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any objective and true claim is doubtful in the documentary expression. For many people, such a poststructuralist approach is disappointing. If the documentary cannot get any form of objectivity or authenticity, even full of "fiction" like other feature film, then, how does documentary confirm its identity and value? For the moment, the response of the theorists to this issue is not sufficient, but I am in favor of Carl's point of view. Carl (1996) argues that the theory of poststructuralism and postmodernism

Film critics, scholars, and organizations all over the world tend to select Citizen Kane as the the greatest film ever made. While some may argue that this claim is utterly subjective, it raises the question of what makes a movie great. It is undeniable that elements such as the plot, cinematography, and acting can make films better than one another but two rather unspoken elements are a film’s influence and implementation of new traits. This is where it ultimately garners its reputation. Citizen

Australia’s film and television industry has experienced drastic changes since the rise of national cinema. Leading the world film industry, Australia was home to the first film studio and feature film at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) toured England from 1908 as the longest film ever made, popularising a new genre of bushranger movies and epitomising the Ned Kelly legend as a significant aspect in Australian cultural identity (Juddery

the years 1954 to 1957 when the battle for the Algerian capital intensified as the citizens edged closer to independence . It features a variety of skirmishes between the National Liberation Front and the French colonialists. The FLN are made up of armed insurgents seeking to liberate the country and meet resistance from French authorities seeking to repel them. The film is meant to show the gore and violence that emanated from the war with both sides responsible for indiscriminate loss of life.

issue becoming more controversial in todays society. The popularity of films on the dependence of one’s vulnerability is one to familiar for some ethnic groups, like the Asian culture. Hollywood writers and Directors have a social responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic characters. The stereotyping of ethic culture can have a great impact on todays society by causing self insecurities, sexism, and, racism. In todays movie films you will see the portrayal of women being displayed as the weak, victim

1. Explain the historical and sociological context of the film. Be sure to use citations. As has been covered in this class from day one this film’s historical context was taken from the Cosa Nostra’s maxi-trial. This film explored the evidence that Rita Atria brought to the trial. “Having lost both her father and a brother to Mafia violence [she] joined her sister-in-law in opening up to the magistrate Borsellino” (Renga, 1008). Unfortunately, after the death of Borsellino, she felt unprotected

Amanda Falwell Journal Week 1 Mid Century Movie Craze Panoramas created the desire to show overviews of cities and landscapes and prompted artists to construct more desirable creations. There were many ways to create a panorama such as using glass plates, prints, swing lens cameras, painting, and photographs. These machines generally were hand cranked to create motion which tricked the eye to see a moving object. This article introduced me to John Banvard who was a man that combined sketches and

This essay is a comparative analysis between the film and novel, Animal Farm. Animal Farm was written by George Orwell in 1943 and published on the 17th of August 1945. A motion picture of the novel was later produced on the 29th of December 1954 by director Joy Bachelor. There are many differences and similarities between the novel and film involving the use of characters, symbolism, themes, dialogue and events. Animal farm was a successful novel as the length was 112 pages, therefore the movie

11/24/14 Film comparison between “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Caption Blood” Pirate films goes back as far as the beginning of movie making, as far as the silent film era. These types of films where heavily influenced by Piracy in the late 17th century, a period where all type of goods and other items were imported and exported by way of ships. Determination plays a major role in many peoples’ lives, whether they be fictional characters or historical figures. As displayed in the films “Captain

sense of ambiguity is Buckle’s vehement criticism of Schepisi’s Eye of the Storm. To a huge extent, pinning the film “laboriously overlong, technically uninventive, unevenly structured and edited and inevitably plotted” is completely warranted, “bloated running time” aptly describing a cinematic experience which lends a total of 3-4 minutes to the storm scene, the sole portion of the film which (arguably) credits itself as anything more tolerable than “boring”. Given that Eye of the Storm is based