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The paper attempts to provide a brief critique of the movie “the imitation game” in light of the leadership theories. Ahead of it, the RLP and RLR theories are also explained, and both have been related to the movie. The main character of the movie is Alan Turing, who leads a group under the supervision of the United Kingdom’s government. In addition to it, Alan Turing also exhibits some strange attributes which are entirely related to his personal life.

The movie is totally based on the biography of the Alan Turing, who is a gay man by nature. ...

English 1A Should the Minimum Wage be increased? Minimum wage can essentially be described as the hourly wage rate set by the law, and it exists to ensure that people who work can earn enough compensation to support not only themselves but their families as well. The idea behind minimum wage has been in existence in American since the late 1800s and the early 1900s when the trade unions were formed and started agitation for better pay for workers from different professions. Since then, there have been various changes to the minimum wage over time, with the ...

Movie producers undergo several obstacles before the completion of their respective projects. Peter Jackson goes through similar predicaments in his creation of the “King Kong Movie”. However, he still manages to create a fascinating movie that has several significant aspects. For example, this movie by Jackson tells an adventurers story that teaches its viewers unique aspects of movie production. The intent of this paper is to provide a social, economic, technological and aesthetic analysis of the movie.

Peter Jackson introduces diverse aspects of socialization throughout this thrilling movie. He begins by letting his protagonists fall in love when they sail to ...

Marie DiBattista voices her concern about the character of women in contemporary movies. In her article that discusses and draws a sharp distinction between women in the films made in the 1940s and 1930s, Marie DiBattista shows a woman figure of them being charming, outgoing, determined, devoted and widely admirable. It is this type of woman that DiBattista wanted to become. She is concerned that the contemporary films portray a woman who lacks the ability to enunciate, full of blundering, lacks coherence and is insecure. However, this is not the case. Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a woman character in the movie, the Underworld ...

This essay deals with the notion of death and dying in the movie, where protagonists prove to be more than ordinary people who would probably succumb to the pressure of knowing that their last days are numbered. Instead, they face death head on and follow their bucket list, with items that need to be done in order for them to believe that they have led truly fulfilled lives. In the end, however, they figure out that for this, they did not need fancy dinners and exotic trips, rather what they needed was beside them all along: family and friends; ...

The values and attitudes that the Thomson ad appeals to are wisdom, pleasure, happiness, a comfortable life, well-being, relationships, and personal happiness. These values and attitudes mean making the most of one’s time, but in a peaceful way that places experience and spending time with family and friends over the bustle and rush of everyday life. Although the speaker is a child, the target audience is adults with families. The audience is at least of an age of having children or even grandchildren, and it can be either male or female. The scenery of the ad is luxurious, so the socio-economic ...

The Wrestler (2008) features the story of Randy “The Ram” Robinson (Mickey Rourke), an aging wrestler. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the film shows a wrestler’s attempts to hang on to the glory days of the 1980’s by wrestling past his prime, even though his health is sputtering and his personal life is on the downturn. A part-time employee of a supermarket, Randy has a manager who makes fun of his attempts to wrestle on the weekends. He meets Cassidy (Marisa Tomei), who works at a strip club and – much like Randy – is too old for the work she is doing. He ...

Personally, I decide the film I have to watch by using many features. Some of them include the following: mood, environment, who I am watching with, the nature of the film, and the moral lesson that the film has. The mood in this case tells us about the feelings towards the characters in the film. The question that I need to ask myself is “am I going to enjoy it?” Often, I normally watch to relive pain, to get comfort and even to settle my mind. Environment refers to the surrounding. I have to consider current surrounding i.e. the ...

John Hughes’ 1985 film, The Breakfast Club is a teen movie that addresses the imperative stage of childhood to adulthood transformation in a school set up. From a sociological point of view, the film brings forth an important display of teenagers’ interactions that is based on social labels, that is, appearance, interests and general behavior. The five major teenagers in the film, Allison, Andrew, John, Brian, and Claire are different in appearance, interests, and their behaviors too. The manner in which the story is presented remains relevant to the current times and is applicable to the adolescents’ daily lives.

One intention of ...

Can I become a rock musician and stay with Jennifer without being rejected? Point of Attack/Catalyst: Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) bringing him out to the mall parking lot to introduce him to the DeLorean and film his time-trip

Libyans show up, kill Doc Brown, and force Marty to escape in the DeLorean to 1955. Main Tension of the Movie in Question Form (Occupies Act Two): How does Marty get back to the future? Example of Rising Action: Marty must avoid his mother's advances/must make his father more courageous/must warn Doc about his impending ...

