Exploitation film

and ‘cosmetics of violence’ in relation to the movie City of God. The 2002 Brazilian film City of God was directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund. The plot is loosely based on real events as written by Paulo Lins in the novel of the same name. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the neighbourhood of the Cidade de Deus, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro between the 1960’s and 1980’s. The film was a worldwide success, receiving four Academy Award nominations in 2004. In order…

The Canadian Film, from its Origins to the Present Day, has a Unique Relationship to Canadian Landscape Ehsan Rahmanian Professor Stephen Broomer Dec 07 2015 The Canadian Film, from its Origins to the Present Day, has a Unique Relationship to Canadian Landscape 1 Filmmaking has been an effective type of social, cultural and artistic expression, and an exceedingly beneficial business undertaking from its earliest days. From a practical point of view, filmmaking is a business including…

Faces: Images of Exploitation and Empowerment in Cinema”, provided museum goers with evidence that the hot topic of feminism has been a battle faced in the world of film for a long time. By looking at the exhibit through the lens of a young woman entering…

So, how does that apply to the media, specifically, Hollywood film? Recently there has been a growing outcry over the lack of complex minority experiences in award-winning films. As a result, more Black actors and actresses have been nominated in their respective categories. However, the same cannot be said for South Asians and Hispanics, who struggle to find movies where they are being accurately portrayed on-screen. The Hollywood film industry has made slight progress by creating pieces with…

off in Vienna, spending the night talking and walking around the city. The film ended with Céline leaving and the couple not exchanging any contact information but agreeing to meet at the same place in six months. Viewers are left with a cliffhanger, not knowing the fate of the couple’s relationship. “Before Sunset” picks up nine years after the couple’s first encounter. Following the same timeline as the story, the film was also released nine years after the first series. This time the couple…

Sexual harassment and men using their power to get women to do things is nothing new. Women have been systemically oppressed by men in the film and television industry and in general society for generations; UnReal is one of the few shows to highlight the prominent culture in the industry in such detail. The show tackles the topic of misogyny and the exploitation of women in the industry by mimicking its behavior. Viewers of Unreal may see it as mere entertainment, but the show is closely…

combination will be able to make or break a film before it is even released. Harrison Ford manages this expertly, a rough yet heroic star, a quick witted and dead pan actor, and the actual person hidden away from the public kept extremely private. These traits are what make Harrison Ford as popular to the public and integral to American culture as he is, and a prime example of the Star System at work. The Star System is essentially the selection, creation and exploitation of actors and…

attendances during and just following World War Two were up to 31m per week in the UK alone, suggest this is a major factor. World War Two increased Hollywood’s dominance world-wide as most other countries had to severely cut back production and Hollywood films provided the escapist entertainment the audiences demanded across Europe and America. Audiences steadily grew in the 1930s and reached a peak of over 1,600,000,000 in 1946. Following this audience slowly declined throughout the 1950s to…

Bartleby, the Scrivener: Script vs. Film Numerous of classical literary works and stories have been converted into movies and films which involves films and illusions. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. However, caution is and should be taken during the conversions to ensure that the original content is retained. The movies may, however, tend to dig dipper into the written context and may sometimes be more detailed than the literary works. Directors should, however, ensure that…

Perception of Monsters in Film Horror, as a genre of film, has grown and expanded from its beginnings in the 1930s when the term was brought about. Horror films, according to Noël Carroll, are paradoxical in the fact that they provide the viewer with something in the film that they can find to be both disgusting and pleasurable. This paradox of horror is further described by Carroll as being necessary in order to achieve the cognitive pleasure provided by the narrative of the film. “Horror…