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    The extent of said punishment changing as the social and cinematic landscape would allow it. We experience this in My Darling Clementine (1946) with Doc Holliday and Chihuahua. Clementine is a described as a film that “venerates virtue” (Coyne, 37) and unfortunately these characters are the farthest from virtuous. Doc Holliday, though a well-read and articulated medical professional from the east, is a drunkard who is easily prone to bouts of rage and violence and it is that reputation that gives him the respect and fear he has in the town of Tombstone. Later in the film when his fiancé finds him and requests that Doc returns to Boston we spurns her for his lover, Chihuahua is the local saloon singer, which implies occasional bouts of prostitution, who is either Mexican or…

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    had massive success since cinema became the mass medium, which enable to showcase the historical wild West spectacle and nostalgic sensation in films (Studlar and Bernstein, 2001). My Darling Clementine illustrates with the audience falling for the Western films. Throughout the history of American westward expansion, My Darling Clementine implicitly reflects the progress of civilization in frontier towns such as Tombstone and the turning point from wild Western to moral society. At the…

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    John Ford

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    His four Academy Awards for Best Director remain a record. One of the films for which he won the award, How Green Was My Valley, also won Best Picture. During World War II, Commander John Ford, served in the United States Navy and as head of the photographic unit for the Office of Strategic Services, made documentaries for the Navy Department” (Wikipedia). Ford’s own filmmaking style was evident with his Westerns and war movies in that he “rarely used camera movements in his films, reserving…

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    Gizem Kızılcık COMD 322 My Darling Clementine My Darling Clementine (1946), is a Western style of retelling story within shoot-outing at OK Corral. It was directed by John Ford and based on a classic book by Stuart N. Lake. It was transformed from a story by Sam Hellman and it was turned into a screenplay by Samuel G. Engel (also; producer) and Winston Miller. Also, Cyril J. Mockridge made music of the movie. Joseph MacDonald was director of photography and finally,…

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    us all to clean our rooms and take our medicine. Bert made one laugh with his silly musical contraption, and one knew that with Burt around one was safe. Mary Poppins was the nanny with the magic touch, and love in her heart for millions of little boys and girls. Today, children wish for Mary Poppins like one did in one's childhood. One can find this magical duo taking a stroll around Town Square or Central Plaza. Mary Poppins and Bert also perform in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle. Mary…

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    Purple Rain

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    For example, when Price’s character sings The Beautiful Ones the camera begins to zoom in on Apollonia. This is done to show that the song is a confession of his feelings for Apollonia and so that the audience can see her reaction as he sings. Another example, is when ‘the kid’ sings Darling Nikki. Close up shots are used to capture the reactions of Apollonia, the boss, Morris, and a couple of women from the audience. This is done to display everyone’s disapproval and dislike of the song. Morris…

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    The Murray Darling Basin The Murray Darling Basin is situated in Australia, it is one of the largest river systems in the world, it is divided into the northern basin (Darling system) and the southern Basin (Murray system). The Basin serves a significant role in supporting a wide range of native and introduced species of plants, animals and ecosystems. Currently salinity management is one of the most important environmental challenges facing the Murray-Darling Basin. If the salinity is not…

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    Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga is a city that locate in New South Wales, Australia. Across the Murrumbidgee River, with population of 55,364 people, Wagga Wagga is not only the state's largest inland city, but also an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia. Wagga Wagga is the ninth fastest growing inland city in Australia, it is located midway between the two largest cities in Australia:Sydney and Melbourne. This is the Central Business District of Wagga Wagga. It looks flat…

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    Santiago says, “ When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there’s no need at all to understand what’s happening, because everything happens within you, and even men can turn themselves into the wind.”(152), By falling in love with Fatima and finding someone to be apart of his family, he feels like anything is possible and he is very happy because of the support and love Fatima gives him which shows when she says “...I want you to continue towards your goal… I want…

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    child, having rules to follow wasn’t unheard of with my family. There was always a way to behavior with friends/family, at school, at home and out in the street. Often I found myself getting into trouble because I didn 't listen and also the fact that I always found some kind of way to slipping out of having to doing something that I knew I was supposed to do. But out of all the people in my family my mom was the strictest. When expectations set high, not meaning them meant my siblings and I…

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