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    Silent Movies (Summary)

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    SILENT MOVIES Talk to people who saw films for the first time when they were silent‚ and they will tell you the experience was magic. The silent film‚ with music‚ had extraordinary powers to draw an audience into the story‚ and an equally potent capacity to make their imagination work. They had to supply the voices and the sound effects‚ and because their minds were engaged‚ they appreciated the experience all the more. The audience was the final creative contributor to the process of making a film

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    Disney’s attempt to appease the masses by the production and release of films that portray male characters were both strategic and ingenious. Hearing the argument from its opposition‚ the filmmaker responded with a barrage of movies that depict masculine protagonist in a positive light‚ contrary to the tone of the article authors‚ Ken Gillam and Shannon Wooden. Their interpretation of their son’s slip of the tongue‚ “Lightning McQueen” versus “Lightning the queen‚” was‚ at best‚ a mere accident.

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    Root Cellar After reading the poem written by Theodore Roethke‚ entitled Root Cellar‚ I envisioned a dark‚ scary‚ ghost story. The poem was very understandable to read and on the surface it explains vegetables in a root cellar. The text has a literal meaning of that but the figurative language Roethke used in his poem painted a very different picture then a plan root cellar. I saw dead and living things in the dark. I believe the poem Root Cellar is about more than just an underground pantry of

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    Translation in Movies Names

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    Translation In Movies Names I. Introduction As we all known‚ film is an audio-visual art. This glamorous act is a magnificent gem in human history‚ which creates romantic stories and leads human into a marvelous land we have never come before. Looking back to the development history of film‚ we cannot deny that film reflects the society reality and the time spirit. As the cultural exchange between China and overseas become booming‚ film plays an important role as culture envoy. Film was

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    Espionage and Bond Movies

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    From early movies based on World War II to modern films about the Cold War‚ Hollywood has always seemed to distort the line between fact and fiction. Ian Fleming’s James Bond was and still is the catalyst of the latest transformation of undercover agent within the spy genre. Moreover‚ other films such as Mission Impossible II have also propagated this distortion between truth and reality through the character of Ethan Hunt. However‚ separating the theatrics from the truth is important; movies within

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    Culture and Indian Movies

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    ‘’impact of Indian movies on Pakistani youth’’ it is stated that Indian actors and Indian movies are very much popular in Pakistani youth. In Pakistan the Bollywood movies are very much famous and the real reason of Indian movies popularity is the step by step downward of our Pakistani showbiz industry. It is said that Urdu language became famous all over the world because of Indian Movies. Indian movies are promoting Indian culture and you would obviously know that all the Indian movies are based on Hindu

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    Prejudices and Disrimination Found in "Roots" Prejudices and Discrimination Found In the Story of Roots Shamika Crain June 14‚ 2012 Abstract Prejudice and discrimination occur in everyday life. People use these tools of dominance when choosing what one likes or does not like to eat. In serious cases‚ prejudice and discrimination between the races‚ the superior and inferior is witnessed throughout history. Many movies and books attempt to inform their

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    Roots of the Cold War

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    Roots of the Cold War I. Growing Distrust 1. FDR‚ Churchill and Stalin met at a Soviet Union resort called Yalta. Stalin promised that he would hold free elections in parts of Eastern Europe under his control. 2. Instead‚ Stalin set of Communist governments in the nations. He wanted a ring of friendly countries to protect the Soviet Union’s southern border. With this‚ Stalin hoped that the Soviet Union would become the world’s dominant power. 3. By 1948‚ most of the countries in Eastern

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    Horror has been a long time one of the most popular categories of films in the movie industry. People liked to watch horror films to be afraid and to outdo their fears: "On a psychological level‚ the horror film dramatizes our nightmares‚ so that we can confront them" (Sigmund Freud‚ p.644). Gradually‚ because horror films became too repetitive and too numerous‚ people got used to watching them and were no longer terrified. Even if horror films do not scare us‚ why do we continue to watch them? The

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    Analysis of Gangster Movies

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    Final Paper Option #2: Three "Larger-Than-Life" Gangsters Gangster movies have always appealed to a large public crowd through its central theme of its characters being "larger-than-life. Their interactions‚ demeanors‚ and even appearances attracted those who wished to live the dangerous yet luxurious lifestyle. Beyond these simple understandings of the movie‚ however‚ directors of these gangster movies insert far more profound cues and details. The way the characters spend their money‚ create

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