Sophia Sullivan FLM2009-630: The Art of Film M. Brown Melodrama Stella Dallas (1937) Dir. King Vidor. Starring: Barbara Stanwyck‚ John Boles‚ Anne Shirley‚ Barbara O’Neil‚ Alan Hale. MGM (DVD) This film follows our protagonist‚ Stella (Barbara Stanwyck) through her journey of courtship‚ marriage to loss. Stella sneaks her way into meeting Stephen Dallas (John Boles) after finding out in a tabloid magazine article about his family fortune being loss and him ending his engagement to Helen (Barbara
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Steinbeck’s novel of ‘Of Mice and Men’ and Sam Mendes’ ‘American Beauty’ each explore the American dream‚ an ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire and achieve. Both texts place their own contextual perspective upon its ideals and the settings are the main distinguishing points between the texts‚ from the Californian Dust Bowl in the 1930s to the globalised commercial 21st century. ‘Of Mice and Men’ suggests that the American Dream is to attain private land ownership‚ so as to belong
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Analyse the relationship between African American Cinema and Hollywood exploring the effect on ethnic representation in 2 key films Today on the surface at least it is possible to say that black actors have reached stardom comparable to and in some instances well beyond their white counterparts. Will Smith is the current favourite for the blockbuster action movie moving away from his ethnic buddy movies such as Men in Black and Wild Wild West. There have been Academy awards for actress Halley
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movies I’ve ever seen. Once watching it‚ your heart can easily be touched to every inch because of the meaningful message it brings: everybody can do everything with determination and…love. The movie is performed by excellent actors who truly make the film. Will Smith‚ a Hollywood action superstar‚ plays in this very dramatic movie with his real-life son-Jaden Smith. It is‚ in my view‚ the greatest acting ever in his famous career. Thus‚ I personally think that one of this film’s successes is the perfect
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Whose name comes to mind when you hear the word “hero.” A hero is a person you admire‚ look up to‚ and have respect for. A hero is someone you want to transcript because of their actions and accomplishments. A hero is someone we cherish‚ like our first teddy bear when we were young. My hero is my mom. I’ve been in this world for 14 years now and all I can say is that I thank god for creating the women that created me that I can depend on anytime and call my mom. After all the bad and rough
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SCENE I Stella is a transfer student in a famous university .In the beginning of her first semester‚ her teacher asked her to introduce herself. Teacher: Nice to meet you Stella‚ could you introduce yourself to everybody? Stella: Sure. I have a dream‚ that is‚ to have a colourful life in the next four years. First I’ll do my best in studies‚ not only for scholarship but also for myself. Second‚ i’d like to make some new friends in my university life. With no doubt‚ Stella will be a star in the
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In both text‚ ‘American Beauty’ and ‘The Catcher in the Rye’‚ the illusion of the American Dream is explored. These two texts rely heavily on symbolism to convey messages of desire. In ‘The Catcher in the Rye’‚ the red hunting hat is symbolic for Holden’s desire to be an individual. The presence of the hat mirrors the central conflict in the book: Holden’s need for isolation versus his need for companionship. The colour red is symbolic‚ in ‘American Beauty’‚ for desire as well. Angela‚ Lester’s desire
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Film Review – 127 Hours Today I would like to recommend a movie to you called “127 Hours”. It is the true story of the adventure of a mountain climber‚ Aron Ralston. Ralston was hiking alone one day and incidentally he was trapped in a canyon with his arm stuck under a rock. He got very little water and food and even more worse‚ he had not told anyone where he was going. After being trapped for over five days‚ he realized that there was very little chance that someone would rescue him
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Billy Elliot‚ The Movie Review The story takes place in a coal mining town located in Northern England ‚ during the 12-months long strike in British coal industry‚ which later considered a major political victory for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the conservative party. The main character‚ Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is a 12 years old motherless boy. Youngest member of Elliot’s family‚ a patriarchal miner family where the father (Gary Lewis) and older brother (Jamie Draven) are both
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USC- PR Vanessa Alexandra Activity 8: Film Review "RENT" RENT I was raised all my life in the theater and I have taken lessons of everything that has to do with fine arts. Two of my passions are dance and sing‚ that is why my interest has been created for musicals. One time I saw this musical for the first time‚ I knew it has something special‚ but I was a little girl and I did not realized the meaning. Once I grew up and I could understand what was happening this musical become part
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