...The movie Casablanca was made in 1942 by Michael Curtis. The movie featured Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid. The movie took place in World War II in a town called Casablanca, in which people from all over Europe would come to escape to America. The hotspot in Casablanca was Rick's run by Rick Blaine. Rick Blaine is a man who doesn't do anything for anyone unless it helps himself. This changes when Rick is given two stolen transport tickets for safe keeping, these tickets are priceless in Casablanca. Then Ilsa, the reason for Rick's bitterness comes back into his life. Ilsa and Rick had a love affair in Paris. Ilsa, a women who thought that her husband died, fell in an intense love with Rick. They made plans to run away together,...
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...Daniella Rodriguez Film 1 Casablanca Prompt 3 9 March 2015 Please Pull String for Line As I left the room after class on Monday night, one of the girls behind me said to her friends how she though Casablanca was one of the most romantic movies she’s ever seen. I have to humbly disagree with her. Yes, it is touching how Rick puts aside his relationship with Ilsa in order to help the world, because he knows his problems are miniscule to the world. The part was great. But how can a movie that portrays women in such a bad and ridiculous light be considered romantic? All three women we actually see are nothing more than pawns in the game the men play, props to elevate the glory of the main hero and stepping stones to achieve his full mission. The first woman we meet is Yvonne. She’s obviously gorgeous, and somehow that’s all we know. Through the narrative we learn nothing more than the fact that she sleeps around, and is somehow annoying for wanting more than just sex. Because wanting something more than sex is somehow too much to handle for our lead. She is literally being passed around from man to man, who take her home for sex and then treat her like garbage the next day. There is no difference between her and a high class prostitute. Not only is she an annoying walking sex toy, she also happens to be an alcoholic. During a scene the audience sees Yvonne drinking more than she should, and who comes to the rescue Rick. After she tells him that she doesn’t want to go, we...
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...to a selfless wartime activist dedicating time and resources to the cause and war effort. Casablanca, released in 1942, is a film that portrayed the consequences of having to convert to war. The movie can be seen as giving purpose to war and encouraging the American people to support the mobilization of their troops. The need to convert to war was imperative at this moment in time. Casablanca brilliantly explained to Americans the reason for the fight through the fictional conversion of Rick Blaine and corrupt Vichy police Captain Louis Renault to self-sacrifice and war. The opening scene for the movie sets up establishing shots of imprisoned Europe. A roundabout refugee trail sprung up in order to get to Lisbon, which was the disembarkation point to the new world. The narrator, in a newsreel format, says people looked for freedom in the Americas. The Moroccan city of Casablanca attracted people from all over as many refugees were trying to get out of Europe. They wait in Casablanca. The first scene shows Casablanca as a very police state with a great military presence. The busyness of the exotic open market the camera frame shows the city as being very walled in. People are trapped and they can’t move or go anywhere. The murder of two German couriers carrying transit papers is being investigated as the police are “rounding up the usual suspects.” Most of the people in Casablanca – refugees, gamblers, Nazis, and resistance fighters – make their way over to Rick’s Café Americain...
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...A love story is universal to the world and can be inspirational to anyone. Casablanca (1942) is a representation of the World War II where evacuees escaped the Nazi’s and end up in a vacant safe haven. The evacuees are attempting to follow their desires of going to the United States of America. The movie shows the battle of the war throughout Europe and the battle for love. The director of this film is Michael Curtiz, screen writers are Julius Epstein, Philip Epstein, and Howard Koch. The main actor is played by Humphrey Bogart who in the film is called Rick Blaine owns a night club and a casino. He is a key member to the evacuee’s freedom, he assists by getting documents for them to go to America but he has to be paid. In his past he had a woman he was truly in love with named Ilsa Lund played by Ingrid Bergman. The last but very not least leading role in the film is Ilsa’s husband Victor Laszlo, played by Paul Henreid. Now Rick having his old...
