Film Noir is most often seen as a man’s world- the hard boiled detective is the ultimate masculine hero‚ and the he fits right into the dirty world around him. However‚ with a shift in perspective‚ we see that just maybe the opposite gender are the ones who are the heroes of the genre. The women are certainly memorable. Through analyzation of the typical hero’s journey and comparison to the stories of the women in film noir‚ we see that they are the true heroes of the genre. This again begs the
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Creature from the Black Lagoon is in the genre of Horror and Sci-Fi. The subgenre would be monster movie. Film Critic Tim Dirks outtake on Horror movies – “They deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares‚ our vulnerability‚ our alienation‚ our revulsions‚ our terror of the unknown‚ our fear of death and dismemberment‚ loss of identity‚ or fear of sexuality.” Goodykoontz‚ B.‚ & Jacobs‚ C.P. (2011). The film fits into the Horror genre because of the suspense with the monster/creature
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Grant Godfrey Film Appreciation 11/27/09 Glory or Death A Film Analysis of “300” Most people have heard the story of King Leonidas and the bold three hundred; but for the people that have never heard of the three hundred Spartans until the movie came out‚ it definitely opened their eyes after viewing the film. Some do not understand why this story is one of the most amazing ones in Greek history‚ mostly the people who do not know much about it. It is an inspirational story that tells us many
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Film 100‚ Introduction to Film Fall 2012 Semester (Main Campus) Mondays‚ Tuesdays and Thursdays‚ 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.‚ Library 0146 3 humanities credits Instructor: Dr. Ellen Kreger Email address: kreger167@aol.com (Please include your name in the subject line if it is not part of your email address!) Phone number: (914) 376-7745 (h)—Please call between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Office hours: By appointment Monday-Friday An introduction to the language of film‚ this course familiarizes
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Final Film Critique Draft Wanda Williams-Lark ENG 225 Introduction to Film Stanley Davis October 10‚ 2011 The film that I chose for this assignment is” I‚ Robot.” The film is set in the year 2035 in Chicago. The director is Alex Proyas and stars Will Smith and Bridget Monahan. What I will try to show is that in the near future robotic mechanisms will be able to have some sort of loyalty. This story is told through the eyes of Det. Del Spooner (Will Smith) He has a dislike of the robots
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Samad 1 Jacquline Samad Professor Brown History 106 25 April 2011 The Color Purple Film Critique The Color Purple is a 1985 drama film directed by Steven Spielberge that centers around the story of a poor southern‚ Black woman‚ Cellie Harris who overcomes years of racism‚ sexism‚ and physical/verbal abuse from the men in her life like her own father and husband. As she lives her life as a slave to her husband‚ she meets two strong black women along the way that gives
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The two movies I viewed were Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist‚ which were both directed by Tobe Hopper. Both films displayed the general rules horror films generally follow through the use of horror film genre conventions. For instance‚ both movies follow the good verses evil story lines and in each the end does ultimately win. However‚ this is not entirely true in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The friends represented the good and the chainsaw carrying monster and his family portrayed the evil
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Science Fiction Film: An Overview The science fiction film genre has been around almost as long as movies have‚ but like the cinema it is still a fairly young art form. This genre came into existence shortly after the invention of the movie camera in 1888 and has endured for over one-hundred years. Science fiction is adaptive; it changes with the times and this trend can be seen in its incorporation of other genres‚ cultural history and technology. This essay will attempt to define the genre‚ chronicle
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The advent of television and television shows may have come long after film‚ but it enhanced film production almost instantly. Television naturally derived from early film since each uses basically the same medium: the motion picture camera. Since film had already set a base in the industry and mastered the new techniques and technology of cinematography‚ television had the opportunity to learn from film?s mistakes and advance itself quickly. For this reason‚ television evolved very rapidly and was
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have different access to valued resources is referred to as social networking. the diversification of society. multiculturalism. social stratification. social control. A group of people who have similar social standing based on wealth‚ property‚ education‚ power‚ and/or prestige is called a/n social category. social class. social caste. social group. social aggregate. In the U.S.‚ the top one percent of U.S. households has _____ of all wealth and _____ of all income. 10%; 20% 17%; 34% 29%; 59%
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