...Fear, Love, and Sacrifice: Film Review of Donnie Darko By Ruby Redmond Professor Heck English 1010-122 9 September 2013 Outline Thesis statement: Donnie Darko (2001) is an excellent must-see film because of the conflict between Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhall) and Frank the Bunny (James Duval) and the underlying theme of sacrifice. I. Conflict A. Donnie Darko B. Frank the Bunny II. Theme A. Sacrifice to save loved ones B. Sacrifice to change others Fear, Love, and Sacrifice: Film Review of Donnie Darko Weird, attention-grabbing, different, and back to the future explains Donnie Darko perfectly. It is all about sacrifice and caring for loved ones more than you care for yourself. The characters are definably cut out, and their attitudes are astonishing. I guarantee this movie will draw you in more than any other movie you have ever seen. Donnie Darko (2001) is an excellent must see film because of the conflict between Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhall) and Frank the Bunny (James Duval) and the underlying theme of sacrifice. In Donnie Darko there is this weird, but agreeable, conflict between Donnie Darko and a bunny only he can see in his head, Frank the Bunny. Since Frank tells Donnie to commit crimes some viewers may not agree with these “crimes” because, they may think that any crime is bad, even if they are good. However, these “crimes” help Donnie and others as well. In one incidence he burns down a house of a man who speaks on letting go of your problems and helping little...
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...Movie Critic: To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mocking Bird is a novel that received raving reviews from critics like Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine and Life Magazine. With this being her only novel, author Harper Lee created the story in effort to tell a story of siblings Scout and Jem Finch and how an experience that changes their view on the town have they live in. Scout Finch, a young 5 year old girl is the protagonist and narrator in the story. Jem Finch, her 9 year old brother looks after her and is her constant playmate throughout the novel. Atticus is the father of the two, a lawyer in Maycomb, and acts as the “moral backbone” of the novel. When the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird became an immediate success, a picture film comes out in 1962 based off of that novel. Since the film received eight Academy Awards, it is automatically assumed that the film did a great job portraying the novel in live action. However, there were some differences as well as similarities when comparing the two. The largest similarity in the book was the main plot. Tom Robinson was convicted of raping Mayella Ewell and Atticus had to defend him, being willing to do so. Atticus feelings toward the matter did not change also; he still stood up for equality for all races, which caused him to be look down upon in Maycomb County during the trial. Another similarity of the novel is the ages and occupations of most of the characters. There were quite a few differences, however, that if you had read...
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...husband in Vrindavan, "the City of the Widows", a pain ghetto on southern Delhi Who participates in the ritual/rite-of-passage? * Women or girls of all ages, who have become widows, belonging to an orthodox Hindu family or background * Marriage of young girls to older men is common in India and other traditional parts of the world * Widows=outcasts of Hindu society, no place for them What are some characteristics of the ceremony? * Becoming a widow is considered a “sin” in Hinduism, for her actions in her previous life for which she is making up for or compensating for, (as this supposedly caused the death of her husband) * Widow has three options: 1. Marry your husband’s younger brother 2. Burn with your dead husband (sati) 3. Lead a life of self-denial * When being forced to spend the rest of her life in an ashram or institute, she must: * Shave her head bald * Wear a white clothing/sari (symbol for widows), without any makeup, cover their heads with their scarves made to look unattractive, as they could not remarry ever * wear the tika sign of the god Krishna on the forehead * restrictions on food even, given a horrible diet, expected to eat one meal a day *...
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...The Porning of America Pages 141-153 Reading Review #2 While reading “The Porning of America” article I felt that the authors had done an incredible amount of research to illustrate America’s sexual blooming in only a few brief pages. The article went into great detail about how America and its people have transformed form a society of closed door deviants to a more expressive and accepting culture. Their findings also show how our sexuality started in the home and how the home has taken back the power of its own sexuality. Using transforming forms of media the authors gathered data using historical texts and current media to spin their story and form their thesis. Reading this article was eye opening and gave new light to the struggle that many went through to make this transformation possible. A major strength of the article is the authors use of detail in the examples used in the article. More specifically in the topic discussing porn’s growth in society and its acceptance in modern film. The authors start by diving into the movie Deep Throat and giving an in depth look at the actors and background of the movie. The movie was still pornographic film that somehow found its way out of the snuff film theaters and into many main stream theaters across America. More surprising was the viewers of the movie which included A-list stars, comedians, and politicians. The authors than began to describe how Linda Boreman the starlet of the film was forced into the role and the...
