Chinatown Introduction Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir film‚ directed by Roman Polanski. The film features many elements of the film noir genre‚ particularly a multi-layered story that is part mystery and part psychological drama. The story‚ set in Los Angeles in 1937‚ was inspired by the California Water Wars‚ the historical disputes over land and water rights that had raged in southern California during the 1910s and 1920s‚ in which William Mulholland acted on behalf of Los Angeles interests
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A Great and Terrible Beauty A Great and Terrible Beauty is the first novel of Gemma Doyle’s Trilogy written by the American best-selling author‚ Libba Bray. It is a boarding school novel‚ told from the perspective of a girl in the late 1870s‚ Gemma Doyle‚ who discovers her mystical gift when she was sent to a finishing school in England. Gemma Doyle‚ the protagonist of the story‚ is a sixteen-year-old girl born in 1879 and was raised in India. On the day of her sixteenth birthday‚ she foresees
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Anthony Oliver Cine 105 Professor Clap 2 October 2011 Film 1 Analysis “American Beauty” Form is how the movie is portrayed. It’s all the dialogue‚ action‚ pictures‚ and sounds of a movie. While the content of consists of the subject within the movie. During “American Beauty”‚ Lester and Carolyn are constantly bickering at each other with their daughter Jane‚ who is stuck in the middle of her two parents gnawing at one another’s throats. The movie shows Lester buying a brand new firebird
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director of The Graduate and Sam Mendes‚ the director of American Beauty both do a great job of including specific framing shots. They also character proxemics to showcase the relationships between the characters. Both directors also use the dominant and subsidiary contrasts very effectively in their respective movies. These mise en scene film elements are vital to a good movie and these directors perfected them. The directors in these two films use character proximity very cleverly to show the viewer
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American Beauty Summary 1 In the movie American Beauty there are many ideas of the American Dream that come out of it as well as many controversies. There is much argument in the world already about what true beauty is and with the American Dream it is apparent that mainly it is about having material objects. In the article “Beautiful Necessities:” American Beauty and the Idea of Freedom by David L. Smith‚ he talks about how the two main families (the Fitts and Burnhams) are represented. “If
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Jerico Jay F. Bueno 1DMC-HUM01 Confessions/Kokuhaku A HUMANITIES MOVIE REVIEW AND TAKE HOME QUIZ Kokuhaku for me was a modern masterpiece having such an interesting storyline and also having actors who possess such great talents in portraying their own distinct character. People will have an understanding on how a mother loves her child and to what extent she will do in order to protect her child from danger. It is
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Gattaca Film Review Gattaca is a science-fiction film released in 1997‚ lead starring Ethan Hawke‚ Jude Law and Uma Thurman. The film details a man’s (Ethan Hawke/Vincent Freeman) physical breakthrough of the barrier of attaining his dreams of becoming an astronaut‚ but not being able to due to a heart defect imprinted in to his DNA. The film begins showing the birth of a baby and the process that goes with such an ordeal in ‘the not-too-distant future’. This baby was Vincent‚ who was genetically
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American Beauty 1 Heather Waltman American Beauty COM200: Interpersonal Communication Mary Ann Witt March 26‚ 2012 American Beauty 2 American Beauty The movie American Beauty is a movie of a young teenage
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AVATAR Producer: James Cameron Director: James Cameron Screen Writer: James Cameron Director of Photography: Mauro Fiore Music: James Horner Cast: Sam Worthington (Jake Sully)‚ Zoe Saldana (Neytiri)‚ Sigourney Weaver (Grace)‚ Joel David Moore (Norm Spellman) et.al. A dozen years later‚ James Cameron has proven his point: He is king of the world. As commander-in-chief of an army of visual-effects technicians‚ creature designers‚ motion-capture mavens‚ stunt performers‚ dancers‚ actors
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American Beauty Analysis The film American Beauty focuses on a man named Lester Burnham and how his midlife crisis is affecting him‚ as well as the people involved in his life. Lester is in a horribly strained marriage with his wife‚ Carolyn‚ and has lost total connection with his daughter‚ Jane. His boss views him as completely useless in the workplace‚ and wants Lester to quit. Indignant by his wretched life‚ Lester decides to create changes in him. The viewer will watch Lester’s mundane personality
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