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    and method acting. The cast of American Beauty won a Screen Actors Guild Award for an Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture in the year 2000‚ the ensemble acting includes the acting techniques of working together in the film shots‚ and the casting of the group of actors for the characters’ roles includes: Annette Bening‚ Wes Bentley‚ Thora Birch‚ Chris Cooper‚ Peter Gallagher‚ Allison Janney‚ Kevin Spacey‚ and Mena Suvari. In fact‚ some of the actors cast in the roles

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    The 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde took many liberties with the infamous couple’s true story. It is to be expected coming from Hollywood but is nevertheless disappointing if you’re looking for accuracy and fact. From their meeting all the way to their death scene the film is riddled with inaccuracies and half-truths. In the life accounts of Bonnie and Clyde‚ the couple met at a friends house‚ becoming inseparable. In the film‚ a cocky and arrogant Clyde is creeping around outside of Bonnie’s house

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    The way films are created and pieced together has progressed greatly over the past century‚ where before 1910 there was little use of film techniques such as special effects‚ animation‚ complex transition sequences and many more. However the introduction of film techniques have helped films gain a sense of genre and establishment as they were used to create specific intensities set out by the director; this is where roles corresponding to certain areas were introduced such as cinematographers‚ production

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    the Call of the Church” comes to a close‚ I find myself reflecting on the meaning of racial justice‚ as well as how to properly engage in this difficult topic in the city of Milwaukee. I had the opportunity to expand my knowledge while viewing the film Milwaukee 53206‚ which focuses on one of our community’s poorest zip codes as well as the nation’s most incarcerated zip code. The social ills of this area are not just a result of one issue‚ but multiple issues within the community including the average

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    The Breakfast Club The Breakfast Club is an all American teen film that was introduced to the world in 1985. Even though this film is a couple of decades old‚ the storyline still fits in with most adolescence’s lives today. The film takes place in a high school library‚ where we are introduced to our five main characters in the movie. They are all in Saturday detention because they broke school rules‚ and they are not happy at all about being there. All of the students are from different cliques

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    educational system is clearly broken in many ways; the film not only examines the many areas and implications present in the educational system but also give an insight into the hardships families can face with education. Through an excellent use of personal interviews‚ frightening statistics and well-focused transitions the film makes it shockingly clear that American educational programs are flawed and a drastic change is needed for improvement. The film begins with Geoffrey Canada recalling a childhood

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    Ex Machina is one of‚ if not‚ the most revolutionary Sci-Fi movie of this generation. Directed by Alex Garland‚ the film tackles an increasingly controversial and ethical issue about modern humanity’s dependence on technology; the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson)‚ a young programmer at fictional Google-esque company‚ Bluebook‚ wins a competition to spend a week with the company’s reclusive CEO‚ Nathan (Oscar Isaac). Upon arrival‚ Caleb discovers he is to be the

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    camera angle‚ setting‚ and special effects. There are also many themes that surround the film‚ which propel the plot further‚ such as betrayal and trust. Moreover‚ the story consists of a group of criminals who are on a job to rob diamonds‚ however when cops arrive at the location‚ this causes accusations to run rampant. The camera angle of the film emphasize emotion and power. At the beginning of the film‚ as the men are at a restaurant having small talk‚ close ups of the men occur‚ which in a

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    symbol and metaphor‚ setting and situation‚ and most importantly‚ contrast between traditional and non-traditional‚ Alice Wu and Ketan Mehta enable a different understanding of Asian and Asian American femininity and masculinity in their respective films‚ Saving Face and Spices. Several historical stereotypes characterize traditional Asian and Asian American culture; Alice Wu and Ketan Mehta address these stereotypes and more. Many historical stereotypes of Asian and Asian American culture revolve

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    were recorded quotes that made the final cut for the film‚ which directly and exclusively bolstered the reputation of the United States‚ these pieces were few and far between as the audience was otherwise exposed to grieving and homeless old women who’d lost all they had to United States military bombers. Prior to portraying an apparent systematic destruction of harmless and vulnerable villagers‚ Davis inserted shots from a US propaganda film depicting that housing eviction was truly a threat to

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