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wind” by Margaret Mitchell was first published in 1936, it has received Pulitzer Prize and Academy price for Best picture, it is one of the best-loved novels on the BBC`s The Big Read inquiry. The film “Gone with the wind” was released in 1939, it has received 10 Oscars and is the highest grossing film of all the time. Both book and film are awarded and beloved by the audience and the readers. The main character is Scarlett O`Hara – daughter of a plantation (Tara) owner, she is beautiful,…

known among people who have never studied Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s work has been around for hundreds of years and many films has are adaptations of his works. Macbeth is tragicomedy play that’s about of a general named Macbeth who gains and loses power; which ultimately leads to his death (“Mr. William Shakespeare and the internet”). The most well known adaption is a Japanese film named Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957) (“Throne of Blood (1957”).…

attention should be captured enough that he doesn't leave for a good long while. Like a good film that leaves you wanting to know more about the characters, view it again, or see the sequel, a good blog will draw in the visitor and make him bookmark your site and sign up for your mailing list. The Opening Hook Every great movie has an opening scene that grabs you and makes you want to keep viewing the film. There are a few examples of this technique and there are many ways to make the viewer…

Patrick Mai Research Essay Phillip Woods 4 December 2014 Can the State Use Film to Influence National Identity? Cinema can be, has been, and will continue to act as an incubator for cultural nationalism. Film propaganda serves to target specific groups in order to persuade viewers into adopting the film’s intended messages or beliefs whether they are political, economical, religious, or philosophical. In cases like Britain during World War II, the government’s goal was to gain support for the…

Wes Anderson is an American film director, famous for several of his beautiful movie creations which reflect back upon his creative, imaginative, and amusing personality. He has received four Oscars alongside recognition for his costume and production design. Anderson’s childhood background contains a troubled past regarding parents divorce which led him to develop an interest towards storytelling, as a form of escape. He certainly has a unique way of inputting certain key elements of his…

movie clip This World is a BBC international documentary series program which hosts the programs related to international current affairs documentaries. Aung San Suu Kyi - The Choice by Angus Macqueen is one of the documentary film which is premiered by This World, BBC in September 2012 and also it is being premiered in many international film festivals. In this documentary it captures the movement of Aung San Suu Kyi’s risky step into everyday politics of Burma. This film talks about the Suu…

it with contemporary issues and projecting the future. This review alone only discusses one aspect of the great movie, that of Britain becoming a surveillance and fascistic state, but many reviews could be written about virtually any aspect of the film. Children of Men gives a dire warning to the contemporary world if it continues in the current trajectory, the world may look something like the one created by Cuaron (with…

When Psycho was released in 1960, it quickly became of the most memorable and notorious films in cinema history. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on a book by Robert Bloche, the movie proved to be a huge success upon its release. The movie initially follows Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) as she flees town with money she stole from her employer, which inadvertently leads her to the Bates Motel. Here she encounters the infamous Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), and ultimately her death at the…

in Their Films Hitchcock's films directly influenced and relate to David Fincher's Gone Girl Conclusion Evan Prunty Professor Kimberly Neuendorf COM 320 15 October 2015 Introduction David Fincher?s modern masterpiece of cinema Gone Girl premiered around this time last year. Around that time, I was in COM 221 an intro to film class that is offered at CSU. In the class we had just viewed Alfred Hitchcock's film Strangers on a Train. Being lucky enough to view these films in…

persuasive these films really are. Association—a major persuasive…