Round Midnight The movie Round Midnight‚ directed by Betrand Tavernier‚ is a very well reflected portrayal of the jazz scene‚ as it was known in the late fifties. The main character and protagonist of the movie‚ Dale Turner who is played by Dexter Gordon‚ leaves New York to go to Paris. Dale leads the audience through the ups and downs of being a working jazz musician. The struggles of business‚ the 24-hour love for the music‚ the constant late hours of the night‚ the run-down residencies jazz
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Jazz is a genre of music loved by many‚ but it holds a deep and judgmental past. Taking a closer look into this relationship‚ racial and gender discrimination becomes abundantly clear. When looking at jazz films‚ these relationships are clearly defined and played out. In jazz films‚ those of color were sidelined and played lackluster and profligate characters; men were emasculated‚ while women were sexualized and degraded. Jazz musicians are plagued by stereotypes that have been set from its origination
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MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Director: Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen Casts: Owen Wilson‚ Marion Cotillard‚ Rachel McAdams‚ Kurt Fuller‚ Corey Stoll… Synopsis: Gil and Inez travel to Paris as vacation on her parents’ business trip. Gil is a successful Hollywood writer but is struggling on his first novel. He falls in love with the city and share his romantic notions of the city or the idea that the golden age. Gil takes a walk at midnight and discovers what could be the ultimate source of inspiration
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History of American Jazz Appendix A: Understanding Jazz -Americas art form -European- African musical traditions -Hard to define Defining Jazz Improvisation- spontaneous and simultaneous composing and performing Rhythm- a unique interaction with time involving: -syncopation‚ -jazz swing rhythm Dissonance- extending common rules of music; “pushing the envelope” Jazz interpretation- a unique way of producing sound and phrasing melodies Interaction- listening to and reacting to musical
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Professor Whitson English 52 21 October 2013 Paris after hours In the movie “Midnight in Paris”‚ there is a lot of interesting sights in one of the most beautiful places in the world. As the film opens‚ Woody Allen showed us how Paris is beautiful in the morning‚ elegant in the afternoon‚ and magical in the evening. He showed many iconic shots of Paris at its most touristic points like its beautiful streets under the rain‚ the famous river in the city ‘La Seine’‚ and the broad gardens. It
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"Frost at Midnight" (1798) Summary In this conversation poem‚ Coleridge is the speaker and the silent listener is his infant son‚ Hartley Coleridge. The setting of the poem is late at night‚ when Coleridge is the only one awake in the household. Coleridge sits next to his son’s cradle and reflects on the frost falling outside his home. He takes this instance of solitude to allow his reflections to expand to his love of nature. Coleridge describes to his son how his love of nature dates back
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THE FROST AT MIDNIGHT SAMUEL TAYLOR The poem Frost at midnight is written in blank verse. The lines follow the lambic pentameter it is a Romantic verse monologue .It is believed that the speaker of the poem. Frost at Midnight is Coleridge himself. This is a great poem which gives a very personal restatement of the themes of the early English Romanticism. Nature was the predominant theme of most of the poem .Written by the poet during that era‚ however there is a great difference between the theme
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The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon occurring in summer months at places north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle where the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Around the solstice (June 21 in the north and December 21 in the south) and given fair weather the sun is visible for the full 24 hours. The number of days per year with potential midnight sun increases the farther towards either pole one goes. Although approximately defined by the polar circles‚ in practice
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Q. What are the thoughts that rise in the mind of Coleridge as he muses beside a fire on a frosty night in the poem ‘Frost at Midnight’? What is the future envisaged by the poet for his son? In this poem‚ ‘Frost at Midnight’‚ the poet expresses his fear in solitude for his baby‚ sitting beside a fire. ‚ “Frost at Midnight” relies on a highly personal idiom whereby the reader follows the natural progression of the speaker’s mind as he sits up late one winter night thinking. His idle observation
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Midnight Herring‚ written by David Frew‚ is written in a narrative view. Midnight Herring is a real true story about the residents of Lake Erie during the prohibition era. The story goes on and it is told about what the life was like during the prohibition era. David Frew‚ is a main character in the book Midnight Herring. David Frew was a professor at Gannon University‚ and worked with the association of the behavior in Erie‚ Pennsylvania. David Frew knew he wanted to‚ and had to speak with Chief
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