...Magician “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Selznick. This is about a boy name Hugo lives in an old abandoned apartment in Paris. The building was where people used to live in who ran the train station, but his was the only one left. Hugo’s farther owned a clock shop as well worked part time at the museum working on them. He came home late one night from work and told Hugo he found something fascinating in the attic of the museum. His father told him it was an automaton. Hugo was very interested to see what this windup figure that can write but it didn’t work. After a few night his farther snuck him into the attic so he could see this. Hugo was so amazed by this that he wanted to fix it so he could see what it would write out. During the meantime while is farther was working he was always filling several notebooks with drawings of the automaton which were very detailed and it showed all the parts as he would carefully clean every single one. For Hugo’s birthday his farther gave him one of the notebooks as a present. That was the last time Hugo saw his farther. While he was working one night he got locked in the attic at the museum and for some reason a fire was started. From there Hugo’s Uncle Claude who was always drunk and had a flask in his hand came by the apartment to tell Hugo that he was coming with him. Uncle Claude told Hugo that he was going to show him how to take care of clocks and he was going to be his apprentice timekeeper. Hugo was able to go...
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...and universal recognition typically reserved for more commercially successful talents. A tireless supporter of film preservation, "Scorsese has worked to bridge the gap between cinema's history and future like no other director." (Rottentomatoes.com) Channeling the lessons of his inspirations primarily classic Hollywood, the French New Wave, and the New York underground movement of the early nineteen sixties into an extraordinarily personal and singular vision, he has remained perennially positioned at the vanguard of the medium, always pushing the envelope of the film experience with an intensity and courage unmatched by any of his contemporaries. The films of his I am most interested in are: Hugo, The Departed, Raging Bull and Goodfellas. Besides the charming tale of Hugo, all of these films have something in common, extreme violence. Scorsese seems to have worked largely in the medium of violence for most of his career. However, unlike a blockbuster director such as Michael Bay, he doesn't use violence to draw crowds in with explosions. Scorsese uses violence to portray cultural feelings and to show the hardships of many of the characters in his movies. He uses themes such as Roman Catholic guilt, machismo and gang violence. I believe what drives Scorsese and his films is the want to show how violence exists. He wants to show the emotions and complicated scenarios...
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...Begin Reading Table of Contents Copyright Page For Charlotte—why we got together —D.H. + M.K. In a sec you’ll hear a thunk. At your front door, the one nobody uses. It’ll rattle the hinges a bit when it lands, because it’s so weighty and important, a little jangle along with the thunk, and Joan will look up from whatever she’s cooking. She will look down in her saucepan, worried that if she goes to see what it is it’ll boil over. I can see her frown in the reflection of the bubbly sauce or whatnot. But she’ll go, she’ll go and see. You won’t, Ed. You wouldn’t. You’re upstairs probably, sweaty and alone. You should be taking a shower, but you’re heartbroken on the bed, I hope, so it’s your sister, Joan, who will open the door even though the thunk’s for you. You won’t even know or hear what’s being dumped at your door. You won’t even know why it even happened. It’s a beautiful day, sunny and whatnot. The sort of day when you think everything will be all right, etc. Not the right day for this, not for us, who went out when it rains, from October 5 until November 12. But it’s December now, and the sky is bright, and it’s clear to me. I’m telling you why we broke up, Ed. I’m writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened. And the truth is that I goddamn loved you so much. The thunk is the box, Ed. This is what I am leaving you. I found it down in the basement, just grabbed the box when all of our things were too much for my bed stand drawer. Plus I thought...
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