Wong's exploration of Hong Kong through his use of cinematography and storytelling in Chungking Express is an example of the director-flaneur. The film displays an urban landscape depicting Hong Kong as an increasingly globalized city, a command-post city that is constantly changing. Wong shows Hong Kong to be a very dreamlike, impressionistic place, as characters wander through it nearly marooned in this global city mirage (Berry, 2008).

Time-space compression is exemplified through the myriad landscapes that the two characters wander through, from fast food shops to lonely streets. These policemen show just how globalization limits the potential of the flaneur and ...

The Proposal is a 2009 romantic comedy directed by Anne Fletcher for the California-based film production and distribution house, Touchstone Pictures. The story revolves around a talented book publisher, named Margaret Tate (portrayed by Sandra Bullock), who heads the fictional publishing firm Ruick & Hunt. Margaret is depicted as an emotionally distant person from the start. Around five minutes into the movie, for instance, employees at Ruick & Hunt are seen running frantically around the offices as soon as one of them sends an internal message stating, “It is here.” This clearly shows just how much she is both feared and detested. ...

Hotel Rwanda movie is based on a true story of a man who against all odds tries to save people in the midst of genocide in Rwanda. It was an organized murder of almost a million Rwandans. He gives hope to people in a country when there is no hope left. Rwanda descends into total chaos and madness and the whole world opts out. Nobody wants to help the Africans as they are viewed as dung. He opens arms to the helpless and by this saves many lives. The movie is all about the atrocities conducted against humanity in Rwanda. The tension that ...

In essence, this movie circulates around four people falsely accused of a bombing which killed a few innocent people. What is fascinating is that this movie has its grounds set in reality, and is based upon factual information. Due to the reason that the area bombed was the Guildford pub, the trials of these four people infamously became known as the Guildford Four Trials. The aim of this paper is to observe the political concepts underlined in the movie, and the most prevalent one was the absence of a sound justice system. The government under the pressure of the public is forced ...

“Incident at Oglala” provides for a deep documentation of the “murder” of two FBI special agents execution style on June 26, 1975 namely Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams. Aside from the two agents killed during the gun battle, was Joe Stuntz, a Native American and a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Jumping Bull Compound, Oglala, South Dakota. The death of the Stuntz prompted no legal action while the death of the two FBI agents made the government looked for four Native Indians to be held responsible for the case namely James Eagle, Darrelle Butler, Bob Robideau and ...

This movie employs an intensely defective character that makes him remain seriously popular among action movie lovers. Despite all the faults, he remains largely rational and combines faultless logic with enthusiastic scrutiny, accompanied with impressive attention to details. This is the core of the movie; finding resolutions to situations by relying on instincts and scrutiny.This article looks at the movie plot with regarding to adoption of the source materials and science in the 19th century.The movie regards Holmes’ face to face with monsters that would otherwise invade London. The plot in the movie revolves around the advent of ...

The video, Big Bucks, Big Pharma, really went into detail about how the shift of approach on how drugs are marketed has led to a very compromising involvement of the pharmaceutical companies, well beyond just marketing, but into every aspect, from initial drug development and throughout the entire process. Pharmaceutical companies has become a major influencing force in how people view even the most minor of issues into major ailments that need to be treated, all for the sake of profits. Even natural character traits, such as shyness has been distorted into “social anxiety disorder” that can be treated with a prescription. ...

Question 1: This paper will examine both the film: Fight Club by David Fincher and the Book: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk in order to answer the question: Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club is written in almost cinematic terms, referring to specific shots in the first chapter, Tyler Durden’s job as a movie projectionist, and the idea of the "changeover." How does David Fincher’s film adaptation expand these terms to become a type of metafilm? What does the film show us about narrative, the transition from novel to film, and the medium of film itself? How are ...

A great script full with twists and unpredictability influences the success of a film to a great extent. The 2003 award-winning film adaptation, a comedy drama written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze exemplifies creativity in filmmaking. It is wickedly playful in construction and records the torments of a screenwriter who is not adept at writing a movie about orchids. Ironically, the film manages to have the story effectively told in a captivating and exceptionally creative manner by incorporating two lines of stories into one. The film narrates the true story of Charlie Kaufman and his struggles to adapt the book The Orchid ...

McCarthy's novel has a greater mode of resemblance with the actual film in various ways. In most scenarios, the film helps the audience to clearly understand the intentions of the author capitalized on the thematic contents of the book. Based on modes of approach offered by the film, a lot of the past, present and future expectations evident in the novel significantly appear in the film. Firstly, the novel covers more on the narration about the historical disparity of the people. This concept is well spread over the novel capturing on the fiery mood created by the author. The book ...

