...The movie Casablanca was made in 1942 by Michael Curtis. The movie featured Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid. The movie took place in World War II in a town called Casablanca, in which people from all over Europe would come to escape to America. The hotspot in Casablanca was Rick's run by Rick Blaine. Rick Blaine is a man who doesn't do anything for anyone unless it helps himself. This changes when Rick is given two stolen transport tickets for safe keeping, these tickets are priceless in Casablanca. Then Ilsa, the reason for Rick's bitterness comes back into his life. Ilsa and Rick had a love affair in Paris. Ilsa, a women who thought that her husband died, fell in an intense love with Rick. They made plans to run away together,...
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...Good & Evil Casablanca Ethics Capella University April 2014 For my paper on good and evil, I chose to analyze the movie Casablanca. In this black and white film produced in 1942, Rick Blaine (played by Humphrey Bogart) an exiled American, and a former freedom fighter , runs the most popular nightclub in town. He meets the stunning Ilsa Lund (played by Ingrid Bergman), and they fall in love. The twist comes when we discover that Ilsa is in fact married to another man, Victor Laszlo (played by Paul Henreid) who is believed to have been killed previously in a Nazi concentration camp. Victor leads the Nazi underground resistance and is wanted by the Germans. When Ilsa discovers that her husband is in fact alive, she promptly leaves rick hanging and disappears. Later, she reappears in Rick’s nightclub causing Rick quiet the emotional stir. Ilsa and Victor are looking for two letters of transit so that they may leave and return to safety. All the while Major Heinrich Strasser is looking to thwart the underground resistance and detain anyone who may be involved. In the end , Rick assists Victor and Ilsa in their escape. Utilitarian’s say that what determines an action as right is to understand what will happen as a result of doing it . This is at the heart of its theory. Happiness is desirable is the doctrine of utilitarianism ( Rachels and Rachels ,2010) . Rick is aware that he will never see Ilsa again if he puts her on that plane with Victor, yet he puts his own happiness...
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...a interesting time. Also, while the movie isn't action packed with special effect it is very character driven and that keeps a person invested in the movie. Lastly, the movie has a run time of one hundred and two minutes but it doesn't feel like it drags on and that might be the result of good editing not letting scenes become to long while giving all the necessary interactions. I would say the focus of Casablanca would be the complexity of human relationships. It also looks at ideas of morality with the love triangle of Rick, Illsa and her husband Victor. I felt the actors did a great job because you could believe Bogart as a bitter man once blinded by love and Paul Henreid, as Victor, a man with a mission and ideals. All with Ingrid Bergman, as Ilsa, a woman caught between them. I found the ironic role reversal at the end of the movie to fit very well. We meet Rick and he is this hardened individual...
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...S. Department of Commerce, 1993. Print. k. Kahn, David. The Codebreakers. 2nd ed. New York: Scribner's, 1996. Print. l. Blotner, Joseph. Faulkner: A Biography. Vol. 1 & 2. New York: Random House, 1974. Print. m. Tompkins, Calvin. "The Importance of Being Elitist." The New Yorker 24 Nov. 1997: 58-69. Print. n. Beer, Thomas. Stephen Crane: A Study in American Letters. New York: Octagon, 1923, 1972. Print. o. Winona, Beth. "Barzun and Culture." Rev. of The Culture We Deserve, by Jacques Barzun. American Issues Magazine Mar. 1989: 46-50. Print. p. "Neil Simon on the New York Theater." Interview by Pearl Barnes. Long Island News n.d.: C4-C5. Print. q. Casablanca. Dir. Michael Curtiz. Adapt. Humprey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, and Paul Henreid. Warner Brothers, 1942....
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...TOPICS: 1. History of cinematography 2. Oscar 2010 Underdog 3. How a film is made 4. Ingmar Bergman 5. The formula for a hit film sequel 6. Life is like a movie (in copies for self-study) 7. My favourite film 8. Brits have the Midas touch (421 only) VOCABULARY 1. Action-packed 2. Moving 3. Impressive 4. Well-received 5. Subtle 6. Depressing 7. Poignant 8. Entertaining 9. Offbeat 10. Understated 11. Pacey 12. Predictable 13. Enjoyable 14. Unconventional 15. Compelling 16. Slow- moving 17. Powerful 18. Charming 19. Epic 20. Overstated 21. Hilarious 22. Oversimplified 23. Perceptive 24. Flat 25. Sentimental 26. Gripping 27. Brilliant 28. Dramatic 29. Soppy 30. Insightful 31. Bleak 32. Stylish 33. Amusing 34. Thought-provoking 35. Dated 36. Intelligent 37. A shoe-string budget 38. Box-office smash 39. A flop 40. Rave reviews 41. Film-buff 42. It’s nothing to write home about to have no bearing on 43. It doesn’t hold water 44. To blow out of proportion 45. To be accountable to 46. A bone of contention 47. To get one’s money worth 48. To be rooted to the spot 49. To be dimly aware of to pinpoint 50. To be much to the point 51. to come up with 52. a follow up 53. a rule of thumb 54. gut feeling 55. a stand-alone film 56. to be highly...
