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Strategic Analysis of Movie Exhibition Industry By: Kim Saline February 24, 2010 Objective: To provide an analysis and make recommendations to increase revenue in the movie exhibition industry. Overview: Ticket sales for movie theaters are at their lowest point since 1996. With the core demographic group expected to grow slower than the US population and with technological advances growing at speeds faster than the industry can keep up, ticket sales will continue to decline if the current

Hiroshima Death Match (Kinji Fukasaku, 1973) The five films in the "Battles without Honor and Humanity" series are Kenji Fuakasaku's magnum opus, of which "Hiroshima Death Match" is the most cult, particularly due to the participation of Sonny Chiba and Meiko Kaji. The film takes place both during the first film's story and shortly after it, and it focuses, apart from Hirono's story, on two new characters that eventually become adversaries. The first one is Yamanaka, a failed individual with a constant

Latinos, Politics, and American Cinema Feature films in the United States influence American viewers' attitudes on a wide variety of topics. Americans attitudes toward politics are shaped by films, and specifically the politics of racial interaction. The history of modern feature films begins with Birth of a Nation (1915), a film that misrepresents the Black race by justifying the existence and role of the Ku Klux Klan in American society. From this racist precedent, producers and directors

claim that “the heterogeneity of art cinema makes a mockery of the attempts that have been made to treat it as a distinct genre”, I felt it important to choose readings that I felt tried to deal with the elements of art cinema in a wider sense as opposed to focusing solely on a particular film/director or country. With this in mind the readings I found most apt for this task were, “Art Cinema” by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith whose essay the topic arose from, “The Art Cinema as Mode of Film Practice” by David

U.S.'s Influence on British Cinema Culture Between 1930 and 1980 Britain and America have always had a very close relationship that could have stemmed from a number of different things. The English discovered America, they both speak the same language and the fact that America helped Britain in the first World War may have played an important part in why the two countries are so close. Due to this close bond or the 'special relationship' between the countries, over

New Age Bollywood: Society’s call or IQ’s fall The actress flexes her belly muscles for the 367th time on screen. She seems to be quite content with the blatant stereotyping and the pigeon-holing. The fact that she is only there as a commodity doesn’t seem to bother her. The actor falls in love at first sight – with her or her belly dancing, we’re not really sure. The same actor proceeds to bash the skulls of 453 similar minded men lusting after the aforementioned belly to prove his love for the

In 1894 they created what was called a Cinématographe. With the birth of the cinema camera a new medium of expression was born. Thus allowing artists to capture life in a new light. THE HOLLYWOOD MACHINE During The Great Depression going to the cinema was the best way to escape the harsh grip of reality. One could go buy a movie ticket and watch “a cartoon, a newsreel, a B-feature and the main film, which amounted

love, revenge or justice for wrong doings, good and bad as well as killing. With these themes people all across the nation were united, one way or another people related to the films that were being viewed. It was at this point and time that Hindi cinema became a voice for those who could not be heard in politics, but actions would be glorified or exaggerated to appease all status of the caste system. Throughout pivotal moments in history, new themes would be expressed throughout film. Different cultures

How Bollywood Uses New Media Tools For Marketing its Movie. Nirajan Rijal Abstract In today’s world thousands of movies release each year. Every movie has its own promotional strategies. To pull audience in theatre, producers and movie distributors use innovative strategies. There is a tough competition between movies, so promotion is most important part. New media is the latest platform to market movies. Movie website

Instructions Not Included Imagine, it is a sunny day and the light reflects off of the surrounding sea and onto an ideal beach home. Nothing but beautiful people, sunshine, and good times. But alas good times do not always last as next comes a blast from the past so powerful it is still felt 8 years into the future! If all those images have been conjured up in the viewer’s mind, then you have the basic plot to this foreign film ‘Instructions Not Included’. But wait there is more I promise. Firstly