“Anurag Kashyap: an auteur demystified” This essay deals with the life and work of celebrated filmmaker and enigma‚ Anurag Kashyap and deciphers his rise from a wannabe script writer to a director whose proficiency earned him acclaim from all quarters‚ be it film critics or the thousands of viewers across all spectrums of society. The essay attempts to explain this versatile artist’s background and personal life and its impact on themes he chooses to explore through
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“Disguises” Every character and their relationships between them in “Tooth and Claw” by T. Coraghessan Boyle‚ disguise themselves in many ways‚ both consciously and unconsciously‚ all for different purposes. The author introduces us to four major characters in this story that all interact with each other and have some sort of mask over themselves hiding their true identities and motives. The main character James Turner Jr. has recently moved to California “So that I could inject
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I personally feel that James Cameron falls into the auteur theory as a director and falls within the parameters of the definition provided in the reading‚ “directorial style.” (Gocsik 92) Cameron is an auteur of his own filmography. Any concept‚ style of any idea‚ theme or attitude that can be considered as obsessively used. In Cameron’s case this can be seen with his obsession of space and water or combination of both. Cameron’s obsessiveness is apparently clear in his filmography‚ taking into account
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Kipling’s “Danny Deever” explores the harsh reality of military life through a description of Deever’s execution which features the blind obedience soldiers must have to their superiors and the emphasis placed on military honor. The poem begins as the soldiers are “turned out” from their beds to witness the execution of Deever. These new and inexperienced soldiers‚ collectively referred to as “Files-on-Parade‚” ask the superior Colour-Sergeant questions regarding the proceedings; however‚ they receive
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Mungiu. The discerning voice of a true auteur 1.Introduction “Only great minds can afford a simple style.” (Stendhal). “Style is knowing who you are‚ what you want to say‚ and not giving a damn”. (Orson Welles). “Style is an easy way of saying complicated things”. (Jean Cocteau). The greatest artists have all expressed their opinion about style as distinctiveness and individuality in art and have regarded the personality of the artist as the main criterion of value. According to their definitions
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Some see equality as equality of opportunity and others see it as equality of resources or skills. definition of equality that I have used‚ more directly relates with equality of opportunity. The definition of equality for use in this exercise is by Danny Dorling and is defined as; ‘Equality means being afforded the same right‚ dignity and freedoms as other people. These include rights to access resources‚ the dignity of being seen as able and the freedom to choose what to make of life on an equal footing
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Alex Boyle Eng 102 Kranidis Draft 1 Helplessness within the Unseen Modern Heroes Why do authors write about helplessness so much? Well they are pretty good at what they do so that could be why. Regardless Ernest Hemingway and Charlotte Perkins Gilman really know how to illustrate such catastrophes in their writing. These two stories‚ “Hills like White Elephants” & “The Yellow Wallpaper” despite their time frame differences have a lot of similarities. From lack of clear communication as written
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essay im going to be talking about the enemies within the barbed wire pass the gates and guards on duty. This enemy is wearing the same camouflage as you. They serve with you. They go everywhere with you. It could be the solder on your left or the solder on the right. Pvt. Danny Chen‚ a Private in the U.S Army was serving in Afghanistan. He was considered a “weak” soldier by his squad mates. He was issued “corrective training” by his squad leader because he fell asleep or forgot his helmet. this “training” lasted 6 weeks
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Astronomer’s Wife Kay Boyle There is an evil moment on awakening when all things seem to pause. But for women‚ they only falter and may be set in action by a single move: a lifted hand and the pendulum will swing‚ or the voice raised and through every room the pulse takes up its beating. The astronomer’s wife felt the interval gaping and at once filled it to the brim. She fetched up her gentle voice and sent it warily down the stairs for coffee‚ swung her feet out upon the oval mat‚ and hailed
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Discuss whether Alfred Hitchcock can be considered an auteur. Illustrate your argument with specific references to two of his films. In order to ascertain as to whether Hitchcock can be considered an auteur‚ the understanding of what makes an auteur and its origin needs to be explored. It is believed that a director can either be classified as a metteur-en-scene or an auteur. The classification of an auteur originates from the early 1950’s‚ when a magazine in France‚ Cahier du Cinema’ produced
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