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...How legit is PETA? They claim to be this ethical organization with the largest animal rights organization in the world. I have always thought Peta was a genuine organization, yet animal lover Heather Harper can beg to differ in a story I recall reading my junior year of high-school. Harper had been an ex employee for fifteen years before speaking out about the organization in the article titled “WHISTLEBLOWER: PETA Ex-Employee Alleges She Was Encouraged to Steal and Kill Pets, and to Falsify info”. In the article she alleges that she was encouraged by PETA president, Ingrid Newkirk, to steal and kill pets, and to falsify the records. Sad stories such as this one make me want to learn what else PETA could be hiding behind closed doors. As I was researching the organization my thoughts began to shift regarding the accuracy off their investigations....
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...The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The 2011 adaptation, by David Fincher, a director known for making fast pace thrillers prefers to convey the important parts of the movie through silence. For describing the locale and scenes In the book every scene and locale is explained thoroughly through the means of words. But in the movie the Director chooses silence over words and gives the viewer opportunity to frame things in his mind on his own way. Right at the beginning of the movie silence is used to show the locale of where the events of the story take place. The scene of winter season, snow all around, the sound of the freezing wind blowing was enough to tell about the locale. The decorated houses, the happiness prevailed spoke for the Christmas season and the on goings of the millennium. When Blomkvist visits Henrik’s house for the first time there is a considerable pause in the scene just to give the audience a view of the place where Blomkvist was about to go. The silence explained his feelings, his perplexion at that moment. In a similar fashion the happenings of the bar where Lisbeth goes at the beginning were explained just like that. Henrik’s flashbacks were a great source of information. They spoke a lot about the island, its inhabitants and the happenings of the past. Through those flashbacks the entire Vanger family was introduced. Blomkvist’s early morning strolls, Lisbeth’s wanderings also proved helpful in adding a different prospect to a scene’s use. To give...
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...The report on film “Insider” The most interesting thing is that the film was put on the events, which only recently had taken place in America. The real names of main characters of the story, played by Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, are Dr. Lowell Bergman and Uigand. Dr. Uigand actually testified in court against the tobacco company "Brown & Williamson" (by the way, the management of the company after the movie has filed a lawsuit against the producers of the film) and convinced the court of justice, so then in fifty U.S. states have filed lawsuits on tobacco companies for a total of 246 billion dollars. Many of these claims have been satisfied and called a real panic among the tobacco workers, because it was a first precedent when the tobacco workers were found guilty. Prior to this, tobacco companies do not ever lose in the court, spending on lawyers and attorneys huge money. I have already heard about these processes, and still could not figure out what it was about. But this film put everything in its place. This is not about that tobacco itself is addictive and harmful for health. The question is what chemical elements and compounds the tobacco companies add in production of cigarettes to have "better taste", "better smoke" and so on. Ammonia and nitrate - not all of that stuff, which adds a certain cigarette "taste", and many times increases the addiction to tobacco, the risk of lung cancer and other illnesses. That's the whole point. Smokers consciously endanger...
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...Ingmar Bergman’s film, Seventh Seal, reflects his views on life in an allegorical fashion. Bergman utilizes the setting of a medieval, plague-ridden landscape to metaphorically investigate the existence of god and meaning of life. The film follows the knight, Antonius, as he returns from the Crusades with his squire, Jöns. Bergman uses black and white to enhance the mood. The film’s vivid imagery and powerful score challenge the viewer to interpret the film’s messages and assign them meaning. The film investigates the deepest philosophical questions of humanity. Compared with Akira Kurosawa’s film, Ikiru, the Seventh Seal expresses a darker outlook on the world. Bergman’s cinematic masterpiece remains a relevant work of art in a world that struggles to address the deepest questions of religion and the phenomena of simply being alive. Seventh Seal begins with a shot of the heavens as a powerful orchestrated piece of music plays. A passage from the Book of Revelation is recited, "And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour," (Revelation 8:1). Antonius and Jöns lie on a beach of pebbles. The land is framed proportional to the sky, juxtaposing the kingdoms of heaven and earth. A chess set sits to the right of Antonius. The camera pans away from him, zooming in on the chess pieces. It symbolically equates Antonius as a piece of the game. A man cloaked in black approaches, revealing himself to be death. He states that...
