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Film Drop Dead Gorgeous
707 wordsDrop Dead Gorgeous Review The 1999 Minnesota based film Drop Dead Gorgeous, was a pointless yet hilarious movie. This take off on pageants was produced by Claire Rudin ck Pol stein, Donna Langley, and Long Williams with New Line Cinema. Beauty pageants always seem like a bizarre event to me. It consists of girls with outlandish hair (the frizzier the better) too much makeup (one mustn't see the real skin), unflattering bathing costumes and lots of cello tape to hold everything in place. It seems...
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Bridge Over The River Kwai
832 wordsAnd I m afraid we re in for a rather stormy passage (Boulle 36). Is the book better than the movie In many cases, yes, and this is one such case. The book version of The Bridge Over the River Kwai, by Pierre Boulle, is far superior to that of the filmed version, produced by Sam Spiegel. Between the excess, unintelligible scenes, to the poor characterization and casting, to the faulty description of events, the film of Boulle's masterpiece is hardly worthy of his credit, for it is not what he wou...
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Narrative And Roxie's Fantasy World Of Vaudeville
1,733 wordsChicago When I first watched Chicago at the movie theater, I was not fully satisfied. I wanted more, so I went back to get some and watched it six more times with different friends and family members! Last summer during a visit to my native Mexico City, I had the opportunity to watch drag queens perform several numbers from the movie-musical. They did an amazing job, without surpassing the outstanding performances of the actors in the film. Last year, I visited NYC for the first time and indulge...
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Black And White Color Of The Film
1,784 wordsShindler's List Schindlers List 'Memory is all we have, and when the memories are dreadful- when they hold images of the pain we have suffered or, perhaps inflicted- they are what we are try to escape' (Corliss 110). Steven Spielberg captures the audience in this critically acclaimed movie about the Holocaust. Schindlers List is a movie made to induce the mind into the unknown, the horrors of World War II. David Ansen states 'Schindlers List plunges us into the nightmare of the Holocaust with ne...
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Movie Martin And His Men
973 wordsThe Patriot, written by Robert Rod at, takes place in South Carolina and reveals a widowed father's love for his family and trying to keep them together, despite the Revolutionary War that had begun. Trying to keep his demons from reappearing, Benjamin Martin faces his fear of his past coming back to haunt him after serving in the French and Indian War. Martin is a South Carolina farmer who lost his wife, Elizabeth, and reluctantly signs up to join the Continental Army after his eldest son, Gabr...
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Lives With Bruce
662 wordsWhat is Bruce trying to say? At the beginning of the film we are introduced to Bruce Nolan, a television news reporter who is looking for greater success with his career. The next thing to his job is his relationship with his girlfriend Grace which lives with Bruce. As we get to know Bruce, we see that he is frequently in charge but seldom in control. His need to succeed in life is with his desire to be well liked are a hindrance to his ability to see what is really important in life and to him....
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Counterculture Films Following Easy Rider
3,157 wordsIn the following essay, I will attempt to highlight the phenomenon in cinema known as the "counterculture youth-pic". This trend in production started in the late 1960's as a result of the economic and cultural influences on the film industry of that time. The following essay looks at how those influences helped to shape a new genre in the film industry, sighting Easy Rider as a main example, and suggests some possible reasons for the relatively short popularity of the genre. "The standard story...
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Focus On Benjamin's Eldest Son Gabriel
683 wordsPatriot Cultural Assignment "The Patriot" is an excellent movie. It may very well be one of the most exciting and moving war-drama movies of all time. There are very few films today that even come close to touching upon the American Revolution, which is why "The Patriot" is of such importance. Nonetheless, during the film the actual American Revolution takes a back seat and allows the center of the story to revolve around Benjamin Martin (played by Mel Gibson) and his South Carolina family. Some...
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Betty Parris And Abigail Williams
846 wordsIn the following paragraphs I am going to show how Hollywood portrays the Salem Witch Trails and the 1690's compared with what actual happened in history and that in the film 'The Crucible'. During the winter of 1691 and 1692 Salem Village had a mass hysteria over the possibility of witchcraft in their village. The movie shows this was brought on after Reverend Parris discovered some girls dancing in the woods. A black slave known as Tituba supposedly led the rite. Tituba was really American Ind...
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Buster Keaton
788 words"No man can be a genius in slap shoes and a flat hat". Buster Keaton. First of all one needs to remember that Joseph Frank (Buster) Keaton was born into a family of vaudevillians. Joseph, his father, did an eccentric dance act and his mother, Myra, danced and played the saxophone. He was the oldest of three siblings; he had one brother, Harry (Jingles), and a sister, Louise, both of whom would later appear with the rest of his family in some of his movie shorts. Buster joined his parents' act at...
