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Tupac: Resurrection by Lauren Lazin

Next to this I have found a one from two constructive features: "God gave humans the ability to reason", that is consonant to the religious beliefs of Tupac, the main character of Tupac: Resurrection documentary.
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“Saving Private Ryan” by Steven Spielberg

This is the short description of one of the greatest movies about the World War II. Against the background of the war we can watch the efforts of the Capitan's Miller group to find Private [...]
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“The Great Train Robbery” by Edwin S. Porter

The end of silent era films came in the 1920s with the synchronization of sound in films. The development of the script in the film displayed a great deal of technological innovation of the time.
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Is “The Departed” a Member of the Noir Genre

As compared to the classical noir film The Maltese Falcon, The Departed has particular differences in the style of narration and visual effects, but can be regarded as a noir film considering its general mood [...]
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“The Aviator” and “Citizen Kane”

This historical drama re-tells the story of a character with great emphasis to the location and plot in regards to his struggles and denials of the presence of his disorder.
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Critical Aspects of Film Pulp Fiction

The film begins with two small-time thieves in a diner taking breakfast and then they decide to rob the place, the writer then moves to another story where there are two characters involved, Vincent and [...]
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Symbols and Allegories in the Crossroads Film

He is cheated and tries to return his soul, but to achieve his goal he must go to the same crossroads."Feeling cheated by his lack of fame, Willie goes back to the crossroads to renege [...]
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Noir Movies: Elements, Features, and Characteristics

An offspring of the Hardboiled School of crime fiction which emerged in the U.S.during the Depression, film noir's standard components evolve around setting, theme, mood, and format. A, Sunset Boulevard, and The Night of the [...]
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“Rain Man” by Barry Levinson

Documentaries are a strong form of this type of employment, but a more entertaining genre is that of the 'historical fiction' in which some element of the story contains an element of truth.
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“Amarcord” the Film by Federico Fellini

In analyzing the characters, it should be mentioned that due to the style of narration of the film which is divided to chapters the cast of characters is very diverse and viewers can decide which [...]
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“Ma Vie En Rose” by Alain Berliner

In the movie, director Alien Berliner plots the Ludovic character of a small boy who crosses dresses himself and generally behaves like a girl, and he wanted to marry his neighbor's son.
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“Little Buddha” the Film by Bernardo Bertolucci

Judging by the examples of such movies as The Last Emperor and The Sheltering Sky, Bertolucci has always been interested in exploring the connections between the modern and traditional, the everyday and exotic, and between [...]
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“Greta” (2018): A Thriller by Neil Jordan

This paper aims at reviewing the movie Greta and analyzing the director's principal claim, the moral of the movie, and the techniques which the director used to bring his ideas to the audience.
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Inglorious Bastards as a Self-Reflective Film

A film of this sort entails the usage of specific editing to impact the audiences intellectual perception of the movie and call attention to a certain scene in a reflexive manner.
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Presenting Freudian Concepts: Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Discussing the movie from the viewpoint of Freudian identification, the main protagonists have been the brightest examples of expressing two opposing instincts, or drives, existing within the human being those of creativity, sexuality, and construction [...]
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“City of God” a Film by Fernando Meirelles

To evaluate the role of City of God in forming the audience's vision of the favelas' reality, it is necessary to focus on such criteria as the depiction of the film's characters, specifics of cinematography, [...]
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Marianismo and Maternity in the Film “Baby Shower”

The author initially explains the concepts of marianismo and mariana identity by stating that they originated in the legacy of the Catholic Church, in which women are seen as "subservient and docile"; the reason for [...]
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Sam Peckinpah and the Western Genre

This essay will explore the defining characteristics of Peckinpah's films that affected the development of the Western genre in the future.
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Ethical Dilemmas in the “21” Movie

At the beginning of the movie, we mistakenly take his attitude for granted, but the development of the plot discloses the negative consequences of the Professor's actions.
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The Film “Twelve Angry Men”

To begin the discussion, it is important to set the scene for the film: 12 Angry Men is a chamber drama that is explored to the maximum of its potential.
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Sports and Education: “Coach Carter”

