Using Doty’s reasoning‚ Velvet Goldmine offers a multi-dimensional perspective of queerness as a whole. Two characters clearly embody these perspectives: Brian Slade and Curt Wild. Slade embodies a mainstream approach to queerness; he promotes his lifestyle as a desire that transcends both homosexuality and heterosexuality. Throughout the film‚ he usually presents himself as if to suggest a feminine personality (use of lipstick‚ makeup‚ mascara.) In his press conference‚ he
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There where no indications of a relationship between the author and anybody in the story‚ but when I read further into the Postscript I found a possible relationship. The Postscript says that Julia Alvarez "heard" about the story of the Mirabal Sisters when she was a young girl‚ therefore I knew she was not involved firsthand in the actions of the revolution because the times would not have fit. Alvarez mentions that she moved to New York‚ but
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Gandhi Film Analysis Towards the end the movie‚ Gandhi is laying down on his bed‚ weak‚ and unable to move. He has vowed to fast until the fighting between the Muslims and Hindus has subsided. A man comes to see him‚ and confesses that he has killed a boy and that he is going to hell. Gandhi simply responds with “Why?” The man responds by saying that the Muslims have killed his own son‚ and that anger caused him to get revenge. Gandhi‚ unfazed‚ says that he knows a way out. He tells the man to
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voices or many languages. “Babel” takes place in Morocco‚ North America‚ Mexico and Tokyo where many different languages are spoken throughout the movie. The main theme of the movie is lack of communication and miss-communication amongst the characters. The film is divided into four parts: the American couple‚ the shooter kid‚ the Japanese girl‚ the two Americans children’s nursery maid that brings them to her sons weeding in Mexico. Each of these stories is close to the other‚ and the causes of each
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Hollywood perspective as other countries make their own films even compete against the familiar style. Transnational films break through both ‘national’ and ‘international’ forms and can be taken on a global and local scale. Though‚ it does not limit media to one country‚ but works across many national cultures and economies. Films are not limited to just one country; they can be filmed across one or in many. Although‚ due to the original context of the film‚ not every country may be able to fully grasp all
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The key props that I found in this film Cronos by Guillermo del Toro that plays a huge role in the movie is that there’s Golden Mechanic scarab device called Cronos. This Cronos device was invented in the 1536 by an alchemist‚ that gives eternal life. The characters in the film tell a story about a dying old man Dieter de la Guardia and his nephew Angel the bad guys‚ where they want this device for eternal life. In the other hand there’s Jesus Gris and orphan granddaughter‚ Jesus is an antique dealer
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goes on to say that “the movie develops the movie characters as independent‚ intelligent‚ spunky‚ and interesting people. Halloween does not hate women” (Siskel). This sort of critiquing falls under feminist criticism which states that “feminist literary studies soon began‚ however‚ to claim the equal but distinctive qualities of writings by women and men” (Mays 2347). The movie Halloween is treating women equally‚ giving them a better character or representation than most of the
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Poster Analysis In the poster I have used is heart-warming and sentimental image to convey to the audience that the film is about the friendship and love of a boy and his dog. The mise-en-scene suggests that it is set in a rural place which also carries conventions of a tragedy genre. The poster suggests that it is a family drama and maybe even a tragedy film. The name of the film is ‘A Dog’s Life’; I picked a typography that suggests that it is written in chalk or crayon type texture to shows
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Grace Massett Professor Delmira Valladares Film 101 September 16‚ 2015 Casablanca Casablanca was a romantic film produced in 1942. Internet Movie Database summarizes Casablanca as “Rick Blaine‚ who owns a night club in Casablanca‚ discovers his old flame Ilsa is in town with her husband‚ Victor Laszlo. Laszlo is a famed rebel‚ and with Germans on his tail‚ Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country.” Rick Blaine is the main character and he is described as cynical and doesn’t have a care
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different theatrical elements in all plays‚ including characterization‚ dialogue‚ costuming‚ props‚ and setting. This is consistent in Peter Hall’s 1973 film production of The Homecoming. In this production‚ the props and set help to display the given circumstances such as financial status‚ relationship dynamics‚ and the overall demeanor of the characters. Specifically‚ these are communicated through the physical characteristics of the set‚ Max’s chair in the living room‚ and the consistent color scheme
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