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    portray the same message and similar storyline, they both have been interpreted to match their decade of movie genres. The Lurhmann is a much more modern and carefully thought film as for the Zefferelli version, he sticks mainly to the original Shakespeare’s version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The Balcony scene in the two films has significant dramatic and physical differences. One of which is the modernisation of the environment, the facial expressions of the characters chances the entire dialogue message

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    Gutiérrez Alea’s Authorship In the same period The Last Supper was produced, Esteban Mojeto published the Autobiography of a Runaway Slav in 1968, Fernandez Retamar’s Todo Caliban in 1971, and Sergio Giral’s film El Otro Fransisco (“The Other Francisco”) released in 1975, all of which compared the African slave history with the Cuban policies of the time, showing a genuine desire to indirectly criticize Fidel Castro’s policies. In reaction, in 1971, the government shut down a number of university

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    further than down the aisle of the children's section of their local video store. What you will find are numerous animated titles, many of them Disney films. Most people unconditionally accept that these movies are good for children, that they promote stimulation of the imagination, and contain them in an aura of innocence. The relevance of these films, however, crosses the boundary of being just entertainment. They are teaching children certain values and roles at least as much as any other traditional

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    considered to be a territory of China. In 1842, China officially ceded Hong Kong to the British after the First Opium War due to the rise of British’s power; and from that moment to 1997, Hong Kong had been remaining as a British’s colony and experiencing the very distinct cultural development and social changes. The year 1997 marked the

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    about Woody Allen’s grimiest film, Deconstructing Harry (1997). It tells a story about a novelist, Harry Block, who’s played by Woody himself, who draws creativeness from people he knows in real life. He creates surreal characters that end up entering his life and that created the illusion of a dream state into reality. The film was highly inspired by his favorite idol, Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries (1957). It shares a similar premise where we see in the Swedish film where we have a professor

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    The Wreck Of The Titan

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    Javian Keys Informative Outline I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: An American writer named Morgan Robertson on one occasion wrote a book called The Wreck of the Titan. The book was about an “unsinkable” ship called the Titan that set sail from England to New York with many rich and famous passengers on board. On its expedition, the Titan hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sunk. Numerous lives were lost because there were not plenty lifeboats. The strange part about this

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    because both the media and public are unaware that information is being suppressed, however, elite news media companies often comply with these censorship programs willingly (Hansen, 2000). It could be argued that the use of this was prominent in the 1997 film, Wag the

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    Informative Outline Topic: The Titanic General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about one of the most famous tragedies in history, the Titanic. Thesis: From the disaster to the movie, the sinking of the Titanic remains one of the most famous tragedies in history. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: A writer named Morgan Robertson once wrote a book called The Wreck of the Titan. The book was all about an “unsinkable” ship called the Titan (titanic) which

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    to comprehend when it is discussed within the rhetoric of film and popular culture. Because much of the themes in popular culture are in fact socially constructed ideas that adhere to society’s mentality. A naivety is exposed when we assume the misrepresentation of certain races in film and media has little impact on society. In her 1997 discussion Cultural Criticism and Transformation, critic bell hooks expounds the direct link of films to our own lives, while also establishing the power behind

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    in the 20th century British film Description: Following the first public appearance of film in 1896 in London, England there were numerous issues that arose; public safety and the content within films came to the forefront of public concern. This led to local authorities such as The London City Council (LCC) possessing the authority to decide all regulations and rules of film. This was the first form of censorship as we see these local officials being able to ban films and later on decide what was

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