Kay’s first appearance in the film is when she is a child running through the fields‚ representing innocence. Then she becomes sick and her cousin Gale takes her to the hospital. To her families’ horror‚ the Government officials take Kay away as part of the Stolen Generation. In another scene Cynthia and Gale (cousins) vist Kay in Melbourne to inform her that they are going to Vietnam to perform for the soldiers. Instead of welcoming them‚ Kay comments with racial judgements like ‘If it’s money
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character’s point of view from within it. Bickle is a veteran Marine who can’t sleep and decides to take the job of driving the long hours. He narrates the film as well using dialogue from the journal that he keeps. Through the imagery and symbolism of the taxi itself‚ the musical backdrop‚ and the artistic editing‚ Martin Scorcese’s American psychological thriller captures the filth and futility and filth of a city through the eyes of the very thing that keeps it running‚ the taxi driver. Bickle
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The recurring motifs common to these two films. Leaving Behind In both the films‚ the protagonist at a certain point in their life goes through an event where they decide to leave the routine of their life and pursue‚ out of intuition‚ something else that is away from their past. In Double Life‚ Weronika leaves to visit her aunt in Krakow after telling her father that she doesn’t feel like she’s alone in the world. She leaves her lover and father behind to arrive in Krakow‚ where she spots her double
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in this film. Dax tries to get them out of the trenches but the soldiers will not move because they know they will die. When Dax goes up the ladder out of the trench to try to lead the charge shows why the soldiers won’t move because Dax can’t get out of the trench without a dead body rolling onto him. Another infuriating scene in Paths of Glory‚ that’s shows how greedy the people in charge during the war is the trial scene. This scene is why this film is highly regarded as a great film. This scene
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Medicine Game is a fascinating documentary film about lacrosse players‚ Jeremy and Hiana Thompson. The Thompson brothers are living in Upstate New York with their parents and siblings and belong to the Onondaga Nation. Since they were little‚ they have dream to play for the Syracuse University lacrosse team. This film in short is a documentation of their struggles to achieve their dreams. I‚ personally‚ really like the way Jeremy perceives lacrosse game. He says that they should respect the game
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Many examples of how the morals of the youth changed were in the film. The first one is the breakage of the 18th Amendment. Roxie Hart‚ the protagonist‚ consumes alcohol illegally with her lover Fred. Roxie Hart and her boyfriend are shown consuming alcohol on the stairs‚ a direct stand against rules and standards. During the 1920’s‚ drinking in public was taboo‚ but the dare factor of alcohol was an exciting challenge which was meant to be rebelled against by the younger generation (Lazin). Another
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The film “A Bronx Tale” centers on the life of a boy named Calogero on his journey from childhood‚ to adolescence‚ to a young adult. Calogero‚ later nicknamed “C” grew up in a community with prevalent gang behavior and the violence that accompanies this lifestyle. From a young age “C” was fascinated with the life of various members of the mafia especially the leader of the group- Sonny. As a child‚ “C” maintains an incredibly close relationship with his father‚ but over time “C” becomes overwhelmed
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THE ACTOR 2011 In 1927‚ silent film George Valentin is standing for pictures outside of his latest film. When a young woman‚ Peppy Miller‚ accidentally hits into him. Valentin ignores it‚ and shows off the cameras. “The next day Peppy finds herself on the front page of newspaper with headline who is that girl” Later‚ she goes to auditory as a dancer for Valentins show. Like that she becomes more and more popular‚ and when the director of the kinograph studios decided to pass to “talkies”
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then see her crush several sleeping pills into Nicky’s dinner and invite him downstairs. Knowing the danger‚ we follow Nicky as he attempts to barricade the door and plans to hide till his uncle (who we never learn much about during the course of the film) arrives to save him. Gardner is out of the house hiding the body of the insurance agent he had to kill to keep quiet about their fraud and is approached by one of the hitmen demanding payment and threatening to kill his son and Margaret. It then cuts
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19 acting class Due March 13 2012 By Charles (Chuck) Borges March 13th 5:30am This short essay is about a character in the film “Drugstore Cowboy” Bob. This is what I think his character is like‚ and what’s going on in his life before this next scene. Bob is a ringleader or mastermind of an underdeveloped group of drug store robbing addicts who Procure their vices by
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