Philippine Cinema: A Review on ’No Other Woman’ written by Jessica Zafra By all accounts the Viva-Star Cinema production No Other Woman is a smash hit‚ and in show business there is no arguing with pots of money. We may assume from the box-office grosses that this is the sort of movie the Filipino audience wants to see. What exactly is this movie saying? 1. Character is unnecessary; all you need are stereotypes. In the traditional defence of marriage melodrama these are: 1.1. The Handsome Husband
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Jorn Nash Professor Martin RTVF 305 1 November 2011 Cinema Paradiso (Extended edition) Cinema Paradiso reminds us of how important the people around us are as well as the sacrifices they make because they care about us. When we are young‚ we take our friends‚ family‚ and our community for granted. Giuseppe Tornatore demonstrated the true value of the father-son relationship in this movie. Although Toto’s father dies in the war‚ the real father-figure in his life ultimately ends up being
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My report is on how the first world war effected the American people‚ and how the war helped shape the country we know today. The war started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were touring the city of Sarajevo in the newly acquired country of Serbia. The Serbian Nationalistic group the "Black Hand" plotted to assainate him‚ so‚ Gavrillo Princip shot Franz Ferdinand in June of 1914. Anyway this led to a big conflict in Europe‚ and all the major powers took their sides. This
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Cinema Originality‚ Where did it go? In the recent years‚ I feel as though I have not seen an original movie. I am constantly frustrated with the obscene number of remakes‚ sequels‚ prequels‚ spin-offs‚ and movies based on other things like video games. I think the worst kind of unoriginal movie is the remake. It literally takes a pinkie’s worth of thought to remake a movie. The movie company also has less to worry about money-wise because there is already a built in audience with people
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Cinema Midterm Paper In this paper I have decided to compare and contrast Frank Capra’s “It Happened One Night” and Billy Wilder’s “Double Indemnity”. While screening both these movies in class I came across some noticeable differences between these two films‚ the main difference was in how women were portrayed and in who exactly was pulling all the strings and was in control the whole time. In the film “It Happened One Night” Ellie Andrews‚ played by Claudette Connolly‚ was put as a somewhat
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Television and Cinema | Film Studies Television mocking it ’s big brother Cinema? Through parody is television mocking its big brother Cinema or is simply feeding the post-modern society? Artistic achievement has‚ in most societies‚ usually seen as one of the highest goals for its citizens with artists held in highest esteem in society. The Classical civilizations of Rome and Ancient Greece are rightly regarded as artistic highlights of world civilizations due to the unprecedented status given
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Mitchell Anthony Reyes Cinema 123 Women in Film Women have definitely had a struggle in American society‚ on screen and off. As we have viewed each film this semester‚ women and their struggle shave definitely been portrayed in some way. As I have realized this‚ a thought has dawned on me. Not only do women have to deal with major challenges and obstacles to make better roles in film as a gender‚ but they also have to deal with the same kind of challenges if they happen to be a racial minority.
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You wake up early for work and kill your family goodbye. On your daily transit you see a man drop a glass vial in the subway‚ but you think nothing of it. Moments later you become a statistic. A statistic of Bioterrorism. The threat of Bioterrorism‚ long ignored and denied‚ has heightened over the past years and needs to be publicly addressed. Today’s biggest hazards are anthrax and smallpox‚ yet people are left uncertain at what should be done while the government goes undercover to solve the problem
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George Melies and his contributions to cinema history The film industry encompasses technological and commercial organizations of filmmaking. The story of the Kelly Gang was the first feature film to be produced and its production was done in Australia. This film was produced and directed by Charles Tait and Dan Barry in 1906. By 1911‚ other countries were also beginning to show some interest in feature films. The modern film industry has evolved over the years and it is still evolving. Famous
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In her essay Homo Pomo: The New Queer Cinema‚ B. Ruby Rich discusses homosexuality as it finds its own recognized foothold in the film industry with the introduction of queer film. Rich explores this new trend and presents us with the excitement of this new movement but also addresses the pitfalls that are present within it as well. She examines the response to the new movement of queer film at three of the most prestigious and influential film festivals of our time‚ Sundance‚ Amsterdam and Toronto
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