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...Renfield……………..Dwight Frye Van Helsing…………Edward Van Sloan Doctor Seward………Herbert Bunston Lucy…………………Frances Dade Maid…………………Joan Standing Martin……………….Charles K. Gerrard Innkeeper’s Daugher..Anna Bakacs Coach Passenger………..Nicholas Bela Innkeepers Wife………..Barbara Bozoky Harbormaster…………...Tod Browning Maid……………………Moon Carroll Dracula’s Wife…………Geraldine Dvorak Small Scientist………….John George Flower Girl……………..Anita Harder Coach Passenger……….Carla Laemmle Coach Passenger………Donald Murphy Surgeon……………….Wyndham Standing Dracula’s Wife………..Cornelia Thaw Dracula’s Wife………..Dorothy Tree Grace-English Nurse….Josephine Velez Innkeeper………………Michael Visaroff Concertgoer Outside……Florence Wix Dracula In 1931 the first Dracula movie was made. It was produced by Universal and was based off of 1924 play as well as the novel by Bram Stoker. A dark individual that is portrayed as a well dress man only to find out he transforms into a monster that is out to drink your blood. In many of the vampire movies such as Twilight and Lost...
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...Studio Ghibli Distributed by Toho Release dates 17 April 1988 Running time 89 minutes Country Japan Language Japanese REVIEW The movie told about world war II. During world war II, Japan and America were enemies. The people were poor and hungry. During events like planes were bombing, the Japanese go to safe houses called shelter that secure them. After bombing there was “black rain”. In the movie the characters Seita and his younger sister Setsuko, must go to the shelter before the planes with bombs will arrived. This gave me knowledge about the happenings during world war II. I only thought before that only our country, Philippines was affected. After the bombing, His mom died because of too much injuries and burns. I felt sad because the main character Seita, saw his mother wearing bandage all over her body and saw her death. Because he wanted to not hurt his sister’s feelings, he kept his mother’s death as a secret. He was such a caring brother. If I was on his feet, I will do the same. Setsuko was such an innocent child. On the other hand his father was a soldier and can’t take care of them. That’s why they went to their aunt. At first, the aunt was caring just like a mother. I thought they were now in a good hand. But she became unfair. To be able to eat, they dig the food they stored under the ground because their house was burned. Actually in the movie, no more infrastructures were shown. After that Seita traded his mother’s kimono for 15 kilograms of rice. But again,...
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...|[pic][pic][pic]Film Reviews Up in the Air -- Film Review By Stephen Farber, September 06, 2009 07:02 ET [pic] Bottom Line: Laughs and heartbreak meld seamlessly in this brilliant character drama. Telluride Film Festival TELLURIDE, Colo. -- Cynicism and sentiment have melded magically in movies by some of the best American directors, from Preston Sturges and Billy Wilder to Alexander Payne. Jason Reitman mined the same territory in "Thank You for Smoking" and his smash hit, "Juno," and it's pleasing to report that he's taken another rewarding journey down this prickly path in his eagerly awaited new film, "Up in the Air." Boasting one of George Clooney's strongest performances, the film seems like a surefire awards contender, and the buzz will attract a sizable audience, even though some viewers might be startled by the uncompromising finale. Reitman and co-writer Sheldon Turner embellishes Walter Kirn's acclaimed novel about a man who spends much of his life in the air, traveling around the country to fire people for executives too gutless to do the dirty job themselves. The character is just about as unsavory as the corporate pimp played by Jack Lemmon in Wilder's "The Apartment." When a character begins as such a sleazeball, you know there must be a moral transformation lurking somewhere in the last reel. That redemption never quite arrives for Clooney's Ryan Bingham, which is one of the things that makes "Air" so bracing. Before the movie plunges into deeper waters...
