Congress of Soviets

sets and costumes. He found that the film medium as the most efficient tool of communist propaganda. By cutting and merging the negatives to create a montage, he can manipulate time and space to create new meanings. He believes in the theories of the Soviet montage, which are a series of shots that form conflict and collision to conjure up critical emotions in his audience. His first movie is Strike, where he incorporates many of his techniques in camera angles, mirror reflections, and visual…

World War I was one of the deadliest wars in human history, killing sixteen million soldiers alone, with a total of thirty seven million casualties including civilians. Mankind has been shaped by war throughout its existence. War can vary with type such as guerrilla or nuclear warfare. However, one aspect of war that remains the same is its ability to lay waste to all in its path. War has killed, not only the promising young men and women, but it has killed their dreams and goals. The horror of…

of government such as the totarialistic state of the Soviet Union in the 1900s under the reign of Stalin. Under the rule of Stalin, all people were required to glorify Stalin as a god figure and show absolute loyalty to him and his cause or else they would be subject to death or exile, usually carried out by the secret police. This kind of rule through terror is represented…

Totalitarian governors such as Hitler and Stalin inspired several artists, one of them being George Orwell, who lived through World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and got to see big changes happening in the world. The writer wrote numerous books exploring topics such as poverty, an individual’s role in society, and politics. One of his most famous books is 1984. This literary novel addresses the consequences of a totalitarian government. It shows a possible future for the world if it had…

From 1956 to his death in 1970, President Gamal Abdel Nasser controlled the Egyptian country with a strict regime, full of censorship, bribery, and paranoia. Citizens were forced to follow the powerful Arab Socialist Union that Nassar oversaw, with required conformity under the guise of protecting citizens’ rights. One group that received much governmental restriction was theatre artists, as Nasser changed many of Egypt’s private theaters into state-owned. Limitations were being placed on what…

Pippin, Robert B. Hollywood westerns and American myth: the importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for political philosophy. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press. Print. 2010. Summary: There are many politics in western films. Most of them were produced after World War I, so they contains different political philosophies from World War I, II and Cold Civil War. Pippin uses three significant western films, which are Red River, The Man Who Shot Liberty and The Searchers, as examples. He…

The 20th century was dominated by World War I, World War II, nationalism, decolonization, the cold war, post-cold war. Although this century has witnessed many wars and invasions but it also witnessed developments on so many levels, in transportation, communications, technology, world population. One of the major issues in the 20th century that this research will examine is racism and ethnic relationships. IT is commonly assumed that racism is as old as human society itself. Since the Beginning…

HE accomplished what practically everyone would consider outlandish. In an existence spreading over 69 years, he worked sans preparation India's biggest secretly controlled corporate domain. Dhirajlal Hirachand – also called Dhirubhai – Ambani would regularly say that achievement was his greatest adversary. He was a man who excited outrageous reactions in others. It is possible that you cherished him or you detested him. There was only no chance you could have been not interested in this…

Atonement is a novel written by Ian McEwan and first published in 2001. Atonement might be considered an historical novel since most part of the book is set in England and in France before, during and after World War II, but it is most often considered a metafiction novel. Many events of Atonement are related to events that really happened during World War II: fought between 1939 and 1945, the Second World War has been certainly the most terrible war to be fought in history and the number of…

Chin Peng is the leader of the communist party of Malaya . He was well known for being a wily operator and the brains behind the guerrilla warfare of the Emergency which occurred between 1948 to 1960. Communist Party of Malaya as claimed by Chin Peng, was the factor that was instrumental in securing Malaya’s independence in 1957. But, it was not the only factor. Other factors such as the British government and the United Malays National Organisations(UMNO) were also instrumental in securing…