Themes in Australian Movies Essay

The later 20th century saw the manifestation of the Post-Modernism, in which the use of appropriation and re-contextualisation was developed to test previous conventional depictions of gender in the visual arts. Artists Yasumasa Morimura, Julie Rrap, Anne Zahalka and Cindy Sherman have each employed the use of appropriation to question the historical ideologies of gender, particularly in relation to women, and their role in art and society. They all borrowed past paintings and promoted them with

The Intouchables The movie “The Intouchables” (first released on November 2, 2011 in Belgium and directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano) is the factual story of an unconventional relationship between a millionaire quadriplegic from the ritziest neighborhood in Paris and his Senegalese caregiver from the ghetto—a bond that begins as a working one but builds, through trust and care and shared experiences, into a lasting friendship that changes two unhappy lives forever. In Paris, the upper-class

about issues that are still relevant today Shakespeare writes about issues that are still relevant today because his themes are universal, his plays have been updated and remade and there are various schools of thought who argue about his plays. His universal themes of vaulting and corrupting ambition, a reliance on superstition and gender tell us that the play Macbeth explored themes that are still seen in today’s society. The updated and remade film versions of Macbeth (also known as The Tragedy

Bruce Dawe, an Australian known poet, born 1930 is still one of the biggest selling and most highly regarded poets of Australia. His ability to write such influential poems has made an impact on a number of people, as each poem can be related to the ordinary living lives of Australians throughout the years. Bruce Dawe's poems are interesting because they comment on the lives of ordinary people. This statement is agreed on. In relation to the statement, three key poems can be linked being Enter Without

Between 1970 and 1980 there was a cultural film explosion, there were over 200 films released by major and independent studios that hyped major black characters and themes. Prior to the Blaxploitation era black actors had been relinquished to playing small parts that usually presented stereotyped images of the black race with roles such as waitresses or shoeshine boys. This however all changed when in 1971 when the first successful black film "Sweetback's Baadasss Song" showed a black man coming

theory over the past decade such that both have influenced each other, it has not had the same kind of relation with theatre/performance studies, photography and the visual arts. Nowhere is this more evident than in the separation of the study of Australian theatre and filmmaking in critical discourse. This is despite the fact that the theatre has constituted a reference point for film producers from pre-sound cinema days to the present in terms of film properties, script-writers, acting talent, and

For the Australian poet, Les Murray, a natural and peaceful life is, Driving Through Sawmill Towns, and spending An Evening Alone At Bunyah – a place without war or, The Burning Truck, that produces Blood. The cycle of life for Murray means "going home again from the cities of the world", where he can find, An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow, without changing the "actual" world. Similarly, the Irish poet, Seamus Heaney, wants people to get rid of The Mud Vision and, "figure in [their] own eyes for the

Lilly Fuller 8 March, 2017 English 11 Gabbert My Favorite Color is White! From “The Jazz Singer”, released in 1927, to “The Social Network, released in 2010, Hollywood loves to keep up it’s themes of whitewashing! For anyone who doesn 't know, whitewashing occurs when a character should be one race, but is portrayed by another. Throughout film and television there are numerous examples of this being portrayed. However, not many people understand why whitewashing is bad or even notice that it 's happening

The Struggle For Diversity In Hollywood: Hollywood films are the biggest brand of entertainment in the world. While other entertainment mediums such as TV and video games are gaining larger and larger audiences Hollywood films set the standard for the entertainment industry. But there is a fatal flaw in the Hollywood system, the representation of minorities. In 2014 Minority lead actors in film and TV were underrepresented by a factor of more than three-to-one (Hunt, 2014). The amount of money

shows his faithfulness by coming back to save Frodo despite the mistreatment. However, Samwise is not only a representation of Tolkien’s Catholic background. (Ingles, 2010) According to www.tolkiensociety.org, around the year 1915, Tolkien was finally enlisted as a second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers. One year later, he was sent to active duty on the Western Front, just in time for the Somme offensive; a WW1battle. During this time Tolkien encountered some traumatic experiences. Tolkien