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    than of a fiction film. When I first viewed ‘Senna’‚ I was made to go with what the film maker had put and my response was a visceral response feeling compassion with his parents. I was less critically aware of what I was watching as I was lead to believe what I was watching. However‚ on the second viewing I thought more about and questioned what I was watching and hearing on the screen‚ so my response was more intellectual than visceral. Before watching a documentary film I believe that it

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    The Femme Fatale in Film Noir The pages of Film Noir are plagued with the corruption of political power and sexual depravity. This infestation has inspired a generation of screen-writers to forge the notoriously daring characters and settings of this dark genre. The Femme Fatale is not just the quintessential character eliciting fantasies of omnipotence and fantasy‚ but the subject of her narrative. Birthed from a society which lusted for wealth and exalted sexuality‚ the Femme Fatale has engulfed

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    Burbank California. He has actively been a creative and iconic film director‚ producer‚ artist‚ writer and animator since 1982. Tim Burton is best known for his dark‚ gothic‚ chilling‚ and unusual horror and fantasy films. His work is derived from many inspirations‚ such as Christopher Lee‚ Vincent Price‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ Edward Gorey‚ Alan Moore‚ George Melies‚ Dr. Seuss‚ and Paul Whitehouse. In addition‚ Tim Burton watched the films of Ray Harryhousen. He used the influences provided by their stop

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    the course of our lifetimes. From the earliest days of the film industry’s rise at the beginning of the twentieth century‚ film has had an enormous impact in shaping public views and ideas about everything from what it means to be a “good citizen” to what roles are acceptable and proper in a “civilized” society. With the exception of academics and serious students in film or cultural studies‚ most movie-goers regard the viewing of films (with the exception – sometimes – of documentaries) as simply

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    society and films during the new Hollywood era of the 1960s and 1970s. John Schlesinger’s film follows the story of a young man who leaves his home in Texas to become a male prostitute in New York City‚ and the trials and tribulations he encounters along the way. The soundtrack accompanying the film does not entirely consist of a compilation score of popular songs but it was done in the contemporary style of the time. The main song that presents itself multiple times throughout the film is “Everybody’s

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    purpose of this piece of writing was to show the reader that Guillermo del Toro’s film‚ Pan’s labyrinth is a fantastic film well worth watching. Guillermo del Toro’s film‚ Pan’s labyrinth it stays strong to the horror/ magical realism genre. As a first time magical realism viewer I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film. I enjoyed the film because it was a unique take on a war film that I haven’t seen before. The film was very well crafted and controlled. Being dropped into Franco’s front line to

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    In this analysis paper‚ I will be looking at the animated film “The Cameraman’s Revenge” by Ladislaw Starewicz. While the majority of animators during and before his time worked on two dimensional animated films‚ Starewicz stepped off the beaten path and instead chose to implement his taxidermied insects in his animations; that alone made this film unique and fascinating for me to watch. Watching the film was a surreal experience with my knowledge of how innovative this form of animation was for

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    Cinema of Horror MEDA 13672 November 10‚ 2014 In 1978 John Carpenter changed the landscape of horror cinema with the release of his terrifying new film Halloween. The film follows a group of young females as they are stalked‚ tormented and inevitably killed by an escaped lunatic wearing a Halloween mask and wielding a knife. The film was revolutionary for the many themes and concepts it introduced‚ (including the concept of the final girl) things that have been so often repeated they have

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    tone of Hollywood films produced between 1930 and the 1960s‚ particularly with regard to the treatment of sexuality. In the years leading up to the popularization of sound cinema in about 1930‚ certain segments of the American public had come to believe that Hollywood films exemplified the decline of American moral values. In 1915 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment did not apply to motion pictures‚ and city governments began to ban the exhibition of ’’immoral films.’’ A series of

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    Consider the role of television in the film; and how it used in society. What role does it play in this culture of the film and why is it preferred to reading? Usually‚ the parlor walls contain large wall-sized television screens. They put a screen that is as large as the wall in a particular room‚ and if they can get all four walls of a room covered in television screens‚ then you have a total and complete interactive and entertainment package. At the beginning of the movie‚ Mildred and Montag

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