Despite working with low-budget and a small crew‚ Orson Welles makes his Othello interesting and memorable through several techniques. He generates a sense of suspense by placing the final scene in the beginning of the movie. When translating play into film‚ he creatively rearranges the scenes while keeping the text intact and shoots from odd angles to produce interesting lighting and shadows. Even though some of the characters in the film do not quite live up to the viewer’s ideals of the characters
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This movie is about a girl wanting to make a difference in her community. Certain people in her community‚ known as Chicanos‚ don’t have the same rights as others. One of the main characters‚ Paula‚ gets tired of how fellow Chicanos are being treated and therefore joins a group to help improve the environment‚ particularly the East LA schools. These students get punished for the silliest things and their treatments are unjust. For example‚ talking in Spanish will lead to a beating. The bathrooms
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An emotionally stirring movie taking place in Jackson‚ Mississippi in the 1960s‚ “The Help” stars Emma Stone‚ Viola Davis‚ and Octavia Spencer as three women who share a common motive. This racially tense setting creates the perfect foundation for a drama film such as this. The characters’ personalities in combination with the emotion of the plot develop a socially accurate depiction of the struggles faced by the people of the time. While the racial aspect of the movie is dominant‚ viewers may also
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1776 Film Critique When critiquing this movie I have to first begin with was it historically accurate‚ overall the film was quite accurate there were a few liberties taken. The reason for historical inaccuracies in 1776‚ comes from the fact that the Congress was held in secrecy and there are no contemporary records on the debate over the Declaration of Independence‚ the authors of the movie created the narrative based on later accounts and educated guesses‚ the need to invent scenes and dialogue
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Plot: Harvard senior student‚ Montgomery Kessler (Monty) is in the middle of writing his thesis when his computer suffers hard drive failure and lost all the data stored in it. Monty was able to print a copy of his thesis making it the “sole” copy of his thesis. Afraid that something might happen to it‚ he sets out in the middle of the night with Courtney (his roommate) to make more copies. Monty trips over a bike rack‚ breaking his ankle and dropping his thesis on the boiler room of Harvard’s library
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1989). Treatment for MPD or DID has raised much controversy over if the disorder actually exists or if it is caused by the therapist in the way they use hypnosis to find out the cause. Exploring the movie Sybil‚ both versions the 1974 and the 2007‚ gave insight to the disorder and the treatment. The movie Sybil is based on a true story of a college student that after multiple blackouts and a cut hand she found herself in the hospital being treated by a doctor that recommended a psych evaluation. Dr
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Film Festival‚ and San Sebastian Film Festival‚ where it received many awards. Storyline Shower is a straightforward comedy about relationships‚ human feelings and human spirit. It is a bittersweet‚ poignant‚ interesting yet emotional complex movie. The director juxtaposes modern and traditional culture to show a holistic view of today’s China to the audience. The backdrop of the story is set in a city in contemporary Beijing‚ a city on the make‚ with a dilapidated neighborhoods standing in
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A legally themed thriller starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman‚ The Firm was one of the movies revolving around Partnership and the related laws. Mitch McDeere‚ played by Tom Cruise‚ is a newly employed associate at Bendini‚ Lambert & Locke and a graduating law student from Harvard. Although gladly absorbed by the company through tempting salary packages‚ McDeere finds out the firm’s illegal activities causing him to be in action. Generally‚ The Firm is not only a partnership concern. It includes
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The story revolves around a family where the parents have spent all the earnings plus provident fund on their children..their study and for their settlement. But once the children(boys) are own their own and with their families they forget that they have some responsibility towards their parents too‚ because the parents do not have a pension to fall back upon.The children are quit upset over the thought that they have to now look after their parents and keep them along with them.They feel them as
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About thE movie The Firm is a 1993 legal thriller directed by Sydney Pollack‚ and starring Tom Cruise‚ Jeanne Tripplehorn‚ Gene Hackman‚ Ed Harris‚ Holly Hunter‚ Hal Holbrook‚ and David Strathairn. The film is based on the 1991 novel The Firm by author John Grisham. Plot Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) is a young man with a promising future in law. About to graduate from Harvard Law School‚ he is approached by Bendini‚ Lambert & Locke‚ ’The Firm’‚ and made an offer he cannot refuse. He and his
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