Lieutenant General Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford) is brought to a maximum security military prison to begin a ten-year sentence for his decision (in violation of a presidential order) to send U.S. troops on a mission in Burundi‚ resulting in the deaths of eight soldiers. Colonel Winter (James Gandolfini)‚ the prison’s commandant‚ is a great admirer of the general but is offended by a comment he overhears: Irwin criticizes Winter’s much-prized military artifacts collection‚ calling it something no
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In the film Shawshank redemption directed by Frank Darabont‚ symbolism is used throughout the film to develop the idea of hope and freedom. The director uses a number of different effects such as camera angles‚ lighting effects‚ voiceover and music to emphasize the idea of hope and freedom to the audience. The definition of hope is a feeling of expectation and desire of a particular thing to happen. Whereas in the film we learnt that hope is holding on to the desire and wish to be freed. The definition
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The Struggle of Men Frank Darabont’s movie The Shawshank Redemption (1994) actively displays the trails and conflicts prisoners face in prison in an effort to show that everyone no matter their background endures some type of struggle. Darabont further backs up this claim by narrating the life of Andy Dufresne who was falsely accused of killing his wife. Darabont’s purpose is to generalize people’s fight against humanity‚ in the centralized setting of a prison so that the message is understood by
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BPA 1 -2 El Presidente Film Review We all know the El Presidente is a historical and educational movie about the First President of the Republic of the Philippines‚ Emilio Aguinaldo. The movie itself is that‚ it is not for all Filipinos but for the Independence that the country’s attaining right now. It is a film that has; I mean of course mostly an epic especially the scenes it’s really hard to visualize the happening that occur decades ago. I could say that this film is not good for those Andres
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Film review Brazil (1985) Directed by Terry Gilliam "Brazil" is set in a dystopian future‚ where society is closely monitored and its freedoms infringed upon by the Ministry of Information. The film is a humorous approach to the dystopia genre‚ which isn’t surprising given that the film is directed and co-written by Terry Gilliam (the creator of Monty Python). The film is the story of Sam Lowry‚ who has a boring life working for the Ministry of Information until it changes through a strange
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Gattaca Review of Andrew Niccol ’s film The story is set in "the not-too-distant future"‚ a chilling expression which infers that its author is certain that not only people are evolving towards the society described in his visionary film‚ but also that it is happening very fast. In this future‚ most children are perfectioned via genetic manipulation while still embryos. Segregation in all ways of life is not based on gender or ethnicity any more but on genetic material. Those born naturally
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Dhobighat and Kahaani Film reviews [Student Name] [Course Title] [Course Supervisor] [Date] Film reviews Introduction: The Indian film industry has never been popular for its art films. Art films in Indian cinemas usually try to portray a particular aspect of the Indian culture and norm. These movies avoid all the glitz and glamour normally found in Indian movies. No glitz or glamour usually restricts these movies to a low budget nor are these movies able to attract a large number of audience
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First Romance of Rizal was Segunda Katigbak a pretty fourteen-year old Batangueña from Lipa.In Rizals own words‚ she was rather short‚with eyes that were eloquent and warm‚ rosy cheeked‚ with an enchanting and provocative smile that revealed very beautiful teeth and her entire self diffused a mysterious charm. Unfortunately‚ his first love was engaged to be married to a town mate- Manuel Luz. His second romance was Leonor Valenzuela who was a tall girl with a regal
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The chocolate war Have you ever walked in to school feeling like you and no friends and that nobody likes you. That’s exactly how Jerry from the chocolate war feels. He’s always getting picked on and he also never follows the rules. At this school they do fundraisers every year. Jerry is a freshman who decisions not to sale and the result of that is that everybody thinks he’s weird. Just for that little reason they start picking on him. The victims and victimizers the way he and other student
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"Do you hear the people sing? Sing the song of angry men..." Perhaps many people are familiar with the song above‚ and this is from the movie called Les Misérables. The plot of the movie is based on the novel written by a French poet and playwright Victor Hugo. The beginning of the movie is set in the early 19th century France‚ in a prison. This movie is mainly about the main character‚ Jean Valjean‚ was sentenced to the jail for 19 years only because of having stolen a loaf of bread for his starving
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