How did the cinema affect the lives of women and children in 1930’s? Labelled the ‘golden age of Hollywood’ the 1930’s was arguably a decade of turmoil. This led to many people attending the cinema to escape from reality. Among adults‚ women tended to go to the cinema more often than their husbands‚ and this finding was echoed by rowntree‚ who found that 75 per cent of cinema-goers in New York during the late 1930’s were women[1]. With large numbers of children attending these types of pictures
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In Caligari‚ a young man named Cesare‚ who is a somnambulist (or sleep walker) is controlled by the powers of a crazy doctor‚ who orders him to kill innocent victims. In Nosferatu‚ a young man named Thomas Harker is sent to sell property to Count Dracula‚ a vampire who comes to haunt his life and town after becoming obsessed with Hutter’s wife‚ Nina. Though while these films share some key components in common‚ no one could ever call the two films the same. Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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government policies to newly adopted ethics some of the best examples of these would be the brave hero Beowulf from the Anglo-Saxon written book as well as his 20th century contrast in Batman the motion picture‚ as for vigilantes the classic book Dracula based out of Victorian England comfortably plays that role and also has a 20th century counterpart in the motion picture League of extraordinary gentlemen which came out in July of
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The Universal Impact Universal Pictures‚ or Universal Studios‚ has been around for a little over a century and it is currently regarded amongst the top six movie studios in America. It grosses billions of dollars in revenue annually and produces major hits and movie stars. Universal is also owned by a giant media conglomerate known as NBC Universal‚ which is quite different from its humble beginnings. This paper will provide a brief insight into the relationship between Universal Pictures and its
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References: Andrić M. (1983) Memorial museum 21.0ctober (Spomen muzej 21. Oktobar). Kragujevac: Memorial park Kragujevac Banić Grubišić А. (2009) Dracula as a cultural construct in the tourist industry of Romania. Berger‚ P. (1967). The Sacred Canopy‚ Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion‚ NewYork: Doubleday Bauman‚ Z. (1992) „Survival as a Social Construct. Theory‚ Culture and Society“‚ London
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the society to “destroy” the other‚ to underline its negative features. When we analyse for example Frankenstein‚ its behavior and characteristics are the reflection of the Jacobins in the French revolution. The sexual discriminations are shown in Dracula because he appeals both with women and men so he was‚ in some terms bisexual but at the same time it haunts the system pointing at the arbitrary nature of difference. Everyone who is not a middle class male white member‚ namely foreign people and
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appeal to audiences beyond the location where they were originally published Diffusion texts that have traveled and have been adapted in different countries List the monsters we have read about so far with their characteristics. Humbaba Dracula Dracula antagonist‚ static in personality and goals‚ lusts for blood‚ deceptive and manipulative Grendel Dracula pale‚ red lips‚ cold‚ bad breathe‚ wearing all black‚ old with white hair‚ no reflection Grendel
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The blood fetish The blood fetish is a short story‚ which is written by Morley Roberts in 1908. The gothic genre was quite popular around the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century‚ and they were known for including horrific and supernatural elements. Gothic novels often takes place in creepy environments‚ as old castles‚ dark forests and abandoned houses. It is clear to see how The blood fetish fits into this genre‚ as it deals with superstition‚ living severed hands‚ mystery and gloomy
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Jamie comes home one night‚ to find his mother is gone. He sees a figure in his house (Alexandru Rusmanov) who attempts to kill him‚ however he is stopped by Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein takes him to the Loop‚ and Jamie is adamant about finding his mother. Jamie recruits Larissa Kinley‚ a teenage vampire in the cells of the Loop‚ to help them‚ however Frankenstein does not approve as he hates all vampires. Jamie‚ Larissa and Frankenstein go to the house of the Chemist‚ a vampire making the drug
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Hotel rwanda Harold and maude Yeelen In the mouth of madness Keep the river on your right Faust John adams Virgin spring Fausto 5.0 Siam sunset The company of wolves Sien nui yau wan Monkeys shines Toto le héros Braindead Shallow grave Bound Retroactive Beowulf Black Book A Nous la Liberte (1932) Absence of Malice (1981) Adam’s Rib (1949) The Adjuster (1991) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Affliction (1998) The African
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