The film Coach Carter illuminates the story of a school basketball team and their coach, Ken Carter. As it is demonstrated in the film Coach Carter, this type of structured activities actually helps students excel [...]
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Western Films Influence on Youth

However, there is a concern that its contents may have negative implications on teenagers in the developing countries because of the fundamental differences between the environment presented in the films and what they have in [...]
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The Story of the Film “The Mission”

The story in the film The mission released in 1986 deals with the Spanish Jesuits who are trying to convert a community of Guarani Indians to Christianity and protect them from slave hunters.
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The Film “Boyz n the Hood” by John Singleton

With the help of a snapshot of the lives of three main characters, the author raises a number of uncomfortable questions about the reasons behind the cruelty and lawlessness of the streets, thereby prompting the [...]
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Women and Homosexuality in “Pariah” by Dee Rees

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the image of women and homosexuality in modern cinema by analyzing the film titled "Pariah" by Dee Rees and compare it with the standard staples of [...]
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“The Crow” (1994): Plot Segmentation

The selection of the scene as well as the construction or arrangements of the cameras depicts a set of imbalance between people living in such places and the others.
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The “Citizen Kane” Film Analysis

In the discussion, the principal focus will be on Citizen Kane film, which positioned as one of the utmost motion pictures in the film industry.
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Mummy in McDaniel’s “Gone with the Wind” Movie

It seems that all McDaniel's choices were made correctly because the image of Mammy helped to understand the true worth of Black slaves, the importance of staying committed to people and duties, and the example [...]
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Vincent Monnikendam’s Film “Mother Dao”

The original film footage was shot in 1995, and the original audiences of the original footage were the Dutch back in the Netherland who were proud of having colonies around the world.
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Technologies in the Film “2001: A Space Odyssey”

The implication of each scene and the overall storyline cannot be separated from the duality of man and machine: the question of whether man or machine will prevail is a question that continues until the [...]
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Film Studies: “The Shawshank Redemption”

This identifies well with the parole board as the crime was committed in is youth and that he has accepted his mistakes and is changed for the better when he talks of not being able [...]
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Horror Film Studies: “Nosferatu”

The emergence of Nosferatu on the deck of the ship and the one in which one of the characters is shown against a range of crosses in a cemetery are the scenes chosen for the [...]
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The Film “Pocahontas” by Walt Disney Pictures

The image of Native Americans as barbarians is mentioned in several dialogues and songs of the film, Indians are called "savages, the people who are uncivilized". The Native American society of that time is shown [...]
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“Crash” by Paul Haggis – Film Studies

With the key idea concerning the clash of a personality and the society, Haggis managed to reinvent people's perception of a criminal drama, introducing such issues as racism in the present-day society, the way in [...]
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Culture and Beliefs in “Hotel Rwanda”

While several ethical theories present themselves in this movie, the Kantian ethical theory can be used to best explain the actions of the agent and the issue the movie is trying to describe.
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Leadership Approach in “The Devil Wears Prada”

The first point is personal characteristics that can be considered on the example of the film. Thus, whether it is the latest edition of a Harry Potter book that she manages to find or her [...]
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“An Inconvenient Truth” by Al Gore Film Analysis

The director says, "Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling way."Al Gore strips his presentations of politics, laying out the facts for the audience to draw their own [...]
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All the King’s Men Film Analysis

The first half of the movie dwells on the ills and rampart corruption that surrounds Louisiana County governance as highlighted in the second chapter of the book. Just like other politicians, Stark sinks into corruption [...]
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Horror Film Studies: “Let the Right One In”

However, he does not have the backing of his parents on how to deal with the issue. In essence, if Oskar had the necessary guidance and love from his parents, he would have revealed to [...]
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Propaganda Techniques in Movies: Light, Camera, Action

Despite using rather simplistic propaganda techniques and devices, such as Beautiful People and Flag-Waving, the movie manages to get the key idea of the major flaws at the very core of the current healthcare system [...]
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The Movie “Jackie Brown”

