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Films Essays and Term Papers
Underwater PhotographySince the development of the Aqualung by Jacques Cousteau and Emil Gagnan in 1943, we have been able to stay underwater safely and comfortably for extended periods of time. This amazing technological breakthrough allows us to discover, explore, and photograph the wonders of the underwater world. ...
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The Godfather: Gangster GenreCrime stories in this genre often highlight or glorify the rise and fall of a particular criminal, gang, bank robber, murderer or lawbreakers in personal power struggles or conflict with law and order figures, an underling or competitive colleague, or a rival gang. Headline-grabbing situations, ...
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Who Is The HeroMovies have evolved a great deal since the days when a couple fighting scenes and a small love story satisfied audiences. Today movie plots are much more complicated and have much more action, thanks to modern day technologies. Although these new technologies seem to make movies increasingly ...
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Glory: A ReviewGlory captures the heroism of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the first black
regiment in the Civil War, the Massachusetts "Fighting" Fifty-fourth. An
extremely talented cast and crew earned three Academy Awards (cinematography,
sound and supporting actor) and five nominations for their work in ...
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The Birth Of A Nation: The Pros And ConsIn the world of art, breakthroughs are continuous. There is always room for discovery, as well as expansion. And when a breakthrough does occur, it usually goes very well noted. Any person who likes paintings will learn about the important historical painters without having to go to art ...
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Technology Spontaneously Approaching `Humanity' With The Passage Of TimeTel Aviv University , Department of Film & Television
Tools once helped early man increase his survivability, and they became more and
more useful as means to achieve our goals. Today, innovations in technology have
allowed us to fabricate tools of increasing complexity. As we recognize that ...
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Connections Creating Perfection in Saving Private RyanSince the commencement of cinematic art, an abundance of motion pictures have been produced in order to respectfully portray the horrifying aspects of war. Though numerous productions that depict prominent eras of history can be viewed as successful projections to the silver screen, such as ...
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Amy HeckerlingAmy Heckerling
Amy Heckerling was born in 1954 in the Bronx. She was born to Jewish parents, her father was a CPA and her mother was a bookkeeper. In her early teens, the family moved to queens. Heckerling developed an early proclivity towards the arts. Because of this, her family decided to ...
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Screening AustraliaPre 1606 – Aboriginals lived in Australia, nomadic life
1606 the Dutch (Willem Janszoon) sailed to Australia from Indonesia
1642 Abel Tasman the first explorer who reached the islands of “Van Diemen’s land”
1644 Able Tasman made a second voyage named it “New Holland”
1698 William Dampier not ...
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The Objectified and Commodified Woman in Film and CinemaName: Gugulethu Ncube
Professor:
Subject: WST 320
Date: January 26 2012
The Objectified and Commodified Woman in Film and Cinema
In her work Visual Pleasure and Narrative cinema, Laura Mulvey seeks to address and bring to light the problem of the objectified and commodified woman in the ...
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Texas Chainsaw MassacreThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre, (1974).
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to me is the most terrifying grindhouse title of all time. A person could just read it off the movie poster or hear it within a commercial and become completely drawn to the idea. Grindhouse Theater in general references ...
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Beauty And The BeastHave you ever heard something go thump in the night? Do you believe in monsters? In the movies "" and "E.T.", the monster like characters the captured the hearts of viewers of all ages. They both involve two characters that are thrusted into lifestyles that they are not used to. The beast and ...
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Citizen Kane By Orson WellsBy many, Citizen Kane is one of the greatest films ever made. Orson Wells, at age 25, directed, produced, and starred in this film. Citizen Kane is a memorable film for countless reasons. The film brought about controversy because it fictionalized the life of William Randolph Hearst, a powerful ...
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ViolenceThe last five years have seen an increase in the stand on in movies. As action movies with their big stars are taken to new heights every year, more people seem to argue that the is influencing our country's youth. Yet, each year, the amount of viewers also increases. This summer's smash hit ...
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Blaxploitation - Dolemite Vs The MackIn the early 70's, "Mainstream films did nothing to give black people a sense that they were powerful and physically beautiful, or, at least for black women, that they were desired if they were darker than a brown grocery sack." (McKissack). That is why blaxploitation films started to come out. ...
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Use Of Fairy Tales In Germany Pale MotherPerhaps one of the most haunting and compelling parts of Sanders-Brahms’ film Germany Pale Mother (1979) is the nearly twenty minute long telling of The Robber Bridegroom. The structual purpose of the sequence is a bridge between the marriage of Lene and Hans, who battles at the war’s front, ...
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Midsummer Nights DreamAs with every play we read this quarter, we started A Midsummer
Night s Dream with only a text. Reading the script is the foundation of
Shakespeare, and the least evolved of the ways that one can experience
it. There is no one to interpret the words, no body movement o!r voice
inflection to ...
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Andy WarholNever before have I encountered more intriguing works of art than those done by . I have been curious about his life ever since I saw his work in Milwaukee. I saw his famous work of the Campbell's Soup Can. By viewing this, one can tell he is not your average artist. I'm sure his life is full of ...
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The Phantom Menace: I Swear I’ve Seen This Movie BeforeOver twenty years ago, George Lucas began filming his first hit movie of the Star Wars trilogy. Star Wars: A New Hope was so successful that it led to 2 more blockbuster films in the years to come. The three movies in this world famous, space opera trilogy have dazzled and amazed children and ...
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Wake IslandWhen the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, America was at last forced to officially enter World War II. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt officially declared war on the Japanese and in his famous radio address to the American people, he professed that December 7 was a day that ...
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