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Old Actors In Eighties Teen Movies
788 wordsMusicals, horror movies, martial-arts films. These genres all have a respected place in the history of the modern cinema. But exactly what is the "Eighties Teen Movie" Why have these films not established themselves in the hearts and minds of movie historians Many seem to doubt that it is a distinct category. However, serious analysis reveals that Eighties Teen Movies are every bit as distinctive as Buddy Cop Films and Fish Out of Water Comedies. Eighties Teen Movies (ETM) have many unique featu...
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Groundbreaking Film Halloween
1,433 wordsHalloween: A Groundbreaking Film Halloween was, and still is, a classic horror movie for three simple reasons: originality, flattery, and durability. Upon its release in 1978, Halloween set a new standard for horror movies, proving that it was possible to create genuine chills without excessive amounts of blood, overpaid actors, or a gigantic budget. Using innovative camera work, shadows, and creepy music, a new monster materialized. They took one of mankind's most primal fears, the mythical bog...
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Films Of The Hollywood Director Artists
6,196 words1970's Hollywood has been characterized as a "renaissance" and a "revolutionary" decade, mostly because of the exceptional artistic and personal filmmaking that flourished in the early part of the decade after a period of industrial decline in the '60's, and that found popular acceptance with a young, critically attuned audience craving something new. As Warren Beatty put it, the "lunatics" were briefly "running the asylum", as young directors, writers, and actors gained a measure of creative fr...
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Theme Of The Movie
642 wordsThe beauty of American society, as seen in the film American Beauty, is its dys functionality. The theme of the movie is to take control of your life, regardless of what the consequences may be. This is shown through the portrayal of the character Lester and his decision to change his life and "carpe diem", seize the day. Although his decision ultimately led to his death, his resolve to take charge of his life can be seen as the overall theme of the movie. Coupled with this theme is a hidden not...
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Final Scene Of The Movie Evelyn Mulwray
1,427 wordsChinatown "Chinatown" was a confusing, yet intoxicating film. On a four star scale I would give this movie a rating of a good three-and-a-half, and even close to, but not quite four stars. This was a movie that really kept my attention the entire time, partly because it was so confusing. If I didn't pay close attention I would have had no clue as to what was going on in the movie. Considering all of the movies that we have watched in class so far, "Chinatown" was by far the best. I looked forwar...
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Their Ever Expectant Parents
606 wordsDead Poets Society review The Movie Dead Poets Society staring Ethan Hawk, Robin Willams and directed by Peter Weir, is story of young men who have much of their lives decided for them by their ever expectant parents. Whether a doctor or lawyer, most of them have already been told what to become with little respect to their own feelings. While attending on all male private school, they are introduced to a new English Professor that would soon have a major effect on all of their lives. Throughout...
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Film In Many Ways
1,148 wordsIn all area of popular culture, death is a significant element. If I were to list all the movies where death is part of the plot, few films would be left out. However, there are some films where death is a major part of the narrative, or where death related issues are explored as part of the thematic element of the film. There is much breadth and diversity of movie representations of death. I have chosen some of these films that best represent some important topics relevant to the themes in this...
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Comedy In Australian Movies
1,617 wordsThe Australian film industry has been in business for the past one hundred years. The early movies such as Ned Kelly (the first Australian movie) focused more towards the history aspect of things, where as the resent films explore all different types of genres. The Genre is classified to be the back bone of any movie; hence I've decided to delve into "Comedy in Australian movies and how the issue is exposed with the aid of humor". 'The Wog Boy', 'Cracker Jack', 'The Castle', 'Kangaroo Jack' and'...
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Film Presents Schindler As A Business Man
2,882 wordsThis is one of the most emotional movies I've ever seen. Spielberg has documented evil and made a moving tribute to the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. The story centers around the true story of Oskar Schindler, a war profiteer who paid to save the lives of Jews during the holocaust. Liam Neeson was outstanding as the lead and the script gave him a rich character to portray. The film presents Schindler as a business man, a womanizer, a profiteer, and a humanitarian. His contrasts allow f...
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Rob Roy McGregor And His Clan
885 words[Brief Summary of Film] The film begins with the description of the state affairs in Scotland at the turn of the 18th century, and it takes place in the Scottish highlands of Scotland. We get a brief glimpse of life among the clans during this time period, and then we get a look at the new capitalists, commercial society that is destined to replace it. During this we see the British nobles, whose pockets are so full of money, the can afford to argue about how much money they are going to take fr...
