Film Analysis Paper No. 6: “Enemy at the Gates” (2001) by Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Write a 2-page film analysis paper addressing the following questions:
1. What are the main themes of the film?
2. What are the strengths and weaknesses in the way the themes were portrayed?
3. How does the film relate to the issues discussed in class lectures and readings? Provide at least two examples.
4. What struck you as particularly interesting?
5. What do you know now that you did not know before?
Proving again that war is hell, and some war films are, too, Jean-Jacques Annaud’s “Enemy at the Gates” takes a great setting, some resonant themes, a turning point in 20th-century history — and bleeds them of all power with bad dialogue and uninspired direction. Though not credited on screen, title comes from William Craig’s book “Enemy at the Gates,” about a duel between a Russian shepherd and a German nobleman during the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43), one of the great turning points of World War II in which the Germans finally were defeated in their march eastward by stubborn resistance from the Russians. A major theme of the film is about how Vissili, the hero of Stalingrad, is bringing hope to the everyday foot soldiers, but at the same time
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understudies. Given the expected worth of such figures propelling scholastic achievement and hence impacting results like maintenance, wearing down, and graduation rates, research is justified as it might give understanding into non-mental techniques that could be of possible benefit to this populace (Lamm, 2000) . Part I: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY Introduction The country is encountering a basic lack of medical care suppliers, a deficiency that is supposed to increment in the following five years, similarly as the biggest populace in our country’s set of experiences arrives at the age when expanded clinical consideration is essential (Pike, 2002). Staffing of emergency clinics, centers, and nursing homes is more basic than any time in recent memory as the enormous quantities of ‘people born after WW2’s start to understand the requirement for more continuous clinical mediation and long haul care. Interest in turning into a medical caretaker has disappeared as of late, presumably because of the historical bac