The 1999 film‚ “Croupier‚” tells the tale of an experienced gambler who becomes a croupier to gain inspiration for his novel. Actor‚ Clive Owen‚ portrays an aspiring writer‚ Jack Manfred‚ who gambles in decisions within his life based on statistics to perfect the outcome. The film is set in late 1990’s London shortly following the establishment of the National Lottery in the UK in 1994 (Grun‚ L.‚ & McKeigue‚ P. (2000))‚ which also corresponds to McGowan’s fourth wave of gambling‚ the rise of casinos
Premium English-language films Crime Prison
Jessica Jackson Film Review (Batman) 13 November 2012 Batman rated PG-13‚ released in 1989 was directed by Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman‚ Jack Nicholson as Jack/The Joker‚ and Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale. The movie’s dark theme and so-so effects and stunt left me less than impressed. Throughout this summary‚ I’ll go over the plot‚ key character roles‚ and film techniques. Although I did not particularly enjoy the film‚ I’ll leave my opinions until the end. The
Premium Batman Tim Burton Joker
Definitions ANSI film rating: desigrates film speed (sensitivity) by using letters A-F (A-slowest‚ F-fastest) Characteristic curve: Film contrast is usually expressed in the slope of the line in the diagnostically useful part of the characteristic curve. Cassette: A container for x-ray film that is light-tight yet permits penetration of x-rays. Double
Premium Photographic film X-ray
Gandhi Film Analysis Towards the end the movie‚ Gandhi is laying down on his bed‚ weak‚ and unable to move. He has vowed to fast until the fighting between the Muslims and Hindus has subsided. A man comes to see him‚ and confesses that he has killed a boy and that he is going to hell. Gandhi simply responds with “Why?” The man responds by saying that the Muslims have killed his own son‚ and that anger caused him to get revenge. Gandhi‚ unfazed‚ says that he knows a way out. He tells the man to
Premium Nonviolence Civil disobedience Satyagraha
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
Premium Human rights Colonialism Feminism
Julito G. Tapic Jr. Film Critique (The Lost Secret) 1. Give the summary of the film. The film is about the main character‚ Orwell‚ who lost his memory. Sabina and Sline enter the story. Orwell recalls a conversation on an airplane and going through customs with a South American plant. Orwell remembers riding in Sline’s car and checking in to his hotel. Orwell recalls a phone call from Sline‚ the one who steal Orwell’s manuscript. Sabina puts something in Orwell’s drink in a restaurant during a
Free Film Actor Clown
S participation. During 1914 to 1918‚ film industry propaganda was infinitely good because it got people to enlist‚ promoted liberty bonds‚ and exposed the atrocities Germans were committing. The U.S. had no intentions in joining the war when it began. As a result‚ the U.S. army was in need of more recruits to help with the war effort. As a solution‚ the U.S. used propaganda to spark patriotism and fear among American boys. For example‚ in a propaganda film it shows a young man receiving a threatening
Premium World War II United States World War I
used in the medium of painting‚ poetry and architecture as well as by the ideas from German romanticism of the 19th century; gothic literature‚ myth and folklore; which spread to other medium such as film. German expressionist became popular in the 1920’s during the Weimar years. Expressionist films were heavily influenced by modern art (paintings)‚ Expressionist movie used exaggeration and distortion to create images that expressed a emotional and psychological despair and chaos through mise-en-scene
Premium World War II Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany
CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION Film is a thin‚ transparent and flexible material composed of a base supporting a base of emulsion in which a latent image is formed upon exposure to light though a camera lens. But for the purpose of this study‚ we shall be discussing more film in its motion picture sense Film is any kind of motion picture‚ be it fictional‚ documentary‚ educational‚ experimental‚ or animated. Film is a connotation of serious art “movies” which suggest the popular nature‚ entertainment
Premium Film
The science fiction thriller film ‘Gattaca’‚ directed and written by Andrew Niccol‚ set in the “not too distant future”‚ it portrays a society in which genetic engineering has created an advanced yet dystopian world. In this world‚ we can clearly see that people have secrets and they are willing to lie‚ cheat and even kill to get where they want to be and to be their very best. No one is who they seem to be and everyone has something to hide. Throughout the film‚ there are 3 main characters that
Premium English-language films Character Genetics