New Queer Cinema

Yuechen Yang Yiman Wang Film 120 03/17/2018 Section H Closes up in Racism in the Cinema of 1915: The Cheat and The Birth of a Nation The year 1915 was a notable year in cinema. Not only there were motion pictures importances mentioned through directors; the formation of the Motion Pictures Directors Association; but also some of the iconic and celebrated films were created in this period. Undoubtedly, two classical films were Cecil B. DeMille’s The Cheat and D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a…

He struggles with living on the street and conquering the language barrier of a new country. Thankfully, his luck changes when he meets a lonely elderly woman named Ruth. The narration style that the filmmaker uses to deliver the narrative is omniscient (Barsam 125). This is because the audience is exposed to multiple character’s…

Bollywood takes a new significance in everyone’s life. It reflects various themes through the public elements for Indian diaspora. The Bollywood diaspora often represents a substantial market for films whose characters are a definition of Indian identity galvanized by globalization. In this paper, the movie ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ is analyzed to show how diaspora has been represented through its lens. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) (1995) a Yash Raj production, is an iconic and a very…

Movies are considered as one of the popular forms of entertainment among the Filipino people, directly employing some 260,000 Filipinos and generating around ₱2 billion revenues annually. This study will measure how featured tourism destination as local movie setting induces the tourist in their choice of a destination, besides marketing means and their previous experiences. To address the problem I will be conducting a qualitative research method such FGD, interview and survey. Results pointed…

muscular physique in Ghajini (2008), and then lost the weight to give a lifetime performance, as a college student in Rajkumar Hirani’s movie 3 idiots (2009). Then after he trained with a fitness expert for a ripped physique for Dhoom 3 (2013). The news of Aamir Khan transformation comes as research by Yokebe Active food found 85 percent of women in the United Kingdom have tried a diet but still not happy with their size. The Aamir Khan’s physical transformation will be available for everyone…

Social concerns of humanity in Bicycle Thief The most significant events in cinema and art in the early 1940s were the emergence and rapid development of the Italian neorealism. Moreover, it was one of the most striking and perhaps the first major artistic phenomenon of the post-war years, not only in Italy but also all over the world. Neorealism as a movement, which arose in post-war time, offered a close look into the everyday life of ordinary people. Originating in the wake of the resistance…

Who knew Undertale a RPG is the best game ever? Undertale is a roleplaying game where you play as a child who fell down a mountain into a place called the Underground. The Underground is where the monsters live because the humans put a magical seal to trap them down there, inside the Underground you can spare or kill everyone. Anything can enter, nothing can leave, or so they thought. Undertale is the best game because you get to choose what your gonna do in the game, The characters make the…

Heroic Heroes “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed. Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity”-Ricky Martin. Heroes are courageous and willing to lose their life for other people or for themselves.Their are 3…

a main reason it received international recognition. In the film the antagonist Dr. Fletcher played by actor J.K.Simmons plays the role of a maniacal tyrant, in charge of a jazz band located at a upper echelon conservatory in New York. The protagonist Andrew is a drummer new to the band that shows promise but despite his musical talent he isn 't the musical protege that he thinks he his. The director in the entire film does not focus on the other characters in the band but instead focuses on…

similar to a video game? To a soccer game? To a “choose your own adventure story? Every time that the outcome (Lola is shot, Manni is struck by the ambulance) is not satisfactory, a new run is begun. In a video game, if it is not going your way, you can restart. If your character dies in a video game, you often have new lives to restart with. 6. How do the “snapshots” which occur after several scenes in the movie contribute to the film? The “snapshots” cued audibly by a capacitive bank charge…