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Introduction: Uncle Vanya is among the masterpieces of Anton Chekhov that portrays wasted lives and frustrated longing of the characters. In his earlier incarnation, it was known as ‘The Wood Demon’ and was a much more conventional play. It was rejected by two theatres and ultimately premiered to a very poor reception in 1989 in Moscow. However, later on the play was revised by Chekhov, who altered it radically. Although in terms of negative events, the new work was much more static as far less happens in Uncle Vanya but it is considered as one of the most poignant evocations of ...

Introduction

This essay will review the movie “Down in The Delta” that deals with the depiction of autism. It is an interesting movie that seeks to enlighten the viewer ON the plight of a young mother (Loretta) whose daughter is diagnosed with autism. Her struggles are explained in the difficulties she faces in raising her children, especially after her husband runs away upon learning about the condition of his daughter. The essay will be helpful in learning the stereotypes that are associated with autism by answering some questions that will guide this understanding.
Does the movie support the current legislation ...

This is a 2003 South Korean film in form of a psychological horror. It was written and directed by Kim Ji-woon. This movie was as a result of a folktale entitled ‘Janghwa Hongryeon’ which was done by Joseon Dynasty. This folktale by Joseon has been adapted to several films, including that of ‘a tale of two sisters’. It is basically on two sisters who faced a lot of problems and challenges. This is because after returning from the hospital, they experience several disturbing events which involve them and their step mother. The superb acting of this movie has seen it win a price of the best ...

Introduction

The film, The Secrets of my Success, is a viewed as a comedy that presents a young and determined business man who continues his business ambitions by strategizing on business oriented plans that consequently brings his company into a better position and outweighing the competitors. By just reading an email that passed through his hands, Fox devises a defined and brilliant project of streaming his uncle’s multinational corporation. The film presents the ladders that brilliant business individuals should undertake in moving a company to better heights. However, one can clearly see the integration of personal issues in business where Britney interacts sexually with a fellow ...

Introduction: The movie, Moonstruck, is not just about love, but also about family relationships and expectations. The film also depicts a tightly bound Italian family and the mini stories within the larger one, are intertwined and connected by the theme of family.
Description of family: The Castorini’s are the central family with the Cammareri’s also playing a major role in the movie. Grown children from both families are central figures in the story with Loretta Castorini falling in love with one of the Cammareri sons (Ronny) while engaged to another (Johnny). This is the main conflict in ...

Mean Streets (1973) Martin Scorsese

Introduction

A film is a story or an event that is a set of moving images or motion pictures and is shown in theater or on television. Films always portray different messages in them depending on the subject topic. The message they portray or carry mainly depend on the plot, setting of the movie and the role the different characters take up in the film or movie. The intent of the film is always in the main theme and this is always the beneficial part of the film to the viewers or the consumers (Merritt ...

Movie Review

“Laputa: The Castle in the Sky” became the first animation film produced on Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata’s “Studio Ghibli”. Maybe it is because of the success of the given movie “Ghibli” became a synonym of a high-quality feature animation for many years ahead. Produced in distant 1986 the movie has not been forgotten until today. Is it because of the bright plot of genius writer and director Hayao Miyazaki or memorable music theme of a wonderful composer Joe Hisaishi, but “The Castle in the Sky” even nowadays continues to amaze the audience with its romantic kindness, taking ...

The documentary Black Harvest, which showed some events from life of the white explorer’s descendant Joe Leahy and the Ganiga tribe in Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, made me to take a side of the man. Leahy looked like a true victim in this movie. The man worked hard to improve and enlarge his coffee plantation. Leahy wanted to share his profits with Ganiga people. He offered them the smaller part, but this decision was reasonable, because the man charged himself with the whole financial responsibility. It was not Leahy’s fault that coffee prices decreased. Ganiga ...

If it was the description of the end of the Leahy's family story in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, the film succeeded in telling it. The Black Harvest was the last part of the documentary trilogy filmed by Connolly. The project started with the story about Leahy brothers who found near one million people during their search for gold. The Black Harvest demonstrated how the “result” of this journey Joe Leahy failed to expand his coffee plantation and had to leave it. The movie also succeeded in the demonstration of severities, which representatives of mixed races and ...

Winter bones

Teardrop Dolly is one of the main heroes of well-known book and movie «Winter bones». He is uncle of Ree Dolly who tried to find the way out of dramatic situation in her life. It is quite interesting to notice how her attitude to Teardrop evolved through the plot. Firstly, she was scared of him always looking as nightmare then after some events she started to see the real Teardrop who appeared to be the only person she could trust. He has amazing character that is impossible to understand without deep analysis. His three blue teardrops done in jailhouse ...

‘A Story of Floating Weeds’ was a film produced in 1934. The film was directed by Yasujiro Ozu and was later replayed in the year, 1954. The 86 minutes long film creates an atmosphere filled with strong and deep emotions. Much of the running time of this film is used up on routine activities, but every scene serves its own purpose in bringing out the themes of this film.
The story is about a travelling troupe of Kabuki actors and their leader Komajuro. It explores on the relationships of Komajuro with his troupe, former mistress, and his unknowing son. The setting ...

Oedipus the King

Oedipus The King tells the story of Oedipus, a young king who comes to wrestle with his past and his destiny, involving the inadvertent and unknowing murder of his father, and the marrying of his own mother. When searching for the murderer of the former king Laius, he finds out that he had, in fact, killed the man in a brawl some time ago, and taken his wife and kingdom as reward for another journey. He settles into life with Jocasta and the kingdom of Thebes, not knowing what he had truly done. Eventually, he learns that Laius was his father, ...

Film/novel; Winter's Bone/Winter's Bone Daniel Woodrell/Debra Granik

‘Hope” is the beauty and the very essence of life. A day follows a night, every sunset is followed by sunrise, light at the end of the tunnel – you can ramble on and on so forth. Art in any form, be it a painting, a literary work or a movie is supposed to celebrate the gift of life and most of the time it does. Every fairy tale has a happy ending, a lovely piece of melody fills us with joy of living and a beautiful painting reminds us about the existence of God.
But novels and movies cannot always be preaching how good conquers ...

Movie Review-Hamlet, with Mel Gibson

Juliet, Othello, Taming of the Shrew), the authenticity of the setting is most crucial for

capturing and engaging the audience’s attention for the entirety of the play. Zeffirelli has

chosen a twelfth-century Welsh castle to be the setting of the Royal Castle of Elsinor in

Denmark. Its ramparts, round towers, dark hallways and twisting stairs are the imagery

needed to uncover King Hamlet’s murder and to weave Hamlet’s elaborate plan to exact

his full revenge upon those responsible.

Shakespeare plays are not meant to be read silently but to be performed, with the

flow of the language, ...

The tragic story of Hamlet

Hamlet is one of the most popular yet defining plays written by Shakespeare. This masterpiece is a tragedy that makes the human mind contemplate about the problems life throws at us .Hamlet makes one question the nature of man and the good versus evil. (Willbern 8)The play focuses of how the characters deal with different dilemmas that they are faced with; it reveals the various character traits of the human nature. These traits bring out different emotions such love hatred, anger grief and despair.

Characters in the play

Hamlet

Hamlet, who is the main character in the play, is the prince of Denmark. ...