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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 similarities to American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. However, the relationship between McDonagh and Tarantino, at least on McDonagh’s end, seems to be a rocky one. In 1994, over the course of 10 months, McDonagh wrote his first seven plays while living in a house in an Irish neighborhood of London. For the next twenty years these works were produced in London and then New York. In 1994 Quentin Tarantino’s most well-known film, Pulp Fiction, was released. Known for its mix of humor and violence, extensive dialogue, and allusions to pop culture, the film became a major critical and commercial success. McDonagh, who cites cinema as his “first love” and theatre “always [his] last,” would have undoubtedly watched Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction when it was first released. In fact, during a 2001 interview with The Guardian, McDonagh himself compared his work to Tarantino’s when describing his own mix of humor and cruelty: I suppose I walk that line between comedy and cruelty, because I think one…

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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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    social norms as “many school districts across the country have specific programs designed to increase children’s self-esteem, most of which actually build self-importance and narcissism” (Twenge 495); as a result, the sense of selfishness is increasing. This hyper-focus on “Me” leads people to become selfish, and they only care about themselves without thinking about other people and society. The Generation Me becomes the idea of today’s children that they directly deserve everything and they…

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    Though it is probably one of the most important for the reason that he revived it. The Harlem Renaissance happened from 1920-mid 1930s, a time way before hip-hop was even a genre of music. About ninety-five years later Kendrick Lamar releases To Pimp A Butterfly and the Harlem Renaissance is reborn. Using smooth instrumentals and deep lyrics he rejuvenates the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was a time when black artists and authors both expressed their cultural ways. Though Kendrick…

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    The volume one of the movie presents several cases of Ethical systems with the paper analyzing the common traits in the film. In this case, the Bride (Uma Thurman), Bill (David) and Elle are the common traits insinuating different ethical systems. These major characters exhibit different traits in the moral system. For instance, the ethics of virtue, utilitarian principle, and egoism juxtaposes the different characters in the film. Kill Bill Film portrays the critical ethical standards and…

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    Moreover, not to mention that the white smoke has a double meaning. According to Andrea Levy women are made to believe that sex is their only power. This ad is an apt reflection of female objectification. Even though women are still objectified and stereotyped there is nevertheless a change in trend particularly in films. Now a woman might be objectified but she at the same time is shown as career driven, intelligent, empowered, confident etc. Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill” the movie is represented…

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    The Bride Movie Analysis

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    place in the adjacent park,” says the movie’s director. The main character — the bride who is about to become a part of some strange rituals — is played by a young actress Victoria Agalakova, which is her debut as a lead in a feature film. The part of her beloved went to Vyacheslav Chepurchenko known by his role in Vadim Perelman’s TV series “Infidelities”. The movie also features Alexandra Rebenok, Igor Khripunov, Lada Churovskaya and Victor Solovyov. Of course, shooting such an unusual…

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    Alice Eve has a short film coming out in 2015, and four movies coming out in 2016, three of which are in post-production. The other film is in pre-production. "Lithgow Saint" is the short film that she was in and it has been completed. It stars Eve and Jason Isaacs as the titular character, and was written and directed by Jack Eve. The short film is about a male talk show host and his actress guest. “Criminal”, “Beyond Deceit”, and “The Brits Are Coming” are in post-production. “Criminal” was…

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    Pulp Fiction is a film directed by Quentin Tarantino, which stars John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, and Samuel L. Jackson, and it was released October 14, 1994. It takes a very different approach to film by using a vignette style with each vignette not necessarily in order. It follows the lives of several characters that revolve around the gang boss Marcellus Wallace, and how they intertwine. Vincent (Travolta) and Jules (Jackson) are two hitmen for Marcellus and they are charged with…

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    Exile In Guyville

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    Tina Fey (‘70). The key lyric—it can serve as a coda—opens the Nirvana song “Breed”: “I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care . . .” Each of these works was made for a different reason and under different circumstances, but each carries the same message: I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care; get it off, get it off, get it off; go away, go away, go away. Detachment, remove, disgust with the busy-handed do-goodism of the older brother in the peace shirt. History…

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