Summary: Discusses the Australian film‚ The Castle. Explores how Australia is depicted in the film. Provides a plot summary. The Castle conveys a variety of messages about Australia. This is primarily done through the experiences of the members of the Kerrigan family‚ a typical Australian family .For the Kerrigan’s‚ every day is a good day because it is nurtured by the seeds of love‚ gratitude‚ and reverence. Although others in the drama look down their noses at this family‚ they possess the
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Philomena: A Film that Questions What You Believe In and Yet Answers Why You Do Among the many good films of 2013‚ this one has to be on my top 5 list. Directed with passion by Stephen Frears‚ Philomena is a film that questions your beliefs regardless of which religious sect you belong to. As a little exposition‚ Philomena Lee (Judi Dench)‚ way back 1952‚ was impregnated out of wedlock and was therefore sent forcibly to a convent where she gave birth to a son she named Anthony. She and other young
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allowing these emotions to control us? This question establishes the plot for the film Se7en starring Morgan Freeman‚ Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow which was released in 1995. Nonetheless‚ the film does not solely focus on the seven deadly sins and the punishments that go along with them but raise questions moral questions about psychopathy and policing in today’s culture. In this essay I will discuss the how the film Se7en’s portrayal of policing in pop culture is reflective of the dialectical relationship
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Film Analysis: Pocahontas The animated Walt Disney movie Pocahontas is based on a true life story of a young Powhatan Indian girl named Pocahontas who falls in love with John Smith. In the making of the movie‚ Walt Disney‚ attempts to relate to the early 17th Century historic event of Europeans settling in Jamestown; however‚ Disney did not portrait the true story. Disney rewrote the story by making it a beautifully romantic and animated love story like a Cinderella fairytale. In the Walt Disney
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Partisan presents itself as Australian Ariel Kleiman’s feature-film directorial debut‚ though you wouldn’t realise it from the maturity displayed on screen. The narrative‚ rather than flimsily structured as some critics have purported‚ is sinisterly brooding and intentionally thin‚ giving the film a normality that adds effective contrast to the otherwise shocking subject matter. The subject matter in question revolves around Alexander‚ a misbehaving child played in a menacingly placid way by newcomer
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In “the story of an hour‚” author Kate Chopin develops the main character Louise Mallard initially as a submissive young spouse. Then the author develops the characterization of Louise Mallard‚ through her diction and imagery‚ into an empowered‚ freed “widow.” The diction used by the author is crucial to the development of the story. In the opening line the author refers to the main character as “Mrs. Mallard‚” and states that she is “afflicted with a weak heart. These choices of diction imply
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It cannot be taken for granted that all human beings are born with the physical traits that would fuel them smoothly to their destinies. However‚ as the film Gattaca reveals‚ success is “by no means guaranteed” to only perfect beings‚ just as it is not completely unreachable by weak beings. Niccol reveals that through fortitude and commitment‚ even a weak individual can take hold of his or her dreams and create unexpected twists in the society. He also shows how one’s determination‚ the ability to
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Homosexuality and queerness share some solidarity through sexual desire‚ but not necessarily by expression and identification. While homosexuality is configured towards unity within a community‚ queerness goes farther to diversify the communities into one super coalition‚ just as political parties who share similar values form a coalition. Some of those communities still hold traditional concepts but are
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The Propriety and Amalgamation of an Effective Crime Film Crime is a genre that often times follows an often times intelligent‚ malicious criminal. Sometimes it follows the criminal chronologically and sometimes is follows the criminal through their victims. But simply following this generic guideline does not define a crime movie‚ there are defining factors that make a crime movie. In order for a crime movie to be effective it must have a criminal with a motive. A criminal and his motive are
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visual comedy: the physical nuances it exemplifies‚ coupled with the deadpan expressions that garnered him the nickname The Great Stone Face‚ are the driving forces behind his continuing appeal. In one of the very first scenes in the film‚ we see Keaton as Johnnie Gray walk up to the house of Annabelle Lee‚ one of the loves of his life – the other being his engine: The General – followed by two young boys. Completely absorbed in the task at hand‚ Johnnie is oblivious to Annabelle joining his merry band
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