Movies Essay Examples
The documentary “13th” by Ava DuVernay reveals how the United States has become the country having 25% of all world prisoners. The film features famous American activists, historians, scholars, such as Malkia Cyril, Angela Davis, and Van Jones, reflecting on the role of mass imprisonment in the formation of American...
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The film Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 satire on the horrors of nuclear war. It was written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, and stars some famous actors including Peter Sellers in the title role. The backdrop of nuclear war...
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“Guys and Dolls” opened Friday November 8th, 2013 at 7:30pm at the Playhouse Theater. Packed with one unforgettable song after another, the play never failed to disappoint, with the crowd enthusiastically singing along to such songs as “A Bushel and a Peck,” “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” “Luck Be...
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Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes is a documentary film which was produced, created and directed by B. Hurt and which explores topics such as violence, masculinity, sexism and homophobia in pop music, with a special focus on Hip Hop music. Several important figures appear in the film, providing their insight...
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1. I chose the scene “Living at Ikea,” which was taken from the recent dark romantic comedy, 500 Days of Summer. The director of the film was Mark Webb, and this movie was his “feature directing debut” (“Movie Review,” 2009). The production designer was Laura Fox, and the art director...
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In the UAE, there is a shift from government control to independent markets provided all entry follows the proper channels. In addition, access to the internet has been increasing in the country in recent years with fiber optic cables present in many residential areas. The presence of a wealthy middle...
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Within the show Lie to Me, Dr. Cal Lightman is used as a representative of an individual that uses his professional psychology skills in order to detect whether an individual is lying. This is based on the concept of micro expressions within an individual, which are an individual’s tell, and...
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The 2012 American film Argo, directed by the renowned American celebrity Ben Affleck, is, at first glance, a successful Hollywood production, the recipient of multiple awards from the film industry as well as succeeding at the international box office. However, the film, being a political thriller based on real historical...
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“Lincoln” is a film directed by Steven Spielberg that was produced in 2012. A film about former president Abraham Lincoln, the film starred Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Lewis played Abraham Lincoln, with Field starring as Mary Todd Lincoln, the first lady. Gordon-Levitt was Robert...
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The movie, 12 Years a Slave, is about a man named Solomon who was a free black man in the 1940’s. He was married and worked as a fiddle played until he was captured and put on a ship to New Orleans where he was sold into slavery. The story...
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The outcome of human interaction is the byproduct of behavioral exchanges between two or more individuals. On the other hand, behavior refers to the totality of reactionary cues expressed by a person towards the environmental stimuli that they receive. Where such behavioral cues are skewed, the outcome of the interaction...
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List at least five interesting ‘facts’ that you learned by watching ‘The Story of Stuff’. Which ones did you find the most shocking? “The Story of Stuff” presents much in the way of compelling facts, but to name just five that I found particularly engaging, they are as follows: 1)...
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein explores the ethical boundaries of medical science. The word “Frankenstein” has entered the public consciousness as a monster. Many individuals mistakenly believe that “Frankenstein” does refer to the creation in the novel. However, it actually is the name of the scientist, Victor Frankenstein. In reality, Victor Frankenstein...
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Matthew Heineman’s feature long documentary Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare was released in 2012 and focuses on the best way to repair what the film describes as America broken health care system. Indeed, the health care system in general has been the subject of numerous political discussions...
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The documentary film Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People depicts how Hollywood films and media in general can be used to demonize a minority group. Many sociological concepts can be employed to show this process of demonization; at the same time, many of these concepts of are demonstrated...
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In the case of “The Color Blind Painter” in Oliver Sacks’ An Anthropologist on Mars Jonathan I. experiences “total color-blindness caused by brain damage, so-called cerebral achromatopsia” (Sacks, loc. 180), while in Christopher Nolan’s “Memento” Guy Pierce’s character, Leonard, suffers from short-term memory loss to hunt down the man that...
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The film was is an entertaining film that was produced in Germany, and it is typified by both tragedy and comedy. At the time the production is produced in East Germany, it is notable that the time corresponds to the disintegration of Berlin Wall. The director, Wolfgang Becker, aims at...
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Brief summary of the movies The 11th Hours (2007) is a documentary film that was directed by Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners. This documentary was written by Leonardo DiCaprio. This documentary highlights the effects of human activities on the environment. This is viewed from different perspectives, such as oceanography,...
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The first person narrator point of view in the film Forrest Gump is arguably the movie's defining feature, the very narrative technique that makes the entire film function. Forrest Gump's life story is told through his recollections, his subjective perception of the happenings of his life. But as the viewer...
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Anyone familiar with the 1991 animated Disney version of Beauty and the Beast would be hard-pressed not to fall in love with the live-action 2017 version of the film. The movie contained a talented cast of A-List celebrities to provide convincing, and even loveable rolls. Even the highly-despised Gaston is...
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Introduction Throughline dictates the development of a movie and the actions of a character in the film. It helps the viewers in understanding the motivations behind roles undertaken by a character and how the plot builds as the story develops. The throughline is the super-objective of the main character in...
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Family Guy is an irreverent, but humorous comedy on today’s American society. The writers and producers weave important social issues with their brand of slapstick comedy. It should be of no surprise that its’ daring, social commentaries are politically incorrect. In fact, the show was cancelled by Fox twice, but...
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Part 1 In the film, editing creates graphic relationships between shots when juxtaposing shots in such a way that their composition graphically matches. In the movie, Vertov's makes an introductory reference projected towards the match cut editing technique by alternating the cuttings of the shots while maintaining action continuity using...
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‘Do the Right Thing,’ is an American film produced in 1989. Spike Lee produced, wrote, and directed the film. The main theme of the film is racial discrimination. He uses the tension between Sal, an Italian restaurant owner, and the black community in the neighborhood to demonstrate the concepts of...
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Invictus is the inspiring movie about South Africa’s championship rugby team and the part it played in uniting the racially charged nation. The significance of this movie is the leadership styles exhibited by President Nelson Mandela and the young captain of the rugby team. The movie’s importance is seen in...
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