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    The world has been plagued with inequality issues since the beginning of time. The film Braveheart portrays this issue magnificently. Braveheart‚ directed by Mel Gibson‚ was released in 1995 and since then has won a total of 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 1995 and Best Director Mel Gibson. Based on true history‚ Braveheart takes place in the late 13th Century in Scotland. William Wallace (Mel Gibson) returns to Scotland after living away from his homeland for many years. The king of Scotland

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    Hollywood Film Analysis

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    The film‚ directed by Arthur Penn and produced by Warren Beatty was about the real life depression era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The screenplay was written by David Newman and Robert Benton‚ with additional help from Robert Towne. After Warner watched the film‚ he proceeded to tell Beatty and Penn how much of a failure it

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    Se7en Film Analysis

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    allowing these emotions to control us? This question establishes the plot for the film Se7en starring Morgan Freeman‚ Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow which was released in 1995. Nonetheless‚ the film does not solely focus on the seven deadly sins and the punishments that go along with them but raise questions moral questions about psychopathy and policing in today’s culture. In this essay I will discuss the how the film Se7en’s portrayal of policing in pop culture is reflective of the dialectical relationship

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    Shellmound Film Analysis

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    toxic spill‚ and needed to be excavated solely for urban expansion. Situations such as the toxic spill featured in the film is one example of how environmental disasters can devastate a variety of different things such as historical sites and resources. Environmental disasters occur much more frequently as it should‚ or is even acknowledged in the media. As was portrayed in the film‚ local native communities are generally the population who are effected by such disasters the most and receive minimal

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    Director Martin Scorsese’s Academy-Award winning movie The Departed shows Billy Costigan having a character epiphany. Billy early in the film is set on being a cop. He goes through the Academy and graduates as a trainee. He wants to be a cop so badly that he takes Captain Queenan and Sergeant Dignam deal to go undercover. He does so only after Dignam takes several jabs at his pride telling him he isn’t a cop and will never be a cop: “Hey asshole‚ he can’t help you! I know what you are‚ okay? I know

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    Since the invention of film‚ many movies have earned their place as benchmarks in cinema history‚ such as Casablanca‚ citizen kane‚ and The Wizard of Oz. All of these have been (and still are) looked upon as iconic examples of creative and intuitive filmmaking. In today’s society‚ films are chock full of special effects‚ whether its gunshots‚ explosions‚ or aliens; some films nowadays can even make money without a good plot‚ peppering the viewer with nonstop action sequences with no thought for story

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    Pansette Film Analysis

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    In the film‚ the trial of Pansette is a large‚ public affair. The townspeople are all transported to the trial and get to openly participate in the spectacle. Often‚ they went from standing on the sidelines listening intently to the goings on of the trial to being

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    Vertigo Film Analysis

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    Thriller‚ Romance film References http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/north-by-northwest/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053125/ wired.com Paragraph 2: When the random dude makes a comment about the crop duster not dusting crops it creates foreshadowing??? In this paragraph… closest of his films to be considered “action” Intro: North by Northwest is “a taut tale of mistaken identity in which things – and people – are not always what they seem” (Bob Smithhouser). This highly recognised film‚ was directed

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    The Graduate Film Analysis

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    by Mr. McGuire to Benjamin Braddock‚ the main character. The film‚ The Graduate‚ directed by Mike Nichols in 1967 shows the audience how hard it is to stand out in a “plastic” world through the uses of screenplay‚ performance‚ cinematography‚ music and sound. Nichols wanted us to feel what Benjamin felt as well as be engaged in his decisions. Nichols achieved this by using subjective shots in the film. The cinematography in this film shows many symbols that are often the protagonist’s point of view

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    Kasthuri Film Analysis

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    Raja‚ known by his stage name Bow‚ an Indian film actor‚ producer‚ songwriter‚ playback singer‚ best known for his work in the Tamil cinema. As of 2016‚ he has won three National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards. Ilamai Thulluvadho Dhanushan film‚ Kasthuri directed by King‚ which received mostly positive reviews from critics and the public began. He then Selvaraghavan’s directorial debut‚ her brother appeared Kaadhal Kondein. His father in the film ‚ directed by claiming it as his previous venture

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