The film adaptation of the novel‚ Ordinary People‚ directed by Robert Redford has received massive amounts of critical acclaim since its release in 1980. It has been nominated for several Academy and Golden Globe Awards‚ among others‚ and won four of the Academy Awards‚ five of the Golden Globes‚ and numerous critic awards. The film’s achievement is due to the eloquent screenwriting by Alvin Sargent‚ powerful‚ emotion evoking drama from Judith Guest’s original story‚ and phenomenal acting by Timothy
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Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality‚ primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.[1] A ’documentary film’ was originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now includes video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video‚ made as a television program or released for screening in cinemas. "Documentary" has been described as a "filmmaking practice‚ a cinematic
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very interesting name that just screams military film. Based on the name‚ I did not think that it would be a documentary but I am very glad I went to class to view this particular film. Robert McNamara‚ is probably one of the most interesting men that I have watched on a documentary. 85 years old and answering every question he was asked with wit and with a charisma that no other man I have seen ever do with such ease. The perspective of the film regarding the reality of war was rational (at least
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The director uses film techiques to tell the story ad create a respose in the audiece. These techiques are. Shots wide shot- a wide shot is a shot that shows the setting as well as the character. This kind of shot is used so the audience can understand the characters physical experience with the setting. normal shot- a normal shot usually shows the characters waist and up. This is a standard shot that helps to focus attention on the action. close up- a close up shot is a shot in which the camera
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Film Reaction Idiocracy Watching this film was entertaining. I’ve seen it before on Comedy Central and thought it was funny to see how the U.S. was like hundreds of years later. I was excited to know that this film was on the list for doing this paper because I have seen it. This movie was right up my alley because the writer and director of the film is none other than Mike Judge. Of course‚ I’m a fan of his shows‚ especially “Beavis and ButtHead”. Anyway‚ the movie was about two main characters
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ADAPTATION AS INTERPRETATION The debate on cinematic adaptations of literary works was for many years dominated by the questions of fidelity to the source and by the tendencies to prioritize the literary originals over their film versions. (Whelehan:2006) Adaptations were seen by most critics as inferior to the adapted texts‚ as “minor”‚ “subsidiary”‚ “derivative” or “secondary” products‚ lacking the symbolic richness of the books and missing their “spirit”. (Hutcheon:2006) Critics could not forgive
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Fear and Films What I’m afraid of the most in The Paranormal activity movie is that the family is possess and ends up dead. The quite seen‚ before the whole kitchen rattles. Having you wife being taken over by a demon and losing your kids. There is nothing that you can do to save them. Have done my own research and have included pictures of at the end of this paper. To show there is some truth to this. apart. Having your kids over taken by Dominic sprit. The film is just filmed
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Introduction: Following the release of his immensely popular 1934 film Jolly Fellows‚ director Grigori Aleksandrov found himself in an unenviable dilemma. While his films were quite successful with the Soviet people‚ the state itself was less than impressed with the lack of ideological content. And‚ given how they had full control over the making of future films‚ Aleksandrov realized that his career was potentially at risk‚ especially given the strict standards the censorship board followed in the
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Vivre Sa Vie In the nouvelle vague film style in Cleo de 5 a 7 and Vivre Sa Vie‚ isolation is a common theme expressed by two different walks of life through the unfortunate circumstances of two individual women. Both females have a physical terminal end in sight‚ but the struggle with internal isolation is what connects them together. Vivre Sa Vie objectifies and sexualizes Nana‚ the main character‚ from the minimizing documentary-like style of the film to her sudden cause of death. Her prostitution
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Film Analysis The viewing of films is important in today’s society because audiences are able to see life events acted out in front of them. This provides the viewers with a greater understanding and knowledge of the historical events that occurred and delivers a clearer image of the message trying to be conveyed. The film Milk is an adaptation of real events that occurred on the streets of San Francisco during the nineteen seventies. It focuses on how homosexuals were threatened by politics
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