Boston, Massachusetts one of the oldest cities, is a busy community with high percentage of roads chocked with traffic. In order to relieve the traffic issues and to provide the residents with more parks and recreational facilities instead of roads, an ambitious project was undertaken known as the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T). The project basically encompassed on the vision of building an underground tunnel, miles below the surface, without disturbing the daily routine and holding up traffic for construction. In order to achieve this daunting task many changes had to be undertaken, which could ire the everyday commuter. The following ...

Frontline’s investigative documentary Assault on Gay America presents a startling view concerning the treatment of homosexuals or people perceived to be homosexual in America and the attitudes in society contributing to this treatment. The episode centers around a man named Bill Jack Gaither, murdered in 1999 by acquaintances near his hometown of Sylacauga in Alabama because of his sexual orientation. The documentary includes interviews with people from his hometown who knew him, his convicted killers, family, religious leaders, Forensic Psychologists and students who discuss perceptions of gender roles and homosexuality. Although I am well aware that prejudices exist in ...

Good Will Hunting

Understanding communication strategies between people can be learned by carefully observing feature films. Dramas are the best because the characters are involved in different types of relationships. Good Will Hunting directed by Gus Van Sant is a movie centered on a young man named Will Hunting who lives in South Boston. Will does not really ‘communicate’ per se with anyone even though he hangs out with a group of friends who are his surrogate brothers. Will is an orphan and has had a difficult life. Because he has had a difficult past he built a lot of defensive walls. He must learn ...

The lecture is about family values and culture in the successful adjustments of ethnic minority adolescents. The speaker at the lecture was Dr. Ana Marl Cauce, the Executive vice Provost and Professor of Psychology in University of Washington. During this fascinating lecture, I was able to grasp the following.

The Importance of parenting as it is one of the key elements that influence the behavior and development of the adolescents. Understanding Adolescence, as a process focuses on many things such as rapid body change, cognitive development, and enhanced intelligence but with minimal wisdom. This will enable better understanding in the ...

Paul Haggis’s 2004 film Crash is a powerful view of the intersecting lives of many people and families of different races, classes, economic status, and careers in modern day Los Angeles. It is difficult to summarize the movie because there are so many important characters and intertwining storylines. There is Graham (Don Cheadle), a police officer whose mother is a junkie and brother is a criminal. Daniel (Michael Pena) is a locksmith and a kind-hearted family man not trusted by some of his customers because of his tattoos and tough looks. Farhad (Shaun Toub), a Persian shopkeeper, buys a gun to protect his family. Rick (Brendan ...

Ant Farm was formed in 1968 by architecture post-graduates Doug Michels and Chip Lord who were later joined by Curtis Schreier as one of the group’s core members (Feldman 1). Chip Lord was an architecture graduate from Tulane University and later received various awards such as the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships; the Creative Artist Fellowship from the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission; and the Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowships (Electronic Arts Intermix). Douglas Michel, on the other hand, graduated from the Yale School of Architecture and after Ant Farm, spent the rest of his career teaching at ...

I believe that Orfeo Negro is one of such movies that should be definitely watched by everyone who is interested in the Brazilian culture. The reason for this is its unforgettable and captivating atmosphere created by the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, which serves as a setting for the events that take place in the movie. The way these events are connected with the carnival deserves special attention. First of all, it is necessary to state that the script and its end in particular are known almost to everyone, because it is a classic Greek story of Orpheus and Eurydice. ...

In the 1985 film Kiss of the Spider Woman, a political prisoner and an effeminate gay man live out their stay in an Argentinian prison. Both of these characters have their own demons to overcome, but their imprisonment is a result of their government's dissatisfaction with their activities. In this way, their struggles are very representative of the trials and tribulations these same kinds of people encountered in Brazilian culture at the time, but in many ways it is a dramatic departure.

Luis Molina, the effeminate gay man, was imprisoned because of his homosexuality; the military dictatorship that ruled until the year ...

In George Sidney's 1963 musical Bye, Bye Birdie, the era of pop singers and Elvis Presley is lampooned in the character of Conrad Birdie (Jesse Pearson), a desirable figurehead for the teen culture movement. The film itself is, ostensibly, about the resistance that the parents have to the new wave of music that is appearing and influencing their kids, with the hip-swinging, revolutionary and fun-loving celebrity of Conrad. In this way, the film can be likened to the resistance that the ruling elite had during the rise of the middle class in Brazil in the early 20th century - Conrad ...

Pixar’s Tin Toy (1988) is a paradigm of a short-form film that illustrates breakthrough, genuine emotions, and completeness of essential film qualities.

When all other movies were accustomed to using the traditional form, Tin Toy opened the door to modern film art, a fledgling form in 1988 that ultimately become the inspiration of today’s animated movies. History noted that the film was a successful experiment of an animated work rendered on a computer. While it may be considered an antique creation, watching this masterpiece in our time is a fresh breath from long form films. The movie also reminds viewers of one art ...

