A Single Man is a 2009 film based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood and it was directed by fashion designer Tom Ford as his directorial debut. Taking place over the course of a single day‚ November 30‚ 1962‚ a month after the Cuban missile crisis‚ A Single Man is the story of George Falconer‚ a middle-aged English college professor living in Los Angeles. He explains after he wakes up from a dream about his partner‚ who died 8 months earlier‚ that he would take his life in the
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Virtual JFK takes a different direction in articulating its theme than the previous movies in the course so far. In particular‚ the various film techniques Virtual JFK uses makes the film argumentatively natured and it is not hard to detect the movie’s central message. The film argues that if Kennedy had lived‚ the United States would have most likely not have gotten into a massive ground war in Vietnam. In backing this large claim‚ the movie focused on six different times in Kennedy’s short presidency
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What makes a film which is “based on a true story” authentic? Do films only use this ploy to connect with spectators that assume that these movies are situated in a farfetched reality? When audiences view these types of films they come to only expect one thing from them and it is authenticity. The issues with many of these films is that filmmakers want to add depth to characters that already historically exist. The reason for these skewed character representations is that they have to pander to main
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Did you know that California is the number one state that produces adult films in the U.S? Statistics has shown that “90% of all porn is shot in the San Fernando Valley”. (Abram Susan‚) But why is the Valley of San Fernando the home of pornography? Well‚ it’s all thanks to Hal Freeman an adult film actor in 1983 (One thing that you have to know is that in 1993 porn was illegal). He was sued by the state and sent to the Supreme Court‚ but the Supreme Court noticed how Hal Freeman wasn’t making the
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The film “Working Girl” illustrates the feminist fight and struggles of women in the work force in the 1980s to the present‚ every contradiction relates to the main problems that women face. The two main women characters in “Working Girl” represent the two types of stereotypes of women that establish themselves in the corporate world‚ Kathrine Parker and Tess McGill. Despite the film being an inspirational feminist story‚ the writer Kevin Wade created a love plot between the main character‚ Tess
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The Brilliance Within the Background One of the most powerful movie elements to how the audience perceives a scene of the film is often looked over. Close to all pivotal movie scenes contain the little background music‚ also known as underscore. This powerful audio element effects the way audiences feel and react to a scene. The underscore that is present in The Book Thief greatly impacted the tone‚ mood‚ and suspense of certain scenes. Three of these scenes that were greatly impacted by underscore
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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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