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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“Disturbing New Pathways”). The legacy of Psycho (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock‚ renowned American movie director‚ inspired countless movies and created a new sub-genre in horror‚ known as “slashers”. According to Carol Clover‚ an American professor of film studies‚ the slasher movie is characterized as following the story of a psychotic killer who brutally victimizes a group of young attractive women with a phallic sharp object‚ until he is eventually overpowered or killed by the one “final girl” who
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Limitless or Limiting? “Obviously I miscalculated a few things…” – The opening line to what I thought (and still think) was a gripping watch until I read the reviews that demolished the way I read and interpreted films. One of these demoralizing reviews includes a one liner from a ‘Top Critic’ of The New Yoker stating: “Very limited‚ actually.” Perhaps I had miscalculated a few things myself. I found myself in the same designer shoes as the main character that was ready to jump off the ledge of
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The State of the Union Poverty in Great Britain Introduction Poverty is a major problem in the world; half of humanity has inadequate access to water and millions of women spend several hours per day collecting water. In developing countries poverty is an evident problem‚ but in industrial countries it is a troubled issue because it is difficult to define poverty in a welfare society. In this essay the relationship between poverty and social mobility in today’s Great Britain is discussed and analyzed
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Jett Palframan Ms. Nicolson Film Studies Connected This short drama film follows two protagonists and their struggles with bullying‚ social media and trust. The “popular” girl Abby Hull is beautiful‚ seemingly confident and can be very mean when she wants to be. Although she has no trouble being a bully in the really world‚ Abby prefers to do it behind the protection of her computer. Abby picks on numerous girls over social media because of dark issues that reside inside her due to her everyday
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won’t say a word.” “Watching you win those races while I was fighting for my life‚ you were equally responsible for getting me back in the car.” INTRODUCTION The film ‘Rush’‚ directed by Ron Howard‚ is about the intense rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt in the 1976 Formula One racing season. A key relationship in the film is the rivalry between Lauda and Hunt. Conflict between the two is established from the very beginning of their relationship‚ the relationship comes to a head when
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The film The Wave‚ showed how absolute power can corrupt absolutely‚ and to an extent anyone could become become the second Hitler if given enough power. Ben Ross‚ a history teacher at Gordon High School in 1969‚ was upset that he couldn’t answer one of his student’s questions so he decided to research the topic. The question pertained to the fact that ninety percent of Germans that were not a part of the Nazi Party were allowing the genocide to happen. Mr. Ross decided to create an experiment that
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The Film Crash COM 200 Interpersonal Communicati November 06‚ 2011 The Film Crash In the 2004 film Crash (Haggis)‚ several conflicts are explored between people living in a racially indicted city. While the conflicts occur at many levels between many people throughout the film‚ the most unproductive to watch as the viewer is the conflict between Daniel Ruiz‚ the locksmith‚ and Farhad‚ the shop owner. The conflict escalates as communication between the two breaks down over a language
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Cameron Mitchell 9/28/11 Villains in Film 2nd Draft Why So Serious? In recent years‚ technology in the cinema industry has become amazingly effective in creating alternate realities for us to go see for seven dollars on a Tuesday night. For a movie villain to be successful and spark emotions from its viewers they must look the part‚ be insanely brilliant‚ and push the protagonist to the edge. The first and most obvious characteristic that makes an amazing movie villain is their appearance
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Film and Music piracy by definition is the illegal copying of movies and music videos for personal or commercial use. This is a new epidemic that is effecting the film industry financially on a global level. What are the necessary steps that can be taken on behalf of the film and music industry that can stop this illegal practice from occurring? Once you walk down the city streets like Petaling Street‚ you can easily find vendors selling their bootleg DVD copies of new released movies for half price
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