thrillingly intelligent films to be released last year. The follow-up to his low-budget debut Following (1999)‚ Memento is a technical and imaginative tour-de-force that wrenches you from your normal popcorn slouch and demands attention; this is a film that makes you work and makes you think‚ and one which‚ unlike Lenny‚ you won’t forget in a hurry. The opening image - a Polaroid developing in reverse‚ the image slowly fading into obscurity - is a perfect metaphor for a film which thrives on the
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Globalization‚ Culture‚ and Diversity The impact of the growing film industry It is no secret that the growth in mass media has greatly increased globalization. Advancements in technology allow us to connect with the world in ways we couldn’t before. This globalization has greatly impacted our views on cultural understanding and diversity. Before the internet‚ people had very limited knowledge of other cultures. However‚ with the expansion of mass media‚ people can now‚ not only‚ know
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2) Why this movie‚ what does it tell you about yourself? I chose this film and character due to having both watched and enjoyed the film. I particularly appreciated the subtle‚ yet captivating show of Brandon’s life and trauma‚ that both he and his sister had seemingly shared. Consequently‚ nothing was set in stone‚ but the resulting behaviours exhibited by Brandon is exceedingly real‚ and each scene begins to reaffirm your interpretation as the movie proceeds. I consider the movie to truly highlight
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was trying to portray. These differences are what made the film a close adaptation. The way dialogue is portrayed differs in the novel. The film has time and background music to elaborate on details. The novel has to keep the audience engaged. Camera angle also help portray this dialogue. Thes camera angles can “add meaning to the subject being filmed” (Desmond Hawkes p.28). In this aspect the characters can get into more detail in the film. The connection between Hugo and the Automaton and how
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth chronicles the ambitions of the title character through a text rich with power‚ murder‚ and revenge. Geoffrey Wright contorted these elements to fit the crime thriller sub-genre of film which uses action and psychological aspects to build tension and suspense (TSL). This sub-genre personally motivated Wright‚ for he wanted to convey the text from a psychological and materialistic view as was relevant to his home in Melbourne‚ Australia. According to Gary Braver‚ bestselling
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Sometimes distorting it to evoke emotion‚ moods and ideas. Expressionism was mainly an artistic outlet before taking its place in film. It was used as a method of disposing with aesthetically pleasing works and focusing more on the abstract. The artist would often use bright‚ clashing colors‚ messy and jagged lines‚ and flat shapes. This could easily be translated to film to evoke a sense uneasiness‚ anxiety and fear. A great example of this would be The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari‚ it used expressionism
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Kongens Lyngby‚ Denmark | Occupation | Film director and screenwriter | Influenced by | Andrei Tarkovsky‚ Carl Theodor Dreyer‚ Ingmar Bergman‚ Stanley Kubrick‚ Douglas Sirk‚ David Lynch‚ Michelangelo Antonioni‚ Jørgen Leth‚ Erich von Stroheim‚ Josef von Sternberg‚ Bertolt Brecht | Spouse(s) | Cæcilia Holbek (m. 1987–1995)[1] Bente Frøge (m. 1997–present) | Lars von Trier (Danish: [ˈlɑːs fʌn ˈtʁiːˀɐ]; born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956)[2] is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely
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Bowling for Columbine) and Cannes (for Fahrenheit 9/11) award winning writer/director. Again‚ at the recent Cannes Film Festival‚ Michael Moore’s premier of "Sicko" was an overwhelming success. It received a 15-minute standing ovation when the curtain went down‚ and according to the American Society of Registered Nurses‚ “had made even the most hardened journalists weep.” This film depicts the story of the American health system in crisis. Albeit being an avid fan of American medical series-
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In the film‚ Glory‚ the director made specific choices in editing the scenes in how we are meant to see it. He wanted for us to understand and capture what he was trying to accomplish in said scenes. Music and sound is used to capture our attention and focus on the scene that is currently being shown. The director made choices to place music and sound in specific moments when there is dialog or without. Music and sound is to help us as viewers to understand truly what is going on and how we are to
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Things They Carried is without a doubt an exemplar of the latter. In parallel with O’Brien’s book‚ philanthropist Robert Redford directs and produces his film Lions for Lambs to this very same end. Lions for Lambs features a similar brand of invocative‚ yet gravely reformative storyline. As a result of these similarities of purpose‚ both the film by Redford and the novel by O’Brien explore similar aspects of war and people‚ and advise (subtlety) identical messages. Redford and O’Brien seem to be
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