Parallel Cinema

It is an arduous task to single out one specific reason accountable for the decline of the parallel cinema movement in India. There are numerous inextricable technological as well as economic factors involved. A decade of 1980 to 2000 in India saw radical economic and technological transformations. This was the period when Doordarshan exponentially expanded its network for the upcoming Asian Games in 1982 and colour television took birth. More importantly, this was also the period when the policy

some believe that it should not hold the title of it being the first film because the cameraman was a British nationalist, who filmed the film in Britan. The film was also just a recording of a popular play. Dadasaheb Phalke, named the father of cinema produced the first full-length motion picture. He brought scholarly and cultural aspects to his films. His first film consisted of males playing the female roles. This marked the

The work Bicycle Thieves is chosen to be discussed in this essay. Bicycle Thieves is an Italian film published in 1948, directed by Vittorio De Sica. It gained both commercial and artistic success, and have won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1948. The film is famous for its neorealism that reflects the post-war Italian society. In the following essay, I’m going to discuss how did De Sica use the cinematography skills to strengthen his expressions in Bicycle Thieves, and the ways

the characters. The feelings of loss, morning and grief in this story have greatly manifested the way this story was written and interpreted. After breaking down Almond’s story and reanalyzing it, it can be determined that through his use of the parallel of astrology (space) mixed with his way of selective word choice and use of symbolism that he is able to strongly and effectively support his work. According to the Oxford dictionary

The Bicycle Thief The Bicycle Thief is probably the best known and most highly praised of all the Italian Neorealist films of its era. The films of the Neorealist movement were characterized by several primary ideas. Instead of featuring stories focusing on glitz and glamour, Neorealist films focused on the poor and the working class. Instead of building and fabricating complex sets to film on, they did their filming on location. And instead of trying to get the most well known, highly paid celebrity

to Peru, where his mother is being held captive, and attempt to save her. The main theme of Michael Vey: Rise of the Elgen is perseverance which draws many parallels between the overall plot and society. The first parallel that can be drawn between the book and society that supports the theme of perseverance is tied together by the parallel of being brave enough to put yourself on the line for what you believe in. He does this in search of the base his mother is being held captive at, and is being

(5487) Thus, Mahesh Dattani excels in art and craft as well as symbolic exuberances and imagery. To him, the symbol is a powerful means of communication. The plays of Dattani are moulded by the craft of symbolism. The use of Chorus is a significant parallel feature in the structure of plays of Dattani.“The words spoken by Chorus are the indications of domestic violence, political mischiefs and social unrest. The effective use of the Chorus in the play is a dynamic technique used by the playwright” (Pant

approach to parenting, oftentimes leaving the children to fend for themselves or in perilous situations. In The Glass Castle, Jeannette recounts some of the injuries she and her siblings suffer, the reaction her parents have to those injuries, and the parallel episodes they refer to. One of the first appalling instances of Jeanette’s various accidents occurs when she is cooking hot dogs at the age of three. Walls writes: “...when I stood up and started stirring the hot dogs again, I felt a blaze of heat

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| Women     Significant Women Roles in Indian CinemaInnovative women roles in Indian films, especially mainstream cinema, are few and far between. Some creative directors, working within the mainstream format, however have given us some meaty characters. Several women-significant films were made in the early days of Indian cinema like "Achchyut Kanya," which touched the theme of untouchability. Bimal Roy made a few films inspired by the novels of Sarat Chatterjee like "Biraj Bou", "Devdas" and "Parineeta