Essay - Structural and Thematic Review of Martin Scorsese's 'The Color of...

Structural and Thematic Review of Martin Scorsese's "The Color of Money"

ABSTRACT

American Cinema has succeeded in depicting the realities of present-day America. ***** Scorsese is one such director who has managed the task in h***** slow burn style. This paper is a review of one of his works, The Color of Money with t***** perspective.

THE COLOR OF MONEY: STRUCTURAL AND THEMATIC REVIEW

INTRODUCTION

***** Color ***** Money was released in 1986 by Touchstone Studio (On Location, 2002). It ***** directed ***** Mart***** Scorsese ***** Michael Ballhaus as the cinematographer. The main cast featured Paul Newman, Tom Cruise and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio ***** played the three most significant characters around which the plot and the themes of the film are built. Lasting for an hour and fifty-eight minutes, The Color of Money is based on the novel written by Walter Tevis and is associated with The Hustler ***** 1961 to ***** it is believed to be a sequel (The Color of Money: ***** Newman, 2002). Th***** ***** belongs to the genre of drama with a tinge of his*****ric *****. The Color of Money is acclaimed to be a typical Scorsese's film conducted in his slow ***** seventies style on which his ***** Taxi Driver too is patterned. The film w***** an Oscar Award ***** actor Paul Newman who played the character of Fast Eddie Felson and was merely nominated for an Oscar in the orig*****al version titled The *****. The ***** was shot in Chicago, Illinois ********** Atlantic City (New Jersey) for some Boardwalk and casino exteriors. Earlier narration in the film was recorded in the director Scorsese's own voice. Moreover, ***** Cruise learned ***** ***** all of the required trick shots except one which ***** instead performed ***** ***** professional Mike Sigel who along with other pool players of that era provided assistance to the ***** of the film.

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The Color of ***** is centered on ***** processes involved and its underlying themes in the underworld of pool games and pool sharking. This underworld is depicted by three characters namely Eddie *****, Vincent Lauria and Carmen played by Paul *****, Tom ***** and Mary ***** respectively. ***** Eddie Felson plays a bar *****er who was banned from playing ***** on account ***** his extraordinary prowess at pool playing. Once the best pool player, he has turned into a pool shark and is on the lookout for a protege with just raw talent whom he can train for the ***** billiards circuit. While on a *****, Fels***** notices Lauria at a ***** hall who is fleecing a professional pool hustler by be*****ing him at ***** own game using just the inn*****e talent. Requiring these exact traits, Felson convinces Lauria to partner with him by striking the deal through which he would educate ***** train Lauria in t***** ********** so necessary ***** pool shots in exchange of sharing the funds won as a result of ***** pl*****ying. Carmen plays Lauria's girlfriend *****se role is very substantive both to the