American Films Chinatown In this essay I will discuss technical‚ stylistic‚ and storytelling from one of the great American noir films of all time‚ Chinatown. The storyline is unparalleled and the portrayal of the characters by Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway are brilliant. Director Roman Polanski and writer Robert Towne created a masterpiece‚ and it doesn’t go unnoticed. The duo captures everything that is film noir from the World War II times while tweaking the rules along the way. Chinatown
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Whether you’re stuck on the 405 freeway during rush hour‚ on the 15 freeway heading back from a long-weekend vacation‚ or driving through the busy streets of Hollywood‚ traffic on the highways and streets of Los Angeles can often be a hassle. In Dagoberto Gilb’s short story Love in L.A.‚ first published in 1986‚ the troubles of traffic are experienced first hand by our main character Jake. Jake is a common fellow with a steady occupation who is merely trying to make his way to work through the busy
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break out in Europe in 1939? There are many factors that supposedly caused war to break out in Europe of 1939. This essay is will take a look at long term factors such as the shortcomings of Versailles and the weakness of the League of Nations as well as short term factors such as the rise of fascist leaders‚ the Wall Street Crash and appeasement. Firstly‚ one of the main long term causes of World War 2 (WW2) was the Treaty of Versailles (TOV) and the unresolved issues that followed after World War
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4.3.8 Cause and Effect Essay How Water Vapor and Clouds Cause Rain It’s a rainy day! Have you ever thought about how rain is formed? The process by which water vapor and clouds cause rain will be explained here. Water vapor and clouds are key elements in the production of rain. The process in which water travels from the earth to the air and‚ eventually‚ back to the earth again is called the water cycle. In this cycle‚ there is a chain of ev
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‘Up’ The Movie Up is a movie directed by Pete Docter and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Its lead actors are; Edward Asner‚ Christopher Plummer and Jordan Nagai. Up is an animation‚ adventure‚ comedy‚ drama and family movie which was released on the 3rd of September 2009 in Australia. This film struck me for its stunning and beautiful images. No doubt we face one of those movies that are meant to be enjoyed by children and their parents at the same time. The story tells about an elderly
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months of Abraham Lincoln’s‚ life leading up to his death in April of 18**. Based in January ‚ with a historical drama background directed by Steven Spielberg‚ it doesn’t fall short compared to any of his other films he’s done in the past. The movie is centered around Abraham Lincoln‚ played by Daniel Day Lewis‚ trying to get the 13th amendment passed by congress in 1865. It shows the difficulties and struggles Lincoln faced at the time‚ and how his family and supporters stayed behind him. The
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In the next five paragraph essay I’m going to be talking about a very important topic called the “Unwanted Pregnancy”. I’m going to mention some examples of why teenage girls get pregnant at a very young age‚ mentioning the cause and effect of unwanted pregnancy and some problems that these young girls go through. This topic it’s a little bit sad for me because I’m a young girl and seen me in that position is hard and stressful. First of all this topic has a lot of reasons
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The impossible The impossible is a great and inspirational movie of the disaster that hit Jakarta and Thailand in 2004. This movie was based in Thailand in a paradise resort in Khao lak Thailand. It all started with a family of five Naomi the mother Ewan the father and the three kids Lucas‚ Thomas and Simon they were going on an amazing holiday to a resort in Thailand. After Christmas day they went to bed very early after a big day out swimming. They got up in the morning had some fun outside kicking
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This movie begins with the Captain of the army‚ Benjamin Willard is in a hotel room‚ who appears to be very drunk and angry. He ends up breaking a mirror during his anger and sits on the floor contemplating for a little while. Willard gets instructed to join other men on the boat‚ known as Lance‚ Clean‚ Chef and Chief who controlled the boat that they were going up the river on. On this boat‚ they team up with Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore. Their goal is to find Green Beret Colonel‚ Walter Kurtz who
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portrays an aspect of Indian culture that deals with social taboos‚ religious tradition and social status. “Water”‚ set in 1938‚ examines the lives of a group of women who‚ after being widowed‚ are rejected by society and are reduced to poverty. This movie brings greater understanding to the treatment of women in Indian culture‚ the social class system and the effect Mahatma Gandhi had on the social outcasts of India. 1938 India was a patriarchal society. Women were not allowed to inherit property
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