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...powerlessness of the individual in modern Russian society through the film “Durak” (The Fool) INTRODUCTION “You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.” Vladimir Putin I grew up on American movies built around stories portraying an underdog protagonist (ex. Erin Brockovich) who against all odds through hardship and danger manages to beat all sources of antagonism, fight injustice, save the day, and ride off into the sunset with cash and a high sense of self-achievement, reaching a full transformation circle in his/her character development. In contrast, after watching “The Fool” by Yuri Bykov, and “Leviathan” by Andrey Zvyagintsev I couldn't help but noticing the exact opposite. Namely, the stories revolve around an underdog protagonist, who in a toxically decaying environment, never seem to change or learn anything while battling against either corruption, injustice or both, ending up with the protagonist being ruined in every way imaginable, losing practically everything including his family and hope, his efforts ridiculed, and he himself severely physically punished. The two protagonists are of course very different, however, one needs to be reminded that behind every movie script there is an individual writer with a goal of conveying a statement to his audience. In the film “the Fool” through Dima, the powerless protagonist, the writer/director describes a society that is deeply in decay, where people are treating...
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...World Society in Literature and Film-Japan Asian Studies 0868 Temple University Fall Semester 2015 Dr. P.B. Reagan Class meets Tuesday and Thursday 9:30.A.M.-10:50 P.M. in Ritter Hall 107 Office: 830 Anderson Hall Office Hours: TR 11:00-1:50 P.M. and by appointment E-mail: paul.reagan@temple.edu Course Description and Objective “Learn about a particular national culture-Japanese-by taking a guided tour of its literature and film. Knowledge of Japanese language is not required to take this course. The student will gain the fresh, subtle understanding that comes from integrating across different forms of human expression. Some of the issues that will be illuminated by looking at culture through the lens of literature and film: family structures and how they are changing, national self-perceptions, pivotal moments in history,, economic issues,, social change and diversity…” NOTE: This course fulfills the World Society (GG)requirement for students under GenEd and International Studies (IS)for students under Core. Attributes: Gen ED Global World Society GenEd World Society courses explore societies and cultures outside the United States. These courses take one of two approaches. Some concentrate on a single nation or region, examining in depth its political, social, historical, cultural, artistic, literary, geographic, and economic landscape. Another approach is to investigate globalization and its effects across nations and regions. Goals and Expected...
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...Student's Name Instructor's Name Course Date The movie fight club Different peevish acts may accompany specific cultures that may at one point result to both good and bard aspects of the society. In addition, different authors and scholars have made it real to discuss such aspects of life in their productions to enhance a pass of information to the general public. David Fincher in his work on Fight Club film touches on social commentary as well as consumerist culture on feminization and how it influences masculinity as demonstrated hereinafter. Consumer culture provides the source to the grief and fight in the society. This political rebellion facilitates anger and fight among the characters. The values of advertisement are highly critiqued in the film with consideration of aspects such as wealth, power, beauty, and youth. As much as people could do jobs in the society to attain physical sustainability, they are no longer satisfied spiritually. The society continues to buy marketed goods to provide better feeling since they do not feel like there is sensible person to talk to about their grievances. Class isolation is another important aspect as per Fincher’s argument in the film. The character Jack suffers from lack of satisfaction as well as insomnia since he has no friend whom he can share his problems with. He could not get someone to share with openly the sad and dark-natured feelings. In addition, jack could not find reasons why he experience difficulties...
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...basically a combination of group of film companies which were Lubin, Vitagraph, Edison, etc. Edison trust also included the largest distribution company of that time which was owned by George Kleine and the top film stock supplier, Eastman Kodak. This company was created to monopolise the film industry. To break this monopoly, some filmmakers in 1908 started an independent film movement. These filmmakers believed that the Edison trust were trying to control the art form of filmmaking and wanted to preserve artistic side of filmmaking. It can be said that Edison through his company started the first Oligopoly in the film industry because he owned most of the film equipment’s patents such as projectors, camera and film stock. Filmmakers who used their own cameras and projectors because of budget constraints where prone to lawsuits from Edison. Despite of Edison’s negative attitude towards small filmmakers, an independent cinema movement began to save the artistic element of filmmaking. To stay away from lawsuits, independent filmmakers moved to southern California to continue their work. California in the early 1900’s provided perfect terrain such as the ocean, hills, desert and also great weather to shoot all year round. But the most important factor for Hollywood to lure these independent filmmakers was its district court supported them against Edison trust lawsuits. Many filmmakers moved to California and produced many small but creative films. But many who started as independent...
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...Q. What is the role of films in the nation building in India? Has it been successfully portraying social development? A: Models of communication are conceptual models used to explain the human communication process. In today’s world where new media is very prevalent, films, music and television shows also act in influencing the masses. Cinema has truly played a major role in changing our society. Patriotic movies make us remember to love our nation. Good comedic movies have treated many patients through laugh therapy. Adventure movies have given us a sense of adventure to explore new possibilities. There are many more! In our society there are many practices and traditions which are based on ignorance and which have withheld the progress of our society. Rigidity of caste system, untouchability, dowry system and purdah system have done enormous harm to our society. Cinema films can do a lot to eradicate these evils. They can be used for promoting national integration, Prohibition, inter-caste marriages, family planning, eradication of illiteracy, etc. Such themes can help the transformation of our society. The cinema to guide them along the right path. It can help in removing ignorance from our society. Not only this, several much needed social reforms can be introduced and brought about with the help of the cinema. The cinema exercises a great influence on the mind of the people. It has a great educative value. It can achieve splendid results in the field of expansion of education...
