The key props that I found in this film Cronos by Guillermo del Toro that plays a huge role in the movie is that there’s Golden Mechanic scarab device called Cronos. This Cronos device was invented in the 1536 by an alchemist‚ that gives eternal life. The characters in the film tell a story about a dying old man Dieter de la Guardia and his nephew Angel the bad guys‚ where they want this device for eternal life. In the other hand there’s Jesus Gris and orphan granddaughter‚ Jesus is an antique dealer
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The film Pleasantville directed by Gary Ross is about two modern teenagers‚ David and his sister Jennifer‚ somehow being transported into the television‚ ending up in Pleasantville‚ a 1950s black and white sitcom. The two are trapped as Bud and Mary Sue in a radically different dimension and make some huge changes to the bland lives of the citizens of Pleasantville‚ with the use of the director’s cinematic techniques. Ross cleverly uses cinematic techniques such as colour‚ mise-en-scene‚ camera shots
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Phillip Noyce’s 2014 social science fiction film‚ ’The Giver’‚ explores the contrasting societal structures of utopia and dystopia. The story‚ based on the 1993 novel of the same name‚ centres around Jonas‚ a young man‚ who lives in a ’seemingly idyllic’ community free from suffering and difference. When Jonas is assigned the position of ’Receiver of Memory’ he begins to discover the true pain and pleasure of life that he has been sheltered from. To show the differences between utopian and dystopian
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of Dracula are one dimensional and the silent figures are given no human qualities. Christopher Lee who was famously given very little lines for his portrayal said in an interview with Total Film‚ “all they do is write a story and try and fit the character in somewhere‚ which is very clear when you see the films. They gave me nothing to do! I pleaded with Hammer to let me use some of the lines that Bram Stoker had written. Occasionally‚ I sneaked one in.” More recent adaptations tend to have a more
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Religulous Religulous is a documentary film starring comedian Bill Maher. The title comes from a combination of the words “religious” and “ridiculous”. The movie addresses the views of many different believers from various religious backgrounds. The similarities between the gospels and fairytales may not be evident to the everyday believer. Maher questions the different beliefs and their credibility within the specific religion. Homosexuality‚ religion in politics‚ and religious fundamentalism and
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The Salem Witch Trials are possibly the most notable examples of the persecution of witchcraft in the New World. In the 1996 film‚ The Crucible‚ based on the 1953 play by Arthur Miller‚ it portrays the trials from the point of view of a small community that’s disintegrated by frenzy and lunacy. In the film‚ it emphasizes the role of a group of girls being led by Abigail Williams‚ and illustrates how society was so strict for women‚ even as young as kids‚ that it caused a form of hysterical fear of
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foreshows events that occur outside of the Klub. His power over the dancing girls is demonstrated through his actions on stage‚ groping and slapping their bodies. Reoccurring scenes of him winking‚ smiling and nodding are cleverly placed throughout the film to accentuate his role as an all knowing‚ all seeing character. The Emcee’s glamorous makeup and costuming further emphasises the illusion of the cabaret world. He interacts with the audience questioning “where are your troubles now? Forgotten! I told
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director of the film is Paul Mcguigan‚ who decided to take some creative liberty on the story. This new spin on the classic tale‚ is shown through the eyes of Igor Victor’s hunchback assistant played by Daniel Radcliffe. Which is highly interesting because
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Crash‚ Boom‚ Bang Janie Bunce Abstract The movie “Crash” was voted the best movie of 2005 for good reason‚ it deals with subjects that others were probably afraid to tackle. As the name implies it starts with a car crash‚ but in doing so reveals only one of the metaphors used in the movie. Other metaphors used in the movie allow us to view the culture shock that many people see on a daily basis‚ especially when dealing with different ethnicities‚ religions and races. Los Angeles is shown in
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down the video to show some things that makes the film contradictory and to point things out that really do not serve any purpose in the film like the troll rocks. This kind of critiquing falls under Deconstruction which states that ‚ “A deconstructionist might read…in manner somewhat similar to the New Critic’s‚ but with even more focus on puns and paradoxes and on the poems resistance to organic unity” (Mays 2336). They show a contradiction in the film which the lead character has to “save the day
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