Word: heroã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...film attempts to make Newman into a hero with the quietly dramatic ending. However, it is hard to dismiss the prejudice and hatred he had for Jews throughout the script. In reality, he is no hero??he is an everyman, one who has striven his entire life only for calm, order and self-preservation. When he becomes associated with the people he hates, he comes eventually to realize several things about the nature of prejudice and the experience of being victimized mentally and physically. However, his actions are by no means heroic, and so Focus sends a powerful...
...family has two brothers, they have been separated at birth, one growing up to be a “hero?? and the other, an “anti-hero.” By the end of the movie, the anti-hero either reforms or dies saving his brother—but not before they perform a dance together (accompanied by their blind mother...
...heart, Driven is a well-intentioned attempt to use racing as a metaphor for life. There are no simple answers in this movie; the ‘hero?? doesn’t get the girl, the aged former star doesn’t win the race. And even when Bly finally achieves victory, Tanto takes the opportunity to remind him that “it doesn’t last.” No good guys or bad guys need apply; the goal is not to beat the other guy, but to beat oneself...