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The Departures ( A Japanese Film Review)
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The Departures are a Japanese film that encapsulates the theme of love in terms of words and actions. This is a plot-oriented film which has a surprising element on how the story develops; from a cellist then to a job far from what he really had imagined- preparing dead bodies for funerals. What’s amazing about…
Adolescent Pregnancy in the Film Juno Analysis
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As the back of the DVD box accurately states, teenager Juno McGuff “takes a nine-month detour into adulthood” when she accidentally becomes pregnant. This detour forms an important, unusual part of her dialectical maturation through Erik Erikson’s adolescent stage. The crisis at this point in Erikson’s (1994) schema is the identity crisis, in which…
“Mission Impossible II”: The Modern Spy Film Research Paper
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In a movie genre filled with to a great extent accented hero s, fancy autos, beautiful adult females, and secret plan deflecting action scene s, Mission Impossible II breaks off to stand out as a modern reincarnation of the past spy/action movies. Tom Cruise returns to play Ethan Hunt, who is a materialistic working for…
Twelve Angry Men Film Review
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Everyone can fall victim to being prejudice, but there are certain levels that can determine whether or not a person is viciously prejudice. In the movie 12 Angry Men, twelve jurors with different personalities and background must decide whether an eighteen year old boy is guilty of killing his father. While some base their opinion…
The Love Story of Harold and Maude Analysis
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Kinship
Harold and Maude is a morbid love story about a young man and a 79-year-old woman. Harold enjoys faking suicide to shock his mother, however, Harold has faked his death about sixteen times, so it no longer fazes his mother. She ignores it. When Harold crashes a funeral, something he does on a…
Analysis: Rushmore
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Journal: Rushmore Rushmore (1998), directed by Wes Anderson, is a film about a 15-year-old private school student, who is good at activities but bad at studies, falling in love with his teacher, Miss Cross, and trying to pursue her while competing with his friend, Mr. Blume. ‘Auteur theory’ is an idea that the director, as…
Food Inc. Film Review
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Food
Over the past couple of days, we have watched the film, Food Inc. This film takes an in depth look at America’s industry and the terrible but legal way our food is genetically engineered. The purpose of this film was to shock every American with facts about the food they consume on a daily basis….
Michael Moore’s: “Roger & Me” – A Sociological Film Review Sample
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Sociology
This docudrama is written. directed and produced by Michael Moore and is about the societal reverberations of capitalist economy every bit good as corporate and authorities issues that struggle with the basic demands of people and their households. Moore takes a broad humanistic expression at the effects of General Motors shuting down several car workss…
Film Review: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Society & EntertainmentFilm ReviewWhat do you get when you combine aliens, a little bit of mystery,tasteful comedy, good acting, and award-winning direction? A wonderful filmfrom one of the most celebrated directors of our time, Stephen Spielberg. “Close Encounters” places Richard Dreyfuss and Melinda Barro in roles of regularsuburbanites who both believe to have seen a…
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Film Review
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The first character to be introduced and main focus of this film is 14 year old Georgia Nicholson (Georgia Groome), who finds that her perception of life changes after drastically embarrassing herself at a party. Now she plans to grow up, and no sooner than she makes this decision does she get the perfect opportunity…