Vourvoulias In the class we read several texts written by Latino/as writers. Two of these texts are “Volar” by Judith Cofer and “La Gorda and the City of Silver” by Sabrina Vourvoulias. Both texts have some similarities and some differences that I’m going to be identifying in this essay. I’m going to talk a little about the authors and their literary texts. Afterwards I will be comparing both texts and the authors. I would also be talking about the authors as latinas writers and comparing them.
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younger brother from going down the same path which he took. The beginning and the ending of the film revealed a change in the character of Derek from a hate-fuelled racist to an open-minded person who finds his mistakes. Kaye uses black and white cinematography; non-diegetic sounds and also costumes to support his message that ‘hate is baggage’. When comparing the portrayal of the beginning and final scenes of Venice beach‚ the murder Derek which had committed to that of the murder of his younger brother
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in their motives and how they express themselves is really shown throughout the movie in many different scenes and the differences grow as the climax of the movie draws closer. Meryl’s priorities clearly show this as she puts herself first‚ the cinematography helps to develop the idea that the husband and wife are distanced and when Meryl breaks the ‘fourth wall’ shows the amount of stress that their relationship is under. From the first moment we (the audience) meet Meryl‚ right up until the last
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reducing the players down to good guys and bad guys or more cinematic‚ white hats and black hats. That changed radically in the late 1960’s and early ’70’s when a series of films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid‚ Bonnie and Clyde‚ The Godfather‚ Midnight Cowboy and One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ literally turned mythic structure on its head and presented the cinematic anti-hero. Before this golden age of film an audience could rely on the belief that no matter how complicated events
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32 people in Fairfax‚ ‚ in 2007 had repeatedly watched the ultra-violent Korean movie Old Boy‚ and emulated poses from the film People love the HBO series the “Sopranos” or Dexter for the same reason they love “The Godfather” trilogy. Even 41 years after it was released‚ “The Godfather” starring Marlon Brando is one of the most popular movies ever made. So what makes these such a hit with people? After all‚ these are movies where the lead characters are part of organized crime‚ men who spend
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soon ends up in a brutal military academy where he gets beaten by the other kids. After escaping and spending time in a Chicago hotel courtesy of his mother’s credit card‚ Igby is sent to New York for the summer to his godfather “D.H” Banes. Igby goes on to work for his godfathers construction company where he meets his heroin addicted trophy wife‚ Rachel. Rather than return to school‚ he escapes into the streets of Manhattan‚ hiding out with Rachel. Even though his mother is distant from him‚ Mimi
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the films you have studied for this topic. In the Channel 4 documentary Kid Criminals‚ our views and opinions are challenged through the use of certain techniques such as cinematography‚ mise en scene‚ editing and sound. The messages and values that we expect to see in Kid Criminals is challenged through the use of cinematography. The opening of Kid Criminals helps to draw the viewer in by showing the facility through the use of a panning high angle where the criminals are being held. Once the camera
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talent that suddenly burst forth in The Godfather (1972)‚ the most successful example of the epic narrative film-making produced by a major studio since Gone With the Wind. Starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino‚ The Godfather offers a richly romanticized and brutal portrait and the rise to power of the Corleone crime family. Feeling he had oversentimentalized the Corleones in the first film‚ Coppola set out to destroy in the harsher‚ bleaker sequel The Godfather‚ Part II (1974)‚ which many critics consider
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where one blocks or represses disturbing thoughts. Freud believed that one could access the unconscious mind through dreams and wrote an entire book about it. The movie Spellbound embraces Freud’s ideas and Alfred Hitchcock and Salvador Dali use cinematography to weave them into a riveting suspense filled cinematic ride. Dr. Peterson is a stifled‚ straight-laced‚ psychologist that works at Green Manors Mental Hospital in Vermont. She employs Freud’s psychoanalysis techniques with her patients as was
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