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    Existentialism Reflection Patch Adams is a movie about a man that is determined to be a doctor. Along the way‚ he comes across some issues when he won’t conform to the rest of the medical students. He is actually a good example of an existentialist. He is his own person within a larger society‚ or the other students at the school. He follows what he believes in and his life turns out almost just the way he wanted it to. In the movie‚ there were some quotes: “Look beyond the problem.”

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    High Concept Films

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    According to Justin Wyatt the high concept film is valued by some in the film industry and derided by others. He states‚ ‘Whereas creative executives such as Katzenberg would stress the originality of a high concept idea‚ media critics would suggest that high concept actually represents the zero point of creativity’. Discuss the validity of both points of view with reference to Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron‚ 1991) and one other film. The high concept film represents the economically invested

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    It seems like every day that a movie is being remade for theaters again‚ but are they any better or have any different of an outcome than they had before. I look to find out the answer in this essay where I decided to watch all of the “Annie” movies that were created and decide if it really is worth directors to spend their time remaking a past movie. That means I watched the original 1982 Annie‚ starring Aileen Quinn as Annie; the 1999 Annie‚ starring Alicia Morton as the young orphan; and the

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    The movie “Losing Isiah” starring Halle Berry was based on a novel written by Seth J. Margolis‚ in the film “Losing Isiah” a black lawyer represented a black mother who was addicted to crack cocaine and abandoned her newborn son argues in court with his adoptive white parents that “black babies belong with black mothers.” Khaila Richards (Halle Berry) is a drug addict and addicted to the drug crack cocaine‚ the movie begins with Khaila breastfeeding her baby in an abandoned squat in a dark alley

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    that directly relates to subject matter that had been discussed in our psychology class there were a couple of topics that came to mind. However‚ one stands out to me in particular‚ and that is a movie that I have seen recently called John Q. In this film Denzel Washington plays the role of John Q. Archibald‚ a man who will go to any lengths to keep his one and only son‚ Michael‚ from dying. During the movie‚ John and his wife‚ Denise‚ learn that Michael has an enlarged heart and needs an emergency

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    Black Stallion

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    Black Stallion is a 1979 American film directed by Carroll Ballard based on the 1941 classic children’s novel‚ “The Black Stallion” by Walter Farley. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey‚ who is shipwrecked on a deserted island‚ together with a wild Arabian stallion whom he befriends. After being rescued‚ with the help of Mr. Henry they set on entering a race in challenging two champion horses. Black Stallion was selected in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being

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    Hidden Questions Considered a great American classic by more names then words in this essay. Forrest Gump is a movie whose surface is best described as deceiving. While the plot plods along after the many major events of the 1950-1980 America‚ it is the use of highly skilled symbolism‚ in the attempt to answer some of the most prevalent human questions of time‚ which puts this movie on every educators list ever. I will first give information on the movie. Then I will move into some of the questions

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    between national cinema and Hollywood cinema by using Rio de Janeiro¡¯s famous film City of God. There will be three parts in my following main body‚ the first part is a simple review of the film City of God‚ I will try to use the review to show the film structure and some different new points from this‚ show the how did the ¡®Shocking‚ frightening‚ thrilling and funny¡¯ (Nev Pierce) work in the film. The second part is my discussion parts; I will refer some typical Hollywood big name films such as

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    Midterm 1 Essays 1) Describe the three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era and cites specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. (10 points) The film Birth of a Nation used the three basic types of music heard during the silent film era‚ which were adaptations‚ arrangement‚ and newly composed. Adaptations borrow a complete passage from another source and usually accompany large action scene. The composer Breil used Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyrie to underscore

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    role of women is a lot different than it is today. In The Godfather the role of women is limited to being the caretakers of the family. The women in this film were also seen as the least important part of a man’s life; this idea is conveyed through the treatment of both Kaye and Connie throughout The Godfather. The basic role of women in this film is being the caretaker to the family‚ meaning‚ that they kept the house functioning‚ took care of the kids‚ and made sure the men were well. One example

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