Exploitation films have been produced since the beginning of film‚ but once the Production Code was no longer in effect‚ more these films could be produced and at a faster rate. One genre of exploitation cinema is the drug crime film. Starting as early as the 1930s‚ filmmakers made movies about the dangers of doing drugs. These films were often cheaply made and aimed at a small audience (Clark 4). They were theatrically simple‚ with an uncomplicated narrative: “these are films whose entire function
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Film Analysis: “MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING” Introduction to Sociology “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”‚ is a wonderful movie all about the Greek sub-culture in Chicago. This movie explores‚ and demonstrates many sociological points. This movie is exceptional because‚ this movie also shows the values of Greek immigrants living in America. Furthermore‚ the American Greeks in this movie promotes three traditional values - marry a Greek boy or girl‚ have Greek babies‚ and feed everyone. This is a value that
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Company Overview Helen of Troy Limited is a global designer‚ developer‚ importer‚ and distributor of an expanding portfolio of brand-name consumer products. The Company operates in three segments: Personal Care‚ Housewares and Healthcare. Its Personal Care segment’s products include electric hair care‚ beauty care and wellness appliances; grooming tools and accessories; and liquid‚ solid- and powder-based personal care and grooming products. Its Housewares segment provides a broad range of consumer
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Film Analysis: Bernie In the movie “Bernie”‚ we follow the story and between a Carthage‚ Texas funeral director Bernie Tiede‚ and his co-dependent relationship with a wealthy widow‚ Marjorie Nugent. As “Bernie” unfolds‚ we see the companionship turn for the worse as Ms. Nugent’s ill-temper causes Bernie to snap – and lands her dead in her freezer. This movie brings up some questions‚ specifically regarding image. After analysis‚ the question I keep coming back to is “Was Bernie genuine and sincere
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Code and convention of horror film: A horror film follows certain code and convection to achieve its purpose of scaring and alarming the audience. The following are some of them: Setting/location: The location used for this genre of a film is isolated and lonely area that has been abandoned or an area where the victim will feel vulnerable. For example small communities‚ dark streets‚ narrow alleyways‚ roads‚ woods‚ haunted places‚ farms‚ country sides and cities etc… sometimes places with ‘dark’
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Film Noir‚ meaning “black film’ in French‚ was the trending style and genre in American culture between the 1940s and the 1950s. It is a combination of European cynicism and the American landscape. Film Noir has its origins from German Expressionism and French Poetic Realism. Nino Frank‚ who was a French film critic‚ was the first to introduce this black and white genre to Hollywood in 1946. Many of the directors who introduced Film Noir where refugees from Nazi‚ Germany. From that moment in time
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In the 1939 film Mr. Smith goes to Washington‚ directed by Frank Capra there is a strong corrupted depiction of the United States political system in the way that the Senate functions. There is evident character conflict‚ development‚ and interaction which is able to entice the audience and keep them guessing as to who will come out on top. The characters manipulate one another for personal gain and political gain which keeps the film moving‚ as well as helps the main character‚ Mr. Smith‚ grow‚
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What kind of films do you like? Most people don’t care about what they watch. It’s important because people can learn more from poetic films. Japanese films are more poetic and better made than other films‚ from how war affects others‚ how the characters change‚ and the tough issues that are involved. For example‚ Japan’s films involved the effects of war‚ and social acceptance (Nastasi). In the films Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind‚ and Princess Mononoke‚ the characters are dealing with the
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business‚ dedicated his energy and considerable fortune to discovering the Troy Homer describes in the Iliad. By using the writings‚ Schliemann was able to locate the site of the Ancient city of Troy. Manfred Korfmann‚ a German archaeologist‚ interested in the city of Troy itself‚ set out to find out the truth about Troy through science‚ rather than using the Iliad as a guide‚ but when researching and discovering historic events in Troy‚ numerous finds matched up to Homer’s writings. Armed conflicts in 1200
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ANALYSIS The set up is kind of slow‚ yet story-building. Seeing as this is the last movie of the Blade saga‚ the script becomes more intense that the two prior. A band of vampires finally stumble upon a diamond when they discover the remains of the legendary Dracula in a cave in the middle of the Iraqi Desert. When they reach his body which was buried deep underground they come to realize he is still alive. In a chase with some "familiars" as Blade calls them‚ he rams the back of the car with
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