Movie Extra Credit During the winter break I watched the movie Matewan. It was directed by John Sayles and stars Chris Cooper‚ James Earl Jones‚ and Mary McDonnell. It takes place in the turbulent town of Matewan‚ West Virginia during the 1920’s as heads butt on whether creating a workers union is the right thing. The coal workers go on strike to fight against the hazardous working conditions and low pay‚ but are dismayed by the fact the coal company is replacing them with Italian immigrants and
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"Lost in a Shopping Mall"�A Breach of Professional Ethics Lynn S. Crook Richland‚ WA Martha C. Dean Sydney‚ Australia ABSTRACT: The "lost in a shopping mall" study has been cited to support claims that psychotherapists can implant memories of false autobiographical information of childhood trauma in their patients. The mall study originated in 1991 as 5 pilot experiments involving 3 children and 2 adult participants. The University of Washington Human Subjects Committee granted approval
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A reflection on “Lost in Translation” In everyday life‚ communication is constantly and subconsciously used. The importance of human connection in life is often overlooked. The Film “Lost in Translation” is focused on two main characters: Bob and Charlotte. They are Americans who have come to Tokyo for an extended stay. During each of their trips‚ the significance of human communication is brought to light. In the first half of the film‚ the characters do not meet which intensifies the communication
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“I would argue that feminist film studies is not only still alive and well‚ but has‚ in fact‚ become much more heterogeneous‚ dynamic‚ and open in its scope‚ encompassing not just film analysis but also television and new media studies…” says Karen Hollinger from Feminist Film Studies (Hollinger 19). Film’s have definitely grown and expanded from the years pass. Women are now starting to be given roles other than those to please the male eye such as the girlfriend‚ secretary‚ receptionist‚ or mother
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Mash‚ a counter culture classic‚ the themes and techniques used‚ represent the ethos of 1960s - 1970’s youth perfectly. The first thing i really noticed with Mash was that it did not hold back‚ religion was mocked and Mash really didn’t hold back‚ this is very pertinent in one scene‚ the legendary Last Supper scene‚ followed by Painless rising from the dead‚ only after a nurse has sex with him. This scene also shows the use of satire as sex‚ and honoring the “Faux Dead” with the use of sex and booze
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The medium of film is enriching as it is able to transmit powerful themes and/or social issues to an audience‚ leaving them with a new understanding. Explain how this statement is true of the set film you have studied. "On the Waterfront"‚ a well-known film by Elia Kazan‚ tells the story of the old former professional boxer Terry‚ energetic‚ at New York Harbor when union leader Johnny Friendly sent Terry’s brother Charlie to kill Terry’s friend Joey. Eventually in front of the bloody reality
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narrative and narration. The film "Speed"‚ starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock is classed as a film where narrative plays a very large role in delivering the viewer with a broader understanding of the story or plot of the film. Narrative meaning a "chain of events in cause-effect relationship occurring in time and space" (Bordwell and Thompson‚ 2005).What the above statement merely translates to is a word were all very familiar with namely‚ story. The narrative of a film typically begins "with one
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What is the Law in Malaysia? Law is a system‚ law can controls all the thing‚ law is a rules‚ law can prevents the people bad behaviour‚ all the people must comply with the law‚ cannot violate the law. Law also can protects benefits of Malaysians. Therefore Malaysians live in a country which has limitation of law. Malaysia has Separation of Power (SOP) and Civil Society. What is Separation of Power? Separation of power can be divided into legislative‚ executive and judiciary. These three system of
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being caring about his constituents or their minor problems. Throughout the movie‚ he first starts the whole conflict‚ and then the audience is led to like him because he’s nice and does not want to start war without hard evidence. However‚ as the film progresses‚ he increasingly gets presented as a bumbling politician who is unsure of himself and is not able to make a difference. 4. What is the conflict that is driving the protagonist to act? The conflict starts due to the protagonist’s slip
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of Dracula are one dimensional and the silent figures are given no human qualities. Christopher Lee who was famously given very little lines for his portrayal said in an interview with Total Film‚ “all they do is write a story and try and fit the character in somewhere‚ which is very clear when you see the films. They gave me nothing to do! I pleaded with Hammer to let me use some of the lines that Bram Stoker had written. Occasionally‚ I sneaked one in.” More recent adaptations tend to have a more
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