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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Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson gives a powerful performance in the action drama Snitch opening in theaters this weekend. The film‚ based on true accounts‚ takes you on a suspense filled ride under the fine direction of famous stuntman Ric Roman Waugh. Although the film does provide insight about how the justice system works‚ the hard knocks story does add a lot of ‘Hollywood’. As the movie opens‚ we find 18-year-old Jason Collins (Rafi Gavron) talking to his best buddy on Skype about
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country’s life completely as well as the lives of people generations from him. This paper will discuss and evaluate the 1982 film Gandhi. Through exploring both the film and the autobiography of Mohandas Gandhi‚ this paper will attempt to compare and contrast the depiction of our great hero. In addition‚ this paper will discuss how the information in the film represents Gandhi distinctive to how Gandhi portrays himself within his autobiography. Furthermore‚ this paper will subjectively illustrate
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Sarah Ladis History 2235 1:00 February 21‚ 2014 The biographical film Gandhi‚ directed by Richard Attenborough‚ starts off with a life changing moment in Gandhi’s life when he is thrown off of a South African train for being an Indian in the first class section. It is at that moment when he realizes that the regulations are prejudiced against Indians and in reply‚ he chooses to create a non-violent protest movement for the human rights of Indians in South Africa. Although the ruling classes
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Wadjda The feature film Wadjda draws a picture of gender inequality in Saudi Arabia through the eyes of a young girl‚ who grew up in the Arab culture. This film portrays how religious tradition contributes to women’s stance in society through dressing‚ body language and the women’s role in the family. Granted‚ this film discusses men privilege‚ which is the inherent right of a man to do more things than a woman can. The movie was made in 2013 by the first Saudi female director named Haifaa Al-Mansour
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Titanic is James Cameron’s two hundred million dollar film portraying the real tragic voyage of the Titanic passenger liner as it sunk in the North Atlantic ocean during the April of 1912. The film is one hundred and ninety four minutes long which- fascinating factoid- is longer than the journey of the Titanic. Oh the bitter irony. You have to admit‚ Cameron is pretty gutsy to just assume people will watch his three-hour movie despite knowing EXACTLY what happens in the end. If you don’t know then
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Grand Torino was a film released in December 2008. The film was directed‚ produced‚ and starred by Clint Eastwood. "Nick Schenk’s screenplay wasn’t written specifically for him‚ but after seeing the film it’s impossible to imagine it with anyone else." (Charity) Schenk became acquainted with the history and the culture of the Hmong in the 90’s working in a Minnesota factory. In addition‚ Schenk learned how the Hmong had sided with the South Vietnamese forces and their U.S allies during the Vietnam
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Martin Luther was portrayed in the film as being a very educated man especially in the biblical text. He was however also portrayed as being a sort of mental wreck this is shown by how he acted in the several scenes that seemed to be in his living quarters at night when he would argue with himself and the devil. Martin Luther was respected by his teacher but his teachers colleagues did not approve of some of his behavior. Luther’s father saw him as being a failure since he had worked so hard to
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“To Kill A Mockingbird” (1962) Director: Robert Mulligan Writers: Harper Lee‚ Horton Foote Starring: Gregory Peck‚ Mary Badham‚ Phillip Alford and Brock Peters. In today’s digital society‚ black and white films have gained the reputation of being boring and less value than a colour film‚ but despite this “To Kill A Mockingbird” still holds its place in movie history. The beauty of Harper Lee’s philosophy and Mulligan’s execution‚ heavily out ways any lack of visual effects. Set in the racially
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The film Twilight tells the story of Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart)‚ a typical moody teenager from Phoenix‚ Arizona who has recently moved to the small town of Forks‚ Washington to live with Charlie‚ her father. She attends Forks High School where she meets Edward Cullen (Robert Pattison) and unknowingly changes the course of her life from that point on. In time Bella comes to the realisation that Edward and his family are vampires. They have lived for over a thousand years between them but have never
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