being called "walrus" at one time‚ while in the film he is much smaller and is called "shrimp". Although Dustin Hoffman depicts the character of Willy Loman well‚ he gets so enthralled in the heat of the scene that it sometimes makes the audience wonder if Miller intended for Willy to be so dramatic and emotional. At times it’s overwhelming and even difficult to understand what Hoffman is saying. A problem with converting plays or books to motion picture is one can’t see pictures that go along with
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In the movies things are portrayed in ways that are supposed to make the movie sell‚ which means that movies are not always accurate. The movie Rain Man was about a man and his brother‚ who happened to be an autistic savant. In Rain Man Dustin Hoffman played Raymond‚ who was a high-functioning autistic savant. In the movie Raymond had routines and rituals that he did; and when his routines were interrupted or he was afraid of something he had a temper tantrum where he would hit his head. He tended
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Why EVA is better than ROI (ROCE‚ ROIC‚ RONA‚ ROA) and earnings‚ operating profit etc. Equity investors should earn on their capital a return far over risk-free interest rate in order to induce and maintain capital in the company Therefore earnings should always be judged against the capital used to produce these earnings Earnings can be easily increased simultaneously worsening the position of shareholders e.g. if more capital is poured into! company although the return on capital is 5% or less
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Kramer v Kramer is a movie filled with opportunities for choosing sides. But what actually matters in this movie isn’t who’s right or wrong‚ but if all the characters involved are able to behave according to their own better nature. It starts of by showing a marriage filled with unhappiness and ego and ends with two single people who have both learned important things. There is a child caught in the middle but this isn’t a movie about the plight of the kid but about the dilemma of the parents. Usually
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cross-gender communication‚ pithily summarized at the end of the movie by the lead character Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) when he tells Julie Nichols (Jessica Lange) that he was "a better man as a woman‚ and I need to learn to do it without the dress." "I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man. Know what I mean?" Dorothy also known as Michael Dustin Hoffman character has great depth to it as I look at it. Dustin’s portrayal as a woman starts out as an effort to
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What do you think is the importance of Eva Smith in An Inspector Calls and how does Priestley present her? In J. B. Priestley’s polemic play‚ An Inspector Calls‚ the character of Eva Smith is presented through‚ at first‚ the Inspector‚ and then‚ through each individual member of the Birling household. Although the audience does not once encounter Smith’s character‚ her character is developed through the information elicited from the family‚ and it is certainly arguable that overall‚ she is put
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Figuracion‚ Gabrielle Frances R. January 25‚ 2010 BSFT-2 FFP10-BD KUNG FU PANDA (A movie review) Many animated movies had been made and shown throughout the years. There were those who covered great animations‚ few were so-so‚ and most were two thumbs up. Being an animated film fan‚ I chose Kung Fu Panda for a movie review‚ although there are movies I have watched that are better than this. This is because some failed to internalize the lines or script
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here? What happened to me? Is this Hell? I don’t think I’m suffering memory loss. I have some memory at least but I don’t know how useful what I know is going to be in a place like this. I am Everdeen St George. My Grandmother who raised me called me Eva Dee. St. George was a famous dragon Slayer. A bunch of stuff about plants‚ animals‚ decay...not a mortician...maybe an...owner of a Curiousities shop....I could put this whole place in my shop I’d make a bundle. I don’t know I’m like an Alchemy‚ or
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Kim Peek - Savant The Original Rain Man Preceding the savant Daniel Tammet by several years‚ Kim Peek is the real life Rain Man whom the Dustin Hoffman character was based in the movie. Described as a confounding mixture of disability and brilliance‚ Kim is in love with knowledge. Kim Peek is probably the world’s most famous savant. Kim was diagnosed as being mentally retarded at birth‚ but with father Fran’s unflagging support he has developed a memory that is without equal. Born and raised
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“Wag the Dog” was a motion picture screened in 1997 with Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro as lead actors. ‚ it is all about illusions created elsewhere to avoid realities that are current‚ unpopular and to camouflage a foreseeable political disaster. The illusion is to spin or cause a stir like creating a war or some
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