“We’re born alone‚ we live alone‚ we die alone. Only our love and friendship can create the illusion for the moment‚ that we are not alone”(Orson Welles). If friends did not have each other everyone would be alone. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ Johnny and Dally have similarities and differences. When Johnny and Dally are not out with the gang‚ they both have bad home lives. Johnny’s parents abuse him while he is at his home‚ his father is “always beating him up‚ and his mother
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successful Shanghai Express‚ Dietrich transformed into a Hollywood legend. John Ford and John Wayne Ford and his films have always been highly regarded‚ by critics‚ colleagues and audiences‚ and many film maestros like Ingmar Bergman‚ Frank Capra‚ Orson Welles‚ Stayajit Ray‚ Akira Kurosawa named him amongst the greatest directors of all time. He on the other hand considered Wayne as the best actor of his time and played a major role in his career. Ford was quoted as saying‚ “He’ll be the biggest star
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Marshall & Jack Klugman. CLASSIC jury film; intense jury dispute; how a jury evaluates a case. This is the Original there is a recent (1998 I think) version also with Keanu Reeves‚ but I don’t know how it compares. 10. THE TRIAL (1963); with Orson Welles‚ Anthony Perkins‚ Jeanne Moreau and Romy Schneider. Man arrested for an unexplained crime he is never told about! 11. STATE’S ATTORNEY (1932); with John Barrymore (haven’t seen this one yet). 12. SERGEANT RYKER (1968); with Lee Marvin‚ Vera Miles
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Introduction Jack London had already established himself as a popular writer when his story "To Build a Fire" appeared in the Century Magazine in 1908. This tale of an unnamed man’s disastrous trek across the Yukon Territory near Alaska was well received at the time by readers and literary critics alike. While other works by London have since been faulted as overly sensational or hastily written‚ "To Build a Fire" is still regarded by many as an American classic. London based the story on his
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Mass hysteria is a condition affecting a group of persons‚ characterized by excitement or anxiety‚ irrational behavior or beliefs‚ or inexplicable symptoms of illness. It is also a common‚ tragic occurrence throughout human history. The Salem Witch Trials are an example of mass hysteria‚ as are Beatlemania‚ The Dancing Plague of 1518‚ and The War of the Worlds in 1938. The Salem witch trials occurred in the colony of Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing
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Yi-Mou Zhang ’s Raise the Red Lantern‚ is a beautiful and brilliantly made film in its own right. If‚ however‚ the team of Orson Welles and Greg Toland had produced the same film it would take on an entirely different look and feel. The film would reflect Wells love for creating physical representations of thematic metaphors and the long take and Toland ’s brilliant use of deep space photography and mobile framing. Under the direction of the Wells-Toland team‚ the film would take on subtle‚ yet
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Citizen Kane‚directed by Orson Welles‚ contains multiple narrators who knew the late Charles Foster Kane. Through these narrations one sees the life of how one of the richest men of his time dealt with his livelihood and the people who surrounded him. For a man who seemed to have it all people failed to realize that he lacked one thing: a childhood. Kane’s lacking childhood affected his adult life by hindering his ability to keep healthy relationships; Welles portrays this to viewers through distance
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We all have those times when we are in the mood to watch either a comedy‚ drama‚ horror‚ or mystery film. These genres are all created from the inspiration of different film movements since the development of motion picture. In particular‚ there is one film movement that has influenced other film styles such as film noir and horror. Hidden in the shadows of the film industry‚ German Expressionism began from darkness‚ created specific film traits‚ and challenged perspectives of society. Engulfed with
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Michael Bergonzi Mr. Shafer Film as Literature 18 December 2008 Christopher Nolan: Director or Something More Director Christopher Nolan has made a total of six feature films‚ including the ever popular Memento (2000) and The Dark Knight (2008). People who are merely fans say that he is an auteur. Film majors‚ however‚ disagree and believe that he doesn’t have enough movies out and that he is just good in relation to box office results and should not be considered an auteur. I have to disagree
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The 1930s was a rough time for most Americans. Most people had a lot of their money either in the bank or invested in the stock markets. To start off these terribly hard times the stock market crashed. Many people lost quite a bit of money when that happened. With their money from the stock market gone America had what is called “Bank Runs”. A bank run was when everybody who had their money in the bank went and withdrew it. Eventually the banks went broke and not everyone was able to get their money
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