psychological meaning‚ as chronological representation‚ etc.). Provide examples from the movie regarding these powerful symbols and what they mean in those various ways and contexts. 5. In your opinion‚ what is the impact/effect/purpose of the neo-noir setting (the style‚ the clothing‚ buildings and cars‚ even the music‚ etc.--very much like the 1940/50s)? Why have the aliens (and thus the director and/or screenwriter) chosen to create such a setting of place and time? Why use an ‘older’ era’s
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goal which they are determined to reach. In Macbeth’s case‚ this desire is arguably his thirst for power and desire to kill the king. Some critics would refute this point‚ and argue that Macbeth does not harbour such a passion‚ and that it is the femme fatale-esque character of Lady Macbeth who taunts Macbeth with demeaning rhetorical language such as "Are you a man?" and "I would be ashamed to wear a heart so white"; there is certainly evidence to suggest that
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men. = manic pixie dream girl trope. Maggie Gyllenhaal said she was passed over for a role opposite a 55-year-old actor because she was too old – at 37. It’s part of a long‚ inglorious Hollywood tradition. Women have an expiry date- men don’t. The femme
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Georges Seurat is recognized for pioneering the Neo-impressionist movement. He devised the painting techniques of both chromoluminarism and pointillism. Other artists of his time have been inspired by his creativity‚ and produced revolutionary art. Georges-Pierre Seurat was born on the second of December in Paris‚ France on the modern rue René Boulanger to parents Antoine Chrysostome and Ernestine Faivre Seurat. He lived with his brother Emile Augustin‚ sister Marie-Berthe‚ and mother. Monsieur
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Blood Simple is a neo-noir crime film‚ marking the directorial debut of Joel Coen‚ as well as the Director of Photography’s (Barry Sonnenfeld) first big hit. It was released in 1984 in theatres‚ where it was ranked very highly among critics. It tells the story of an affair which has all sorts of crazy and unpredictable effects on all parts of all the characters’ lives. It stars John Getz as Ray‚ Frances McDormand as Abby‚ and Dan Hedaya as Julian Marty. I have chosen to analyse the first scene
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the struggles of female abuse. Traditional Western cinema has cast gorgeous‚ stunning women to play their damsel in distress or leading romantic interest. Many women in cinema are merely eye candy for the viewers. When we think of a traditional femme fatale the likes of Ursula Andress or Sophie Marceau come to mind. This is not the case in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009). Lisbeth Salander is different by many standards as a traditional female heroine. In the novel she is described quite unlike
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“Blade Runner”. Romantics’ nature is depicted as a healing power and a source of subject and image; in blade runner‚ the natural worlds pleasing qualities are seen to be abused‚ e.g. of this is in the opening‚ where a dark‚ decayed and dystopian Neo noir world is shown. The detrimental consequences due to carelessness when dealing with the natural world‚ resulted in the disappearance of its beauty which was an idea constantly feared and warned of by Shelley in Frankenstein. Mary Shelley was romanticist
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One critic argues of Mrs. Warrens Profession that ‘the men are ineffectual or immoral monsters – it is women who carry the play.’ In the light of this view‚ compare and contrast the presentation of men in Mrs. Warrens Profession and An Ideal Husband. Victorian society was almost completely governed by rich‚ aristocratic and immoral men‚ this description forms the central concept for Shaw’s play. He portrays men as immoral and sexually corrupt through his satirisation of the church and the aristocracy
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both men and women. After perusing three different magazines the conclusion might be drawn that magazines are portraying men and women in a unrealistic terms‚ providing messages to men and women about how they should look‚ act‚ shop‚ etc. The femme fatale‚ the super mom‚ the sex kitten‚ the nasty corporate climber. Whatever the role in popular magazines are full of images of women and girls who are typically white‚ desperately thin‚ and made up to the hilt—even after slaying a gang of vampires or
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Erica K. Culler Professor Adam Renchen English 100 Section 84 16 October 2012 Body Image in Advertising‚ a Two-Faced Industry Body image for women and girls in the US is a sensitive and controversial issue. The trend became the thinner the better with the entrance of the supermodel Twiggy onto the fashion scene. This mind set became the norm in advertising‚ and with it a great deal of negative backlash surrounding body image and women. The thought was if you weren’t skinny then you weren’t
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