Chiara Posani English III- Blue Mrs. Pecora 14 May 2013 The Great Gatsby was pretty good. Whoever casted the characters did a pretty good job. I thought that Leonardo Dicaprio acted very well in the role of Jay Gatsby. In the book you could tell that Jay loved Daisy so much but seeing it on screen played by Leonardo made the feeling come to life. In conclusion the acting was great. Unfortunately‚ I also thought the movie illustrated the book a little too much. Most of the time I knew every
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The informative film‚ Race The Power of an Illusion‚ Part 2 focused mainly gun point about Race‚ A category/ an idea. Assigning meaning based on how we look‚ different morals‚ values‚ beliefs and intellectual abilities. The social construct is mainly created by the society which occurred in the past and still to this day plays a roll in a humans everyday life. This film made me feel overwhelmed by the actions and behaviors because of ones race. It also made very good meaning full connections which
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Based on a book of the same name published by Amy Tan‚ The Joy Luck Club tells the stories of four Chinese women and their daughters who were raised in America. While the film focuses a great deal on the relationships between the mothers and daughters and how their stories intertwine‚ as well as the history of each person and the trials they went through both in China and America‚ it also showcases some Chinese cultural and religious beliefs. Religion‚ folktales‚ culture‚ and superstition were all
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The Great Gatsby Movie Critique The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an iconic novel of American literature. It is seen as a definitive novel that highlights aspects of life and thinking in 1920’s America. Due to its cultural significance and popularity‚ numerous attempts have been made to translate The Great Gatsby from novel to film. The most notable presence of the film portrayed on screen‚ was the 1974 film‚ The Great Gatsby. The film starred big name celebrities such as Robert Redford
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The film industry was able to rush in a golden age of film by capitalizing on the need for Americans to have an escape from the harsh reality of the Great Depression; they were able to provide Americans with this escape from reality by utilizing the best of technological innovation of the time which included sound and color films. The film industry created an environment where Americans could pay a small amount of money to sit down and enjoy a film that took them away from the bleak times of the
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ took the world by storm when it was first published in 1925 and is still a popular piece of American literature almost a century later. His emphasis on sociopolitical themes makes his book a useful tool for discussing modern day issues. Because of its popularity and relevance to modern day life‚ The Great Gatsby has gone through many film adaptations‚ each unique in its own right. Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 remake of this timeless story remains true to Fitzgerald’s
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The Great Gatsby‚ 2013 Film Critique This past spring‚ Hollywood released the quite controversial adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel‚ The Great Gatsby. The film is directed by Baz Luhrman‚ known for his extravagant‚ visual style‚ with none other than legendary Leonardo DiCaprio as title character‚ Gatsby‚ Tobey Maguire as narrator Nick Carraway‚ and Carey Mulligan is cast as Daisy Buchanan. Set during the summer of 1922 on Long Island‚ New York‚ Nick gets caught up in the world
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The Great Gatsby: Film and Novel Comparison The Great Gatsby is a novel which critically discusses the ideals of the American Dream and recapturing the past. In the film adaptation‚ producer Jack Clayton stays very closely to the plot and even quotes the novel verbatim but fails to capture the essence of the themes portrayed in the novel. The text did not translate well into film; some facts are distorted‚ the depiction of the characters are different‚ the general ambience of certain settings
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Great Gatsby: Book vs Film Before the invention of television and film the art of story telling was restricted to theater and literature. Theater was and still is performed live by actors who tell some kind of story through their performance. But theater is still limited greatly in its ability to convey setting to the viewer. In order to fully grasp the power of any story one must believe‚ in a sense‚ that the events are happening before them. Literature is better able to accomplish this by utilizing
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Lion of the Desert Reflection Rebellion spearhead as well as a teacher‚ Omar Mukhtar was a clear leader. During the brief peace talk in “Lion of the Desert‚” the first demand Mukhtar wanted for his people were Muslim schools. Other requirements for peace that were requested were national protection‚ national parliament‚ and return of the lands taken from the people of Libya. Mukhtar was first a teacher‚ when reading‚ reflecting or teaching he wore his glasses. Mukhtar balanced them gently on
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