History through Film: Chinatown Review Stefania Pedersen In a paragraph of about 300 words‚ answer the following question: do you think Chinatown had the appropriate ending or should Polanski have stuck to Robert Townes’? Explain Robert Townes’ ending then tell us how it actually ends and then whether you agree or not. Use quotes from Gilliat and Kael. The film Chinatown (1974) is a neo-noir‚ psychological drama film‚ based on the California Water Wars. If the film had ended the way Robert
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Studying FILM The tremendous expense involved in producing motion pictures reminds us that film is both an Industry‚ and an Art. Each film is the child of a turbulent marriage between businessmen and artists. Yet despite an ongoing battle between aesthetic and commercial considerations‚ film is now recognized as a unique and powerful art form on a par with Painting‚ Sculpture‚ Music‚ Literature‚ and Drama. As a form of human expression‚ the moving picture is similar to other
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Film and TV Essay (U31‚ U33) Unit 31 “Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it‚ but to take it to a higher level require teh dedication and persistence that any art form does.” Walter Murch[1] The History Of Editing (L.O.1.1.‚ L.O.1.2.) Editing in early cinema was very basic and linear yet despite this it must have been one of the most exciting times in the film industry. Filmmakers had all the creative freedom at their finger tips as no one had
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for his film before adapting it into the novella of the same name. Because of this rather peculiar order‚ the similarities between the two are very strong‚ something that is not always the case with books and their film adaptations. Though there a few stylistic differences between the novella and the film‚ the two mediums of storytelling both remain quite true to the central storyline. The noir genre was an essential piece to the story of The Third Man‚ and both the novella and the film were able
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making friends? That is what the Film Club offers to members of our college. And it doesn’t stop there. Sharing impressions about the movie watched and discovering new things about plots and stunts of films with an expert in the area is a great way to practise and improve your English. The routine of a member of the Film Club is changed every Monday at 7 p.m. We gather together at the College Theatre in order to watch a movie. There is a huge diversity of films‚ from Hitchcock to Tarantino‚ such
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years old‚ I was watching a film with my father and it was the first time when a film had made me cry. The film was “Green Mile”. Since that time I have been fascinated and surrounded myself by films. I always used to say that one day I will make a film‚ which makes people cry‚ but for this task I chose a film which not only made me cry‚ but also changed my view of the world and made me see previously unnoticed things. I’m not saying that it was easy to decide what film to analyse. It took me quite
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This award-winning film titled The Mermaid is about Sara and her brother‚ Deji‚ with schizophrenia. It explores the beauty and difficulties of schizophrenia during an eventful evening with Deji’s goldfish that changed their lives. Off his medications and out of control‚ Deji interrupted Sara’s date with Jay and insisted to release his pet goldfish back into the ocean to turn back into her true self: a mermaid. Left with no choice‚ Sara and Jay followed him on a peculiar adventure‚ filled with plenty
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than of a fiction film. When I first viewed ‘Senna’‚ I was made to go with what the film maker had put and my response was a visceral response feeling compassion with his parents. I was less critically aware of what I was watching as I was lead to believe what I was watching. However‚ on the second viewing I thought more about and questioned what I was watching and hearing on the screen‚ so my response was more intellectual than visceral. Before watching a documentary film I believe that it
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Film Comedy: Trading Places Student’s Name University Affiliation Date Film Comedy: Trading Places Movies are created with the intention of entertaining all the while sending a message to the society. The producers therefore have the duty of making sure that the work is not tangential to the original situation as much as possible. The different ways in which they declare the best way of sending the message to the community defines the genre of the movie. It could either be a drama‚ mystery
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In the film Difret 2014 by Zeresenay Mehari and the reading “A Small Place” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ both the film and the reading portray either patriarchy or colonialism. This paper outlines that although individuals may think that there is a relationship between patriarchy and colonialism that there isn’t. Illustrations and meanings will be provided on to further explain this‚ as well as how colonialism has affected the indigenous world for worse‚ and lastly‚ the treatment of women. In the film Difret
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