ADAPTATION AS INTERPRETATION The debate on cinematic adaptations of literary works was for many years dominated by the questions of fidelity to the source and by the tendencies to prioritize the literary originals over their film versions. (Whelehan:2006) Adaptations were seen by most critics as inferior to the adapted texts‚ as “minor”‚ “subsidiary”‚ “derivative” or “secondary” products‚ lacking the symbolic richness of the books and missing their “spirit”. (Hutcheon:2006) Critics could not forgive
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the changes they’ve gone through that got them where they are? What I mean to say is do they know they are going crazy? Are they helpless to the events happening to their minds? Or are they oblivious to the events‚ making their life an ever-morphing horror movie? Both sound very intriguing‚ I don’t think I could choose one way or another. I think the journey alone is an adventure worth experiencing. Which brings me to the paradoxical question am I sane? Conventionally no‚ but I understand this. This
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Review of the film The film‚ which really starts a few years before 1492 and closures a few years after the fact‚ begins off with a great deal of grave and traditionally successful scene-setting as Columbus’ child and biographer‚ Fernando‚ reviews his father‚ the visionary of inconceivable dreams. The myth of Columbus-as-legend propagated in 1492: Conquest of Paradise just on the grounds that I didn’t generally think about chronicled correctness. But rather I focused around the moderate moving plot
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Vivre Sa Vie In the nouvelle vague film style in Cleo de 5 a 7 and Vivre Sa Vie‚ isolation is a common theme expressed by two different walks of life through the unfortunate circumstances of two individual women. Both females have a physical terminal end in sight‚ but the struggle with internal isolation is what connects them together. Vivre Sa Vie objectifies and sexualizes Nana‚ the main character‚ from the minimizing documentary-like style of the film to her sudden cause of death. Her prostitution
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Blaxploitation Blaxploitation began in the early part of the 20th century when films in Hollywood hit a new high. This exploitation of Black America began when films started to characterize Black’s as what “White America” saw them as. The stereotypes of these incompetent‚ unintelligent and hyper-sexualized people were depicted throughout the film industry. Black’s were given these roles in different films. The roles were anything from playing the role of a pimp‚ hoe or criminal. If they weren’t
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just because someone else is talking does not mean some one else isn’t going to talk over them‚ this adds a real dose of realism to the movie‚ as well as adding an element of chaos‚ which is a major aspect to the war‚ and surgery tents. Its like the films protagonists relished in breaking the rules‚ and that is shown through the technical aspects of Mash
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directed by Somarathne Dissanayake‚ produced by Renuka Balasooriya. This is my first review. So here goes nothing. As mentioned above‚ this film is created by the award winning famous director himself‚ Somarathne Dissanayake. After doing movies like Saroja‚ Punchi suranganavi‚ Suriya Arana etc‚ now the director has done his first periodic film Siri Parakum. Magnificent So does the newest movie also stand among the previous well created movies? I would say no. So lets start from the
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Filipino films? Why not? Most of us would prefer watching American movies than Filipino ones. When we are in the cinemas‚ I noticed that there are more people paying to watch American movies instead of supporting locally made ones. For most‚ they better understand movies spoken in English than in Filipino. In addition‚ for most people‚ the quality of American movies is better than Filipino movies. However‚ there are some people that think otherwise but sadly majority of Filipinos think this
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The Orphanage Review The Orphanage is a horror movie directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and released on Dec 28‚ 2007.The movie tells the story of a woman who returns back to an orphanage that was once her home with an intension of reopening it for special children. This Spanish horror movie is nearly flawless‚creepy and beautifully constructed ghost story which delivers great suspense. Laura (Belén Rueda) is a woman who is married to Carlos (Fernando Cayo) and they have an adopted
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Film Criticism Lee R. Bobker affirms that there are six rudiments that film criticism should involve to be effectual: 1. Theme of film 2. Quality of technical execution 3. Quality and nature of ideas in the film 4. Validity of ideas in the film 5. Individual contributions 6. Relationship of the film to other works by the same filmmaker Each of these essentials must be satisfied or the film criticism will lack its effectiveness. A true critic realizes the importance that they hold
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