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It is explained in the video about the holy month of Ramadan which is being observed by the Muslims all around the world. The beginning and the ending of this month is mainly associated with the sighting of moon. The Muslims all around the globe fast from the time of dawn till the sunset. Till the time period they fast, the Muslims do not eat or drink anything except at the time when they break their fast. The month is considered as highly pious and respectable for the Muslims and they celebrate this month by giving Continue reading...

Modigliani is a biographical drama directed by Mick Davis that tells us about the life and work of the famous artist of the early XX century, Amedeo Modigliani. The main role is played by Andy Garcia. Although there are very few real facts in the film and the majority of the story lines were made up by the creators, the film can still be recommended as a beautiful story with names and some elements of the life of the brilliant artists of the early 20th century.
The story takes place in Paris in 1919. The World War I has Continue reading...

Under the Bombs a movie filmed in 2007 right at the end of the Lebanon War in 2006. It was directed by Philippe Aractingi - a Franco-Lebanese filmmaker.
In the midsummer 2006, the war broke out between Lebanon and Israel. The director of the film, Philippe Aractingi was not able to shoot everything adequately and decided to grab his camera and to shoot everything off the cuff, with no script whatsoever, creating the story in his head. After 10 days, he finished his creation – a 97 minutes movie called “Under The Bombs”, a story where only 2 actors were Continue reading...

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Film Response for ‘Do the Right Thing’
The United States of America has a long dark history of racism, discrimination and subsequent terrorism emerging within the different ethnic groups. Several books and movies are written in the past highlighting the racial oppression, loss of human values, and anguish and suffering of victims through vivid, realistic, harsh and dreadful picturization and description. Writer, director and actor Spike Lee’s 1989 film ‘Do the Right Thing’ based on the similar theme recounts the events taking place within a day in the lives of the people belonging to the working class of Continue reading...

Fists of Fury is also popularly known as the Chinese Connection in United States. It is an action movie that depicts the famous Chinese culture of martial arts. The plot of the movie revolves around the revenge of Chen Zhen. The entore movie portrays his struggle of finding the suspects of murder of his master and then killing them. In general, the movie has a political and nationalistic perception. It demonstrates the tension that existed among violent Sino-Japanese at that time .
Likewise, Yellow Earth is one of the highly famous Chinese dramatization movie. The movie was directorial introduction for Continue reading...

History, which is taken as a basis for the movie appears to be both mythical and at the same time full of vividness. This story is about a man named Ed Bloom, about the surprising man having in his stock a mass of stories and histories. Many people, and in particular his son believe that most of what Ed Bloom tells is nothing more than his imagination. However it turns out in fact that almost all events that he describes in his stories have occurred in the life. Even if something was embellished it were just little things that, Continue reading...

Movie Review: "Crash"

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Movie Review: "Crash"
Paul Higgins, writer and director for the controversial movie “Crash” does an excellent job in delivering heavy duty sociological issues in American culture through this riveting film. Numerous concepts and theories studied in sociology can be identified in nearly every scene of the movie. The uncomfortable topics of racism, classism, and sexism are at the hub of the storyline of Higgins film, forcing the audience to acknowledge the truth about morally troubling behavior and actions that are still currently issues in American society. Although the movie has received both acclaim and criticism for the Continue reading...

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Introduction. The traditional model of end-of-life (EOL) care is not adjusted to the needs of patients with life-limited conditions other than cancer. By presenting a case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patient, Taylor (2011) develops representation of common patterns of dying in terminal stage lungs disease, and focuses on such patients’ needs to elaborate the optimal care model. This paper discusses the case presented in the video by Taylor & Trotman (2011) summarizing its key points and concepts.
Legal Considerations. ACP made by hospice team together with Martin, under New Zealand’s common law, should be logically followed by Continue reading...

The Influence of Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sound on Film Viewing

Introduction
Sounds are important elements of a movie because it enhances the conventions through which people understand the movie they watch and give them the ability to appreciate the concepts inputted in the movie they view. Sound, nevertheless, is being used at differing variations in every movie. There are two types of sound used in films: diegetic and non-diegetic. A diegetic sound is a sound that is complemented by the visuals shown in the film such as the movement of the objects, the voices of the characters, background music. Non-diegetic sound, on the other hand, is a sound that Continue reading...

Psychology

It would be hard to prevent people from using methamphetamine, used to treat common cold, cough and allergies, as a drug. As they are easily available with druggists, anyone can walk into a drug store and order medicines for common cold that contains methamphetamine. If the views of some of the meth users are to be considered seriously, the spread of a potential epidemic could dwarf the Black Death. The movie, The Meth Epidemic reinstates our fear that the easy access to dangerous drugs is taking the country into a dark oblivion. This is because this film portrays a Continue reading...

