...trying to hold onto anything too tightly. 2. David (toby McGuire) and Jennifer (Reese Witherspoom) how does Pleasantville change them? David begins to realize that the perceived happiness in Pleasantville is not nearly as fulfilling as he hoped it would be. As a result, he slowly evolves from dreamy outcast to leader of the changes that take place in Pleasantville. Jennifer, through her own personality, sparks the initial changes in the town. However, as the story continues, she begins to understand the limitations she has placed on herself in her own life. Her reading of a D. H. Lawrence novel signifies her effort to change herself, and thus, affect her own transformation. By the end of the film she decides to stay and attend college. 3. What is the message the film presents 4. Language-how do the words set moods? 5. Is the real world, real? No. In the town of Pleasantville, nothing changes. The temperature is always the same, the weather is always nice, and no one has ever seen rain. Sex is an unknown word, passion is obsolete, and the most...
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...most recognizable and frequently imitated aspects of the tale. Walt Disney brought its version of Carroll’s story to the silver screen in 1951 in its animated film Alice in Wonderland. With its expertise in animation Disney was able to take Carroll’s narrative to the level of the fantastic that the author had envisioned when composing Alice. Within the confines of the scene between Alice and the Caterpillar, Disney did much to keep close to the text and images of the interaction inside the book. Although the outline of the caterpillar scene is in line with Carroll’s...
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...those expectations. Although the movies were very different they all espoused the need for bravery and honor in a man. The film Last of the Mohicans, based on a book by James Fennimore Cooper, is the story of a white man named Hawkeye and two Mohican Indians. The film takes place during the French and Indian War. During the war many settlers volunteered or were coerced into fighting for the English. Hawkeye and the Indians are brought into the war when they save two daughters of an English general and agree to take them to an English fort. On the way there they find the family of a friend of theirs murdered by Indians. When they get to the fort Hawkeye tells others settlers about it and they want to leave the battle to protect their families. He helps them do that against the orders of the English; but stays because he has feelings for one of the women he saved although though he knows he will be punished. This illustrates his bravery and willingness to take responsibility for his actions. The fort is captured by the French and as the English are leaving they are attacked and massacred by Indians. Hawkeye saves the girls once again and attempts to escape with them even as they are chased by Indians. They make it to a waterfall where there is no way for them to escape with the women. Hawkeye dives off the waterfall vowing to find and save the girls. An English...
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...Robert Wise’s The Haunting has been one of the most haunted house films ever produced.I've seen this film with my classmates during my english class. This film is a black and white picture. The picture was once the most fearful film in the early 60’s. This film takes place in New England, in a big haunted mansion. Dr. Markway, does research to prove the existence of ghosts, at the Hill House, a large mansion with a history of violent death. Luke, who stands to inherit the house, Theodora and Eleanor, with psychic abilities make her feel somehow there are spirits around the old mansion. Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, and Rosalie Crutchley. The Haunting is a story about Eleanor Lance (Julie Harris), a lonely woman...
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...She sang and entertained for 16 years. Selena's murder sent shockwaves through the Latino community, and her fans around the world mourned the singer's passing. Selena's life story has been the subject of a 1997 film, Selena, which stars Jennifer Lopez as the Tejano superstar and James Edward Olmos as her father. In this biographical drama, Selena (Jennifer Lopez) is born into a musical family. Selena’s father Abraham (James Edward olmos) realized that his daughter Selena had a gift, Selena then started to sing and perform at small venues. Selena falls for her guitarist without her father's approval. Selena seeking mainstream fame, decides to start to record her her English-language album which tragically she will never finish. Selena confesses to her mother that she is having anxiety about her crossover album and also confesses about her and Chris wanted to start a family. On March 31, after arguing over the missing financial documents, Selena is murdered by...
