Cinema of the United States

16 In Babel and Babylon, Hansen argues that it is against the back-drop of the mass upheaval in the spheres of American culture, technology, and labor that cinema emerged as both literal and symbolic refuge from the “traumatic” effects of industrial modernity. Although the cinema for Hansen no doubt participated in the “historical upheaval of traditional coordinates of space and time” marked by the experience of modernity, “it also offered a refuge in which the violence…

University of Sydney, under the name of ‘Student Action For Aborigines’ (SAFA) and was led by one of the two Indigenous students in the group; Charles Perkins (Galligan & Roberts, 2007). These students were inspired by the civil rights movement in the United States of American in 1961, which aimed to fight against segregation, particularly on busses and in bus terminals, as well as police brutality towards African-Americans (Galligan & Roberts, 2007). The main inequalities being challenged by…

the parking lot that provides a sign for the museum. The museums both represent pivotal moments in history, whether specific to the United States or globally, provide a generally linear walkthrough throughout the events, and offer a variety of viewpoints. The Civil War museum at Historic Tredegar showcased the two sides that divided and united the United States—the Union and Confederacy, but another side historically neglected, the slaves, and to a lesser extent, women and children. This is…

if a movie has (1) at least two named women in it, (2) who talk to each other, (3) about something besides men. Germany has not introduced the Bechdel test to its cinemas. That is why this paper deals with the problem statement: To what extent can the Bechdel test regarding gender equality in movies be applied to the German cinema? The research questions focus on the terminology of the Bechdel test and the cultural analysis of Sweden and Germany in order to understand why Sweden has…

in France in 1975 was renamed and launched in the United States in April 1977 as a monthly magazine, Heavy Metal. The artists published in the magazine included names as Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Moebius), Philippe Druillet or Enki Bilal. Although the first Valerian and Laureline album translated to English was Ambassador of Shadows, published in Heavy Metal in 1981, it’s only natural that Heavy Metal, which is still published today in the United States, attracted the attention of a whole generation…

Film Adaptations: Romeo and Juliet (1968) and West Side Story (1961) Many films have been created based on novels and play scripts. Plays have transitioned from performances on stage to the big cinema screens. Since many legendary play scripts were created before our century, American film directors had to ask themselves, “How can an older piece of work interest the audience of today?”. Directors found it challenging to express an original piece of work while attempting to interest the minds…

emphatically advertised to people in all walks of life. The 2016 United States Presidential Election is an example for U.S culture turned pop culture happening right…

Abstract This case study examines the correlations between the cyber-attack on Sony and the release of the movie ‘The Interview,’ and the reaction of the American public. After the recent cyber-attacks on Sony, cyber warfare is becoming more recognizable as the new form of global terrorism. The problems of this case study involve the outrage of North Korea, the freedom of the American people, and the damage done to Sony as a business directly and indirectly. This case study begins to explain how…

capital of the world. The downtown of Los Angeles is a center of global business and homme to some of the finest examples of American architecture. Los Angeles is also famous thanks to the tourism. Indeed, a lot of visits linked to the world of the cinema and the celebrities bring about forty million visitors per years coming from the whole world. Before being to consider as city, Los Angeles was inhabited by native american tribes. The City of Los Angeles is based in 1781 by Mexican . At this…

McCay enlisted the help of a young neighbour, John A. Fitzsimmons to help trace the backgrounds while McCay devoted his efforts to animating Gertie himself, ten thousand drawings in total. Upon release Gertie the Dinosaur in 1914 McCay and his animated creation were a hit. The film was a landmark title not only for having the first animated star, but for being the first with a proper storyline as well (Goldman, 2005). Up until this point animation had been mostly the work of individual artists…