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    depicted throughout both films Clueless and The Outsiders. Adolescent is revealed through: friends‚ family‚ school and self-image. The films that have been chosen that portray adolescence and adolescent experience are‚ Clueless created by Amy Heckerling and released on September 21‚ 1995. The other film is The Outsiders created by Francis Ford Coppola released on March 25‚ 1983.These two films depict teenagers on how they go about living their lives‚ and also how these two films differ from how they

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    Book Thief Film Analysis

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    The book thief film review Whilst the hardship and apprehension of World War II‚ this heart-warming and melodramatic film has an influential message anticipated to the audience demonstrate the assorted themes. The book thief‚ a film situated on a true story directed by Brian Percival and was released to the public‚ January the 9th 2014. The book thief is definitely and educational‚ emotional and heart string tugger as abandonment‚ survivors guilt‚ dehumanisation‚ thievery and forshadowment are shown

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    The film A Whisper to a Roar takes a look at the maneuvers taken by leaders to say in power using the analogy of a dragon ruling over a defenseless town. In the analogy the filmmakers introduce a warrior from the very same town who challenges and vanquishes the dragon and assumes leadership. Due to the wealth and power granted to the warrior after his defeat of the dragon‚ he abandons his values and transforms into a new dragon. The filmmakers use this parallel idea of a leader who comes into power

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    Based on the novel by the same name‚ the film Rosemary’s Baby follows the life of a submissive housewife named Rosemary who becomes unknowingly impregnated by the devil after her husband joins the witch coven from their new apartment building. She gives birth to a son but is horrified to see how inhuman he looks. Despite this her instincts as a mother takes over and she accepts her faith. The poster of Rosemary’s Baby serves as false advertisement by highly embellishing the idea that an explicit

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    The Australian film‚ Looking For Alibrandi was set in the 1990’s in Sydney NSW. The film was based on the novel written by Melina Marchetti. A 17 year old named Josie Alibrandi played by Pia Miranda‚ tells the story of her life through her point of view‚ being an Italian living in Australia. There were several themes through the movie including romance‚ family and tradition. There were many techniques used to emphasise the themes including motifs‚ music and settings‚ which showed really well of

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    Film Analysis: WALL-E

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    relationship between the two robots is just as important as the general plot. This film takes from a genre that came long before sci-fi movies‚ its silent films. When both of the robots are on the screen‚ there isn’t really any dialogue‚ its mostly the pictures and the actions of the robots telling the story. With the combination of a modern animated science fiction movie‚ mixed with the historical charm of a silent love film‚ in return creates a pleasingly puzzling unique effect for the viewer who can

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    Fast Foods Film Analysis

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    American Meal. The director and Sclosser wanted to turn Fast Food into a movie‚ and I think Food Inc covered much of the same material. With my research into obesity and reading the book nothing in the film was surprising. The film I think served to re-ignite a passion in me that I had lost. The film also put visuals to much of the book‚ and the visuals are disturbing. The movie starts with reinforcing that the images of pastoral society that food labels often carry is not reality. I think this traces

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    Blood Simple Film Analysis

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    The Coen brothers can be considered an example of what not to do when first starting out as a writer and director in the film industry. From the beginning‚ they did not try to get a big name producer‚ go for big name actors‚ or write movies they knew would be hits. Instead‚ they raised money from the citizens of their hometown to make their first film Blood Simple‚ which starred pretty much no-name actors and actresses in an absurd plot. However‚ this put their name on the map‚ and it was because

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    Touki Bouki Film Analysis

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    With eyes downcast‚ she removes her shirt‚ exposed. The knife slices deeper into its neck. Vivid red blood spurts across the sacrificial tray. A slight smirk plays on her face as she kneels down. Slowly‚ she lowers her body… Djibril Mambety’s 1973 film Touki Bouki seems simple enough at a glance; two spirited‚ rebellious young lovers‚ determined to do whatever it takes to get out of their derelict town and live their dreams in the big city across the ocean. The plot is certainly not the most unusual

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    Six Shooter Film Analysis

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    we grow older‚ we all are forced to come to grips with our own fragile mortality. However‚ comedians and humorists have found ways of looking at the concept of death in a more light-hearted manner. Black comedy and gallows humor are used in a lot of film‚ television‚ and other media to assuage audiences’ anxieties about dying. Motion pictures like Pulp Fiction‚ Horrible Bosses‚ and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

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