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...Noura Badr EL Din Anth 202 Dr. John Schaefer 900061495 15 March 2012 Film Review Letter to the Dead Eytan Kapon and Andre Iteanu are ethnologists who have always been interested in the exceptional people of Papua New Guinea. They shed light on the people of Jajau in their movie "Letter to the Dead" which was filmed in December 1999 and January 2000. This was due to the rumors that were widespread at the time that included the return of the dead and of Christ on the eve of the new millennium. The film aims to encourage reflection on the relationship between the West and the third world countries and how the people of Jajau view Whitemen. Moreover, the movie discusses the beliefs, customs, traditions, rituals and values of the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea and draws attention to new ideas and a unique mentality that may seem bizarre and new to modernized people. In Jajau, most citizens believe that their parents will return from the dead and they always preach their resurrection in churches and perform rituals to honor them and communicate with them. They call these rituals “pondos“. Pondos are taken very seriously in the orokaivan culture. It involves dancing, praying for the dead, exchanging gifts and the person who hosts the pondo has to feed everyone who is invited. During the ritual pigs are usually carved on the platform. Food and clothing are also a huge issue in Papua new Guinea; they have a lot of food such as taros, bananas...
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...grades, he refuses to live his normal everyday life. He donates all of his savings and leaves his home and family without telling anybody. He leaves with his old car and burns his remaining money. He goes by the name Alexander Supertramp and starts his primitive life on the road heading for Alaska. During his travel he works different places and encounters hippies, Danes and the retired Ron, who helps him reaching his destination. His family is desperate to hear from him, though he does not care. When he is living in Alaska he has all the skills and experiences to live on his own. Review Into the Wild is a movie that leaves you pensive and reflective by the deeper meaning behind Chris’ choice of living. You become emotional by his believe in nature and God, and his conviction of no need of material goods. The question throughout the story is: is he just stupid or is he brave? He seems to be the perfect ideal by not following the norms in the society and his way of remaining unaffected of the society is very inspiring. Chris wants to be happy, but his parents’ impact on him is leading him to this way of living, because they are unhappy. Their happiness is shallow and that is what he does not want to end up with. He is rebellious towards his parents and material goods. Despite his extreme rebellion, the movie is very inspiring especially towards the new generation in this material society. I mean, we should really be able to live without a car, without an iPhone and without being...
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...Week 5 Essay David A. Micciche University of Phoenix For my report I decided to write about Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, which is an action, adventure, drama. This film was released in 2000 with Russell Crowe who is a method style actor, as the lead actor, Starring as Maximus. Maximus was the favorite general of Caesar Marcus Aurelius played by Richard Harris. After defeating the German Barbarians, general Maximus only dreamed of returning home to his wife and son to live a simply life tending to his crops, and leave behind his life as a respected general. After defeating the German barbarians, and with his health failing Caesar decides to appoint Maximus as the protector of Rome and wishes to pass all of his powers as Caesar to Maximus, on the condition that Maximus restores Rome to its former glory, then returning all power to the senate. Commodus, who is played by Joaquin Phoenix who is also a method actor, is a spoiled self indulged aristocrat that believed Caesar would name him as his successor. Commodus kills Caesar and takes the title of Caesar and orders his soldiers to kill Maximus and his family. Maximus escapes, wounded, only to return home to find that Commodus’ soldiers beat him there and slain his wife and son. He awakes to find himself captured to be sold as a slave to Proximo, played by the late Oliver Reed. Promimo is a Gladiator manager, and trains his slaves to fight as gladiators in arena settings, so that he can profit from their blood. Upon returning...
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...Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Hospitality and Tourism Student ID: Submitted to: Course Title: Table of contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….2 Leadership characteristics……………………………………………………………2 Entrepreneurial characteristics………………………………………………………7 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………..10 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………11 Introduction: For the purpose of this essay, the author has decided to use these characteristics to analyze leadership style of Mr. Walt Elias Disney who had earned a good reputation in the entertainment and tourism industry in the 19th century. Leadership Characteristics: Academic literature on leadership has suggested some important characteristics which an effective leader should reflect in a particular situation. These characteristics can help one recognize a particular leadership style of an individual. The prime characteristic of a leader is to put his or her followers’ and organization’s need ahead of his own wishes (Kakabadse and Kakabadse,1999). Leadership style is not something which one can adopt according to his or her taste or interest but it is something to be adopted depending upon the situation that people or the organization is into (Horner, 2003). Walt Disney had laid the foundation of his company Walt Disney Corporation in the year 1923. Today the company is successfully executing several entertainment and tourism ventures such as movies, story books, costumes, clothing, toys, channel...