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...This movie is a classic for a reason. When one watches Casablanca for the first time, it is aweing and oddly familiar. The reason it seems strangely familiar is Casablanca influenced pop culture in America after its release. We all have heard, “Hears looking at you kid.” Cartoons and mob movies alike have depictions of the beady-eyed fellow named Ugarte. Although, the entire movie is captivating, there is one scene, which stands above the rest. The scene begins with the Germans taking over the piano and singing a German anthem. Then, Laszlo challenges the Germans by getting the band to play “La Marseillaise,” which was the national anthem for France after the French Revolutionary Wars. What happens next is a gripping scene of events. I will...
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...to obtain control over Europe. However receiving control over Britain would become a challenge. The prime minister at that time knew in order to survive he would need an alliance; the United States. With Germany, Italy, and Japan seizing majority of Europe, President Roosevelt agreed to support Britain in the war in order to promote the “Four Freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom for want, and freedom for fear” (Schultz, 2012). With the booming of Pearl Harbor on December 7, President Roosevelt requested that Congress declare war. The beginning of World War II took place right after war was declared by the Congress and with Hitler also declaring war on the United States. The Military Experience At the Casablanca Conference held in Casablanca, Morocco in January 1943; the decision was made to invade Italy. The Allies had their first war conference to discuss the invasion. This launched the Italian Campaign which placed Allied soldiers on the mainland in Europe. The Italian Campaign consisted of five objectives: to “capitalize on the collapse of Italian resistance, make immediate use of ready Allied strength, engage German forces that might otherwise be used in Russia and northern France, secure airfields from which to intensify the bombing of Germany and the Balkans, and gain complete control of the...
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...------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty Name> <Grade Earned> <Writing Score> <Date Graded> Assignment 1: Building the vision My name is Siham Wallace and I am originally from Casablanca, Morocco. I moved to the United States in 1998 and I attended Western Michigan University. I graduated in 2000 with a Masters Degree in Communications. I have worked in healthcare for the last 14 years and am currently employed as a Director of an assisted Living for Dementia /Alzheimer’s patients. I have 2 children, a boy and a girl, ages 11 and 9. I am interested in teaching women how to be leaders, especially Arab women. In the Arab culture, men are predisposed from birth to be leaders while women are taught to be followers. Women are taught to take care of their husbands and children. From Birth, they are conditioned to be daughters, sisters, mothers and bread winners. They can acquire higher education and join the workforce but in the back of their minds, they are not born leaders. An Arab woman is an “uneducated housewife and an educated one. She is an exhausted modern professional wife and mother...
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...focused on who wore what on the red carpet, some tend to forget the origins of modern fashion and how much of it has evolved from ideas that will soon be a 100 years old. Many actors nowadays neglect the common standard and look towards a unique style they can call their own, whereas many rely on commercial endorsement. Almost all the benchmarks followed by directors, actors and studios alike, come from, as most critics would agree, the golden age of Hollywood. Lasting from the 1920s-1960s, films produced between these years gave true recognition and uniqueness to US cinema. Also known as Classical Hollywood, these years provided the public with a sense of fashion like no other. We all must have a vague or even specific idea of what the women rocked in these years, with icons such as Hedy Lamarr, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe and many others outshining the men in terms of fashion. Here is an insight on how the men carried their threads and what influenced the fashion of the Classic Hollywood era. 1920s While the French called it “années folles” (“Crazy Years”), Europeans in general referred to it as the “Golden Age Twenties”, it was really the “Roaring Twenties” of America that brought about standard in men’s fashion. A time of cultural, economic, artistic and social prosperity, the 20s marked the end of silent cinema and gave birth to all-talking features and all-color features. Minor changes have come about in men’s fashion since the 20s. It was a period of great complexity...