The movie tells the story of the murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in Oglala in 1975. It focuses on the trial of the three main suspects. Two of them were acquitted on trial while one was convicted of murder. The main focus of the movie is the trial of Leonard Peltier extradited from Canada to face the murder trial and subsequently convicted of the charge. The movie highlights several controversial issues. The primary issue is the race question and the secondary issue is the trial of what the producers believe is an innocent man. These two ...

The Flower Girl was an inspirational movie released in 1972, in North Korea. This movie received considerable appreciation and was turned into a book, and the leading actresses face was found on the North Korean bank note for quite some time, due to the extreme success. I believe that almost every scene in the movie is placed perfectly to depict sadness, and induce a feeling of pity for antagonist named Kim Il-Sung, referred to as the flower girl. She belongs to a low-class family, facing a financial crisis and consisting of an ill mother and her blind sister. Every day she picks ...

The movie 200 countries, 200 years shows how countries have gotten richer in the last two centuries and basically covers the economic history of the world. The Income per person (GDP) in nearly all the countries in the world has increased as the countries adjust the differences in the cost of living and the inflation levels. I find it interesting how he enthusiastically uses public data and brings out in a sport’s commentator style to prove that the wealth of more than 200 countries has increased over the last two centuries. It is also interesting that a story depicting the ...

The archeologist studied the life of a farmer in the San Juan, Mexico to understand how the manufacture and trade of matateos and menois in the ancient city of Copan was carried out. The study of Filemeno Gabriel’s way of life shed light to how and why the farmers in ancient city of Copan manufactured the matateos and menois. It was noted that Gabriel made matateos in his spare time so as to supplement his budget. This was because as a farmer Gabriel could only produce what was enough for him, his family and the domestic animals he owned. ...

Moneyball is a film that highlights the stages through which a football manager took a baseball team from a despised to a respected level. Billy Beane has an ambition of bringing up a baseball team yet finances limit him. Apparently, he cannot afford the minimum amount required to pay a player. This did not hinder him from pursuing his dream even as he sought advice from his friend Peter Brand who also becomes his close associates. They decided to hire players who would not mind playing at a lesser fee. This made his team to be the most despised as it was considered that with less remuneration, ...

The basic premise behind Director Judd Apatow’s comedy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, is obvious from its title: its main character, Andy (Steve Carell), is still a virgin and his friends at work want to help him remedy that “problem” by attempting various schemes to help him lose his virginity. As with other comedies, Andy experiences many pitfalls, embarrassing moments, and humiliating situations before finally marrying an understanding woman, Trish (Catherine Keener), and having his first sexual encounter with her. A good comedy is difficult to make, but because the directing and acting in the movie is superb, The 40-Year-Old ...

1. The interesting contrast between the community and the family made the Israeli-Palestinian tensions clearer. For both families, they were equally in mourning and hated that Ayat became a suicide bomber. However, some people in the community were also proud of Ayat's sacrifice and thought she was a martyr (like the woman who burst into hysterics in the mourning room). Both women were good girls, studying hard and loved by their peers and families. One particularly poignant moment is the time when Ayat's father confuses which picture on the Newsweek cover is of his daughter, noting how similar the two look.

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Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway tells the tale of an aspiring playwright (John Cusack) who quickly discovers he has no talent, even as he schemes with the mob to finance his first play. Eventually, he soon falls into adultery and plagiarism, along with all the typical jabs at the moviemaking business typical of a Woody Allen picture on the subject. However, at the same time, it also discusses ideas of how to find one's calling in life, and how our passions may not necessarily be our strengths. In that sense, it touches on ideas of eudaimonia - the enlightenment and ...

Enrique's Journey is an American best seller by a renowned journalist and Los Angeles Times reporter, Sonia Nazario. The author has intensively researched for this book and looks as if she has applied all her journalistic skills in this book. This paper discusses the book, Enrique's Journey and further analyses several related aspects. The book touches several aspects of the human life. The story is based on a real life account of a Honduran adolescent, Enrique who starts a thorny journey from his hometown, Tegucigalpa to the US with a motive to find his mother, Lourdes after travelling almost 1600 miles and passing ...

Bird like me is a film that displays the historical devastation of Mississippi City. The devastation is not just about human activities but also the negligence that the state has been exposed to. Compared to other cities of United States, Mississippi had not been given the attention that it required to make it environmentally safe. The issue that has been raised and is responsible for negligence is racism, which is widespread in the city. There were no measures to minimize on illegal dumping of waste products as well as land grabbing by private developers. The people in the city have ...

