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    Leaves Of Grass Analysis

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    Quentin Jacobsen has loved Margo Spiegelman from childhood. They both had discovered a dead body together during their childhood. As they grew up they, both had gradually lost connect with each other. After years they are now in the senior year at high school. Margo and Quentin had lost contact with each other a long time ago, while Margo now belongs to the popular cycle; Quentin hangs out the band boys even when doesn’t exactly play the band. He spent his lifetime admiring and loving the very daring Margo. One night without any warning she snaps open’s his bedroom window and recruits him on a mission to take vengeance. At first he refuses to join her but soon after she tells him about her plans he is intrigued and finds himself following her.…

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    D.W. Griffith's influence on cinema and culture David Wark Griffith has had an enormous influence on cinema and culture throughout many of his films. He was one of the first figures in cinema to begin and start a movement in camera use as well as radical movie directory. David Griffith was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. As well as one of the first figures to advance cinema at the time and begin a movement, both through use of camera and culture depiction of the era.…

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    Essay On Auteur Theory

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    Is Quentin Tarantino an Auteur? What even is an Auteur? Those are two questions I plan to address in this paper. The auteur theory, in this essay, will refer to a director's role as auteur, and designating his ability to establish a continuous essence, look, and feel common to all of his works as his signature on his films, indicating him as such, an auteur. Does Quentin Tarantino fit that mold? Many say yes and many say no. We will discuss in this paper and let evidence show. Auteur theory is…

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    Quentin Tarantino is a highly acclaimed director who has created many award-winning film in his career. Some of his characteristics of his directorial style is the ability create entertaining film while exploring serious themes and ideas. Tarantino does this by creating compelling and well thought out characters in combination purposeful cinematic techniques that enable viewers understand the films on much deeper level. I have chosen Quentin Tarantino 's 2008’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ and 2012’s…

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    Becoming A Filmmaker

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    and video logs. An up and coming filmmaker has a chance to choose the platform to establish a career in. Many filmmakers go into motion pictures but the rapid growth of users on YouTube makes it an appealing platform as well. Filmmakers deal with cameras and recording footage but most of the work is done in editing software. Shots need to be put together in a smooth sequence to deliver the vision in mind. Filmmakers must search for trends or ideas that are relevant at the time. With that…

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    The English/Irish playwright, screenwriter, and film director Martin McDonagh has been described as “one of the most important living Irish playwrights,” despite the fact that he was born in London and lived there his entire life (Zinoman). His early plays present the west of Ireland to us as a horrible place, populated by savage people disguised as ordinary. His plays and films are most notable for their casual use of violence and strong dialogue; it is hard for one not to notice the striking…

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    Part of the beauty of modern cinema lies within its ability to visually depict the culture and society of any given period of time; it can combine history or science with action and emotion to create an authentic ambience. Not all of these depictions, however, are accurate portrayals of the reality of the situations featured in the given film; in those cases, the work reflects a version of the truth altered by the filmmaker and accepted by the audience. In Quentin Tarantino’s film Pulp…

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    For some, Toshiya Fujita’s revenge film “Lady Snowblood” will inevitably be linked to Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill vol. 1”, for which it was a major inspiration; Tarantino borrowed aspects of the plot and narrative structure, used the song ‘The flower of carnage’ and let the cinematography inspire him. For all the influence “Lady Snowblood” had on Tarantino, it might be surprising to conclude that the two “Lady snowblood” movies have an anomalous character in Fujita’s oeuvre, as nothing he…

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    Some Like It Hot Analysis

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    "Well, nobody's perfect" the famous last line from the movie Some Like It Hot by director Billy Wilder, almost did not make it into the film. The line was only a temporary fill-in, until Wilder could come up with a better line. Fortunately, the line made it into the film, and became the most famous and iconic line of the entire film. The story is about two men, trying to escape from a criminal gang by dressing up as woman, and fleeing to Florida with an all-woman jazz band. The film thus stands…

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    Pulp Fiction is Quentin Tarantino's most revered film, debuting in 1994. It features a series of disjointed stories surrounding a crime boss, Marsellus, and his hitmen, particularly, Vince Vega, a loyal, but sloppy and inept man who is assigned to various tasks ranging from taking care of Marsellus’ wife, to assassinating a boxer, Butch, who double crossed Marsellus. However, he is only one of many different fully flushed out characters in the film. The film aims to explore these different…

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