Tarkovsky is widely renowned as one of the greatest directors Russia has ever seen, and The Strugatsky brothers are regarded as some of the greatest Science Fiction authors ever. Stalker (1979) is a product of mainly Tarkovsky however, Roadside Picnic, still heavily influenced the plot of Stalker. However as is with many movie adaptations, the book is significantly different from the movie. It is often the opinion that movies that are different from the book’s they are based on, are not good. But
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Watching the video ‘Unguarded’ really taught me a lot. For example how once you try drugs once that is all it takes to ruin your life. It also taught me that you will go out of your way to meet up with your dealer and buy drugs, even if it means leaving your family, your job, your friends, etc. It taught me that when you do drugs nobody can really notice a BIG difference until you start to lose almost everything you have including your dignity. The final thing that the video taught me is that once
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Ever since film critic Roger Ebert stated that video games were not art, there has been much debate regarding the issue. According to Ebert, art provides instruction about “life, love, disease and death, principles and morality, humor and tragedy” (Reese). Therefore, I believe that games can be art because they can apply to someone personally and emotionally. For example, a very simple game called Passage could make people cry. It uses the freedom of choice and the interpretation of life to make
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Differences in the Christmas Carol Play and Book Have you ever seen the play or watched the movie, A Christmas Carol? For many of you who have done these either of these, you know that the Christmas Carol has an extraordinary plot and consist of very creative characters. The play is very beautiful and has many great points. The book is a classic that every child needs to read. As much as these two version of one of Charles Dickens best piece are similar, they have their differences, too. Both
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hero Batman. The Dark Night puts the social framework of a fictional city to the test. The criminal in the movie named The Joker who dresses like a clown battles Batman physically and by testing the social duty of the City of Gotham. Throughout the film Joker makes pawns of mobsters, civilians, police officers and city officials and uses them to prove his ideological thinking that all people will do terrible things when they are in fear. The Joker’s motive for all he does is to show the world that
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Being a Blonde The social construction about being a blonde has been heard around the world since as early as the 19th century and is still around today. Blonde hair has been and is considered attractive in various European cultures in history and is still seen to be the more appealing hair color. In today’s world, you can find this construction in movies and TV shows like Legally Blonde and Bob’s Burgers, and it’s even portrayed in the music industry with songs like Bridget Mendler’s “I’m a Blonde
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The House Subcommittee and parents of the United States in the 1950s were concerned about how certain types of mass communication media contributed to the rise in juvenile delinquency. Specifically, they were concerned with “crime and horror” comic books, the radio, television, and motion pictures as this forms of entertainment often included acts like murder, robbery, rape, and other activities that were greatly frowned upon in society. Since comic books in particular show this acts in extreme detail
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In history, there are many great villains, and many great heroes, but only one villain can take my number one spot in my favorites list. If I had to choose my favorite villain, it would have to be Antasma from Mario and Luigi Dream Team. He has all the core villain features: A chilling appearance, a horrifying backstory, a gruesome motive, and everything he has done was fueled by greed and evil. Just in his normal form, Antasma is quite a fear in on itself, with his piercing yellow eyes, and his
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While reading America on Film, examples of films that went along with the concepts defined in the text began parading around in my mind. I thought the section about the concept of whiteness, along with the section about African Americans were very informing. Along with watching Melvin Van Peeble’s film, “Baadasssss!”, I was able to recognize and connect definitions that were mentioned in the book along with the film. This film is what started the revolution of Blaxploitation films, which is defined as
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psychological impairments for children. Although the basic idea of this film is simple, the film includes multiple scenes of racism, violence and oppression with an overall theme expressing a derogatory connotation that is not fit for children. The beginning of these unfortunate events starts with Dumbo himself being made fun of. This scene is early in the film setting a direct tone for discrimination for the duration of the film. Dumbo is consistently viewed as an outsider, being mocked and laughed
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