As the film American Beauty‚ released in 1999‚ comes to a close‚ Lester Burnham final arrives at peace as he realizes the beauty that is depicted in the title. Be as is may‚ he is suddenly met with his ultimate demise‚ but not before his penultimate realization. Although this film is coming upon nearly two decades old‚ the cinematography cannot be undermined‚ nor can the message as it becomes ever increasingly relevant in today’s society. For that‚ American Beauty is the quintessential movie that
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feels uncomfortable in a setting‚ feeling unwelcomed‚ and feeling targeted. Get Out shows the story of Chris as he meets his white girlfriend’s parents for the first time‚ and in meeting them he becomes a victim to her family’s wickedness. Get Out is a film that provides insight to the views of African-Americans in society and how they feel as the victim in more ways than the White-Americans because they are expected to behave in ways that are not true to their character‚ beast like‚ and subordinate.
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North by Northwest Hitchcock’s Shining Moment To the average viewer‚ each of Hitchcock’s films are individually suspenseful‚ nerve-wrecking‚ and enticing. The 20th century director managed this by having a formulated and scientific approach to creating his movies. In North by Northwest‚ these elements all come together to create the epitome of Hitchcock. A popular and reoccurring theme in Hitchcock’s movies is the case of "the wrong man‚" or mistaken identity and being wrongfully accused
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were recorded quotes that made the final cut for the film‚ which directly and exclusively bolstered the reputation of the United States‚ these pieces were few and far between as the audience was otherwise exposed to grieving and homeless old women who’d lost all they had to United States military bombers. Prior to portraying an apparent systematic destruction of harmless and vulnerable villagers‚ Davis inserted shots from a US propaganda film depicting that housing eviction was truly a threat to
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East is East is a film about a Half-Pakistani family lives in England. The father‚ George/Jahangir Khan is from Pakistan and wants his children to feel connected to his home country. Ella Khan however is the mother of the family and is from England. Because of this there is a struggle for the seven children to find their identity. Mr. Khan expects his children to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways‚ but the children does not really feel like they belong to Pakistan. After having lived their whole
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During the 1940s‚ a new style of film emerged‚ which was later referred to as "film noir." These films were set apart from others due to their gritty nature and overall dark quality. They were inspired by the culture of the 1950s. There is a common belief that the 1950s was a time of complete bliss for everyone involved. In fact‚ it was a time of global distress due to communism and nuclear weapons and misogynist gender roles. Film noir movies were excellent at portraying the culture of fear of the
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Americans. William F. Cody was on tour with his Wild West show during 1883-1917‚ which reenacted battles against the Plain Indians. Similarly‚ Robert J. Flaherty distinctly focused on capturing the old ways of the Itivimuits tribe in his 1922 docudrama film‚ Nanook of the North. Under the direction of these two men‚ both types of entertainment were explosively popular across North America and Europe. The creators of these crowd-pleasing forms of entertainment held Native Americans at a high level of
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specifically by breaking down how B-Boys and B-Girls pioneered and shaped the hip-hop culture known today. While this documentary‚ interview-styled film had limited information to share about other aspects of hip-hop‚ it gave a wide variety of facts and details of B-Boying‚ or ‘break-dancing’‚ which is considered to be one of the key elements. Overall‚ this film did not incorporate an encompassing description of the four main elements that created ‘hip-hop’ (DJ-ing‚ MC-ing‚ graffiti‚ and B-Boying)‚ but
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second wife now sings and drinks. The camera sweeps up and down into the barroom’s skylight. (Lewis‚ 2008) The movie Citizen Kane was a revolutionary film for its time. The movie differed from traditional cinematic techniques in Hollywood at that time‚ and followed a nonlinear approach‚ depth of field in the scenes to show importance and power‚ and film techniques such as mobile camera filming to accomplish a narrative transition. The movie’s non-traditional approach contributed to its overall success
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Have you ever wondered where your food comes from? If you have then you are not the only one. American Film producer/director‚ Robert Kenner‚ in his academy award winning documentary Food Inc. he takes a deeper look into the food industry‚ and uncover the “veil” that most Americans do not want to see. Some people think that our food still comes from small farms in the corn belt of America‚ but sadly that is not the case anymore. Due to the rapid increase in population‚ mass production of food is
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