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...PETA Kassie White-Simmons U.S. Government – POL 110 Instructor, Dr. McCue December 3, 2012 Strayer University PETA Define an interest group, with examples. The interest group that I will discuss in this paper is the one of the most well-known animal rights groups in the world; People for the ethical treatment of animals, commonly known as, PETA. Founded in March 1980 by Newkirk and fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco, the organization first caught the public's attention in the summer of 1981 during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case, a widely publicized dispute about experiments conducted on 17 macaque monkeys inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. The group first came to public attention in 1981 during the Silver Spring monkey’s case, a dispute about experiments conducted by researcher Edward Taub on 17 macaque monkeys inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Eldercare Home Health, 2012) The case led to the first police raid in the United States on an animal laboratory, triggered an amendment in 1985 to the United States Animal Welfare Act, and became the first animal-testing case to be appealed to the United States Supreme Court, which upheld a Louisiana State Court ruling that denied PETA's request for custody of the monkeys. Pacheco had taken a job in May 1981 inside a primate research laboratory at the Institute, intending to gain firsthand experience of working inside an...
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...INTEREST GROUPS AND THE INFLUENCE THEY HAVE ON AMERICAN POLITICS Interest Groups (IGs) over the years have had more influence on American Politics than the average American citizen who votes in an election. These groups Lobby to get funding for what they believe is true; whether it’s one program or several programs they put together a solid organization to make sure they get their point across when election time comes around. These groups influence State and Government policy collectively on all levels. It can be the average citizen who goes around asking for you to sign petitions, it can be your own State Politician or Government Official who’s trying to birth a new program into existence. Interest Groups have very strong beliefs about what they are advocating. These groups at times feel so strong in their beliefs that sometimes they start protesting and even sometimes start riots. These groups come into fruition when people get together and start pulling their resources together. An individual can be highly educated, wealthy, or have a little socio-economic background to help further along their cause. Support and money goes along way when you have it to give and make things happen. Lobbying is a really big issue to these groups, because that’s how they are able to maneuver through the “red tape “ of Politics in any social realm. The lobbying starts when IGs are fighting to protect their respective turfs; meaning each Group is trying to get some kind of program...
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...Ch. 14 Bowdoin (pg. 57) In this chapter, we learn about GM’s college years and the many work placements he apportioned in. Furthermore, it also demonstrates his enrollment with the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Ch. 15 A Brief Interlude (pg. 68) Here GM traverses to North Carolina to visit Robbie and then to the U.S. Army Intelligence School at Fort Holabird in Baltimore. Prior to advancing to Berlin for his 1st counterintelligence assignment. Ch. 16 The Army (pg. 73) GM faces a convoluting decision involving a spy and the family involved with the infiltrator. It would also set the stage for his time at Georgetown Law School. Ch. 17 A Light for Ingrid Bergman (pg. 82) Here GM narrates the time, actress Ingrid Bergman approached...
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...to anyone. Casablanca (1942) is a representation of the World War II where evacuees escaped the Nazi’s and end up in a vacant safe haven. The evacuees are attempting to follow their desires of going to the United States of America. The movie shows the battle of the war throughout Europe and the battle for love. The director of this film is Michael Curtiz, screen writers are Julius Epstein, Philip Epstein, and Howard Koch. The main actor is played by Humphrey Bogart who in the film is called Rick Blaine owns a night club and a casino. He is a key member to the evacuee’s freedom, he assists by getting documents for them to go to America but he has to be paid. In his past he had a woman he was truly in love with named Ilsa Lund played by Ingrid Bergman. The last but very not least leading role in the film is Ilsa’s husband Victor Laszlo, played by Paul Henreid. Now Rick having his old...
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...The film Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1943) follows the protagonist Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) who is quite the bitter, cynical club owner residing in the city of Casablanca, Morocco since leaving America. After an encounter with a past lover, Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), Rick enters a conflict concerning two life changing decisions. He could either help Ilsa and her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), escape the Germans by providing them with letters of transit visas or rekindle the whirlwind romance between the two of them. Ilsa’s world is completely turning upside down as she also must decide whether to choose her husband or the man to whom she once held a flame. Whereas in the film His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940) the protagonist...
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...how he believes men are more superior than women. Through the feminist lens, Hitchcock states that the woman's main purpose is for visual pleasure; such as Ernie's restaurant, Madeline was presented with romantic music in the background and her green dress. This is one of the many examples where women are used for their image, “resulting in female characters who merely embody men’s sexual desire while having no essential importance to the plot themselves” (Mulvey 346). Hitchcock is creating an idea that it does not matter who she is, just how she looks. Susan Jhirad states, “The unreal, obsessive quality of Hitchcock's blonde heroines does not show women as they are , but women as Hitchcock wished them to be,” (Jhirad, 31). Such as Ingrid Bergman who played in Spellbound, Grace Kelly in Dial M for Murder, and Kim Novak in Vertigo all blondes, who played main roles in Hitchcock's films. Hitchcock is able to use his films in order to send his message out; his opinion is clearly portrayed and feels that men are more praiseworthy and higher in the social ladder than women. Looking at Vertigo through the feminist lens suggests that Hitchcock believes that women are less than men and should be treated that way. Not only is this shown in Vertigo, but in many of his movies such Strangers on a Train, where Mariam dies due to her lack of ability to maintain feminine roles. Also in Birds, Jhirad claims “During the shooting of The Birds, decides to abandon the Mechanical birds.. substituting...
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