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...The film The Joy Luck club presents the life story of four Chinese women that influences their American daughters to fight for their own existence, respect, and worth in the society. The film brings the harsh realities of Chinese culture by revealing the past lifestyle of four Asian women in China. The four women named Suyuan, Ying-Yang, An-Mei, and Lindo migrates to America after swallowing the miserable experience of their life in China. In San Francisco, they started a club known as The Joy Luck Club, where they share their stories while playing mahjong. At the end, the stories of their own mother help their daughters to learn not to get suppressed under the cultural complexities of the society and to stand for their own identity. The cultural aspect of the film The Joy Luck club that expanded my understanding of Chinese culture is the marriage system, the belief in obedience, and the patriarchal society. The film exposes wicked marriage system followed by Chinese culture. Some of the beliefs imposed by the society seem to be extremely disturbing and idiotic such as child marriage. The film also gives us an insight of the Chinese marriage ceremony, where the bride and groom...
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...3/13/2013 Critiques of Society Through Technology in THX 1138 and Blade Runner The threat of overdeveloping technology has been portrayed in film throughout time as a negative influence on society. As shown in THX 1138 and Blade Runner, made by George Lucas and Ridley Scott respectively, society is overturned by the use of technology and these films can therefore be seen as a warning against the cultural changes to come. The dystopic societies shown in THX 1138 and Blade Runner are the direct result of the technological development of society, therefore each film proves to be a critique of what is to come if these technologies become overdeveloped. In both THX 1138 and Blade Runner, the cities created by Lucas and Scott respectively appear as central characters that further the plot. The city created in Blade Runner helps to display the hierarchies within the society and who controls whom. In the year 2019, Los Angeles is an acid-rain drizzling space crowded with punk gangs, physically disabled and many Hispanic and Asian people (Galagher 170). The streets are populated yet deserted, those who live there are those left behind and unable, physically and financially, to escape to the new colonies in space (Tiltsman 32). Therefore, these people that remain in the city are either of poorer-class or of upper class that have established themselves through their residences or commercial corporations. This is shown by those in the upper class of this society who live in massive high-rise...
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...depictions made in the film that is able to tell us about American society at the time it was made. From making the decision to watching this film based on preference over the contrasting Fight Club, Galaxy Quest, and George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead, it was evident that I grew up in a generation who was entertained by this type of crude, tasteless humor. As I have technically been adult for nearly two years, this show is intended for mature audiences. However, it seems that show is very popular for audiences under 18 for its less than acceptable content to parents. Throughout the film itself, there are many themes and paradigms how youths in American society were entertained in at the time whether if its their language, behavior, or popular culture. According to Linda Holtzman, themes are “subjects that are introduced in the media text and can be minor, significant, or central to the unfolding of the story” (Holtzman, 2000). This film utilizes the four main characters Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick; all of which are third graders. In the beginning of the film, they are all shown attending an R-rated film ‘Asses of Fire’, a film that most, if not all parents would not allow or encourage their children to watch. This is evident from the inappropriate behavior and rude jokes and its themes that the characters begin to take after and copy its behavior. This type of copycat behavior suggests that not only youths in America society at the time were...
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...television and films has delivered both entertainment and information to individuals. Thus, as a society bombarded by the representation and possibly influenced by the media, it is therefore essential to consider the messages rooted in this films or television within the context of popular culture. The movies Dangerous Minds and Dead Poet Society opens up issues such as identity and stereotyping. Therefore, in this paper I will be looking at the juxtaposed concept of identity and representation using the school films Dangerous minds and Dead Poet Society. Furthermore, I will be using textual analysis as the methodology, while incorporating theories in cultural studies to compare and contrast the ways in which mass media portrays popular culture. Dangerous Minds vs. Dead Poet Society The Dangerous minds film opens up with a preview of an inner city impoverished neighbourhood where destitution and drug deals is an everyday affairs. On the other hand, Dead poet’s society opens up the rich urban setting, depicting the power of uniqueness and a high level of discipline. Also, the choice of music used in Dangerous mind is in juxtaposed with the choice music used in Dead poet society. The song choices in both movies reflects characters that appear in the film. That is the use of the song, Gangster’s Paradise relates to the inner city street life and gangs which was portrayed at the beginning of the Dangerous mind film. Whereas the song choice used in the Dead poet society film represented...
