahrenheit 451 is a 1966 British film directed by Francois Truffaut who co-wrote the script with Jean-Louis Richard. In an unspecified dystopian future, individuality is denied, conformity is the law, and firemen are paid to burn books. Based on the 1954 novel by Ray Bradbury after the book burnings in Nazi Germany, the film stars Julie Christie as Clarisse, Oskar Werner as Guy Montag, and Cyril Cusack as the Fire Captain of Engine House 451.  The dominant theme in this film is censorship in literature and speech. The film is also about a future where people are more engaged with technology and gadgets than each other; this future has arrived. Today, you see people in public places, on packed on buses, in malls, etc, oblivious of each other on their “smart phones.” People zoned out of the real world, involved in fatal car accidents, etc. Soc...