Culture is very important to people, especially to families who have strong bonds or ties. Culture is also critical in knowing and attending to the needs of a person. This can affect the actions of a person when unexpected circumstances arise.
The movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding is about a woman who falls in love with a person who does not fit the requirements and preferences of her father in terms of the ideal man that he wants his daughter to marry and have a family with. He wants his daughter to marry a Greek man just like Continue reading...

Stuart Rosenberg, the director of the film, Cool Hand Luke (1967), is one of the most noted filmmakers in the history of world cinema. Born in 1927, Rosenberg completed his graduation and started hi training as an editor on television programs. At the age of thirty, he graduated from being an editor to a director. After directing close to as many as 50 episodes, he moved to making movies. Thus, he went on to make memorable films like movies Cool Hand Luke, The Amityville Horror, Voyage of the Damned and The Pope of Greenwich Village that immortalized him as Continue reading...

Analysis of John Stossel video: Free Market Medicine

Analysis of John Stossel video: Free Market Medicine

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John Stossel argues that free market medical care is the solution to America’s healthcare. He is opposed to the government intervention in the provision of medical care which to the citizen seems free but in the long run not sustainable. The paper also evaluates the changes that have been done and those that could be improved to solve some of the healthcare problems. The affordable care act has some insurance companies especially those that specialized in child-only insurance leave the business due to the mandatory requirement to provide cover to Continue reading...

The film Who is Dayani Cristal? Was dubbed as one of the most proactive films to come out in 2014 The film deals with the hazards of immigrating to the United States. The ‘death in the dessert’ film by Gael Garci and Marc Silver deals with the timeless political debate over the reform in immigration policies in the United States and related issues such as the increasing border security. According to Paley p. 1 the strategy of the film proceeds similar to a detective story divided into three strands. The film was cleverly weaved together because during the first Continue reading...

The Influences of an Urban Setting to an Everyday Living

Introduction
The Goddess is a story of a struggling, lower class woman in China in 1930s who is left with no choice but to submit her life into prostitution and degradation in order to survive and make a living to provide for her son. It is important to highlight that she belongs to an era where prostitution was a taboo subject (Wordpress, 2008, p.1). It is the intention of the film to make a social analysis of the current times, based on the situation of a woman who is forced to sacrifice herself in doing extreme actions in order Continue reading...

“Psycho” is one of the most horrifying movies by Alfred Hitchcock. Although there were no grandiose shots, Hitchcock was able to invoke horror and thrill among the audience because of how he presented the crime scene and how he provided close ups of the victims. The black and white screen adds more horrifying effect and delivers an eerie atmosphere. Hitchcock introduces the viewers to the film’s characters and invites them to enter their world through consistent close up shots. By doing so, the audience establishes a much closer contact with the character and they seem to observe his/her Continue reading...

Produced in 1984, Yellow Earth was the first film directed by Chen Kaige, a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. The film is a period piece, taking place against the backdrop of China when World War II broke out. The film focuses on a communist soldier who comes to a village to collect folk songs to serve as morale-raising communist propaganda for the Eighth Route Army. During his visit to the rural village, the young soldier stays with a family, motherless but with a father, a young boy, and two sisters. The elder sister has already been "married off" Continue reading...

The documentary She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry provides an in-depth look at the women’s lib movement of the mid to late 20th century. I liked the really positive and exuberant portrait of the many advances women made in the 1960s and 1970s when they got to fight for their rights. The best part was when the documentary shuttles around various parts of the country to find the various local battlegrounds of the past to see where these major battles were fought, like the legalization of abortion in Roe v. Wade and Nixon’s national childcare bill Continue reading...

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The Express: There’s So Much More than Just a Football Game
The face of American sports would not be what it is today if it weren’t for the huge contributions of many real sports’ heroes. In true American tradition many movies are made to honor these heroes lives and acheivemeents. The Express is a movie based upon the true story of Ernie Davis. The movie depicts Ernie Davis’ extraordinary life as a gifted African-American athlete and a reknown football hero. Ernie Davis was portrayed by Rob Brown in the film. Ernie Davis was the first African-American to Continue reading...

The 2001 boxing-oriented film, “Ali,” which was directed by Michael Mann and starred Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, and Jon Voight, among others, delves on the life story of the controversial former heavyweight champion of the world, Muhammad Ali. The film’s setting begins in 1964 just before Ali defeated Sonny Liston for the championship belt, up to the middle part of the 1970’s when Ali recaptured the belt by dethroning the previously undefeated champion, George Foreman. In addition, the film attempts to capture the life dilemmas and conflicts that Ali underwent during the aforementioned years, including his stance Continue reading...