The first evidence is given where the film featured the production of different categories of meat, pork, chicken and beef by many food companies. This showed how these companies destroy the food by adding different preservatives and how the food is processed using different chemicals, which are very harmful environmentally and to humans. The second evidence is given where the film focused on the production of vegetables and grains. It gave a specific example of production of soya beans and primary corn. It also labeled this as environmentally and economically unsustainable. The other evidence used in the film is ...

Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List is based on the true story. The director presented a great tribute through this highly acclaimed movie to the sufferings that Jewish came across during the era of World War II. The movie succeeds in delivering the intended massage with a brilliant piece of story, marvelous technical work, amazing direction and the stunning acting. The movie is shot in black and white along with the fine use of shades and lights to give it a complete holocaust makeover. Apart from attracting a huge number of audiences at the ticket window, movie grabbed dozens of awards including seven ...

John James Audubon, the illegitimate son of a sea captain Jean Audubon and a servant Jeanne Rabine was a French - American painter, naturalist and ornithologist. He was born on 1785 in Les Cayes (new Haiti), previously known as Saint Domingue, and died in 1851 (Rhodes, 2004). Even nearly two centuries since his death, Audubon is remembered in this world for his studies on birds, painting, and hunting. Audubon was a nature lover, and passionate about paintings of birds in their natural habitats. His most memorable documentation is The Birds of North America, a collection of ornithological works considered to be his best legacy ( ...

Inside Job is an excellent documentary which deals with the banking crisis and all that went along with it. It is an indictment of those CEO’s and financial traders who risked the market without any sort of scruples and who also demonstrated a tactical acumen to destroy others without any qualms or compunction. Principally the documentary focuses on the disaster which occurred when sub prime loans began invading the market. This undoubtedly led to huge problems when those who began buying houses which they couldn’t afford and started losing their jobs ended up defaulting on their loans ...

Capitalism generally refers to an economic system that encourages the private accumulation of capital. As such, there is usually an aspect of competitive marketing which may be abused as a consequence of bigger disparities in wealth creation. This may leads to exploitation of the less privileged by the rich who control the means of production. The need of creation of awareness among the disadvantaged is important as the review will reveal herein after. The most interesting part of the video is the manner in which the lecture is delivered. In the video, Zizek is casually dressed to fit the ...

Yin Chenzong & Chu Wanghua: Yellow River Piano Concerto Featuring pianist Cong Fan Brahms: Symphony No. 2, op 73, D major The concert which was performed by the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra was certainly a revelation in many respects. It included two Chinese works which have gained considerable fame all over the world and which were quite ideally interpreted by the orchestra. There was also the Brahms Second Symphony for good measure which is one of the most popular romantic works in the repertoire and which is very much a staple part of the orchestra’s routine. The ...

The construction of the holocaust memorial was done to remember the Jews who were mistreated and killed in Germany during the reign of Hitler. During the time, many people died at the time and the rest of the world did not even take any actions to rescue the Jews. This research paper will give the personal opinions of the proposition of construction of holocaust memorial. It is believed that the construction of the holocaust memorial was proposed by the Nazi party that was leading the country during the time (Beck, 36). In addition, the citizens of Germany including ...

In many ways the US system is inherently flawed in that it does not offer equal opportunities to all. In the South where education is still something of an issue, there is still de facto segregation in certain areas which is definitely not seen in China or Finland for example. Children from poorer backgrounds and from different ethnic communities obviously suffer to integrate themselves into the white community and this means that the language barrier for Hispanics is something of a problem when it comes to this fast growing section of the population. However when it comes to college ...

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The story revolves on the two girls who were also best friends. They became best friends when they were in secondary school. One night, Jennifer and Anita entered a club where a live band performs. After the show, the members of the band started to seduce Jennifer. Jennifer on the other hand likes one of the guys from the band so after thinking twice about it, she left her friend Anita and headed on to the woods with the guys despite being asked by ...

Germany’s Holocaust Monument in Berlin occupies 4.7 acres near the Brandenburg Gate. The information center, or Ort was added late in the project’s development is beneath the monument. When the monument first opened to the public in 2005, it was criticized as too abstract and that it took Berlin too long to erect a memorial to the victims of the Third Reich, which used Berlin as its capital. Some feel that the monument should include more symbolism that is religious and was not “Jewish” enough; others felt it was not sufficiently inclusive of the other victims of the ...

The Holocaust memorial in Germany is a sculpture that was erected in Berlin. It occupies an area equal to the size of a soccer field and has 2711 concrete stele. The steles have varying heights and swings constantly from left to right. The field is accessed through narrow walkways that are barely two fits and can only fit one person at a time. The size of this monument is five and a half acres with four access points. This Holocaust memorial is exclusive for the Jews who were massacred in Europe and it was initiated by some concerned German nationals with the leadership ...

