I was maybe 13 when I saw Citizen Kane the first time. When it was over I couldn’t believe my reaction. My hands were shaking‚ my palms and arm pits sweaty. I felt my heart race like a jackhammer and I knew I more than watched a movie‚ I experienced one. True‚ I didn’t understand all the complexities of Kane‚ but I understood the phenomenal acting and fantastic drama. Years later I would understand more‚ but in that moment at 13 I saw storytelling for more than a two-dimensional celluloid. Citizen
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JAMAL SHAMSIE Department of Management Broad Graduate School of Management Michigan State University East Lansing‚ MI Tel: (517) 432-3518 2342 Coyote Creek Drive Okemos‚ MI 48864 Tel: (517) 347-8078 Fax: (517) 432-1111 e-mail: shamsie@msu.edu CURRENT INTERESTS Study of sources of sustainable competitive advantage‚ with particular emphasis on resource based and knowledge based perspectives. Specific interest in application of resource and knowledge based concepts to creative industries. EDUCATION
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has been with [the viewer] since movies were born." During the hundred years of movie history‚ there is a startling lack of representation of gay‚ lesbian‚ and transgendered persons‚ and when it does appear it is often feared or laughed at. Hollywood‚ as a universal influencer‚ has taught the public its general fear of homosexuality in general‚ but in one of the oldest remaining movies there was no intention of influencing fear a test movie made in Thomas Edison’s studio is a short clip of two
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context in which they were used‚ caught between film noir and the classic Hollywood style. Casablanca (1942)‚ directed by Michael Curtiz‚ is a perennial favorite‚ depicting unique Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman characters caught in situations out of their control. While the film’s story is engaging on many levels‚ Curtiz’s use of lighting is an integral tool he uses to help tell of the story. Previously (1930’s) in Hollywood the point of lighting was to light everything as well as possible so
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ENG.2 5/23/2011 The Road The Road was both a phenomenal book and film. While reading The Road I was both intrigued and interested as to how Hollywood would portray this story‚ and after seeing the movie I was impressed with how closely the film followed the book. Though the book was enticing and unusual the movie quickly surpassed the book in my opinion. Though the movie followed the book closely‚ there were some differences such as the amount of flashbacks the father has‚ the illusion of hope
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The common assumption that hollywood gives the upper-hand to Americans in everything lies in the truth that Americans‚ especially white males run the hollywood scene. The invisibility of representation in hollywood is a reflection of the lack of diversity on the big-screen‚ and behind the screen.This asymmetry of status gives Americans the upper hand in portraying non-Americans‚ their internalized superiority comes from Americans being seen as the victors in everything. This “winner” mindset is the
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was that their salaries really did range from $45-$85. Another similarity was that the girls of the AAGPBL did indeed have to take classes on how to me a “real” lady and did wear short skirts‚ for their time‚ instead of pants. The one rule which Hollywood did get right was that the AAGPBL was strictly for white women only‚ and the scene with the black women picks the ball up and throws it
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USA TODAY Written byClaudia Puig December 20‚ 2002 Year of the woman in film Pg. 1E Nicole Kidman was convinced she wasn’t right for the part of Virginia Woolf in the film adaptation of the Pulitzer-Prize wining novel‚ The Hours. "I almost talked myself out of it‚" she says. Until she learned Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore would be her co-stars. "From the moment they said these are the other women‚ I didn’t even think twice‚" says Kidman. "This opportunity rarely comes along. It’s unheard of
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French New Wave films can be seen as a contrast of Hollywood film which most of the elements apply in the film is opposite. However‚ some elements are still similar to Hollywood films‚ yet‚ has a different style as Hollywood films. Such mise-en-scene expression are most common style uses in both of the period. And Breathless‚ as an example film during the French New Wave‚ which directed by Jean-Luc Godard is one of the most influential film utilizing editing‚ mise-en-scene and cinematography to convey
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to assess familial relationships in the Greek culture. The film My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a great example of truths and misconceptions of the Greek culture. Summary of My Big Fat Greek Wedding The film titled My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a Hollywood-style anthropological film. This romantic comedy tells the story of a Greek family who emigrated from Greece to North America and who have three children‚ one being a daughter who is a bit plain and has never married. The daughter’s name is Toula
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