Extra Credit Assignment

The image of the screening room with the child looking at film is from a movie called, "Cinema Paradiso", made in 1988; it's original title is "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.

The color image of the two women dramatically looking facing the camera is an image from a movie called, "Talk to Her" by Pedro Almodovare which was originally filmed in Spanish. 

The picture of the filmmaker is of Luis Buñuel. He was a Spanish filmmaker who worked internationally in Mexico, Spain, and France. He was born on February 22nd, 1900 and lived to be 83 and passed away in Mexico City. His work was influenced by Federico Garcia Lorca, Andre Breton, and Jean Epstein. He is identified as working in the Surrealist Movement and is known for his diversity in working across two different continents and in three different languages. He has also worked within almost every film genre. 

THE BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE TALKING TO A SOLDIER IS FROM A MOVIE CALLED "THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS", MADE IN 1966. THE ORIGINAL TITLE WAS "LA BATTAGLIA DI ALGERI". IT WAS WRITTEN BY GILLO PONTECORVO AND FRANCO SOLINAS AND IT WAS DIRECTED BY GILLO PONTECORVO; STARRING BRAHIM HADJADI, JEAN MARTIN, AND YACEF SAADI. THE MOVIE IS KNOWN FOR THE DIRECTING CHOICES OF GILLO PONTECORVO. HE CHOSE TO CAST ALMOST ALL NON-PROFESSIONAL ACTORS WHO WERE CHOSEN SOLELY ON THE FACT THAT THEY LOOKED LIKED THE CHARACTERS THAT THEY WERE PORTRAYING INSTEAD OF THEIR ACTING SKILLS. GILLO PONTECORVO STILL GOT THE PERFORMANCE HE NEEDED TO MAKING HIS FILM BY USING HIS SKILLFUL ACTING AND ACCOMPANIED IT WITH VERY SPECIFIC LIGHTING CHOICES AND PLACING THE ACTORS WITHIN THE SCENE TO EVOKE EMOTION FROM MORE THAN JUST FROM THE ACTORS PERFORMANCES.