Searchers has often been regarded as film director John Ford’s most influential film. The film is considered by many critics to be a true American masterpiece because of its ability to capture the beauty and impending danger of the frontier. This movie tells of an emotional journey of a man‚ Ethan Edwards‚ who avenges the Comanche Indian chief responsible for the deaths of his family and the kidnapping of his two nieces. The most important theme found in the film is the hatred toward interracial mixture
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In the documentary Gasland Josh Fox talked about how people’s properties were being invaded by fracking industries which is "hydraulic fracturing" which is drilling into the ground for natural gas as Josh Fox explained in this documentary. All of these people had been suffering with the water portion of it because with the oil drilling there water pipes were mixed in with the oil which there water faucets water came mixed with oil which meant that the water is not drinkable that’s why Fox went into
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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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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 key props that I found in this film Cronos by Guillermo del Toro that plays a huge role in the movie is that there’s Golden Mechanic scarab device called Cronos. This Cronos device was invented in the 1536 by an alchemist‚ that gives eternal life. The characters in the film tell a story about a dying old man Dieter de la Guardia and his nephew Angel the bad guys‚ where they want this device for eternal life. In the other hand there’s Jesus Gris and orphan granddaughter‚ Jesus is an antique dealer
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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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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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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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The Salem Witch Trials are possibly the most notable examples of the persecution of witchcraft in the New World. In the 1996 film‚ The Crucible‚ based on the 1953 play by Arthur Miller‚ it portrays the trials from the point of view of a small community that’s disintegrated by frenzy and lunacy. In the film‚ it emphasizes the role of a group of girls being led by Abigail Williams‚ and illustrates how society was so strict for women‚ even as young as kids‚ that it caused a form of hysterical fear of
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At the start of the film‚ Ashoke and Ashima leave India for America and their life together begins. The move from the big city of Calcutta to the big city of New York is much lonelier because they have no family nearby and the land is unfamiliar. The climate is also different‚ it is winter time and the weather is cold. Ashima is learning very quickly that the living conditions are different. Ashoke explains to her that they have gas twenty-four hours a day‚ and the difference between hot and
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