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...Genna Cahill English Composition 1001 Essay 2 Microtheme 5 After reading Rachel Adams’s chapter “Sideshow Cinema”, I have gained a new perspective on Tod Browning’s film Freaks. Adams suggests that there may be a fine line between monster and victim regarding the normal people, such as Cleopatra and Hercules, and the freaks, such as Hans and the conjoined Hilton twins. “After establishing Hans as a sympathetic character who suffers unwarranted abuse, the spectacle of Cleo’s body, mutilated at the hands of the freaks, leaves the viewer unsure about who is the victim and who aggressor,” Adams describes (77). Up until the point of Cleo’s revelation as the “chicken-woman”, the normal-looking people leave us to feel more sympathy for the freaks based on the treatment of them. Majority of the film, we see Cleo, Hercules, and their normal friends treat the freaks as inferiors, teasing them subtly to their faces and more so behind their backs. Therefore, in this sense, the normal people can be seen as monsters and the freaks as victims. The effect of the camera also gives us more sympathy for the freaks. The settings in which these people are placed affect the way we see them. For example, Hans is often placed next to larger objects, especially in Cleo’s wagon, and this makes him, in proportion, look much, much smaller than he actually is. This is true when we are looking at Cleopatra from his point of view as well. Compared to Hans, she seems a lot taller, and we can understand...
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...Edith Cushing is a writer in the 19th century. She is the daughter of a wealthy businessman Carter Cushing, who happens to lives in New York. She’s often visited by her mother's ghost warning her about Crimson Peak. Edith falls in love with Thomas Sharpe, who is an English aristocrat and inventor. He came to the United States seeking investors and Edith’s father happens to be one of them. Carter Cushing wasn’t impressed with Thomas’s prototype so he rejected his proposal. Mr. Cushing disapproves of Edith and Thomas relationship so he bribes him into returning to England. Shortly, Mr. Cushing is murdered but his death was ruled as an accident. Thomas marries Edith and brings her back to England. As Edith settles in she finds Thomas sister Lucille...
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...Stacy Moore Professor Graham EN 231 July 27, 2016 Beowulf the Legend The action packed, fantasy film Beowulf, released in 2007 is an animated 3D film inspired by the fictional old English epic poem Beowulf. The film was directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis, and contains an all-star cast including, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Ray Winstone, Jon Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brenden Gleeson, Crispin Glover and Alison Lohman. The film is a loose adaption of the epic poem Beowulf, and the screenwriters, Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary have weaved various tidbits of differences throughout the film, adding a touch of “Hollywood” to the story. Avary is a Hollywood screenwriter, and Gaiman is a well-accomplished author across a huge number of...
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...of Vietnam, one of the biggest and the most famous universities in my country. My major is finance and banking. After that, I moved to the South of Vietnam. It’s the place where I found my first job in my life. I had been a banker for 2.5 years before coming here. I worked in a credit department and my main task was managing the risk of loans. It was an interesting job and I really liked it. I used the knowledge that I studied in university. I didn’t used English for along time, also my job in Vietnam didn’t use English much therefore now my English is not good. I had to finish the job to improve my English and find a better job. That’s why I came to New Zealand. It’s the first time I went abroad. I have just arrived at Auckland for 6 days but I have a deep impression in Auckland and people in here. It’s a beautiful and peaceful city, people are friendly and lovely. I went to some nice places like Mission Bay, One Tree Hill. They are all beautiful and so romantic, they looked like the scenes that I have seen in Korean films. I took many photos and sent them to my family and friends in Vietnam, they said what a beautiful city. People always help me wherever and whenever I need. I love this city and I want to spend most of my free time to travel around New Zealand. My family has 4 members: my father, my mother, my older brother and I. My parents live and work in my hometown. My mother is a teacher, she teaches math in a high school. My father is an agricultural engineer, he works...
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...Michael refers to Kat as “The Screw” and Cameron says “I burn, I pine, I perish”, which is a direct quote from “The Taming of the Shrew” (Shakespeare 41). Michael says, “Sweet love, renew thy force”, which is a direct quote from Shakespeare’s sonnet 56 (Andrews 183). Michael also says “The shit hath hitith the fan…ith”, which is poking fun at the early modern English used in the 17th century. The band Letters to Cleo make a guest appearance during the prom scene and one of the songs they sing is “cruel to be kind”, which is a hamlet reference (Dominic 85). Kat and Bianca’s last name is Stratford and Shakespeare was from Shakespeare-upon-Avon. In the play, Petruchio is from Verona and Patrick’s last name is Verona. The play is set in Padua and all the characters in “10 Things…” attend Padua High School. Kat’s English class is reading Shakespeare’s sonnets and they have to recreate their own sonnet 141. Kat’s best friend, Mandella, is obsessed with Shakespeare and in some weird fantasy thinks that they are romantically involved (IMDb, 10 Things I Hate About...
