Runner Films intend to stimulate‚ inform and challenge us; there are many ways‚ both subtle and unsubtle that filmmakers use to express ideas and information. The notions of the familiar and unfamiliar are crucial to the construction of the science fiction film. The familiar is used to connect the viewer‚ while the unfamiliar is used to create a comfortable distinction between the film and reality and to show grand ideas that may not be expressed without far out imagery or iconography. The film Blade
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The Quiet Man The Quiet Man represents one example of how a director changes the work of an author when creating a movie for the general public. The Quiet Man‚ developed into a full-length movie directed by John Ford in 1952‚ followed the story written by Maurice Walsh in the 40’s. Changing the story line‚ Ford created a movie that the public would want to see. Decades ago‚ film studios employed actors and directors to make movies for their studios. So movies produced by a studio often included
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‘All about Eve is about choices’ All about Eve directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz‚ 1950 is a film about the choices that each character makes. Throughout the film‚ some of the characters had choices. These choices included trust and honesty. However many of the characters trusted too easily and when they realized the truth‚ it was too late. As one of the most manipulative character‚ Eve starts the story‚ it was Karen’s choice to introduce one of Margo Channing’s biggest fan to her. People make choices
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I found the film Inequality for All troubling. In society we know there has been an income gap between the wealthy‚ middle class‚ and people from different communities such as rural areas. However‚ it is unfortunate to see that the income gap is a greater problem than expected. People with different backgrounds and demographics have all been affected by this economic burden. A burden where they have no control over. Even the most stable middle class working stated‚ “I feel as though I am not middle
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Nhu Student code: 7116773 Instructor: Truong Thi Kim Lien Literature and movies (XH541) Group 1 Reflective journal 2: The Quiet American April 4‚ 2014 The Quiet American: A wartime love triangle One of the famous novels written by Graham Green‚ The Quiet American was adapted into the film with the same name directed by Phillip Noyce in 2002. The themes of the film mention not only war‚ but also love setting in Saigon‚ Viet Nam‚ in 1952‚ during the First Indochina War where much of focuses
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William Shakespeare’s Hamlet tells the story of how betrayal and the supernatural lead Hamlet‚ the prince of Denmark‚ down a path of self-destruction. Gertrude‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ also plays an instrumental role in his decline. Her quick marriage to his uncle‚ Claudius‚ who kills his father‚ devastates Hamlet. He ponders adopting the Greco-Roman philosophy of revenge‚ but questions its morality because he respects the Judeo-Christian virtue that honors fathers‚ old or new. These elements lure Hamlet
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The reasons for stalemate on the Western Front? WW1 started as a war of quick lightning thrusts and high mobility‚ but degenerated into an astonishingly protracted war of static battle lines. The Western Front was the name given to the line of trenches stretching from the Belgium coast to Verdun. Following the Battle of Marne and Aisne of 1914‚ both sides dug in believing trenches to be temporary. The Front stretched for hundreds of miles‚ meshed with complex trench systems and barbed wire. Why
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important than the Western Front” When many people think about World War 1‚ they imagine trench warfare with machine guns and tanks. They just think about the Western Front and men conquering bits of land bit by bit to win the war. This was certainly the more publicised part of the war. But what many people missed was the war at sea. What did the ships do to help win the war? Could we have won the war without our navy? And was it even more important than the war on the Western Front? Now even thought
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Staying true to his style and content by pushing the envelope on controversial topics such as this in his writing‚ T.C. Boyle frequently addresses the theme of adultery throughout many of his short stories. Reoccurring in the selections “Caviar” and “All Shook Up” adultery takes on a disturbing component of the stories as the main characters similarly get caught up in the unacceptable. With differing motives‚ paralleling
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The Quiet American: Choose a novel which explores in an effective way a theme which is important to you. A novel of which explores a certain theme‚ the abusive corruption of American power is Graham Greene’s “The Quiet American”. Greene’s novel is set in the French colony‚ Vietnam‚ which is soon to be lost to the Communists. His narration and description of characters such as Alden Pyle the titular “Quiet American” of whom is proud to be American and is working for the Economic Aid Mission of which
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