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Cinderella Man
Synopsis
The Cinderella Man movie was developed in New York, and its scenes took place in both New Jersey and New York. The movie was developed during the time of the Great Depression, a time when many people’s economic statuses were in great danger. The movie depicted a time in the U.S history when its economic status was at a derailing point, and the country was suffering so much.
During this time, there emerged a light weight a boxer named James J. Braddock. He participated in many boxing activities for a very long time. During his Continue reading...

Theme

The main theme in the movie is war. The American Soldiers are sent to Iraq to eliminate terrorists who plan attacks on the American citizens. This theme has received controversies since some people think it is promoting violence. The war theme is aimed at making the viewers understand the hardships soldiers go through during wars in Iraq.

Dramatic structure

Spiritual Content
Chris, the soldier is a Christian since he says he believes in God, family and his country. He further says that he is ready to stand before the creator and answer for all the shots he took. He also carries Continue reading...

SYNOPSIS OF THE MOVIE

In the late 1960s and the beginning of 1970s, Steve Prefontaine was a distinctive and unique personality. He was an athlete who revolutionized his running career and managed to bring his sport in the headlines. The movie majorly focuses on Prefontaine aggressive personality and his constant refusal to pace himself. The only way Prefontaine was interested in winning was by “flat-out leading” in the whole race. He was undefeated in the US and acquired all of the American records between 2000-10000 meters. At the Munich Olympics, he ran one of the most memorable races. Prefontaine was greatly favoured to Continue reading...

For a long time, I have wanted to watch “Precious”, and I finally did that. I did not expect that it would be so heartbreaking and abstruse. I did not expect that “Precious” would affect me so strongly. What I saw shocked me, and no other film has accurately managed to realize my idea of the cruelty of life.
The film impressed me because it was filmed sincerely, and the purpose of it was to show people what life can be and to evoke a response from viewers` hearts, protecting them from similar errors that could be made. Therefore, " Continue reading...

This report is focused on a clip from the film “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” (CTHD). This film released in 2000 is a creation of a prominent producer Ang Lee, known to broad public for the filmography including “Life of Pi” and “Brokeback Mountain”. The film’s overall plot centers on the student-teacher relationship between a criminal martial artist, Jade Fox, and her student Jen who was the daughter of a government official. Li Mu-Bai, a Wudang sword master, and Shu-Lien, owner of a large estate in the area, play the two leading roles. The journey of these heroes cross Continue reading...

“12 O’clock high” is a classic movie of the Hollywood Golden Era. This movie is shown as an example of leadership, courage and a real male friendship. It focuses exclusively on the principle of command and leadership and could be used as a tool for commanders.
In the beginning of the movie we see the problem of lack of discipline in the so-called “hard luck” bomber group that raids over Nazi Germany. Colonel Keith Davenport show us that his leadership style is aimed to save his men’s lives, but on the other hand, he is no capable Continue reading...

Aching audience often willing to forgive outcasts and love them with redemptive love almost as much as a sister in Christ, humble nun Helen Prejean, a real person, that in the book «Dead Man Walking» described her own impressions from a meeting with the offender, Matthew Poncelet on the eve of the death sentence for the fact of committing the crimes that he denied until the last minutes of his life. A screen adaptation of the work could be considered as an another example of the triumph of political correctness over the art.
In his second directorial work actor Continue reading...

Frank, Lester and Lt. Colonel Frank are all middle-aged men who experience existential crisis. This crisis is caused by their lives being dull. They see that their prime time in life has passed and they develop new personal characteristics. This is triggered by specific events around them that make them behave in a way that puzzles the people around them. Deeply down they are unhappy and that is why they behave in a strange and inappropriate way to bring back their youth. They don’t even feel responsible for their actions.
There are shared traits among the three characters. Continue reading...

Film Journal: The Breathless (1960) and Blow up (1966)
The camera style (shots and movement) of the film Breathless can be described as a bold visual style that attracts much attention for motion pictures. The police shooting Michel in the streets after an evasive and long death run signifies the motion picturesque that utilizes camaflex camera techniques. Such camera style, As a result, makes Godard wants to draw a picture of unsuited illusions not so best framed for my existentially challenging times in relationships.
The Editing style of the film builds on the hyperactive style that use abrupt jump Continue reading...

Death by Moonlight:Bomber Command is a documentary directed by Brian Mckenna and released in 1992. It is about Canadian bombers who were sent to Britain to help the British Forces, RAF in their fight against Hitler and Nazis in the World War 2. At first they were targeting industrial and military targets but eventually they also bombed households and civilians. Not all of them were aware of the targets.
Some 50.000 Canadians came to bomb Germany. They had a base in Yorkshire, where people can still see the house where they wrote graffiti, such as their names, for remembrance. Continue reading...

