"What I Want My Words To Do To You" is a documentary about the lives of women prisoners that are incarcerated in Bedford Hills. The director and executive producer for this intriguing documentary was Eve Ensler.
In the documentary, Eve Ensler visits Bedford Hills Prison to talk to the prisoners with the worst prisons sentences. Eve Ensler brings hope, life, and courage to the women by letting them express their feelings, talk about their crimes, and write down burdens they carry.
The camera work, editing, sound, lighting, script, and special effects in this movie were exceptional. Eve Ensler captured the emotion in the ladies' faces, the insight in their lives, and was "up close and personal" about their crimes. Eve offered a trusting environment for the women to open up. All of the cameras were never too far away from the person speaking. She made it about the speaker and only about the speaker.
Recommending this movie would be the most difficult thing of all. Although some parents might want to show their young children this movie to put that "scared straight" mentality in them, the language in this documentary is explicit. I would recommend this movie to the age group of 14 year olds and up. At that age, most of the prisoners were already getting in trouble, so showing it to the 14 years old age group where peer pressure is a key factor, instills in the 14 year olds "consequences for your actions."
In conclusion, "What I Want My Words To Do To You", is an amazing documentary that will show compassion, hope, and trust in people that you may not even know.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Psycho
Whodunit was the only question on every body's mind in the 1960's book-turned-movie Psycho. With the amazing works of the master of suspense, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, and his creative ways with cameras, Psycho was an absolute hit.
The plot of the movie was quite eerie because of the movie being based on Marion Crane and her blooming relationship with Sam Loomis. Fast forwarding to her stable job, Marion was given the responsibility to deposit 40,000 dollars for her boss. Instead, Marion steals the cash and leaves town abruptly. On a stormy night driving, she decides to stop at a motel for rest. A decision that would do exactly that.
The camera work, editing, sound, lighting, script, and special effects in this movie were exceptional. The great work of the auteur Alfred Hitchcock really brought the film together. The camera angles and music went hand in hand to make certain scenes scary or suspenseful. An example of the music being used to make a scene scary/suspenseful would be when Marion was in the shower and the music started out low and built up until her death. This let the viewer know that something, anything, was about to happen. Using violins to gradually build up a scene made chills run down spines and goosebumps form on forearms. However, the lighting was constantly black and white. Using black and white color throughout the film, (even though color was available at this time) made the film absolutely unforgettable. The script and acting was fantastic. Janet Leigh, mother of modern day actress Jaime Lee Curtis, did an outstanding job with the acting, from her facial expressions to her tone of voice. In that time period, using different camera angles and having great acting and music was all you need to scare 1960's folk. Nowadays with computers, most gory movies, look real.
In a nutshell, Psycho definitely scared present day viewers and viewers back then. Stating that no one could come into the theatre late, Alfred Hitchcock changed the way movies are viewed, when we view movies, and how the inspiration of horror movies came to be.
The plot of the movie was quite eerie because of the movie being based on Marion Crane and her blooming relationship with Sam Loomis. Fast forwarding to her stable job, Marion was given the responsibility to deposit 40,000 dollars for her boss. Instead, Marion steals the cash and leaves town abruptly. On a stormy night driving, she decides to stop at a motel for rest. A decision that would do exactly that.
The camera work, editing, sound, lighting, script, and special effects in this movie were exceptional. The great work of the auteur Alfred Hitchcock really brought the film together. The camera angles and music went hand in hand to make certain scenes scary or suspenseful. An example of the music being used to make a scene scary/suspenseful would be when Marion was in the shower and the music started out low and built up until her death. This let the viewer know that something, anything, was about to happen. Using violins to gradually build up a scene made chills run down spines and goosebumps form on forearms. However, the lighting was constantly black and white. Using black and white color throughout the film, (even though color was available at this time) made the film absolutely unforgettable. The script and acting was fantastic. Janet Leigh, mother of modern day actress Jaime Lee Curtis, did an outstanding job with the acting, from her facial expressions to her tone of voice. In that time period, using different camera angles and having great acting and music was all you need to scare 1960's folk. Nowadays with computers, most gory movies, look real.
In a nutshell, Psycho definitely scared present day viewers and viewers back then. Stating that no one could come into the theatre late, Alfred Hitchcock changed the way movies are viewed, when we view movies, and how the inspiration of horror movies came to be.
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