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...! Movie Analysis: Pleasantville Gary Ross uses a variety of cinematic techniques in the film Pleasantville to show that neither conservatives nor liberals are able to establish a perfect society by showing the positive and negative consequences of the two ideologies. However, the ending of the film seems to favour liberals over conservatives. This film is a miniature of the rivalry between the people holding conservative values and those holding liberal values in the US. The film was first released in 1998 and gained a lot of critical acclaim, becoming a classic of the 1990s. The film Pleasantville is about two teenagers in the 1990s who find themselves in a 1950s sitcom. Through their actions the people of Pleasantville begin to experience strong emotions and consequently events in the town begin to deviate from the equilibrium. ! Gary Ross uses color to promote liberalism. The majority of the film is set in black and white and only certains people and objects that have colors. During the courtroom scene towards the end of the film, the audience in the courtroom starts with people having colors being the minority. As the movie progress, black and white characters get colors one by one until the mayor is the only one who still remains black and white. David, the protagonist of the film, in the end however forces the Mayor to turn into color as well. The color represents the idea of liberalism because the characters change into color once they find what is missing in their...
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...praised the ability of Nollywood industry in the past, and expresses concern on the reverse focus on the negative themes and its negative impact on youth behaviour and the image of Nigeria. The qualitative and quantitative data analysis based on the empirical secondary and primary data were employed. The data collected on both were presented in tabular form and analyzed using simple percentages. Purposive random sampling technique and questionnaire as an instrument were used during the class-meeting. Keywords: Nollywood, behavior, youths, movies Introduction Film was introduced into Nigeria in the 1900’s by the British colonialist who used it for propaganda purposes, while the church used it to spread the Gospel.The Colonial Administration and the Church saw film not only as a medium of entertainment but as an effective medium of communication [Akpabio, 2003]. The British colonialist with the Christian missionaries used film amongst other media to persuade Nigerians to accept Christianity, education and the western culture. On Monday, August 12, 1903, the first motion picture was shown in Nigeria at the Glover Memorial hall in Lagos by Mr. Balboa of Barcelona, Spain, under the management of a...
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...her allies. The destruction that Japan faced with the twin bombings had left the country shaken to the roots and the young men and women wanted to find something useful to keep them busy. They found the cinema. With the advancement in technology, film directors such as Akira Kurosawa took the center stage with films that tried to teach people about harmony and restoration. Most of the films in the golden age focused on the need to prevent war and bring people together as one unique society through the preaching of peaceful coexistence. This research, therefore, focuses on the Seven Samurai film that was directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1953. Through the film, we hope to understand the concepts of the golden age of Japanese Cinema, as well as its characteristics (Tezuka 47). Seven Samurai is a war film that depicts the struggle that human beings go through in search for freedom and emancipation. It also reveals the post war effects on the society and tries to persuade people to coexist peacefully without causing chaos (Fischer 1-65). The film directed by Akira Kurosawa and produced by Sojiro Motoki, stars Toshiro Mifume, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima and several other individuals who had a vision to produce one of the best action films ever. The story takes place in 1587 when Japan is full of warring communities. A mountain farming village gets attacked by a group of marauding bandits whose aim is to enrich by impoverishing the innocent. The farmers cannot protect themselves and...
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...James Harstad Professor Edelheit Anti-Semitism in America 10/28/2014 Reflection on Film Focus Neil Slavin’s Focus, the film which takes after the book of the same name by Arthur Miller, is a film which tries to portray racism in a relatively novel light. It attempts to display bigoted racism by showing the general populace of the Brooklyn populace as being racist against someone work of appearance alone. While this raises questions of how authentic the film must portray middle class life of New York in the 1940’s. It still does a meaningful job in portraying a story of a neutral minded man who is forced to decide between an alignment of bigotry or relative humanism. While I dismiss the premise that glasses alone could turn your well known neighbors and employer against you. The representation of characters in this movie is simply engaging and their representations are highly artistic. The film starts off with Mr. Newman as a neutral minded individual; he has no real political or social affiliation, no family other than his mother and a comfortable but not entirely fast paced job. He is simply a moderate man who is content living the life of a respected middle class American. His neutrality is represented when he witnesses the rape at the beginning of the film of the woman. When asked the following day of what transpired he simply pretended to know nothing. He is a man who has a see no evil, is no evil mentality. When he begins wearing glasses and becomes...
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...The social importance of film in the 21st century is extremely evident to be a powerful form of communication. Through sound and images filmmakers make use of technical, symbolic, audio and written codes to convey strong messages. These themes are portrayed in all types of films such as documentaries, commercials and even Hollywood blockbusters. As time moves forward so does the ability to connect, through film, with the social aspects of our age. Every story, every image, every sound has an impact on out society, either visually and/or emotionally. By the use of film we can communicate ideas, morals, ethics, facts, events etc effectively. Ever since the fist filmmakers shocked the world with their innovative art the impact of film on society has only advanced. New technology and contemporary techniques are forever developing and the will to influence, inspire and inform also progress. . This ability to powerfully impact our society is due to the blessing of film and its importance in the 21st century should never be under-measured. It combines primarily, both audio and video and is thus very appealing to the eyes and the ears. With the development of color cinematography, and stereophonic sound, it is certainly one up on other media. Motion pictures may provide the best evidence of what it was like to walk down the streets of Paris in the 1890s, what a Japanese tea ceremony was like in the 1940s, what the World Series in 1950 looked like, or how people in factories did their...
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