Synopsis of Killer of Sheep

Stan, the family man as the protagonist of the score/ rent, is decent, hardworking, and enslaved by poverty. He works in a sheep slaughterhouse. His is a story of the 70s that encapsulates what African-American life is all about in the Los Angeles ghetto of Watts.The whole tapestry of the lives of Stans family his neighbors his friends his community was so vividly depicted in the film. Various episodes transpired in his life in the story. Some of Stans friends tempted him to participate in a murder a white woman flirts with him Stan and his friend buying a car engine, the consoling moments Stan spend with his wife and child. The entire story is about perseverance, patience, desperation, abuse, hope, despair, pride in work, joy in austerity, and haleness even in poverty.Synopsis of Days of nimbus cloudFour men of Algerian nationality were the focus of the story about recruitment of labor union Africans to serve in the French Army to wage its campaign against the Nazi across Europ e during ball War II. Each of the four recruited soldiers has different reasons for joining the army.Amidst the state of war, their experiences became varied as they witnessed the atrocities of war the discrimination the barbarity the despair and the intolerances the indignities. The war made them confused and seeking justice for their rightful place for the courage, dedication and committal they gave in service of France.The Comparative AnalysisKiller of Sheep is an American drama film of human element that was crevice in black and white in 1977. It runs for 81 minutes. It was first presented as a feature film dissertation by its Writer Director, Charles Burnett, for his Masters Degree in Fine Arts. Inspite of the excellent reviews, the film originally hired gun in 16 mm was not able to be commercially released due to some medical specialty infringements that Burnett could not afford to cover.The film was finally restored and re-issued for full 35 mm screen in 2007, with the tolerate compensations for copyrights of the music used. The film has got a very poetic treatment of the scenes the drabness was intended to give world to the feelings evoked by the story.Burnett was masterful with his shots and camera work, He operated the 16-millimeter camera himself, edited the black-and-white images into a visual poem and added the ballads, the jazz and the moody blues that seep into your head like smoke. The result is an American masterpiece, freelance to the bone. (Dargis, 2007)Days of Glory is a French drama film, also of human element, shot in color in 2007. The film runs for 120 minutes. With strong visuals and even stronger emotions, Rachid Boucharebs Days of Glory makes a powerful war film about a particularly unique subject scenes of combat are well staged and shot. (Honeycutt, 2006). The film was created as straightforwrd as it should be about the tales of the characters. It exuded honest emotions and vivid narration of what the environment of war w as.The portrayals adopted in the filmmaking is classical wherein there was no overplaying of the issues of the story. Insuch manner, the message of the story stay as germane(predicate) in times that will come and go. The camera work on comat sequences are precise. The scenes truly explicit the dramatic impact that the moral lesson of the film intended to portray. The film was nominated to the Oscars Foreign lyric poem characterisation Category in 2007.ReferencesDargis, M. Whereabouts in Watts? Where Poetry Meets Chaos.20 Mar 2007. The New York Times.http//www.movies.nytimes.com/2007/03/30/movies/30kill.htmlSchwarzbaum, L. plastic film Review Killer of Sheep. Entertainment Weekly. 28 Mar 2007http//www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20016243,00.htmlhttp//www.killerofsheep.comHoneycutt, K. BottomLine A Strong Film for SpecialtyVenues.The Hollywood Reporter. 26 May 2006http//www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=295Turan, K. Movie Review Days of Glory. Los Angele s Times. 6 Dec 2006http//www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/d-et- days6dec06,0,6442085.story?coll=d-mreview)Scott, A.O. Yes, Soldiers of France, In All But Name.New York Times Review, 6 Dec 2006http//movies.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/movies/06glor.html?ref=movies)