Postmodern artists

Through the film version of Dickens’s work, Cuarón makes an incomparable adaptation of Great Expectations, but without being able to get rid of the literary original version of Dickens and even leaning in David Lean’s former adaptation. TYPE OF ADAPTATION This adaptation is a perfect example of a freely adapted novel. This approach considers the source simply as "raw materials", as a "pretext" for inspiration for a work of cinematic art in its own right. There are taken certain situations,…

many phenomena such as the expansion of these towns based on an orthogonal pattern (grid, streamlined mesh of the urban fabric, large squares in front of public buildings) have greatly encouraged this urban sport. We can precise that Los Angeles, postmodern city, has not city center which would deploy a set of shops and amenities. Therefore, people are forced to using car. Adding to this constraint, public transports does not respond to a daily mode. Therefore, long tarred roads create a…

Introduction Have you ever heard of a fashion brand named Hood by Air? Hood by Air (HBA), by Shayne Olive, was established in New York City in 2006. It has a specialization in men’s hip-hop hi-street fashion and produces higher-end fashion which emphasizes innovation rather than imitation. Combining avant-garde and hip-hop, HBA has become an unquestionable fashion trend and gained huge favour by celebrities and youngsters aged from 18 to 25, especially in Korea and America. Hood By Air as…

war and politics. Representation of polish martial law in Man of Iron (1981) and Walesa. Man of hope (2013) by Andrzej Wajda The main aim of this essay is to analyse post-war reality in Poland by using two films directed by world acclaimed polish artist Andrzej Wajda. Due to the technical limitations I had to pick one event or period of time to look at, therefore I will be focusing on 1980s. In those 10 years Poland was able to overturn the rule of the Soviet Big Brother and introduce…

The book is so seamlessly written that it is not merely lifelike but also, in the best sense, novel like. It narrates a story in a skillful manner, with much attention to character. DeLillo makes us familiar with some peculiar habits of the characters. Like Everett cannot make himself go to bed at night without checking that the oven is off, and then sometimes double-checking, and reminding himself as he climbs the stairs that he has in fact completed his check. No doubt DeLillo has chosen such…

I spent one year training at Ginásio Clube Português which is located near a refined square where a beautiful garden stands. My ping pong teacher took me and two other colleagues into somewhere in a white Renault 4; later I met Canina there at the football field. I have met two Canina´s. Canina means a boy which is short in analogy into dogs. The first Canina scored a good goal at my elementary school while the second was traped in our high school though he could fought back and around 1995…