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    “Flesh impact, her face was her fortune as much as her voluptuous figure. The luminosity of her face!” (billy wilder). Her image was sometimes considered as sexual greed and postwar male expectations. Her sexuality and VULNERABILITY originally gave her an image. “Half child, but not the part that shows.” “dangerous” sexuality in her acting. “Dumb blonde” transcended…

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    Marilyn Monroe's Suicide

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    On August 5, 1962 movie actress Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home in Los Angeles. She was was found lying nude on her bed, face down, with a telephone in one hand. The cause of Marilyn Monroe death is an overdose on a drug called barbiturate poisoning, and a psychiatric team did the investigation termed its probable suicide. The investigators say that she drunk then of depression, She have been none for doing pills and drinking alot. She was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in…

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    Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model., Marilyn was famous for playing a “dumb blonde” characters in T.V shows and movies. Maryland died in 1962 and half a century later she is still a loved and inspirational icon. On the 15th of September 1954, a photographer named Sam Shae shot a worldwide known famous photo on Marilyn Monroe when her skirt flew up it was known as the “flying skit” photo. Sam idea was to use a picture from the movie theatre scene as a logo to promote an oncoming…

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    literal sense of the film. Connotative meaning should extend over the denotative meaning without contradicting it or ignoring it. Men dominant the film industry and they create a language that reflects a patriarchal society. Director and writer Billy Wilder created a romantic comedy drama that comments on sexism and corruption of corporate…

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    Double Indemnity Analysis

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    ability to be manipulative.Manipulative people latch onto empathetic targets and make full use of their qualities. They find people who are easy-going, gentle and kind and who avoid conflict. Throughout the films double indemnity directed by Billy Wilder, nightcrawler directed by dan Gilroy, LA confidential directed by Curtis Hanson and training day directed by Antoine Fuqua, we find that these films have a strong theme of manipulation occurring. This manipulation that occurs between…

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    Professor Bernstein explained that he was a fan of Billy Wilder movies, and especially Sunset Boulevard. He also recommended that I watch The Sting, which I have now added to my watchlist on IMDb. I told the professor that a couple of my favorite films are The Social Network and The Shawshank Redemption. He agreed…

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    Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926. Although her life was unfortunately brief, she accomplished extraordinary things that affected not only the history of movies but made her one of the world’s biggest sex symbols. Marilyn didn’t grow up in a glamorous lifestyle but she was able to overcome the difficulties of her childhood to become the iconic face of glamour itself. Marilyn spent most of her childhood in foster care and an orphanage. Marilyn never knew her father…

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    “Give a girl the right pair of shoes and she’ll conquer the world.” but she died having become a million - dollar movie star. In 1962 was fried by twentieth-century fox from the production of something’s got to give because of her chronic lateness and no-shows ( she didn’t appear for the first two weeks of filming). 2. Jeane russell was paid around 10 times as much as marilyn when they co-starred in prefer blondes.…

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    The Unknown Death of Marilyn Monroe On August 5, 1962 was a terrible day for many, it was the day Marilyn Monroe, a famous actress, model and singer died from an overdose of barbiturate pills. Marilyn was found dead in her Los Angeles home with the door locked and pills scattered all over the room with pill bottles surrounding her.The death of Marilyn left many heartbroken and curious on how she really died. Many rumors suggest Robert Kennedy killed Marilyn Monroe because of their alleged…

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    When you see a beautiful girl that became famous you would believe she had an easy life or she became famous because of her looks but it wasn’t that easy for Norma Mortensen. Her childhood wasn’t the best. She eventually became an actress. She died of a barbiturates overdose. She had a very difficult childhood but she didn’t let that get in the way of her success. Marilyn Monroe was born June 1st, 1926 in Los Angeles, California. Her mother was a film cutter at RKO studios who,…

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