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...The 1940’s was basically ruled by World War II, which started on September 1, 1939. The War affected everything about this decade. Men were off fighting, so women had to work in the factories or wherever they could find work in order to support their families. Art and Architecture changed drastically and the radio became a vital piece to American living. Fashion became almost recyclable as new trends became more practical and theatre and film took a wild ride during this outstanding decade. Everything from sports to books were altered due to this war and the events that took place then have shaped the way that we live now. Unemployment rates in 1940 were an overwhelming 8,120,000 but that soon changed by 55% once men went off to war and women got a chance to fill those empty positions. At this time minimum wage was $.43 per hour. First, single women were chosen to work and then in 1943 with mostly all single women employed, married women were allowed to work as well. With women working, it became hard for them to balance both home life and the work world, too. Automobile production began to decline in 1942 and decreased food supplies began in 1943. To try to rehabilitate this food drought, victory gardens were reinstituted and supplied 40% of the vegetables consumed on the home front. With WWII ending in 1945 the US emerged from the war as a world superpower. With all of the men returning home, the baby boom was formed, which is still having repercussions on American society...
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...Who wasn’t once dazzled by the beauty of the models and stars that someday he or she saw on TV or in a fashion magazine? Beauty is today standardized and people want to look more and more like them. Undergoing a liposuction, reconstructing the face or enlarging the breast made of the dream of many people especially women come true. Improving their physical appearance and looking prettier is no more a fiction with the worldwide spread of plastic surgery in the last decade until it became within reach in Morocco. At first, plastic surgery for esthetic purpose shouldn’t be confused with the reconstructive surgery that is used to get rid of serious imperfections caused by an accident or a birth defect. In our research paper, we are dealing with the plastic surgery also called cosmetic surgery. One of the team members’ relative who is surgeon has told her about a Moroccan woman who died because of a liposuction. Chocked by this story, we decided to learn more about the cosmetic surgery in Morocco which has lately raised many ethical issues. We believe that plastic surgery is unethical because it is against the Islamic principles and because it causes psychological and physical harm. We are trying to find out the opinion of Moroccans about it and we suppose that Moroccan people believe that plastic surgery is unethical and that they are aware of its danger. Competent plastic surgeons, reasonable prices, medical technology and infrastructure explain the rise of plastic surgery...
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...and women can't be friends, because sex always gets in the way”, is the main theme of the movie “When Harry met Sally”. The script is a good example of the interpersonal communication ten stage model by Mark Knapp. This developmental model entails the stages of a relationship from it’s infancy to an ending. In the movie we can clearly identify all ten stages of this model. Stage # 1 - Initiating According to the Knapp model, the beginning of every relationship—especially an intimate, romantic or close friendship—begins with the initiation stage. This stage involves the initial contact with another person. In the movie the stage of initiation begins when Harry and Sally meet for the first time and prepare to share a day travelling together in Sally’s car from Chicago to New York City. During this stage Harry and Sally are introduced by Harry’s girlfriend and begin their trip. Stage # 2 - Experimenting The second stage of the Knapp model, experimentation, is usually focused on time spent between people getting acquainted. During this stage people usually making “small talk” and it helps prepare the stage for future communication and interaction. In the movie, the second stage begins shortly after they begin their long trip when Harry asks Sally “why don’t you tell me the story of your life?” There is lot’s of small talk and dialog; talking about happiness and who is more prepared to face death, to analyzing and interrelating to the characters of the movie Casablanca. It...
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...modeling world. She went out on faith, praying and hoping that she would be able to go out and start this agency and that it would be overly successful. When she realized that this was what she really wanted to do her parents raised money and help her to begin this wonderful agency. * Mission: Our duty is to encourage young men and women. Let them know that looks, age, weight, and height don’t matter. We believe that every female/male is beautiful in their own way and can be used in different ways in the modeling world. Show them that anything is possible when you believe and it’ll happen once you believe. * Vision: The vision that is set forth is that this Agency would become the biggest most successful agency in the world. To be well known on television, radio, and that the name would continue to grow and each person that join will be happy they did and just as successful as the company name. * Company History: This company has no experience, but the owner has experience from visiting many Modeling Agency Expos and Fashion shows * Company Founding: The company founding goes back to the history after graduating from John Casablancas Modeling Career that’s when the owner, Jolesa Graham decided to take a step out and start this Agency. * Financial Highlights: I, Jolesa, got many grants and loans from other businesses as well as sponsors. Even my parents and banks helped * Significant Achievements: Completing modeling schools, and participating in many commercials...
