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    One of the smash hits of Hitchcock Psycho (1960) is based on a novel of the same name published in 1959 by the prolific American writer‚ primarily of crime‚ horror and science fiction‚ Robert Bloch. Psycho is the story of a charming boy Norman Bates (Antony Perkins) obsessively devoted to his mother. It is founded on the marital trauma of Mrs Bates’ and the frustrated romance of Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and her lover Sam Loomis (John Gavin). Bloch’s novel begins with Norman but screen play

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    Taken: Film Analysis

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    Film Analysis: Taken The movie Taken is about a Father’s quest to rescue his daughter from her abduction and nearly immanent disappearance into the dark world of the international sex trade. Brian’s worst fears are realized when Kim and her friend are immediately abducted from the Paris apartment at which they’ve just arrived. While Kim is being dragged away by the as yet unknown abductors‚ she manages to phone Bryan‚ who begins to piece together clues that will take him to the darkness of Paris’s

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    Roshomon Film Analysis True beliefs portray the world as it is; false beliefs portray the world as other than it is. A straight ruler appears bent when half-submerged in a glass of water. What is the truth of the matter? Truth’s character is both logical and empirical. The logical ‘principle of non-contradiction’ ensures that the contradictory propositions ‘the ruler is straight’ and ‘the ruler is not straight’ cannot both be true at the same time‚ and in principle observation should settle which

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    represents the negativity that is associated with African-Americans and it was as if Oscar realised this which is why he spends the dog’s last moments holding him because he can emphasise and almost relate to him. There is a lot of times throughout the film that show a

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    Film Analysis - Drive

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    Film analysis - Drive The movie Drive stars Ryan Gossling as the dark and mysterious “Driver”. He works as a wheelman for hire in Los Angeles. At daytime he stunt drives for film productions‚ and at night he’s steering getaway vehicles for armed heists. When he meets his neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan)‚ a vulnerable mother‚ he falls in love. When her boyfriend Standard (Oscar Isaac) returns from prison‚ Irene and her son gets dragged into a dangerous underworld. Driver acts as the superhero in

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    Practice analysis of ‘Pleasantville’ ‘Pleasantville’ is an expertly crafted film in which one can appreciate and be exposed to the social issues America faced during the 1950’s. The courtroom scene towards the end of the film successfully encapsulates the essence of the film: a characters transformation from repression to enlightenment. While the costumes present a distinction between the ages‚ the contrasting colours express various emotions of each character. Each character possesses a differing

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    Film Character Analysis

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    [pic] [pic] [pic] Film Duration: 153 minutes Name: Jane Doe Form: 11K Due Date: 06/08/09 Introduction The purpose of the following report is to critically analyse and deconstruct the character of "the Joker" within the film "the Dark Knight" and discuss the reasoning of why this character was interpreted in such a way. The Joker‚ played by late Heath Ledger‚ is a terrifying villain who will stop at nothing to manipulate and corrupt his victims. However it is not

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    Critical Analysis of Film

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    Give a critical analysis of the Western Holly Wood film High Noon. This essay will focus on the current representation of women and men in the classical Holly Wood western film High Noon‚ focusing on the gender roles of each character and the stereotypical roles that are given. High Noon is a 1952 Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann‚ one which broke genre rules of masculine ideals and popular themes of cowboys and indians (Johans;1994). The male protagonist Marshal Kane (Gary Cooper ) starts

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    Rosewood Film Analysis

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    HARSHEEN DYAL ROSEWOOD FILM ANALYSIS The film “Rosewood” has a lot of impact on black and white people throughout the century. This movie is directed by John Singleton‚ and is based on the real incident that took place in 1923 in Florida. Rosewood is based on the massacre that took place in 1923 in Rosewood‚ Florida that claimed many African American’s lives. During that time‚ segregated African Americans felt unprotected from the hatred of the white people. It is a story about how middle class

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    Mabuse Film Analysis

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    “Mabuse’s claim to be a state within a state not only expresses his megalomania but acknowledges the fragmentation of power‚ especially the control of force and violence in Germany after the Great War.” (p. 138) Drawing specific examples from the film(s)‚ demonstrate how Lang’s Mabuse illustrates the chaos of the Weimar era. How does the struggle between Mabuse and Von Wenk articulate the larger struggle within Germany? Throughout the hardship that Germany faced during the Weimar Era‚ their power

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