Witness- Film Analysis Report.

Title of Film: Witness.
Date:1985
Director of film:Peter Weir.
Actor:Harrison Ford(John Book),Kelly McGillis(Rachel Lapp),Josef Sommer(Chief Paul Schaeffer),Lukas Haas(Samuel Lapp),Danny Glover(James McFee)
Type of film: Drama,Romance.


Summary and Analysis.
Samuel is Amish boy.He treveled with his mother Rachel.They went to the train station to go to Philadelphia.While they were waiting for train,Samuel went to restroom and he watched murder scene,so he was the only witness.John is a very honest police officer.He wanted to try to protect them from McFee parties.John and McFee got gun battle and because of that,John got wounded.He brouht Rachel and Samuel to Amish town and he got treatmented from Amish man.He stayed and adjusted to new and unfamiliar life in Amish town helping Amishes.While he is staying there,McFee party found out where he was.They droped in Amish town and they tried to kill John.However,their plan was failed and 2 people died.Finally,police officeres came to Amish town and John leaved that.




Relation to case study.
I think John is a person who adjusted to new life and culture very easily.He followed the Amish's rule well and he tried to be with Amish people working and helping with them.However,Dita could not like John.She did not try to accept new culture.She just tried to avoid her hard time in America.I think both of them got a similar situation but their attitide which accepted a new culture was different.

Reaction to Film.
I think this movie was the first movie that i watched very interesting in America culture class.It was easy to understand about culture shock so i could know it very easily.John and Rachel's love story was also very interesting thing.They had different culture but they fell in love each other.I have seen some Amish people in my dorm so it was very famililar and amazing while i was watching this movie. I was able to know about Amish watching this movie.After i wathced this movie,i came across Amish students.At that time, i recalled 'Witness'. Anyway, this movie was very fantastic and interesting to me.I expect to watch like this movie the next time.