to the online Oxford dictionary‚ is “the action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands.” To me‚ this is essentially what Robin Wood means when he talks about “the return of the repressed.” In horror films‚ the things we try to repress in society‚ like female sexuality and social outcasts‚ end up being the things that return seeking revenge on their suppressers. That is why it can be said that the repressed return in horror movies. However‚ this can
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Critics argue that these roles that many African Americans play in films as servants‚ jezebels‚ unintelligent black men‚ and “mad black men” are mainly what is available because these are the roles that the film industries audiences want to see. They also think that this is what will sell. Woody Allen is a filmmaker and playwright and he says he only hires African Americans actors and actresses
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Alexandra Activity 8: Film Review "RENT" RENT I was raised all my life in the theater and I have taken lessons of everything that has to do with fine arts. Two of my passions are dance and sing‚ that is why my interest has been created for musicals. One time I saw this musical for the first time‚ I knew it has something special‚ but I was a little girl and I did not realized the meaning. Once I grew up and I could understand what was happening this musical become part of my life. The musical
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2000 film starring Russell Crowe which won forty-eight awards‚ including a BAFTA for best film. Gladiator depicts the tale of Maximus Decimus Meridius and his struggle against the might of the Roman Empire and the vicious gladiatorial arenas. Throughout Scott’s masterpiece are a wide range of filmic techniques in the visual and auditory channels that collaborate in enunciating the overall narrative. The opening sequence is a prime example that uses Mise-en-scene‚ lighting‚ costume and film speed
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Nathaniel Khan’s documentary My Architect - a film about discovering who his father‚ Louis Khan‚ was as an individual - shined a lit into his father’s mysterious personal world. Throughout his journey we learn about his father’s upbringing and crucial moments of his adult life as well as the characteristics that defined him. From watching Nathaniel’s documentary‚ I was able to contrast‚ Louis Khan from I. M. Pei as an architect.; Louis’s designs for his buildings were dissimilar‚ he did not have
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Response Paper: The Complete Film The introduction of sound films in the late 1920’s was a divisive issue among those involved and interested in the emerging motion picture industry. Even though it wasn’t the sudden breakthrough it is often perceived to be‚ the addition of sound and voice to mainstream cinema revolutionized movie making and led to conflicting viewpoints as to whether or not this innovation was a positive progression for film as an art and as an industry. While
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to see his students excel and be successful in their lives. The film was released January 15‚ 2005. It was directed by Thomas Carter and co-produced by MTV Films and Tollin/Robbins Production. Coach Carter although an inspiring story of a dedicated basketball coach‚ some elements of the story strayed away from the true events and were added for entertainment purposes. Although the movie Coach Carter added some things to make the film more entertaining‚ for the most part besides minor things were
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Idiots (stylized as 3 idiots) is a 2009 Indian comedy film directed by Rajkumar Hirani‚ with a screenplay by Abhijat Joshi‚ and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It was loosely adapted from the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. 3 Idiots stars Aamir Khan‚ Kareena Kapoor‚ R. Madhavan‚ Sharman Joshi‚ Omi Vaidya‚ Parikshit Sahni and Boman Irani. Upon release‚ the film broke all opening box office records in India. It was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India and had the highest
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"Blockbuster." "World Wide Fame." "Billion Dollar Studio Production." All of these words have at one point or another been associated with the great classic films since the dawn of the cinematic industry. The most memorable upbeat‚ romantic‚ or inspiring films are persistently produced at a time when the surrounding morale is slowly deteriorating‚ almost as a testament to the constant transformation of the media. This evolution has been semiotically studied by great minds such as Henry Stubbes and
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a haunted hotel!) Sound alone would be enough to express the suspense and emotion of the film. From the first seen driving up the mountains the buzzing sound motif starts. That buzzing is repeated in a few scenes and hits a frightening pitch when doc tells Danny about the hotel shining. The other motif is definitely more musical and the intensity and sound of it is constantly changing throughout the film. It’s particularly effective how Kubrick can lull you by controlling the tempo and then really
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