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    Tokyo Sonata

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    society‚ Japanese family is facing many challenges. Some of them are fail to adapt the changing environment. Tokyo Sonata portrays some problems in contemporary Japanese dysfunctional families such as communication problems. In this article‚ we are going to illustrate them one by one. Portrait of Japanese family To illustrate the dysfunctional families portrayed in Tokyo Sonata‚ we have to understand the traditional Japanese and how does it work functionally. Traditional Japanese family is

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    Bicycle Thieves

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    Vittorio De Sica’s The Bicycle Thieves is a simple story set amidst a post-war Rome. It is a neorealist film characterized by setting the story amongst the poor and working class. The film surrounds the difficult economical and moral conditions of post WWII Italy‚ reflecting the conditions of everyday life: Poverty and desperation‚ with the implicit message that in a better society‚ wealth would be more evenly distributed. The plot is simple‚ surrounding a man‚ his son and a bicycle. The film tells a

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    Car and Bicycle

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    Hertin‚ Minna ENG 101-1 October 17‚ 2013 Car vs. Bicycle Have you decided about which transportation you want to ride on? In the world‚ the climate is getting warmer than before. People should decide which transportation they should get it. People now days know that the fossil fuel and burning gas can make the world to get warmer. We‚ the people know that the ozone layer. We know that burning fossil fuel can destroy the ozone layer. If the ozone layer destroys‚ the world will get warmer and

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    The Bicycle Thif

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    Rashomon and The Bicycle Thief‚ I found distinctive yet similar styles between cinematography and narrative. Comparing both the films‚ The Book Thief and Rashomon exposes arguments of the early-twentieth century through its association of poverty and nature. Both the films take place during a struggling time of poverty and “year after year of disasters”. It seems that both films had taken place during hard times to show what can come out of it. Comparing Rashomon to The Bicycle Thief‚ it appears

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    The Bicycle Thieves

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    them was The Bicycle Thieves (1948‚ Vittorio De Sica)‚ which took one man’s trouble in finding his lost bike as a mere slice of the greater tragedies which were occurring everyday in Rome due to the wrecked economy. The picture broke many traditions of film to date‚ but in a somewhat playful way‚ without somber or depressive tones. Postmodernism‚ the movement in which unorthodoxy and bizarreness were encouraged‚ therefore is the most accurate denomination to give to this film. The Bicycle Thieves uses

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    Bicycle Theives

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    THE BICYCLE THIEF / BICYCLE THIEVES Ladri di Biciclette A Vittorio De Sica production for PDS (Stabilimenti Safa) / 1948 (U.S. release by Moyer-Burstyn‚ Inc.: 1949) SYNOPSIS The main protagonist Antonio having been unemployed for two years‚ is offered a job applying posters around the city of Rome. A job where owning a bike is mandatory. Shortly after starting his new job‚ Antonio’s bike is stolen. Antonio and his son Bruno‚ with the assistance of a some acquaintances‚ spend the entire

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    Bicycle Analysis

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    Executive Summary Statement of the Problem- Schwinn is not attracting the younger market and its sales are suffering because of increasing competition and loss of market share especially in the mountain bike market segment. Background- Schwinn is a bicycle brand that for years had 25 percent of the market. Schwinn did not adapt to the mountain bike trend in the 1980 ’s and as a result its sales suffered. The sales suffered so bad that Ignoz Schwinn sold the company to Zell/Chilmark. Schwinn ’s turnaround

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    The Bicycle Thief

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     Post‐World War II in Italy birthed a lot of films that supported this  national movement. This essay aims to explore the themes and the mis‐en‐scene  of the film “The Bicycle Thief” by Vittorio De Sica and how it serves as an  unforgettable representative of the neorealism genre.   With regards to it’s mise‐en‐scene‚ “The Bicycle Thief” represented every  aspect of the movement‚ from casting non‐actors for the main roles‚ filming on‐ location in run‐down cities and having characters that are expressing oppression 

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    Bicycle and Schwinn

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    a. Brand is known for high quality products. b. Offers high end consumers the prestige of Schwinn bicycles being handmade in the U.S. c. Under new management with a new set of ideas‚ able to streamline the manufacturing process reducing costs. Weaknesses: a. Consumers feel that Schwinn is no longer in style. b. Ignored technology changing from heavy duty bicycles to carbon fiber and modern alloys. c. Was not successful in forecasting and reacting to demand.

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    National Bicycle

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    Executive Summary As National Bicycle transitions to the production of a customized bicycle‚ employing a concept of mass customization‚ the Company must ensure that its supply chain is responsive enough to handle the characteristics of an innovative product. Demand will be highly unpredictable and the final product‚ with over 2 million options‚ will also be unpredictable. Given National Bicycle’s current high level of automation‚ the transition to the POS system should be smooth. Its current

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