The Castle is an Australian film based on the Kerrigan Family‚ who live at 3 Highview Crescent‚ Coolaroo. Dale narrates the film‚ first stating‚ “I’m Dale Kerrigan‚ and this is my story.” Darryl is an upbeat working class Australian. He is a tow truck driver and is the proud husband and father of four children. The eldest son‚ Wayne is in prison for 8 years for armed robbery. He is a good guy‚ but got in with a bad crowd. Middle son Steve is constantly reading The Trading Post hunting for good
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Widely regarded as one of Disney’s more recognised films‚ the 1991 film version of Beauty and the beast‚ produced by Walt Disney Pictures‚ is based on the French fairy tale where a beautiful woman falls deeply in love with a beast. The original‚ La Belle et la Bete was published in 1740 by Madame de Villeneuve‚ however‚ was then edited and rewritten by Madame Leprince de Beaumont in 1757. The tale has gone through many varied and imaginative incarnations‚ however‚ it still remains persistent with
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I believe film is called Ethos because it challenges the government’s credibility‚ and ethics because‚ it shows unethical behavior in government‚ the media‚ and corporations. The film reveals that politicians will say and do anything to be elected. This shows that we cannot trust the power that we elect into power because they are not looking for what is best for society. In addition‚ this proves that the people will be dishonest in gaining political power. It also reveals that the United States
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appearance was as early as the 1930s‚ around the time of the Great Depression. The genre of teen films has been a part of American cinematic works since the 1980s according to the Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film. Clueless being among many teen movies released in the 1980s-1999‚ to name a few that came before its time Breakfast Club (1985) and Pretty in Pink (1986) as listed by the Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film. All these were produced with the goal of showcasing contemporaneous works that convey to the
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The film Bamboozled by Spike Lee explores a world where a television show which involves pure racism is accepted by the majority of viewers. The movie depicts a television show which uses blackface and depicts African Americans as lesser humans. Even though this movie is a satire and is supposed to be extreme‚ how extreme is it when compared to todays world? Could a television show like the one seen in Bamboozled actually be accepted by the audience of today? Many people of today are blind to the
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Applied Semiotics Fridas’ paintings analysis September 20th 2007 Identify two paintings of your interest then specify: (The whole assignment is in essay type format). 1. Author: Frida Kahlo. 2. Title of the painting: "La columna rota" and "Las dos Fridas" 3. Date: 1944 and 1939 4. Format: Rectangle and square. My first impressions of these two paintings were kind of painful because sadness and pain are shown in both of them. But at the same time they show the strength that Frida
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and director Liz W Garcia‚ premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2013 where it competed for Best Dramatic Film and had limited release. Garcia was “inspired” by Andrea Arnold’s film ‘Fish Tank’ “where the performances are so naturalistic…she’s able to be gritty and lyrical” (Garcia‚ 2013). ‘Cinema screen is interested in representation’ (McClements‚ 2016)‚ and the drama genre adheres to this idea as Jule Selbo (a professor in the Radio Television and Film)‚ says is a ‘very real world and emotional development
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The film Pleasantville directed by Gary Ross is about two modern teenagers‚ David and his sister Jennifer‚ somehow being transported into the television‚ ending up in Pleasantville‚ a 1950s black and white sitcom. The two are trapped as Bud and Mary Sue in a radically different dimension and make some huge changes to the bland lives of the citizens of Pleasantville‚ with the use of the director’s cinematic techniques. Ross cleverly uses cinematic techniques such as colour‚ mise-en-scene‚ camera shots
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Phillip Noyce’s 2014 social science fiction film‚ ’The Giver’‚ explores the contrasting societal structures of utopia and dystopia. The story‚ based on the 1993 novel of the same name‚ centres around Jonas‚ a young man‚ who lives in a ’seemingly idyllic’ community free from suffering and difference. When Jonas is assigned the position of ’Receiver of Memory’ he begins to discover the true pain and pleasure of life that he has been sheltered from. To show the differences between utopian and dystopian
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PTSD is portrayed significantly throughout this film and shows the raw accuracy of how it can affect people in multiple ways. Rae had PTSD because she had been sexually molested by her stepfather; because of this catastrophic event‚ it produced psychological suffering throughout her life. Ronnie had PTSD‚ which was created by any tremendous noise. Regrettably‚ the film does not give an insight as to why this disorder had evolved‚ but the viewer can infer what may have occurred in his life. Lazarus
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