Citizen Kane

percentage of the student body. With this in mind I am for the article being published. Articles like Ngai’s are important for the UTA’s student body to read. Because, a large group of the students and faculty can relate to process of becoming an American citizen, as well as the other half are interested in immigration reform with the proximity of the Mexico and Texas border, making this a hot topic issue. Although the language in this article may be too complex for some of our demographic. It…

The acceptance of evil or theodicy within our modern world, has become questioned more and more as we as citizens of the world and children of God are constantly exposed to the terrors of religious fanatic’s, murderers, and tribes of kidnappers around the globe. The phrase, if God is all powerful, all knowing, and all good, how can that same God allow evil to exist and for bad things to happen to good people? Some authors have even attempted to answer this question directly, there is at…

The ebullient and momentous film Stormy Weather, produced by 20th Century Fox in 1943, is an integrated musical which gives a romanticized view of African American life. The characters are very one dimensional and the plot serves very little importance as film arrays the talent of Black musicians and dancers. The “Golden Age of Hollywood” was an era of glitz and exuberance in film history, where films gave a positive insight of America during the peak of The Great Depression. By 1936 the number…

The debate of whether a director can be called an auteur/have authorship is one with strong arguments on both sides. Orson Welles was an outsider to the studio system and directed only 13 full-length films throughout his career. Due to this, Welles often struggled for creative control over his films from the major studios, and his films were either heavily edited or remained unreleased. He has been praised as a major creative force and as ‘the ultimate auteur’. Welles and his editor, Robert…

limited to, internal violence, immigration, and unfit presidential candidates. “Crime is out of control, and rapidly getting worse. Not good!” Donald Trump tweeted last Tuesday. All across America, there are various types of crimes taking place and citizens are beginning…

are voted into office they are sent to make changes and the filibuster does not allow the changes to happen. The filibuster prevents the senators from doing what the voters want and makes people believe that the government does not care about its citizens. All of this occurs because the filibuster does not allow a bill to be voted on and therefore is damaging our democratic society. By eliminating the filibuster the government would be more responsive to voters. This would occur because then the…

Question 3 what makes a classic film? Answer: A classic film is the one which not only has to entertain the audience but it also has to provide the essential dimensions which as all the necessary drama, thrill and black and white photography which comes with it. The main element that determines a classic film is its test of time which means that it is supposed to pass the key of time and work universally as well as expand on the main idea which it is delivering to the audience. In order for a…

his hand. Poggin had drawn quicker! A tearing agony encompassed his breast. He pulled-pulled-at random. Thunder of booming shots all about him! Red flashes, jets of smoke, shrill yells! He was sinking. The end; yes, the end! With fading sight he saw Kane go down, then Boldt. But supreme torture, bitterer than death, Poggin stood, mane like a lion’s, back to the wall, bloody-faced, grand, with his guns spouting red!” (215) This quotation also displays the differences in the narrator’s earlier…

Third Man is also not complete without having a cast that gives the movie its feel. Reed hires Orson Welles to play Harry Lime the villain in The Third Man, Orson Welles was a widely know actor at that time who played in various movies one being Citizen Kane that we watched in class. Reed also hires Joseph Cotton who has started in different movies with Orson Welles before to play Holly Martins who is the friend of Harry Lime and wants to deeply believe in him but, as the movie plays out Martins…

“I have a very strict gun control policy: if there is a gun around, I want to be in control of it” (Clint Eastwood). According to Huffington Post, the deadliest city in the country is Chicago. The endless debates about guns have recently been working in favor of gun proponents. Conversely, some believe that guns should be banned, because banning them will drop the violence rate. However, some civilians believe they are necessary to help stop crime. An interview done by Matt Vespa, a reporter in…