A Reaction to the Documentary Film Entitled “ An Inconvenient Truth “ by Al Gore Introduction How many among us have proclaimed at least once‚ in a rather self-righteous manner‚ that we are someone who is environment-friendly or someone who is eco-conscious? Almost all of us have been guilty of making such a grand statement without fully knowing what it really means. After all‚ being earth-friendly is very much in fashion nowadays. No one will last an hour inside a mall without seeing fashionable
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one hour long‚ but is one of the most powerful films that I have ever watched. It’s a part of a series that Burns has done entitled “America.” Because our society today is struggling with how to respond to refugees and how to uphold the values that the Statue represents‚ the film really resonated with me. I chose the film to study the way that Burns uses archival imagery and narration‚ but the film is so much more than just those things. The film traces the history of the statue from its conception
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preceding‚ during‚ and after World War Two‚ documentaries and real-life depictions about the war‚ veterans‚ patriotism‚ post-war trauma...etc.‚ exploded on the home front. John Huston’s "Let There Be Light" and Frank Capra’s "Prelude To War" are both documentary films about World War Two‚ however filmed for very divergent purposes and in very different angles. This paper will attempt to explore and compare the differences of both wartime documentaries‚ and evaluate the effectiveness of their balance
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The film had high ratings all around‚ but there were many different reactions to what Michael had created‚ which caused quite a bit of controversy. Regardless of what critics had to say‚ the film was voted Best Documentary by the NAtional Board of Review‚ the New York Film Critics Circle‚ the Los Angeles Film Critics Association‚ and the National Society of Film Critics. It was even declared as Best Film at the Toronto and Chicago film festivals. With such good reviews
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interact with one another as human beings‚ and will only extend as far as how much value and regard we place in caring for and upholding our natural environment. I applaud the documentary for getting more people to pay attention to a worldly cause‚ and certainly there is credence to many of the facets of this documentary but after looking more into the actual conflicts that took place much of Virunga is very misleading . There is always much more to the (Hollywood idealized) story‚ and as proactive
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comes down to a film or television series that is known as a popular hit‚ most people may consider something along the lines of a comedy or drama. No one‚ in my opinion‚ gives much thought into viewing a film such as a documentary. A person may say or hear the word ‘documentary’ and particular stereotypical views such as elderly-people-sitting-around-on-a-Sunday-afternoon-with-nothing- better-to-do‚ or the history channel perhaps come to mind. Not many individuals give documentaries a chance‚ but I
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Name: Professor Name: Class: Phil 186 Date: November 4‚ 2014 Essay 2: Capitalism A Love Story In the documentary film “Capitalism a love story” Michael Moore demonstrates the failure of Capitalism as an economic system in America. The movie explores what capitalism is‚ who benefits and who get hurt by it. The film clearly shows how capitalism was hijacked by special interests and how it decimated the middle class‚ making it so much smaller while at the same time enlarging the poor underclass. It
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you ate it three times a day for thirty days? After recently watching Super Size Me‚ a documentary that depicts a problem which is now on the road to overtake smoking as the largest cause of preventable deaths in the U.S.‚ I can say that like Morgan Spurlock‚ director of Super Size Me‚ there is a likely chance that the experience would not end pleasantly. In fact‚ the information provided in this documentary short through Spurlock ’s research is informative and shocking to some health professionals
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an individual. This concept is evident throughout the various literary techniques employed within Simon Nasht’s ‘Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History’‚ a biographical documentary which aims to convey the controversial discoveries made by an afflicted photographer. ‘Time’‚ a short film directed by Liam Connor similarly utilises film techniques to represent the effect of discovery upon the lives of the characters. The four components of discoveries; catalysts‚ discoveries‚ responses
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In the film Roger and Me‚ Michael Moore tells the story of the exploitation of the numerous workers in his hometown‚ Flint‚ Michigan. He follows the numerous employees of General Motors who have lost their jobs and consequently‚ tries to contact the power steering CEO of General Motors‚ Roger Smith. Smith closed down a large amount of the auto plants in Flint causing thousands of workers to be unemployed. Moore makes an attempt at demonstrating to Smith the harsh reality of the demise of Moore’s
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