Category: Cinema
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“Solitary Nation” – Documentary Film Analysis
Introduction This paper is aimed at discussing the documentary film called Solitary Nation which throws light on the way in which segregation and isolation can affect convicted people. The central purpose of this movie is to increase viewers’ awareness about the use of solitary confinement in prisons and demonstrate that this practice produces very adverse…
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Human Nature as the Central Theme of the Avatar Film
Table of Contents Introduction Avatar: Analysis The Student’s Experience in the Course Conclusion Work Cited Introduction This essay is a detailed answer to two questions regarding what the student learned during the term as part of the course and the central theme of Avatar – human nature. Accordingly, the student’s primary goal is to explain…
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“Wetback” a Movie by Arturo Pérez Torres
Immigration has always been an ongoing issue for a number of states all over the world. Moreover, it gives rise to numerous concerns related to the character of this process and its impact on the states involved in it. There are two opposite perspectives on the given question. The first one states that the arrival…
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African American Males in “Boyz n The Hood” Movie
The greater part of films is always aimed at the performance of social functions since the aim of a filmmaker is to influence society in one way or another. Usually the producer’s aim is to provide important knowledge and reflection of experience to the target audience. The film “Boyz N the Hood’’ directed by John…
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Films and Television: Visual Techniques
After engaging in Internet-based research on the relationships between the technical, visual and production aspects of film and television I have found that many similarities between techniques used in contemporary films and television. It is a well-known fact that the film industry appeared first and only then followed the era of television. Earlier rivals, nowadays,…
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The Mask You Live In (2015) Movie Review
The Mask You Live In exposed the strict gender roles which remain perverse in American society. A fascinating aspect in this thought-provoking documentary is the powerful articulation of the impact of the rigidly enforced expectations that gender roles place on young boys and girls in contemporary society and how these assumptions affect young people. The…
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The Movie “Oedipus Rex” by Alfredo Bini: Themes and Message
Table of Contents Introduction Relationship between Fate and Agency Humans being Blameless Responsibility of Joy and Suffering Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The drama, Oedipus, began with a plague bringing distraction and misery at the city of Thebes where the people, lead by a priest, gather in front of the palace to seek council from the…
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Themes in The Corporation Documentary Film
The Corporation is a documentary movie revolving around giant companies becoming increasingly influential in the current world. Cogitating on the functioning and development of these entities, the authors attempt to compare them to specific psychological patterns found in people (Encore+, n.d.). For instance, modern corporations focus on earning money as the central aspect of their…
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Ayurvedic Medicine: The Movie “Second Opinion With T. R. Reid: Inside Ayurvedic Medicine”
Throughout all the history of development of society people have always suffered from different diseases. These illnesses made the life of people miserable and unhappy. That is why, people tried to find some way in which they could avert illness or cure a person. Great number of efforts were devoted to this question in order…
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“Kevorkian” Film on Assisted Suicide
The documentary Kevorkian features one of the most controversial men in United States history. Dr. Jack Kevorkian, labeled as “Dr. Death,” is an Armenian-American pathologist who helped dozens of terminally ill patients in the U.S. undertake physician-assisted suicide (Crime T.V. 3, 2014). The thought-provoking film reviews Dr. Kevorkian’s convictions about life, death, and the future,…