On its list of the “100 Greatest American Movies of All Time” the American Film Institute has Citizen Cane (1941) in the coveted number-1 spot‚ and this is hardly surprising. Citizen Kane challenged the traditional narrative and technical elements of Hollywood filmmaking of its time‚ and holds up today as a true masterpiece of filmmaking. Citizen Cane (1941) Orson Welles directed‚ wrote and starred in this brilliant film which “revolutionized the medium and has since been considered the most important
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1) Which three empires met at the Balkans? Russia‚ Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) 2) How did Emperor Franz Joseph rule the Hasburg Empire? Franz Joseph was the emperor of Austria and the king of Hungary. He was the uncle of Franz Ferdinand and ruled for 66 years. During his reign‚ Franz Joseph resisted any type of change‚ hated political reform and was referred to as the ‘last European monarch of the old school’. 3) How was the Hasburg Empire regarded internationally? The
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The plot in the movie and the novel had many differences. The exposition is one of the differences that made the movie confusing. Instead of Ponyboy leaving the movie house and getting jumped by the Socs‚ he starts to write The Outsiders. It was a huge mistake for Francis Coppola to leave this out because the exposition in the book involved a significant event‚ where the Socs showed the violent relationship they have between the Greasers. Another difference is When Cherry explains to Ponyboy that
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In the movie Unforgiven‚ W. W. Beauchamp who was an author that wrote about gunslingers in the west and their battles‚ was played by Saul Rubinek. Beauchamp improves the narrative be flowing around different gunslingers and learning that they are not what he thought of them. His character connected with the audience improving overall experience. Beauchamp characterization was successful throughout the movie and improved the narrative. Beauchamp was an author that created novels about what he believed
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The Crucible A joint cast from Melbourne High School and Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School were recently involved in a production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The cast‚ led by Gilbert Stalinsfield as John Proctor and Greta Nash as Elizabeth Proctor‚ was able to captivate the audience for an the entirety of the performer. Director Anne-Marie Brownhill’s interpretation of the play‚ while short‚ allowed for each actor to contribute his or her own ideas to the story without removing the overlying
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As the film American Beauty‚ released in 1999‚ comes to a close‚ Lester Burnham final arrives at peace as he realizes the beauty that is depicted in the title. Be as is may‚ he is suddenly met with his ultimate demise‚ but not before his penultimate realization. Although this film is coming upon nearly two decades old‚ the cinematography cannot be undermined‚ nor can the message as it becomes ever increasingly relevant in today’s society. For that‚ American Beauty is the quintessential movie that
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People during this century had to become ego and selfish as it was so difficult to just feed themselves. In the film ‘Grapes of Wrath’‚ people that came to destroy the houses on the farm said‚ “I got two little kids at home. My wife‚ wife’s mother. The folks gotta eat.” After that he continues to state that “First and only‚ I think about my folks. What happens to others is their own lookout.” During this time people were unable to share or help out others who had difficult circumstances. Pretty much
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6. Feb. 9: Freaks film analysis/discussion In the movie‚ there is many jaw dropping moments that gives disability a negative connotation. In the movie‚ the producer takes people with disability in the context of being helpless and has being freaks in the film. For instance many of the characters have disabilities‚ which is showcased to the public for entertainment because of their disability. To add on‚ the character are part of the circus‚ which gives the freak factor to their disability when they
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The film that was screened in class was titled the War Dance and was directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine. The film is about three kids form the Acholi ethnic group living in a refugee camp. At the beginning‚ each of the three children (Nancy‚ Rose‚ and Dominic) tell their stories and how they ended up in the camp under government protection from the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army). While in the camp‚ the kid’s school has won its regional music competition and are heading to the championship. Over
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FILM ANALYSIS The Blind Side is a 2009 American semi-biographical drama film written and directed by John Lee Hancock. The film took place at Memphis‚ Tennesse and featured Michael Oher‚ an offensive lineman who played for the Baltimore Raven of the NFL. For most of his childhood life‚ 17 year old Oher has been in foster care with different families yet runs away every time he was placed in a new home. His life change when his friend’s father asks Burt Cotton‚ coach of Wingate Christian School
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