Sequence Analysis in Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Pride and Prejudice (2005) was Joe Wright's debut as a director of a feature film. It was a tough choice for the studio, because he had no real experience and didn't even read a Jane Austen's novel. But in the end it was the best candidate, because Wright managed to explore his nature talent and was later inspired to direct his other movies like Atonement or Anna Karenina. Pride and Prejudice was the first romantic film he worked on, but later he was admired for his work and the film was welcomed Continue reading...

One of the most films of 1992 focuses on the epitome of various issues related to the daily running of activities in the South American Indian tribe. Directed by Alan Ereira, he brings the lives of the Kogi people one of the only earliest civilization to have survived the Spanish conquest and have effectively maintained their individuality.

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- What is Nature's Intelligence?
‘Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning is called "Aluna" which means a great Mother based on intelligence, this brings the aspect of intelligence inside nature. This is based on the concern that the Elder Brother Continue reading...

There are many types of Love and many people have written and done research about it. John Lee has come up with six types of Love: Eros, Mania, Ludus, Storge, Agape and Pragma. There are some relationships that show more than one type of love at the same time, while there are other relationships that start with one type of love and develop into another.
The type of love I have chosen to develop further is ‘storge’. It is a companionate love, where trust, friendship and respect are the main characteristics. It develops from friendship, based on similarities and Continue reading...

- The film genre expectations are subverted in the manner to which an expected judicial process for the Huntsville convicts at long run does not take place. In a high profile, the genre blends action, adventure, crime and faction types of genres. Action is through the Adventure, with a risky turn. Adventure is through an epic distant journey in escape of crime on the offense being committed by the convicts escaping.
- In comparing and contrasting three cultural types, of criminal, legal and religious, Butch, Phillip and Red are of importance. Butch represents the true criminal culture through his Continue reading...

At the point when a youthful lady named Meryem (Özgü Namal) was assaulted, her town custom obliges that she was murdered in place for the disrespect to be erased from her crew. A junior man named Cemal (Murat Han), the child of the town pioneer, is given the undertaking yet ultimately he has questions. The pair goes on the run, emulated close behind by nearby hooligans expectation on murdering the young lady. Fortunately enough, Cemal and Meryem get together with an appealing man named Irfan, an ex-college educator who is leaving on a cruising outing, and needs a group. Continue reading...

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“Get rich or die trying!” This is the motto for the 2013 American movie titled The Wolf of Wall Street. Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film is an on-screen adaptation of a memoir of the same name written by Jordan Belfort, a former stock broker convicted of stock market manipulation and running a penny stock boiler room in USA. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort, the film narrates his career as a certified stockbroker with L.F. Rothschild, before losing his job due to the 1987 stock market crash. Using his brilliant salesman skills, he Continue reading...

One lucky elephant is an American film that was directed by Lisa Leeman. This film is about the human-animal relationship and focuses on the story of the founder of Flora animal circus Mr. David Balding- and an endangered young elephant from Africa. David names this elephant Flora, and the story unfolds about their journey to find a good ad nurturing home for Flora the elephant. David had rescued the animal when it was very young and decided to keep it in his circus where he used it as the star attraction. He had brought up that animal that he Continue reading...

The theme of this scene is neighbor's suspicion and Oskar's protectiveness. There are three characters here, the neighbor, Oskar and Eli. The neighbor understands that there are sinister forces involved in what is happening in the town, and he does not understand that, while Oskar wants to protect the girl he loves. She is a monster for other people, but he develops a special connection with her. They are the same age, at least physically. The music is dramatic and creates mystery. There is also no music during some shots. The setting is adequate being in an empty apartment. Continue reading...

Film Analysis Paper: Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Part 1: Select a film that deals with a topic from contemporary history (roughly the period from 1900-2008). It should be a narrative/feature film. Please do not select a documentary. The film can be recent (made within the last ten years) or something older (i.e. black & white). It can be American-made film or a foreign film. The only guideline is that it must primarily tell a story set in the past.
The Rwandan genocide between the Hutus and Tutsis was a particular event in history that has marked not only the nation it Continue reading...

The play I saw was “The Producers.” I saw it at Saginaw Valley State University. I saw it on April 11, 2014. The play was inspiring and as close to the original Broadway production as I could have hoped for at a university showing.
The actors went off the original script; the playwright for “The Producers” is Mel Brooks. The play is also a musical, which contained the original composition done by Mel Brooks, as well. As it turns out, Mel Brooks was also the lyricist of the play. The play was written in 1968 and is representational and Continue reading...