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    Indian parallel cinema

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    net/newwave.html indian parallel cinema Through his first film Pather Panchali (1955) Satyajit Ray became the pioneer of a genre of films latter known as the ’Indian Parallel Cinema ’. Even though Ritwik Ghatak made his first film Nagarik in 1952‚ he became well known by his film Ajantrik (1958) and became a strong presence in parallel cinema. Mrinal Sen made his first filmRaatbhor in 1955. The first film society was founded in Bombay in 1943 and Satyajit Ray founded a film society in Calcutta in 1947

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    Is Locke’s distinction between primary and secondary qualities tenable The world we live in is often taken to be the direct cause of all of our sense experience and this common sense approach is rarely given a second thought. However‚ upon reflection the experiential process of acquiring and interpreting sense data is complex and still under discussion. John Locke proposed the idea that our minds are born in a state of Tabula Rasa and therefore all knowledge must be gained through experience.

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    Social Issues in Cinema

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    THE STEREOTYPICAL PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN COMMERCIAL INDIAN CINEMA ---------------------------------- A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of Communications University of Houston ___________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts _______________________________________ By Sowmya Nandakumar May‚ 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 _________________________________________________________________1 Introduction

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    Influence of Cinema

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    Influence of cinema Cinema is by far the most common and cheapest means of entertainment in cities in India. The maximum we Indians can look to cinema is as an exposition of art. In a country like ours‚ where most people are illiterate and so poor that they can ill afford any other recreation‚ Cinema has taken its toll. Poor‚ hard pressed and illiterate people find that the cinema is the only means by which they can break the monotony and drudgery or their routine mundane lives. The village or

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    This essay got an A- in a first year gender studies course The ‘Sex ’ and ‘Gender ’ Distinction For centuries‚ women have been subject to having their competence scrutinised‚ their mental processes challenged‚ their abilities questioned in western civilisation. In this essay‚ I will begin by giving some historical perspective to the scrutiny of women as it is important to know how it came to be that women have been seen as lower status when compared to men‚ eg. the ‘weaker ’ sex. Then discussion

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    in every town. The existence of so many cinemas reflects their popularity. They have indeed become the most popular places of entertainment. The cinema attracts large numbers of people everyday. It is the magnet of the town. It sometimes attracts even those who do not wish to see a film. As it is so popular‚ the cinema exerts a profound influence on the minds of many people‚ young and old. The influence is sometimes good‚ and sometimes it is bad. Films showing criminal activities and the sensual

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    Hong Kong Cinema

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    Hong Kong Cinema The Chinese art form I ’ve chosen to write about is film‚ with an emphasis on Hong Kong Cinema. I enjoy movies‚ in particular action films. Hong Kong Cinema has produced some of the best action films I have ever seen. I will discuss three Hong Kong Action genres‚ Martial Arts films‚ the Kung Fu Comedies and the Triad films. My first experience with Hong Kong Cinema came in the 1970s with Martial Arts films. Martial arts‚ emphasizes self-strengthening‚ therapeutic exercise

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    Research on Pakistani Cinema

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    INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Introduction Cinemas of the third-world countries produce more than half of the world’s films. Countries such as Pakistan have emerged from the Western control. Pakistan shared its film history with Indian cinema (known as Bollywood) before Partition of the Southeast Asia in 1947.Pakistan cinema was in the top ten-film production countries until the mid 1980s. India was the international market for Pakistani film distributers and filmmakers at that time. There was

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    Odeon Cinemas www.odeon.co.uk Odeon Cinemas targets people who are interested in movies and the new releases updates of film world regardless of the age. Odeon cinemas has a slogan of "Fanatical about films" weaknesses 1- The colors are not eye-catchitng‚ the blue and white are not well-matched together. (design) 2- The font is small (design) 3- the windows of each movie on the home page is relatively space-consuming (design) 4- brand image (from the website too) 5- the steps of the

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    I love movies. I especially adore those films with an artistic‚ literary quality that is timeless and classical. In my experience‚ Italian movies seldom fail to evoke such feelings in me‚ and Cinema Paradiso was no disappointment. This heartwarming story about a little boy’s love affair with movies‚ and his subsequent coming-of-age in the repressive environment of ecclesiastical censorship and hypocrisy stirred great emotion in me‚ as I expected it would. The young Toto made me feel his awe as

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