attractive qualities. We learn that she tends to be very melodramatic. An example of this is "It’s cancer isn’t it.... I threw myself down on the bed". The reader is often frustrated with Josephine’s melodrama‚ as are her friends. Lee tells her "Jacob is the only person I know who can put up with your melodrama." Some other unattractive qualities we witness are Josephine’s impulsiveness‚ her quick temper and her occasionally violent
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Hawks could make his distinctive mark on any genre and can be easily recognized throughout his long film career‚ “westerns‚ musicals‚ screwball comedies‚ war pictures‚ historical epics‚ romantic adventures‚ films noir‚ gangster sagas‚ and even science fiction“(imdb‚ Howard Hawks). Here is just sample of classic films he has directed‚ Scarface (1932)‚ Bringing Up Baby (1938)‚ His Girl Friday (1940)‚ Sergeant York (1941)‚ Air Force (1943)‚ To Have and Have Not (1944)‚ The Big Sleep (1946)‚ and Rio
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all those traits that came to the foreground in Post-World War II Hollywood crime melodrama.” The post war period had an enormous influence in dramatic value of criminality in American film. Double Indemnity is typically Film Noir because it involves crime‚ crisis‚ distortions‚ corruption‚ evil‚ sin‚ paranoia and manipulation. Studlar claimed that the film has low-key lighting‚ is circular‚ and obsessive‚ with a twist that created more tension in the film’s environment. I agreed with Studlar‚ because
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How did the Paramount decision of 1948 change the U.S. film industry? To what degree did the decision alter the way the industry did business? The Supreme Court ruled against the Hollywood’s monopoly of the film industry of the United States‚ directing that the production and distribution of movies be separated from movie exhibition practices. The ruling marked the death of studio era and led to numerous changes in film industry decades later. The paramount decision pushed the Twentieth century
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Todd Haynes’s film Far from Heaven is a remake of Sirk’s previously analyzed film. Haynes recovers in Far from Heaven not only the narrative line of All That Heaven Allows but also the techniques of melodrama‚ such as mise-en-scène‚ camera movements‚ or the film’s composition‚ which make it possible to reinforce the sentimental connection of the viewer with the story (Higgins 101). Haynes emphasizes the power of melodrama’s visual techniques and music to move the emotions of the viewer “with saturated
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The Gothic genre is a very fascinating one because it is one of mystery‚ suspense‚ and high emotion. With intriguing elements and its out of the ordinary style‚ the gothic genre has captivated readers for centuries. Mary Shelley ’s "Frankenstein" is a classic gothic novel which has been adapted into a film directed by Kenneth Branagh. This film can be perceived as a typical gothic piece because the archetypal elements such as dark setting‚ horror‚ and suspense are apparent. However‚ in the film adaptation
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words in length (New Times Roman 12 font‚ double-spaced = 7-8 pages). You are strongly encouraged to select your essay topic from the list of topics offered below. The subject topics range from one of the genres studied in class (horror‚ western‚ melodrama) to one of the post‑World War II film movements studied in class (New Wave Iranian Cinema‚ Italian Neo-Realism‚ Soviet Socialist Realism‚ Contemporary Japanese Cinema). This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of suggested topics‚ but a selective
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The Classical Hollywood Cinema era took place after the silent cinema era. This was roughly between the late 1920s and 1960s. The start of this “Golden Age of Hollywood‚” began with the film‚ The Jazz Singer‚ which was released in 1927. It was the first movie to have used synchronized voices as a vitaphone talkie. This was how they brought sound into the films. Unfortunately‚ the vitaphone ended up putting the silent film actors out of work‚ eventually putting an end to the silent cinema era
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The nagging style is described as elders constantly complaining/nagging at their family for neglecting and not providing them with sufficient care. Author‚ Richard B. Lee‚ uses an example to describe the broad melodrama style. Kasupe‚ a Ju/’hoan elder‚ tells a story about the time he became injured and his family didn’t provide him with sufficient care‚ however‚ when presented with evidence that proved his family did not neglect him‚ Kasupe expressed no regret for
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Emmanuel Roberts English 112 Spring 2010 Research Paper Antigone Introduction Greek playwright Sophocles wrote the last play in the Theban Trilogy‚ Antigone‚ around 442n B.C. The Theban Trilogy consists of Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the king); Oedipus at Colonus‚ and Antigone‚ but the play considered the last of the three was‚ ironically‚ written first. Only seven of Sophocles’ one hundred twenty three tragedies have survived to the modern era with the trilogy surviving the ages intact
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