Category: Cinema
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“The Last of the Mohicans” the Movie by Michael Mann
Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The Last of the Mohicans is a movie based on the book by James Fennimore Cooper and directed by Michael Mann. Russell Means plays the lead character. This film is set in the 1757 and the story revolves around Hawkeye, a white man raised as…
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“Death in Venice”: Mann’s Novel v. Visconti’s Film
Introduction The origins of inspiration haunted the imagination of endless writers, composers, and artists of all kinds. When the book inspires a director, he or she usually has a choice: change a story and a name or let it remain the same, thus, opening a film to the comparison. In his work, Visconti opted for…
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Silver Linings Playbook Film Studies
The movie Silver Linings Playbook (2012) is about a man who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Following the movie “The Fighter,” about the grueling journey of a boxer and his drug-addicted sibling, David O. Russell took up the adaptation of Matthew Quick’s tragicomic novel. The subject of the book is personal to the filmmaker, who…
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Holocaust in “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” Film
Genuinely interested in history, I have always found the period of World War II both intriguing and terrifying. Among hundreds of historical films on the matter, to my mind, “The boy in the striped pajamas” depicts the horror of the Holocaust most effectively. Educational, emotionally complex, and thought-provoking, it helps spectators better imagine the cruelty…
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Motion Pictures: “Film/Genre” Book by Rick Altman
Table of Contents Introduction General Discussion Critical Analysis Concluding Points Bibliography Footnotes Introduction It is worth noting that theorists have long been trying to resolve the issue of inaccurate genre affiliation of motion pictures. The lack of a strict terminological base and the difficulty of categorizing movies led to the fact that the same film…
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Historical Depiction in the “Helen of Troy” Movie
This review is based on the film “Helen of Troy,” which revolves around the Greek mythology of the Trojan War. Helen is described as the prettiest woman in Greece, making her the dream girl of every man in the country and the indirect cause of conflict between the cities of Sparta and Troy (Harrison, 2003).…
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“Parasite”: Symbols Represented in the Film
Letter to My Readers First, I would like to thank you for your attention to my paper. I have chosen Marxist Literary Theory for the analysis of Parasite, a South Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho. The theory’s choice is determined by the main theme of the film – social stratification and struggles between social…
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Colors in “The Thief of Bagdad” Movie by A. Korda
“The Thief of Bagdad is a 1940 British Technicolor Arabian fantasy film produced by Alexander Korda and directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, and Tim Whelan, with contributions by Korda’s brothers Vincent and Zoltán, and William Cameron Menzies. The film stars child actor Sabu, along with Conrad Veidt, John Justin, and June Duprez” (“The Thief…
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The Emergency of the American Independent Cinema
Table of Contents Introduction Some facts about American independent cinema Sony Pictures Focus Features Orion Pictures Miramax Films New Line Cinema Conclusion References: Introduction Independent Cinema is also known as the indie film is a film that is produced on a low budget and usually by a small film studio. In addition, the independent film…
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Bill Monroe – Father of Bluegrass Music Film Analysis
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music (1993) is the film directed by Steve Gebhardt which discusses the biography of Bill Monroe with references to many interviews with Monroe himself and with the musicians influenced by his music. The film clearly explains why Bill Monroe is discussed as the ‘father’ of the specific bluegrass music, and…