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...be followed, or contrastingly on the overwhelming ridiculousness of the language and actions. In the Oliver Parker’s 2002 film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest, the hypocrisy of Victorian social statuses and the very definition of truth are turned on their heads, highlighting with flippant humor the various struggles with self-identity, while serving a collaborative portion of Romantic and Postmodern concepts. Overall, the tone of the movie could be described as light and jovial, with spurts of solemnity amongst witty and nonsensical banter. While the lively music, beautiful scenery, and easiness of viewing produce a pleasant mood, they collectively toss a thin veil over the profoundness of Wilde’s comical, yet highly satirical, play. Quite a few measures of visual interference throughout the film are utilized, taking the attention off of the language, and rather onto the plot, including the added musical number featuring Jack and Algernon singing “Lady Come Down” to Gwendolen and Cecily. Furthermore, the star-studded cast, including Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, and Colin Firth, deliver talented performances, but act as visual roadblocks from the deeper meanings behind the irony and absurdity of the characters’ rationales. Representing this divide between plot and language are Romanticism and Postmodernism. On the sprightly side of the film, romantic and often fantastical elements constitute the main line of events. Notable features of Gothicism in particular...
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...Tyler Philip Professor Wisniewski English 101 24 February, 2014 Raising Arizona Having trouble knowing whether or not a scene in a movie takes place in reality or a fictional fantasy world can be the difference in making a movie funny, “corny” or even just flat out bad. One moment the scene seems as if the movie is taking place in our world and next something terribly random happens, which would never happen in reality and it makes you question yourself what world this is in. Blurring the line between the two makes a movie harder to follow unless it’s consistent so it actually can make sense as long as your watching the movie. The Conan Brothers did an excellent job in doing so in Raising Arizona, the blurred line between reality and fantasy makes the movie more enjoyable. There are some scenes where they are so ridiculous you can’t help but laugh, without the use of this style it could have made the movie more serious and may have not been as comical. The Main character Herbert McDunnough (“Hi”) is played by Nicolas Cage who also narrates the entire film. Herbert is a criminal who sticks up grocery stores, he is married to a policewomen named Edwina McDunnough (“Ed”) played by Holly Hunter. The two quickly fall in love after she was taking mugshots of Herbert, the couple get married after Hi proposes to her after his most recent release from prison, the two move into a arizonan mobile home in the desert. They find out Ed is infertile and because of Hi’s criminal record...
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...Catrina Chandler English 101 Professor Cogswell Film Essay A Bronx Tale “A Bronx Tale” is a film about directed by Robert Di Nero about a boy named Calogero an Italian American male, and his life as he grows up in a town occupied by the mob in the 1960’s. Calogero has two strong influences in his life. They are his father Lorenzo a proud middle class bus driver and a mob boss named Sonny. In the film there are three scenes that especially demonstrate the influence Sonny and Lorenzo have on Calogero. An example of Lorenzo’s influence on his son takes place in front of their apartment building in which Calogero witnesses a gruesome crime committed by Sonny. Lorenzo basically instills in Calogero that he needs to lie and say he saw nothing. He is teaching him not to be a rat. When the police later question Calogero and have him look at a line up of suspects he denies knowing all of the men there, including Sonny. An example of Sonny’s influence is when Sonny belittles Mickey Mantle in front of him by saying “Mickey Mantle earns $100,000 a year. How much does your father make? You don’t know? Well, see if your father can’t pay the rent go ask Mickey Mantle and see what he tells you. Mickey Mantle don’t care about you, so why should you care about him? Nobody cares.” This causes Calogero to have negative feelings about Mickey Mantle, someone...
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...revolution in 1996, he landed a part in Shine (1996) where he played the character of David Helfgott, an extremely dysfunctional piano prodigy. It was from this role that he obtained an Oscar, a British film award, The Golden Globe award and the Australian Film Institute Award. His perseverance in acting finally paid off as this also gained him recognition in Hollywood and put him in the international limelight as a world-class...
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...Jackman was born on October 12, 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, to Grace McNeil and Christopher John Jackman, a Cambridge trained accountant. His parents were English and had migrated to Australia in 1967.He has four older siblings, and a younger half-sister, from his mother's remarriage. His parents divorced when he was eight, and his mother moved back to England with his two sisters.He attended primary school at the Pymble Public School and later attended the all-boys Knox Grammar School on Sydney's Upper North Shore, where he starred in its production of My Fair Lady in 1985. Jackman married Deborra-Lee Furness on 11 April 1996, at St. John's in Toorak,Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne. They met on the set of Australian TV show...
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