My initial response to Caché was that it was an incredibly suspenseful film with an unsatisfying ending. The film was able to project its suspense by doing something that isn’t seen in many films. Caché omitted the use of extra diegetic sound. By doing this the viewer is left with silence. This is something that the audience is not used to experiencing. Horror films have been known to capitalize on the use of silence‚ but never to this extent. Generally‚ horror films use silence only to follow
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George Ryga Canadian playwright 1932 1987 George Ryga‚ one of Canada’s most prolific and powerful writers‚ was born in 1932 in Deep Creek‚ Alberta‚ of poor immigrant parents from the Ukraine. At the age of 16 one of his teachers encouraged him to enter a creative writing competition run by the Banff School of the Arts. The work he submitted won and he got a scholarship for the school sponsored by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire. Unfortunately‚ his scholarship was revoked
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and maximize profit. An approach to film production‚ promotion‚ distribution‚ and delivery which gained momentum across the 1970s and 1980s The Look: Film aesthetics/style Slick‚ striking‚ visuals Up-tempo Music-driven montages : The 1984 film exploits similar training montages which emphasize the acquisition of martial arts skills. These include the now iconic scene on the beach where Daniel practices crane stance on a wooden post. Or even the Halloween fight scene where they are running and fighting
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Who doesn’t remember the glorious days of Atari and Nintendo? The answer is me‚ I don’t remember the 80s at all‚ primarily because I was born in the late 90s. That in mind‚ I do get the appeal. It was an age in which technology was exclusive to the upper-class‚ most middle-class children received action figures and Legos for their birthdays. Now everyone has an XBOX One or PS4‚ it’s commonplace to own a gaming console‚ and thus my generation takes these objects for granted. 80s kids on the other
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Abandon Ship! On one fatal day the USS Indianapolis took its final curtain call. The battleship sank in a matter of 12 minutes‚ killing 880 men and scaring 317 for the rest of their years. These men spent 110 hours in the water hopelessly waiting for someone to rescue them from their worst nightmare. The haunting thought of just how grotesquely many of the men died hides in the minds of many. While the event cannot be overturned and the deaths cannot be rewritten‚ one may wonder what courses of
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fights against with the United States armed forces & Japan Self Defense Forces (JSP) in these years. Jackson is the one of the most famous commander in that district; his company destroyed at least 10 US aircrafts‚ 20 US main tanks and 30 JSP battleships in the battle. Under his shield‚ most of the Hong Kong citizens survive in the WWIII and the enemies cannot enter in-land from south to north. The war came to the end when New York and Washington DC are under control by Chinese Army. The negotiation
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The attack on Pearl Harbor and the attack on 9/11 share similarities and differences. 75 years ago on December 7th‚ 1941‚ a surprise attack by the Japanese hit Pearl Harbor in Hawaii(Rosenburg 1). 50 years later‚ on September 11th 2001‚ an attack by Al-Qaeda hit New York City(Jensen 1). These two acts were very similar in their effect on the country‚ their number of casualties and warning signs‚ but had different perpetrators and rescue efforts. Pearl Harbor and 9/11 had a very similar number of
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allies to accept full responsibility for causing war and pay reparations to certain countries. Germany also had further military restrictions—the air force was disabled‚ limited army to 100‚000 men and the navy was limited to 15‚000 sailors‚ 6 battleships‚ no submarines. They were also forbidden to put troops in Rhineland and France was entrusted to patrol it with troops to enforce restrictions. Germany‚ Austria and Hungary were excluded from the negotiations because they have been defeated.
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Germany started an arms race with Britain in February of 1906. Historyplace.com blames the beginning of this arms race on Britain launching the “H.M.S. Dreadnought” but it really began when Germany started building many more of these similar looking battleships. In “1906 Germany had an annual building rate of three large ships. They then transitioned to an annual rate of four capital ships over the next four years in the Navy Bill of 1908.”(Dirk Bonker‚ January 11. 2015) By 1910 Germany had surpassed Britain
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friends knowing that both of them have patients who need them. The dance recital shown at the start of the movie symbolizes how irrational women can be and how men are there to guide them and care for them even when they are unaware of it. The montage effect was neatly and greatly executed allowing us to understand the film bit by bit without spoiling ourselves on what is going on within the film. There were a few instances such as words surprisingly coming out of the screen such as “a few months
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