these cultures idolize. These heroes not just appear in daily life‚ but these heroes were also carried over to their religious beliefs. The filmmakers did a great job of composing four stories from India‚ Indonesia‚ Korea and Japan. They break the film up into four parts were they use the art masterpieces and performances inspired by these tales. The first‚ “The Ramayana‚” tells the adventures of India’s legendary hero. Here we see Indian paintings‚ Indonesian sculpture and Japanese shadow play.
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central to the film industry since its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Female stardom was an essential component of the rise of the industry‚ though many of these women were celebrated more for their appearances than for their acting ability. While the popularity of certain female stars offered them legendary status‚ the kinds of roles they were asked to play often reinforced traditional gender roles. Women actually played a powerful role in shaping the early film industry. As
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category. He directed three well-known films like‚ Rear Window(1954)‚ Dial M for Murder(1954)‚ and Psycho(1960). I watched the film Dial M for Murder(1954). I thought it was a very good thriller that that kept you at the edge of your seat because you never knew what was going to happen next. Woody Allen who liked to do magic tricks and play the clarinet in his younger days tended to direct comedy films. He often worked with Diane Keaton(they made 8 films together)‚ Mia Farrow(his former lover)
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the ways in which film has been used for war propaganda by concentrating on post 9/11 war films. I will first offer a look into the history of film propaganda by giving early examples and why film is a useful tool when it comes to propaganda. First I will start by offering the definition of ‘propaganda’: “information‚ ideas‚ or rumours deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person‚ group‚ movement‚ institution‚ nation‚ etc.” (“The Definition of Propaganda”) Propaganda films are used to convince
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In what ways are Malaysian-made feature films important? Compare and contrast the potential impact foreign-made and locally-made films have on Malaysian audiences. According to the Oxford Dictionary‚ Films are a story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a cinema or on television. Films from the first world countries which is the western countries like the United States‚ Europe countries to the Eastern countries such as the Republic of China to now the South East
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1984 and V. for Vendetta: Comparative Paragraph The famous philosopher Friedrich Nietzche once stated‚ “When you gaze long into an abyss‚ the abyss also gazes into you.” Implying the fact that when one strives to overcome a force‚ there is a possibility that one may naturally be altered into being similar to the force they struggle against. In the process of analyzing this quote‚ one can compare the two protagonists Winston and V. from 1984 and V. for Vendetta‚ to comprehend which of the two is
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How To Analyze a Film As you might guess‚ conducting a semiotic analysis of a film is a somewhat more complicated venture than conducting a semiotic analysis of a print advertisement. This is not to say‚ of course‚ that movies and advertisements do not share similarities. Both‚ for example‚ are "texts" that rely on visual imagery to tell specific stories‚ and both are in the business of promoting specific ideologies. At the same time‚ print advertisements are limited by the static nature of their
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the type of films released in the United States. Films are tailored to attract a specific audience. Filmmakers know that if a certain ethnicity or race sees himself or herself in the film or feels like they could relate to a certain film more people of that background are going to pay to watch the movie. Most of the films made in the United States take a person race and the types of stereotypes connected to this race and put it in their film. For example‚ the film “Crossing Over”‚ the film has a lot
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WHAT IS FILM NOIR? Actually‚ I am tempted to answer: "Film noir is a label which film critics use merely because it sounds good." The correct pronunciation is [film nwar] by the way. Originally‚ it is a French expression‚ meaning "black cinema". The term was borrowed from "roman noir"‚ gothic horror stories from 19th century England. The thing is that film noir cannot easily be defined. There are a few movies which most cineastes and critics label film noir‚ though. I would like to divide these
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After watching the film “escape fire”‚ I realized what health care system I am living in. Our healthcare system is spending 75 percent of our budget on chronic diseases that can be prevented. The film argues that American medical treatment is based on performing procedures or prescribing medicines that patient might not need. In the film‚ there was a female patient who had 37 stents. Every time she gets chest pain; she would be readmitted and procedures will be repeated. Eventually‚ the patient
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