Holocaust memorial was put in place to remember the Jews who were killed in Europe especially by Hitler who was a dictator. The incidence took place after the Second World War. Holocaust memorial occupies a area of approximately 29000 metres squared (Hilberg, 2006). The memorial is usually located near Brandenburg gate. It is also close to Postsdamer Platz. In the museum next to it, there are the names of Jewish leaders who were killed during the time. The holocaust memorial occupies a large piece of land and many people complain that this is wastage of land. However, other people argue that the ...

I watched a clip called “Is there a Bomb?” from the film Man on a Ledge. The director is Asger Leth. The production designer is Alec Hammond. The art director is David Swayze.

Directors turn the script into the action on screen (“Film Director”). Directors are responsible for “casting, script editing, shot composition, shot selection, and editing” (“Film Director”). Directors must have creative vision regarding bringing the story to life. Casting the right actors to bring characters to life is crucial. Actors must be believable in their role. Editing the script to make the story flow better helps audiences understand the message ...

1.The primary focus of the clip is the organization, where Carter works. However, it also looks at a bigger picture with the consideration of organizational stakeholders, such as its employees, business partners, who were influenced by the political issues around the company, etc. 2. Carter’s understanding of the relationships within the organization and in particular towards employees is extremely pragmatic. The need to cut costs by firing people has been evaluated by him only from the financial prospective, while the ethical aspect of the issue does not seem to concern Carter. This attitude, however, does not fit into ...

Racism is a way of thinking that considers a particular race superior or inferior based on some predetermined notions related to breed, color of skin, place of birth or some other similar factors. The people, who believe in such ideas, discriminate with other people whom they consider different or even inferior. Racism has been emerged as a problem in few societies and Western societies are frequently in such practices. American Anthropological Association, in a short introductory video “the Understanding Race project” recognizes race as a powerful idea and an enduring concept, invented by the society. People from western societies see Africans, Asians and others ...

Gender is an incredibly broad topic, and one that is growing in popularity in terms of discussion. How someone identifies with regards to their gender certainly changes everything, from the way their view the world to how other people in the world view them as a person.

Many schools are guilty of perpetrating gender stereotypes. As Amanda Chapman states, “Sitting in the same classroom, reading the same textbook, listening to the same teacher, boys and girls receive very different educations” (Chapman). For example, some schools offer football only to boys and hockey only to girls. This type of separation creates ...

Retaining moral values and ethics that one learns from family at home is what Indian Film Industry showcases through most of its movies. The values may be directly or indirectly forecasted imbibed in the story. Based on the same concept, on October 20th 1995, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, the English version of which is “The Big Hearted will take away the Bride” was released. Directed by Aditya Chopra and Produced by Yash chopra, the movie highlights the true love story of an Indian Young couple. The couple meets on a vacation in Europe and fall in love with each ...

Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo produced the Godfather. It is indisputably the definitive movie ever made. It has inclined to the commencement of multitudes of sequential mafia pictures that have provocatively influenced the motion pictures business. Michael Corleone is a disastrous protagonist in the logic of his conversion; his collapse from what is understood as candid, diligent, to schemer, and criminal.

The aged paterfamilias of an organized crime empire hands over authority of his covert realm to his disinclined son. The son comes back home after the war however is reluctant to get drawn in organised crime which is ...

In Kim Ki-Duk's 2006 film Spring, Summer, Fall Winterand Spring, five seasons of the year (and of a life) are depicted. The film takes place in a monastery that floats on a river in Korea; the film focuses on a monk and his apprentice, as they both age through these different summers of life. As the monk remains a pious, spiritual individual, he tries to teach his apprentice how to avoid the violence that he begins to display. The purpose of the film is to demonstrate man's continual struggle for peace and tranquility, despite our own defective, violent natures. Kim uses serene, tranquil and ...

The plot of the movie is about Oedipus Rex the king of Thebes. During his reign as the king, the city is faced with a threat of a plague. Therefore, King Oedipus ordered his brother-in-law, Creon to try to find a solution to the plague that is threatening to destroy the whole city. Creon gives instructions on how the threat of the plague needs to be stopped. He orders that the city have to find out the real murderer of the former King Laius of Thebes. In order to get the solution to the plague that is threatening the city of ...

When Memento was released, the most intriguing element of the film, to reviewers, was the intertwining of one narrative in chronological order with another in reverse chronological order, both of which meet at the film’s climax. The main character of the film, Leonard Shelby, and his wife, have been attacked. His wife is dead, and he suffers from anterograde amnesia as a result. This disorder keeps him from processing short-term memories into long-term retention. He carries a collection of annotated Polaroids around with him to help him deal with the stimuli around him, to make the best decisions in a dangerous ...

