Postwar Realism II

Straight and documentary photographers

        Lewis Hine documented the construction of the Empire State Building. I find the series of the construction really amazing. I can't imagine being one of the constructors and being in such a high point! It must be very impressive and a feeling of adrenaline all the time. The series Lewis Hine recorded are one of the best works anyone has done because I believe, the Empire State is one, if not the most, famous and iconic building in the world, and being able to see how the process of its construction went is priceless.

Postwar Realism

American Postwar Film

       Hollywood movies dominated American films for such a long time with its fantasies, but some time after World War II, there was a chance for Americans to make more “honest” and a little different kind of films.

The Best Years of Our Lives, was a collaboration between director William Wyler, cinematographer Gregg Toland, composer Hugo Friedhofer and some very talented actors. It is a three-hour movie about American soldiers’ return and re-adjustment to their homes; where we can see how it isn’t a fantasy story, and is much more a real-life thing.
Also, the main three soldiers of the movie, were each of them from a different social class. This shows how life-based the film is.

The next video shows one of the most famous scene form this movie.

John Cheever's "The Swimmer"

      My opinion on this story is a good one. I admire how John Cheever could write such an interesting story and make a lot of things happen in so few pages. It really is a very short story. I really liked this story because it isn't boring and is very easy to read. For me, everything happened so quickly, that the end of the story arrived pretty soon, and never did I get bored, although the end was a bit confusing.