Films‚ also called a movie or motion picture. Films usually include an optical soundtrack‚ which is a graphic recording of the spoken words‚ music and other sounds that are to accompany the images. Films are also a cultural artifacts created by specific cultures. They reflect those cultures‚ and‚ in turn‚ affect them. Film is considered to be an important art form‚ a source of popular entertainment‚ and a powerful medium for educating or indoctrinating citizens. Some films have become popular worldwide
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The movie Downfall‚ or Der Untergang‚ is a German film directed by Oliver Hirschiegel. Downfall tells the story‚ from Hitler’s private secretary’s standpoint‚ about the final days of Adolph Hitler leading to the eventual surrender of the Nazi Party. The movie was nominated and won several awards including being nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year in 2005. Foreign language films are interesting to watch especially when they tell a story about history. The reason why
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both the movie and the book were able to portray the main idea of Marjane Satrapi "Marji’s" life. The main idea being for us to look at how Marji evolved into a grown women with struggles along the way. Throughout both we were able to clearly understand what a difficult childhood she lived and we were able to get a sense of what her life was like back then. Like in many cases‚ the book informed us of every detail possible in order to get a clearer message across. When it came to the movie‚ it lacked
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Gary L. Willis AFRS 55T (T&Th@3:30) Dr. T. Hasan Johnson 02.23.13 Extra Credit The Movie “Django Unchained” The objective of this paper is to review some of the results of the discussion-panel’s analysis of certain aspects of this movie that relate to the Hip-Hop culture. On Thursday‚ February 21‚ 2013‚ I attended a panel discussion hosted by the Africana Studies Department of Fresno State University. It was conducted at the African American Museum‚ Fresno California. Its purpose was
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Twenty-Four Illuminated Frames a Second for Two and a Half Minutes: What’s the deal with movie trailers? The excitement that comes with a long-awaited movie trailer is almost as good as watching the movie itself. Over the course of my life‚ I have been excited over many movie trailers. I clearly recall 8th grader me‚ back in 2008‚ when director J. J. Abrams released‚ what “youtuber” StarBoy1701 commented‚ “the mother of all teaser trailers” for his upcoming film Star Trek (2009) on his website
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Assignment 1 Gattaca Gattaca is a science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol in 1997. In this movie it stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. In 1997 the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The movie at the beginning takes places in the United States where a couple has a baby named Vincent who has problems with his heart and also has myopia. When he was born the doctor told his parents that he would only
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Mrs. Doubtfire is a movie about something that almost every American family faces‚ divorce. The film stars Sally Field and Robin Williams as parents with conflicting parenting styles and beliefs‚ who end up divorcing with a bloody battle for the children’s custody. The children are thrown into this mess and the movie showcases how each of them deal with the divorce. Lydia is the rebellious preteen who doesn’t understand why the family dynamic has to change. Chris‚ the younger brother is the athletic
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In the document‚ “The Coming War on Women”‚ by Willard Waller is about the fight men have to battle once they come home to the women‚ the battle of the sexes. This war is important because the future depends on it. When the men are off at battle‚ the women control it all‚ homes‚ education‚ and jobs‚ however when the men return‚ so do the women‚ returning back to the kitchen and housework. A woman belongs in a home‚ is what men believed. Without women‚ a home cannot be good; women need to help the
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When I think of documentaries I think of a boring low budget movie about someone trying to convey a message to an audience. Now after seeing the Banksy documentary‚ “Exit through the Gift Shop” I have a whole new respect for documentaries. This film traces the lives of different talented street artists across the world. The film starts with the story of Thierry Guetta‚ a simple family guy‚ and a French immigrant in Los Angelos. It was he who had a passion to document everything in his life‚ which sparked
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Movie Reviews 42 (2013) gives its audience a feeling of sympathy towards Jackie Robinson while also having you feel a burning hatred towards the people that mistreated him. The movie 42 is a time portal back to the 1940’s when soldiers were returning home from war‚ baseball was America’s sport‚ and segregation was still occurring. It is the true story of Jackie Robinson’s (Chadwick Boseman) first two years in the big leagues of baseball. The trials and tribulations that he had to overcome as a
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