Born in Cergy-Pontoise‚ France‚ Céline Sciamma has been a strong female presence in the French film scene. Now‚ with three features under her belt‚ she shows no signs of stopping. She’s gotten awards from international and French festivals such as Cannes‚ Lumières‚ César and more. Sciamma’s work primarily revolves around coming of age stories‚ specifically sexual queer awakenings and gender nonconformity. Sciamma identifies herself as a gay woman and much of her work explores the intersection of
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Rocky was a hero and someone he would watch with his dad before a football game. Creed is a new millennium film is the spirit of “Black Lives Matter.” The film is meant to defy stereotypes. This film is meant to make a positive depiction of African Americans. The Hurtlocker also shows a positive image of an African American man. Sanborn is strong and serving his country. It shows that people from
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James Temple Coms 356 Paper on Lighting I believe an important theme of Touch of Evil is the abuse of power and corruption in the police force. The film follows detectives as they try and find out who planted dynamite in a car which blew up. Detective Hank Quinlan shows up on the scene and has a feeling that the dynamite was planted by someone on the Mexican side. Detective Quinlan is a corrupt detective who does anything he can to drag evil doers to justice. His fellow officers awe him
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The opening scene in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet portrays the theme of the entire film. During this sequence he uses a pattern of showing the audience pleasant images‚ and then disturbing images to contrast the two. The first shot of the roses over the picket fence and the title track "Blue Velvet" establishes the setting (Lumberton) as a typical suburban town. The camera starts on a bright blue sky with birds chirping and flying by and then tilts down to bright red roses over a bright white fence
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In the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon the character Brigid O’Shaughnessy functions as a typical Femme Fatale. She possesses qualities of the classic Femme Fatale such as the ability to manipulate the males around her for self-gain. Brigid O’Shaughnessy is a very attractive woman and she knows it‚ she uses her beauty and sexuality to get men to do what she wants treating them like puppets on a string. In the film‚ Brigid plays the innocent damsel in distress card to mask her true intentions which usually
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Blade Runner- Film Noir Technique Christine Groom Stuart 9/22/10 Debate rages over the definition of what constitutes a Film Noir. The consensus seems to center on the time period in which noir films were created which is early 1940’s through late 1950’s. It was an era of film making that used low budget sets‚ light and dark elements of lighting‚ altered space (sparse)‚ and sharp photographic focus shot at odd angles. Scripts were often based on pulp novels from the 1930’s. The protagonist
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Sam and his Piano are also an important symbol within Casablanca. Sam works for Rick as his piano player for his café‚ he is also his longtime friend since before the war. Sam is seen throughout the movie entertaining people and bringing joy throughout Rick’s café. Sam brings life into the refugees as they are seen singing along and dancing as he plays. Sam brings joy to refugees but brings out other emotions in Rick‚ he is the only person before Iilsa arrives that knows Rick’s past. Sam and Rick’s
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Both movies employ many of the same themes and plot elements; but the former movie is one-dimensional and predictable while the latter is innovative and purposeful. The movie version of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is considered a classic film‚ whereas John Grisham’s adapted novel is merely another example of the money making efforts of Hollywood. Some of the movies’ more prominent themes are the same. Both focus on the family‚ particularly the role of the father. In To Kill a Mockingbird
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Running from death or walking towards death is a common theme throughout literature. A passage to a different life is the theme shared by “Because I Could not stop for Death” and Casablanca they differ in that one is a journey taken with Death as a companion‚ while the other is a journey to escape death. “Because I Could not stop for death” is a poem written by Emily Dickens. In the poem the speaker tells that Death lead her through past events in her life and on in to the afterlife. The speaker
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Bureau of the OWI. I am glad to be the one to address you about your latest movie called Casablanca. I would like to start by congratulating you on the approval of your film. We will definitely be releasing it to the public soon. I very much enjoyed the story as well as some of your styles and techniques. I analyzed it myself a picked up on some profound symbolism and positive propaganda throughout the film. I have to say that I am very impressed with how you were able to use your characters as
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