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    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939) is a fascinating piece of cinema‚ due to it’s length (running just over 2 hour) and few amount of shots‚ 140. This film is considered Myzoguchi’s masterpiece and encompasses most of his cinematic techniques and qualities in one film. The shot which best represents this is when Otoku walks down the street with the baby late at night and runs into Kikunosuke Onoue. The camera is from a very low angle in front and to the side of her‚ and follows Otoku as

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    Atonement Film Analysis

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    The meaningful changes the characters in Atonement go through are what make the film successful in engaging the audience as it helps the audience to relate to the characters‚ their experiences and their motives throughout the film. The director‚ Joe Wright‚ uses a variety of motifs and symbols to support this idea and to help the audience understand the significance of scenes such as the fountain scene‚ from the perspective of Robbie and Cecilia; Briony’s meeting with the French soldier; and the

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    Taken: Film Analysis

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    Film Analysis: Taken The movie Taken is about a Father’s quest to rescue his daughter from her abduction and nearly immanent disappearance into the dark world of the international sex trade. Brian’s worst fears are realized when Kim and her friend are immediately abducted from the Paris apartment at which they’ve just arrived. While Kim is being dragged away by the as yet unknown abductors‚ she manages to phone Bryan‚ who begins to piece together clues that will take him to the darkness of Paris’s

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    Gallipoli Film Analysis

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    of Germany’s allies. The film‚ Gallipoli‚ illustrates the story of two Australian sprinters‚ who grew a bond with one another after they enrolled in the Australian military. The film began focusing on Archibald Hamilton‚ a young farmer who possessed a talent for fast sprinting. After Archibald overheard his parent’s conversation about enlisting in the army‚ he felt obligated to enroll. Later‚ Archibald traveled to a track meet to run the one-hundred meter event. At the last second‚ a young man named

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    Castaway film analysis

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    2 Scene Breakdown 3 Narrative Analysis 4 Character Analysis 5 Aesthetics and Design Misc-en-scene Props Set Lighting Editing Video Audio 6 Auteur Analysis 7 Textual Analysis Symeotics/Marxists/ Retotic‚ Physco 8 Conclusion Introduction Cast Away reunites star Tom Hanks with director Robert Zemeckis‚ their first film together since 1994’s Oscar-winning Forrest Gump. The film was a critical and commercial success

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    Roshomon Film analysis

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    Roshomon Film Analysis True beliefs portray the world as it is; false beliefs portray the world as other than it is. A straight ruler appears bent when half-submerged in a glass of water. What is the truth of the matter? Truth’s character is both logical and empirical. The logical ‘principle of non-contradiction’ ensures that the contradictory propositions ‘the ruler is straight’ and ‘the ruler is not straight’ cannot both be true at the same time‚ and in principle observation should settle which

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    Memento Film Analysis

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    thrillingly intelligent films to be released last year. The follow-up to his low-budget debut Following (1999)‚ Memento is a technical and imaginative tour-de-force that wrenches you from your normal popcorn slouch and demands attention; this is a film that makes you work and makes you think‚ and one which‚ unlike Lenny‚ you won’t forget in a hurry. The opening image - a Polaroid developing in reverse‚ the image slowly fading into obscurity - is a perfect metaphor for a film which thrives on the

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    Film Analysis - Drive

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    Film analysis - Drive The movie Drive stars Ryan Gossling as the dark and mysterious “Driver”. He works as a wheelman for hire in Los Angeles. At daytime he stunt drives for film productions‚ and at night he’s steering getaway vehicles for armed heists. When he meets his neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan)‚ a vulnerable mother‚ he falls in love. When her boyfriend Standard (Oscar Isaac) returns from prison‚ Irene and her son gets dragged into a dangerous underworld. Driver acts as the superhero in

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    Cultural Self-Analysis

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    Cultural Self Analysis 2/9/2014 HMS 220 I identify with a White Northern European background mixed with some Native American and Irish‚ I think. I identify as White since my family doesn’t identify with any other culture than this. Personally I am sad that I do not know truly what culture I descend from because my family is so mixed up and uneducated. I feel I have lost a lot in that. My family is very Christian‚ Southern Baptist to be more precise. No other religious values were considered or

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    Global Business Culture Analysis-France Vanessa D. Goins Liberty University International Business BUSI 604-D06 LUO Dr. Edward Moore August 19‚ 2012 Abstract In this paper there will be an analysis of taking a look into the Global Business Culture Analysis of France. In writing this paper four areas of research were addressed: The major elements and dimensions of culture in France‚ how these elements and dimensions integrated by locals conducting business in the nation of France‚ a comparison

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