“Pleasantville” the movie on a surface is a fantasy. It then transforms itself into harm arks of our own history in the 1960s. After watching the film again I realized that this film has an incredible layer beneath it‚ it is a reflection of our own society and how we as humans cope with differences and change. There were many themes that were explored in a semi-humorous way to educate people on real issues like: racism‚ prejudice‚ and discrimination. The movie took place in the late 1990s where
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Rendition of Antigone proposal by Director: Dawson Gundlah For my rendition of the famous play of Antigone from the Oedipus Trilogy I propose a new age adaptation to the play. I propose we make it a little more fun‚ and lighter‚ but we should not change what the play supposed to do and that was to be a tragedy. It will be the best of both worlds and provoke emotion in the reader like the original. Antigone is a powerful story about a daughter of a man who married his mother on accident‚ a sister of brothers
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The first stage of the hero’s quest as outlined by Campbell is the ‘Departure’ that typically begins with a "Call to Adventure" in Campbell’s terms. The movie opens with the hero‚ Shrek‚ existing comfortably in his everyday ordinary world. In Shrek’s swamp he enjoys and has everything he needs to get by‚ for example the mud for bathing‚ the slugs for food‚ and a nearby village where he can horrify the people when he gets bored. In the film‚ we see that Shrek’s basic attitude and stance toward life
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of ourselves and help us seem better than what we actually are. However‚ in reality‚ we are no better than what people think of us. But we are not capable of judging ourselves‚ so we cannot be honest with ourselves either. To perceive ourselves badly‚ we have some made up reason as to why. We try to find reasoning and justify everything so that we don’t have a bad image. Self-esteem‚ having confidence and satisfaction for yourself and your abilities‚ is what helps us feel good about ourselves‚ so we
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There are many life lessons in the movie Easy A‚ for example telling the truth‚ jumping to conclusions‚ and trust. First‚ telling the truth was a huge part in the movie Easy A‚ when Olive told Rhi that she was going on a date with this guy‚ instead of going camping with Rhi’s family‚ when in reality she was at home in her room jamming out to Pocket Of Sunshine. So when they came back to school Rhi asked how the date went‚ Olive went with the lie and Rhi asked if they ended up having sex‚ Olive said
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“Giant” Movie Essay The movie “Giant” covered a powerful Texas family increasing their influence and wealth across Texas. Politicians in Texas during the 1920s were very close to wealthy land owners and later wealthy oil barons. During parties that wealthy ranchers and oil barons would host there would often be local and state level politicians. For example‚ during the movie the local judge proposed a toast to Jordan “Bick” Benedict Jr.’s new bride Leslie Lynnton. Politicians would tend to try and
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The movie The Mission (1986) staring Robert DiNiero‚ is set during the colonial time period and sheds light on the Jesuits and their early missions in Brazil. It shows us a timeline of the behaviors of countries such as Spain and Portugal as well as the Jesuit missions. The movie opens with a focus on an Indian village set on the top of a waterfall. This village is depicted from two separate viewpoints‚ as the viewer is shown a Jesuit Priest named Father Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) in the beginning
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excellently. Macbeth the film accurately portrays the intensity‚ meaning‚ and the plot of the play. One of the scenes is Act V‚ scene i about Lady Macbeth sleepwalking. Director Jack Gold did not modernize the original Shakespearian version of the play‚ the movie shows that correct time era and use the
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to sacrifice clean water‚ which is a necessity in life‚ for warmth in your house then we are hitting an all new low. How did it come to this? What’s happening to the beautiful place that’s not so perfect anymore? To fix the problems you must first understand the problems at hand; and there are a lot. But personally‚
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black and white movie. Although the color film caught my attention because while reading the novel I pictured everything‚ and it made it more clear to prepare myself for my essay. On the film made on the fifties everything was old school and I did not find it interesting. I was honestly falling asleep while watching the movie. For each scene there was a tone and the graphics were not so great because it was an old movie. The reason why I disliked it because it was a black and white movie and I never
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