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...Gilbert alive. All his family members play important individual roles in finding out what’s eating Gilbert Grape. What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a beautifully shot movie of tenderness, caring and self-awareness that is set amongst the fictional working class one street town Endora. Centred around the Grape family Ellen and Amy and their two brothers Arnie and Gilbert, who, along with their morbidly obese widowed mother Bonnie Grape are striving to survive and coexist with the absence of a father figure, low wage work and seventeen-year-old Arnie's severe mental condition. It is in this awkward and extremely one sided affair that the unfortunate Gilbert has to constantly, while working for the town's slowly dying Convenience Store, take care of his younger brother Arnie. Gilbert's life, his future, is thwarted he knows this, but it is in this Guardian Angel that his love and bond for Arnie cannot, and will not, be let go. That is until the free spirit of Becky arrives in town, and with her grandmother are stranded for the DeLosAngeles 2 week while waiting for parts for their vehicle. This realization unties new feelings, new thoughts and new hope for the put upon Gibert, something new is eating Gilbert Grape. The film received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film was given a 89% "Certified Fresh" rating. (Critic, Fan. "What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993."...
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...selling his first company Pure Software Reed Hasting founded this completely new business. Hasting sensed the opportunity for online movie rentals business and founded the company Netflix in 1997. Netflix launched its online subscription service in 1999. Netflix was successful in acquiring about 2million customers in four years. Netflix found that a lot of new customers are attracted towards its online movie rental service because of the information provided by Netflix about each movie in Netflix’s rental library which included critic reviews, member reviews, online trailers and ratings, and the ease with which they could find and order movies; the elimination of late fees and due dates; and convenience of being provided the postage return envelope for mailing the DVD back to Netflix. The company ran a marvelous advertising and marketing campaign from 2001 to 2008.For this reason, company achieved a high level of consumer awareness of Netflix name, its logo, and its movie rental service. Netflix had 2007 revenues of $1.2 billion (up from $501 million in 2004) and its 100,000 movie titles (up from 55,000 in 2005).By July 2008 Netflix had 8.4 million subscribers. Block Buster: Blockbuster was founded in Dallas Texas in 1985. Blockbuster had followed an extensive growth strategy, and achieving a peak of 9,094 companies operated and franchised movie stores worldwide by the year-end 2004. Blockbuster had 3,291 international store locations at the year end 2004 were all over among...
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...Forces for Change Author Note This paper was prepared for Management 689, Managing Change and Organizational Learning taught by Professor Doyle. Forces for Change Discussion of the readings It is evident that change within a business or organization is integral to its solvency and profitability. Even more important is to execute the process of change in a deliberate, methodical and precise manner. If a company brings about change too quickly and erratically, it can burn out quickly like a supernova leaving loss of focus in its wake. Conversely, if change is done slowly or not at all, it can miss a crucial window of opportunity that can never be recaptured causing the company to lose market share or file bankruptcy. Visual media has changed tremendously over the years due to the dynamic technology improving digital media. Consumers rented movie videos from their local video stores and cable television was emerging. Ever changing technology changed formats from the Video Home System (VHS) to compact discs (CDs) and digital video discs (DVDs). The latter format had improved picture quality and longer viewing capacity. Visiting a video store was an enjoyable jaunt for many families, who wanted to enjoy movies in the convenience of their own home when the weekends rolled around. With this in mind, I was saddened to hear the demise of Blockbuster Video, which first opened in 1985 and recently announced this year that it was closing all its brick and mortar...
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...distributors: United Artists Details: Silent w/ English intertitles, two-tone Technicolor and B&W, 1 hr 22 min Notes: * final kiss w/ Princess Isobel > Mary Pickford * longboat crew >> sailors from USS Arizona • The fight choreographer is the great Fred Cavens. He and colleague Bob Anderson are almost single-handedly responsible for the best sword fights on film from the 1920s to 2000. Cavens was fencing master for every important Zorro from Doug Fairbanks (1920) to Tyrone Power (1940) to Guy Williams (1957-1961; Disney). After Cavens’ death, Anderson took on the next great Zorro: Antonio Banderas. Read BEFORE watching the movie. Bennett, Carl. “The Black Pirate (1926)”[review]. Silent Era. 2010. Web. 22 Mar 2014. http://www.silentera.com/video/blackPirateHV.html (Read article in left sidebar & review of Blu-Ray Disc.) • First major featured film produced in Technicolor • A black & white film was also shot in case the Technicolor fails • Filming in Technicolor was expensive and requires a vast amount of lights on the set and special camera lens prism. Used both technical color camera and black and white cameras side by side during the filming. • The first objective of the color process is the used of orangey-red and bluish green dyes to obtain an accurate flesh tone. Customs and sets...
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