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american beauty

The well received American Beauty opened in 1999 and to the joy of those involved and whether you were one of those walking out of the theatre raving about how wonderful or how atrocious it was, you were talking about it. Wonderfully scripted and directed American Beauty reached its viewers with both words and imagery of amazing proportions. The film was directed by Sam Mendes a renowned theater director from Brittan who finally after having received many film scripts decided to undertake direction in the film world. It was also a first screenplay for television writer Alan Ball.
Analysis of this film could begin with the title. “American Beauty ‘.a simple title that is ambiguous in its relation to the film. It could allude to the roses grown by Caroline or to the character anagela who initially seems to be the perfect American beauty it might also refer to the American dream and to what we think of as “beauty” in our daily lives.
The message of the film is portrayed...

Posted by: Alexander Bartfield

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