On the other hand, Brown betrays Ordell, who helps her leave the jail and in planning a way out of the cop's sight with the money, which, to Ordell, is enough to make him retire [...]
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Chinese Film: “The King of Masks” by Wu Tianming

It creates the impetus for introspection and evaluation of values that manifest in society. Indeed, The King of Masks is a formidable film due to its inclination about recurrent issues that often precipitate contention in [...]
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“Black Robe” by Bruce Beresford

The movie was captured in the Canadian wilderness with the main character who is a priest by the name of Father Laforgue taking up the work of spreading the gospel among the Indians in a [...]
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“Lifted” by Lexi Alexander

Going to the competition alone as his grandfather does not approve this music and the mother is too drunk to realize what happens, a boy receives the support of his father who has returned from [...]
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Wolf Creek: Movie Analysis

The aforementioned classes of aggression are important determinants of the aggressor and the target of aggression. In the film, Mick Taylor decapitates his victims, and this is a physical form of extreme aggression.
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‘Double Suicide’ – By Shinoda Masahiro

Being one of the four foremost innovative Japanese directors of the modern wave of movie and film stylization developed between the 1950s and 1960s, Shinoda maintained the major concepts of the story to ensure that [...]
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My Sister’s Keeper

While Kate's illness affects the entire family, Anna is affected the most since she is responsible for providing parts of her body to keep her sister alive.
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“Thunderheart” by Michael Apted

By examining the life of a Native-American reservation, the authors can give the viewers in-depth insights into the difficulties experienced by the residents of this town.
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Gender Propagation in Titanic Miniseries

In spite of the film indicating that the people travelling in the Titanic are divided based on their social status, the film goes ahead to show a high level of interaction among the different classes [...]
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Seven years in Tibet

His relationship with Dalai Lama is also seen to be the turning point of this transformation. However, for this to be achieved, he is first denied the source of his pride and compassion.
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“The Hurt Locker”: Music in the Movie

The film presents a realistic performance of the events soldiers go through while in the line of duty. The music in that scene, therefore, enhances a reflection the dangerous environment of the war.
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Gluttony and the Wages of Sin

Therefore, this essay evaluates how gluttony is a 'nightmare vision' as depicted in topic "The Wages of Sin"and the film, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."The Wages of Sin" depicts gluttony as [...]
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The Movie: The Iron Lady

A synopsis of The Iron Lady Produced in the year 2011, the movie The Iron Lady is a British biopic based on the life of the longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the [...]
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The Movie Batman Returns and Its Hero

The story is intertwined by a series of distant and close flashbacks which help to provide a background to the goings in the story. At this point, Bruce realizes that he is pertinent to the [...]
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Film Analysis: The Shawshank Redemption

The climax that ends the second act is the death of Tommy after he is shot by Captain Hadley and the climax of the entire film is Andy and Red meeting in Zihuatanejo.
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“Casablanca” by Michael Curtiz

This is due to the excellent matching line of actors and the sweet synchronized sound that brings the reality of the movie in action.
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A Documentary Film and a Real Cinema Dramatization

This is however disapproved by the league after weighing and measuring the bat and finding that it meets the requirements.[6] Roy is called to a meeting by the principle owner of knights, The Judge.
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Encouragement Concept in “Remember the Titans”

According to people with low self esteem cause distortions of their partner's perception, in a nut shell they demoralize their partners high spirit, in the movie this is demonstrated by a player who quits because [...]
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Seven Years in Tibet Movie

The movie tells the true story of Heinrich Harrier, who with his great passion and courage, journeys for several years from Austria to the city of Lhasa in Tibet to meet Dalai Lama, a spiritual [...]
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The Science Fiction Movie “Inception”

The first half of the film attempted to explain to the audience the meaning and purpose of a technique that allows for the extraction of information as well as the planting of the same.
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Principles of Management / Film Review

On the other hand, Commodus who is now the defunct heir to the throne throws a fit after learning from his father that he will not become Emperor to the kingdom. Lucilla and Maximus had [...]
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