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The final glimpse given to the audience of the character Carolyn Burnham in Sam Mendes’ 1999 film, American Beauty, is a point-of-view shot taken from her husband’s perspective on a fast spinning carnival ride. Carolyn is thrilled and bursting with passionate joy; perfectly in focus while the world around the two lovers appears as a … Read more
The final glimpse given to the audience of the character Carolyn Burnham in Sam Mendes’ 1999 film, American Beauty, is a point-of-view shot taken from her husband’s perspective on a fast spinning carnival ride. Carolyn is thrilled and bursting with passionate joy; perfectly in focus while the world around the two lovers appears as a … Read more
American Beauty is a 1999 drama film, directed by Sam Mendes, based around the mid-life crisis of 42-year-old advertising executive Lester Burnham after he develops an obsession with his teenage daughter’s friend. The film plays on ideas of the American Dream, the ideals and superficialities of the American middle-class and the subversion of this, culminating … Read more
Lester Burnham begins his character journey in American Beauty as a pushover of sorts. He has little to no power at home, he is rather close to losing his job, in short he is reaching a mid life crisis. Everything changes when he meets Angela Hayes, a close friend of his teenage daughter, who he … Read more
Sam Mendes compelling film, “American Beauty,” reveals that the white picket fence American dream doesn’t necessarily supply happiness to life. Full opportunity and social success, the exact concept of the American dream, is the particular mindset destroying the most significance of goals in life; happiness. This film takes the prospectors on an emotional journey through … Read more
Happiness can be defined in many different ways and is based on perception. In the eyes of every individual, the pursuit of happiness has a greater meaning where many of the characters try to find it in their own manner. People disguise their own happiness as an escape from reality and for a major part … Read more
