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American Author Project: Elizabeth Kostova Although there were many people who tried to re-create Bram Stoker’s Dracula, only Elizabeth Kostova was able to really capture the true essence – albeit 113 years after the original was written in the first place. Even though nobody can compare to the Bram Stoker original, Elizabeth Kostova did entirely get the ideas written down in such a way that it was easy to tell she paid attention to the tiniest of details. Elizabeth Kostova is important to…

T yler Durden, Raymond Babbitt and Arnie Grape. If our blockbuster and critically acclaimed movies such as Fight Club, Rain Man and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape can understand and accurately portray characters with mental health problems, then isn’t it time that society caught up? “Ahh I’m so depressed”, “you must be crazy”, “she’s a psycho”… if you are guilty of using any of these phrases, then are you aware of the facts behind your words? In an age where mental illnesses are becoming…

people would rather rent a movie, and watch it once for a lower price, rather than own that movie with the potential of watching it as many times as they wished. That product became directly competitive with traditional video rental stores, such as Blockbuster. As technology continued to grow and add convenience to people’s lives Netflix noticed this trend, and look to enhance and change its…

lures audiences into his films then shocks them. This film has all elements to make a film popular - big Hollywood star, soundtrack, adventure, romance - but the story soon changes to a much darker one than an average Hollywood blockbuster. There were reports of Boyle being disrespectful to Thailandauthorities and damaging land but he made every effort not to and he is proud of his end result, as this quote shows.…

Push. African Americans pushed to be where they are today. They were enslaved, and they pushed for freedom. They were segregated, and they pushed for equal right. Today they are still pushing for equal opportunity. The past proves that there is no opposition that cannot be overcome. We as the human race have proved that. It is time to push through racism. One area in particular is Hollywood. Latinos, African Americans, Asians, Native Americans, and all other minorities face opposition in finding…

Often movies are made out of blockbuster books. Sometimes the movies do a good job of capturing the most important moments from the book and presenting them in the movie. Unfortunately, some movies do not always accurately depict the books they represent with full details. There are many reasons why a movie depiction of a book fails not least of which is because they are only given a couple of hours to tell the whole story in the book. A book is able to go in depth with the character’s emotions…

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culture connotation, technique and plot between two films. The Enchanting Shadow directed by Li Hanxiang, who is the first generation of film director. Before he shot The Enchanting Shadow, Li had directed The Kingdom and the Beauty that was a blockbuster at that time and brought Huangmei Opera in it to create a new classical model film. After that, Li Hanxiang followed that…

Hamlet has been performed and recreated in countless ways. Each variation holding a different experience for the audience through the creative choices that the directors make. The three versions of Hamlet each showcase a new and unique interpretation of Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, “To be or not to be”. Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Hamlet released in 1990, Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation in 1996, and lastly the latest modern adaption out of the three, Michael Almereyda’s released in 2000.…

common model that corporations sell lower and middle quality products and services at a loss, and then sell superior products in the same way at a remarkable margin, remedying the losses incurred from the other brands. Walgreens uses the blockbuster business model to operate the company. In the pharmaceutical industry, large amounts of profits are driven by some specific products.…