The Merchants of Cool is a PBS documentary which deals with how young people are completely influenced by the material culture which surrounds them every day. The principal problem Rushkoff presents is the fact that young people are extremely gullible and will do anything to look cool and please their peers with the resultant fact that they end up purchasing things and gadgets which they do not really need. Under the Radar marketing is continually practiced by several firms who make use of sophisticated marketing techniques to enquire what young people deem to be cool thus then passing on ...

1979's Alien, directed by Ridley Scott, is a brilliant exercise in mood and atmosphere building up to a horror film of excruciating terror. The design of the alien, the strong performances and direction, and the straightforward, inescapable tale of a haunted house in space make it a landmark science fiction film. Part of its brilliance comes from its examination of power relationships, exemplified by the tug of war between Ripley and the Alien. Through the lenses of Devor and Cohen, a pair of crucial scenes in the film will be explored in terms of their exploration of power.

The alien itself maintains all of the ...

1(a). Individuals who are in job can be considered lucky in United States. For the employees, their company provides the health insurance and for big companies like Microsoft, employees do not have to pay their premium even. Such individuals get access to medical care and health care coverage. However, every employee or every working individual can’t be considered lucky as the small businesses are usually not able to cover the whole medical costs of their employees. Hence, individuals working for large corporations are the luckiest in terms of health coverage in United States. (b). The fact that these ...

A. What reasons do your authors give to explain the historical inaccuracies in the films? Give an example from one of the articles.

The director James Cameron seemed to be working against himself in putting together the movie “The Titanic.” As the reviewer notes he carefully tried to portray the sets and rituals of Victorian society but then he used a script that showed a contemporary view of the appropriateness of . . . making love? having sex?. . . with a stranger. On top of that all the fine historical clothing was flooded so no one could ever use it again. I think the director had ...

Bringing Down a Dictator is a classic documentary featuring how the Serb dictator, Slobodan Milosevic was eventually overthrown not through force of arms but eventually through non violent opposition spearheaded by student groups mainly with the backing of The United Nations and other NGO’s. It is a powerful film featuring some great filming and focuses on the ruthless brutality of the dictator paired with the intrinsic bravery of the opposition groups who faced considerable obstacles in attempting to get what they wanted. They used rock concerts, general banter and other methods to achieve their ultimate goal although it has to ...

The feature-length documentary, Control Room is a gritty and realistic presentation of the media’s role in modern warfare. The film’s premise is to demonstrate the contrast between the perception of the Al Jazeera news network in comparison with its reality. Released in 2004, Control Room was filmed, on the ground, during the American 2003 invasion of Iraq in an attempt to overthrow the Saddam Hussein regime and liberate the Iraqi people. The complaint regularly made by western broadcasters and indeed, the U.S. government and military, is that Al Jazeera is sympathetic to the causes of men like Osama ...

In this video, the life and philosophy of Frank Lloyd Wright is examined. It starts with a speech about Wright about the nature of architecture and his ability to create. The fundamentals of architecture involves knowing and studying life; this is accomplished merely through living it. If you manage to relish life and cherish everyday moments, you will be able to learn more about how things are shaped and created.

Organic architecture is natural; when you create a new structure or building, it has to blend in naturally with the rest of the environment and not stand out against it. Wright ...

1. In which way did the Big Eight dominate by the late 1930's the "Big Eight" the domestic and foreign markets? Please provide some examples. In the 1930’s, the Big Eight managed to control all of the markets through taking control of every aspect of filmmaking, from creation to distribution and selling. These companies managed to maintain a foothold over the entire filmmaking industry, allowing them to reap most of the profit. They also made sure that the first-run theatres were run by them, as it determined how a film did overall. This led to higher salaries and paychecks ...

Wong Kar Wai’s Fallen Angels (1995) is a strange, thought-provoking and exciting film about a hitman and his relationship with a cold, alienated partner, a mute, and a girl looking for a former lover. Throughout, we end up seeing just how transient relationships can be, especially within the world of professional killing. The alienation the hitman and the other main characters feel towards the world at large (and each other) provides an interesting perspective that is not normally found in a Hong Kong action film.

The opening shot of the film is very indicative of the theme of the movie as a whole. Two characters (Leon ...

The film, Media Burn by Ant Farm was designed to satirize society’s obsession with the media by holding a mirror up to them and creating a ‘media stunt’ which would attract people but bear no real implication on that day’s real event: the 4th July, America’s Independence Day. The film takes on a form of documentary make which Bill Nichols refers to as ‘The Poetic Mode’ (Nichols, 2001, p102), as it detaches itself from a defined space in time and location (other than America, as a whole) and instead, it presents a series of video clips and ideas which may seem somewhat ...

