DEUS : A Review of City of God Kimbel Westerson Jose Konde Grand Canyon University- ENG 105 As a Portuguese speaker, it is with happiness and proudness that I see a beautiful work of art made in a luso-country; a work that makes the difference not just in luso-countries but in the eyes of all the world. City of God (Brazil, 2002 directed by Fernando Meirelles) is like that. Pop, polemic, tough and funny, it was the new pearl of the Brazilian cinema. Ironically, the movie is amazing because
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Video propaganda was a crucial instrument for success in World War II. No country was as adept in this facet as Germany. Though Russian and Japanese propaganda ministries implemented similar techniques, their differences placed German success firmly above all others. National culture similarly contributed to the success unique to German video propaganda. German Propaganda was only able to succeed because of its constant messages of victory without loses in combination with the cultural state
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into the Italian film industry as the first female director to be recognized and acclaimed internationally (Hcl.harvard.edu). The film Swept Away has come to be known as a phenomenon in the Italian film realm with its keen satire and Rabelaisian humor working as one to highlight some issues affecting post-war Italy (Nytimes.com). In the film, Wertmuller reinvents the character types and narrative forms of the mainstream Italian comedy to come up with a rare, radical, and political film that achieves
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that the actors and crew can carry it out. And like the foreman, it’s up to the director to turn the elements he or she builds with—words, images, and sound—into something not just coherent but entertaining, even moving. It’s no accident that when films are described, they’re often talked about as the possession of the director—Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, and the like”.(Goodykoontz/Jacobs). It’s the director’s job to make sure that everything in the movie goes exactly
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Alvaro Saldana Professor Coroniti Writing and Communication July 25, 2014 Cinema Paradiso Cinema Paradiso is a movie to be felt. The film portrays the story of a boy named Salvatore “ToTo” di Vita, and the way he grows up with the story of the cinema from a town called Giancaldo in the province of Sicily. The boy bonds with a man named Alfredo who worked at the local theater, Alfredo teaches everything he knows to Salvatore
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ambiguous to viewers, leading viewers on with curiosity. Initially, the film did not explain why Su-mi and Su-yeon had been away from the house for quite some time and why Su-mi’s father reiterates the point of Su-mi being ‘sick again’. The director had therefore used these ambiguities to add impact to the moment of truth as the film came to an end. The film was also rich in layers and twists. Firstly, viewers were led to think that the film was a typical fairytale extension in modern life in which the two
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guns and in the 1961 film, they fought with words and two weapons. • Romeo and Juliet’s rival families experience culturally diverse worlds, unlike West Side Story. • West Side Story’s two lovers do come from the same culturally diverse world though, but are from different ethnic backgrounds. • As each version evolves you can see the technological changes and the style of music and clothing changing as well. 2. Each version of these films has all reflected their culture and time period in which
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Morpheus: “Sooner or later you’re gonna realize, just like I did…there’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.” The preceding is one of many quotes from the 1999 film, ‘The Matrix. ®’ The movie was ahead of its’ time, similar to the ‘Wizard of Oz ®.’ The movie is full of imagery, and metaphors, allegories, along with philosophies. To place the film in the category of being Christian is expanding the imagination. Although it uses Biblical terms such as Zion, Nebuchadnezzar,
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Selena film is based on the life of Selena, a Tejano style singer who get tragically killed on 1995. It shows the family struggles, her beginnings as a singer and the progress of her career until reaching a number one album, her secret marriage to the guitarist, and her tragic death. Description of Movie Family The movie starts with the father Abraham Quintanilla Sr as a young man trying to become a musician. The group has no success because of cultural discrimination and ended up disbanding. Film
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dozen film adaptations. Each of these films portrays a new perspective to the original work with variations big and small. Essentially, the movie versions can be seen as interpretations of Tolkien’s text since visual media cannot fully convey the events and character entirely. Once put on a screen, the plot must be shortened to fit the running time, character simplified and made symbolic. A case in hand is the 2012 movie edition directed by Peter Jackson. The main difference between the film and
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