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...A Brief History of Music in Film Going to the movies is one of America’s top favorite pass times; and no movie-going experience would be complete without the accompanying sound tracks. The music in movies often heightens the suspense and deepens the drama. The right background music can make us fall in love with a character, be terrified of the villain, or even adore an unlikely hero. Starting with Silent films and continuing until today, music has been an important part in the movie industry. In the beginning, movies had no sound and eventually the studios figured out they needed something for their movies to be more entertaining. Very quickly they figured out music would supplement and go along well with the action on the screen. Music has always been able to affect people emotionally, so it made a perfect accompaniment for movies. In the early theaters, pianos quickly became a well-recognized fixture. Organs quickly followed and music became a permanent part of the movie-going experience. At first, it was up to musicians to choose what music they would play during the films; but the music still didn’t have a true designated purpose, other than used as filler. Eventually the studios began producing music for the musicians that was more suitable for the film. The music became more and more specialized based on what the studio wanted, until music was specifically written for each film. In fact, Charlie Chaplin composed his own music for some of his films...
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...Reuben, Reuben (1983) Cast: Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis (in her film debut), Roberts Blossom, Cynthia Harris, and Joel Fabiani Director: Robert Ellis Miller Synopsis: Tom Conti stars in the titular role, a drunken, womanizing Scottish poet, Gowan McGland, who preys upon the bored stiff femmes of a New England college town. By swooning over them with his undeniably irresistible poetry and a wit without equal, it all inexorably ends in the same place, a bedroom full of passionate love making – all perfectly under the noses of the characteristically affluent spouses (or so he believed!) Nevertheless, the circumstances take a hurried, and rather unanticipated change when he meets a young, strikingly attractive student, Geneva Spofford (Kelly McGillis), who has a grander influence on him than he can admit. And yet, behind that modest farmer’s daughter facade, lies the source of an apparent reawakening of the archetypal slothful poet, forcing to him to get a grip on his life – or else! Undoubtedly Man’s Best Friend William Harris V ery much in the British tradition of quality, Robert Ellis Miller’s Reuben, Reuben is incontestably modest, wittily intimate, and incessantly intelligent. Based on the novel (of the same name) by Peter De Vries and subsequent stage adaption, Reuben, Reuben doesn’t fail to deliver the same sense of satiric jocularity Peter De Vries was best known for. Featuring a cast of both honoured and emerging stars – for the era anyway – audiences...
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...in the West suffer an even harsher fate. An eye-opening new perspective on gender roles and the male-domination of the multi-billion dollar fashion industry. Fatema Mernissi | August 2003 issue ‘I was born in a harem.’ That sentence marked the beginning of Fatema Mernissi’s first book. In the West, it provokes a smile, but Mernissi herself finds it hard to appreciate this reaction. The Western image of a harem differs from the Eastern reality. A harem is not a magical place with beautiful women, but a prison in which women are repressed, and men confronted with rebellious lovers aiming to spoil their sexual romps. In real harems fear reigns among the women while doubts plague the men. It is anything but paradise. In her fourth book, ‘Le Harem et l’Occident’, Mernissi, a Moroccan sociologist, examines the Western smile at the word ‘harem’. She writes about the suppression of women, sex objects, shame, sexual desires and cultural and religious concepts. Mernissi concludes that Western women are not much better off than their veiled sisters in the East. It was during my unsuccessful attempt to buy a cotton skirt in an American department store that I was told my hips were too large to fit into a size six. That day I stumbled onto one of the keys to the enigma of passive beauty in Western harem fantasies. ‘In this entire store, there is no skirt for me?’ I said. ‘You are joking.’ I was very suspicious and thought that the saleslady just might be too tired to help me. At least...
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