The White Ribbon in a German-Austrian film released in 2009 and directed by written by Michael Haneke. It is a black and white film depicting a fictitious society just before the First World War in a Northern Germany. The village is a protestant village named Eichwald and the event takes place between July 1913 and August 1914 and depicts the village being led by a pastor, a doctor and a baron. (Grundmann 3) The pastor has puritanical tendencies and is wont to making children feel guilty over trivial offences. The name of the film comes from the fact that he hands the children white ribbons to ...

Created in 1993 this movie is considered to be one of the greatest modern works about World War II. The director of the film is a talented German director Joseph Vilsmaier, known for “Autumn milk”, “The last Train” and other movies. The producers are Hanno Huth and Günter Rohrbach. The cast includes Thomas Kretschmann (as Lt. Hans von Witzland), Dominique Horwitz (as Obergefreiter Fritz Reiser), Jochen Nickel (as Manfred Rohleder ) ,Dana Vavrova (as Irina) and others. The story of the film depicts the bloody events of the wartime that took place on the Eastern Front with a group ...

In Daybreakers, the world has fallen victim to a plague that has turned everyone into vampires, giving them rule over society. Because so much of the population consists of vampires, however, the supply of blood is running out, and scientists are working around the clock to find a blood substitute before there is no more human blood left. Over the course of the movie, Ethan Hawke’s character, a hematologist, falls in with a small pack of humans hiding from the vampires and attempting to find a cure for vampirism, which he eventually discovers. Daybreakers, despite being a low-rent science fiction horror movie on the ...

The twentieth century war memorial is simply designed. It is simple in the emotions it raises. The monument standing on a rough piece of land the stelae nearly falling in to the centre of the position; then rising up again to the edge to form a myriad of crooked stone corridors. The passage along the corridor is scary and disorienting. The slanting ground and being short of vision offers various idea of Jewish incident from the World War II.

Eisenman in the holocaust Memorial project has gained credibility which stems from his Jewish origin. The protestors of this work have been ...

Mozart was born in 1756 and died at the age of 35. This film is both enveloping and enlightening as it gives the story of his life. In order to ensure an exact chronological reconstruction, the film has been written and directed masterfully. The main actors and actresses give rousing performances that captivate the audience. Charles Hazlewood, who is the conductor and admired composer, gives the film an enlightening and insightful aspect (Branagh, 1990).

Story begins with Leopold, Mozart’s father with whom Mozart regularly carried out correspondence. Mozart’s secrets were well known by his father. The voice ...

The facebook and the open source movement are both social sites where people share information. Facebook started in 2003 in Harvard University out of a love affair which went sour among two student partners, where a male partner hack the database of the institution trying to tarnish the name of the female partner (Harris 25).

Social network movie is about a website facebook which came about due to a lawsuit directed by David Fincher and it was released on 1/10/2010. It explains how people share social and personal information. It is popular among the student body and they call it Thefacebook and due ...

The 1968 film The Green Berets, starring and co-directed by John Wayne, presents a very pro-American and jingoistic view of the Vietnam War, sugarcoating the more violent and abhorrent aspects of the US Army’s activities during the war in favor of a more benevolent, patriotic mindset. The film follows Colonel Mike Kirby, leader of a Green Beret Unit, as he fights in South Vietnam and defends his men against actions taken by the North Vietnamese. In this essay, several aspects of the film will be critiqued, comparing the viewpoint explored in the film with the truth of US Army actions during ...

In the 1982 science-fiction film Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott takes great care to fashion a detailed, unique dystopian world for the characters to inhabit. The setting is Los Angeles in the (at the time of production) dystopian future of 2019, where corporations rule the world and synthetic humans called replicants have been outlawed. The film follows bounty hunter Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) as he is tasked to hunt down several replicants who have escaped to Earth. The care taken in the creation of the world of Blade Runner, in combination with the dreamlike, meandering story, creates a visual and cultural ...

The movie is in a town set up whereby the characters are discussing something in the living room. The group is made up of women most of them with identical eating disorder and almost the same physical characteristics except for some few women who are trying to advise them on what they did to have a better shape. The sitting room has much furniture that enabled the women to sit in a conference like manner and have a mutual talk. At the background of the living room, there are various hangings and photos as well as paintings on the wall. Since this is a ...

In 1998, Steven Spielberg directed a World War 2 film showing the events that happened during the Normandy invasion. The film was called “saving Private Ryan” and was based in Normandy and some parts of France. Screen play for the film was done by Rodat Robert with main actors being Tom Hanks as Captain John Miller, Tom Sizemore as Mike Hovarth, Barry Pepper as Daniel Jackson, Adam Goldberg as Stanley ‘Fish’ Mellish, Vin Diesel as Adrian Carpazo, Giovanni Ribisi as Irwin Wade, Jeremy Davis as Timothy Upham, and Matt Damon as Private James Rayan. The movie was produced to depict a ...