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    How to Die in Oregon

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    the controversial “Death with Dignity” Law passed in the state of Oregon in 1994. How to Die in Oregon received the Grand Jury Prize in the U. S. Documentary Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, along with other countless accolades, and is currently available as an HBO Original Film. In his film, filmmaker Peter Richardson, employs the observational mode of documentary to witness how patients families and friends grapple with the legal option of physician assisted suicide. In exploring

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    memorable impact in the film industry with his cinematic adaptations of reality. From taxi driver, to Minister of culture, to honorary award winning director, Raoul Peck has experienced the world in ways few will ever have the chance to. Just as he thought his life would revolve around international affairs at the United Nations, he created a bigger platform to spread the news about foreign relations. His documentaries and films have been about real people and he believes film can try and save our histories

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    for the film and the amount of audience that would want to see possibly be interested in the genre. They will then take this to the writers and director of the particular film and they will make amendments to how the survey has come out. A producer will also look at the success of recent films of the same type; this is visible in recent times with the resurgence of vampire films following the success of twilight saga this has lead to TV series and films

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    Please Standby While We Fix A Partnership Error If you’ve ever had to perform a group project, then you know what it’s like being paired up with strangers. In the comedic short film, Standby, two cops are forced to go through something similar. From the very beginning, it’s clear to the audience that Gary and Jenny are new partners, since Jenny begins asking Gary about his address. Gary appears to have a very serious personality, while Jenny is always smiling and having fun. She seems more relaxed

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    Film festivals are cultural events that take a film and judge it against other films of similar categories to ultimately recognize the best films within a given time period. The film festival industry is one that generates competition and recognition for filmmakers around the globe. The main intention behind holding film festivals is to properly promote films that are worthy of high-level recognition. These festivals are cultural events that celebrate respectable artistry and films that have shaped

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    family experienced during the boys childhood. During the film, they tell the camera how their father had the only key to the apartment and controlled their excursions into the outside world. “Sometimes we got out once a year,” says Mukunda Angulo, “and one particular year we never got out at all” (The Wolfpack 2015). To compensate for this lack of interaction with the outside world, the brothers turned to movies, watching thousands of films during the years they stayed inside the apartment. Their

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    an adventure together after his love Madame D. is found murdered. Anderson has come a long way since his short film Bottle Rocket, but the success of that movie at the Sundance Film Festival set him on a path to greatness. Andersons continued success is contributed to his cinematography style. Let me say experiencing all of Wes Anderson's body of works, this is by far my favorite film to date. I was mesmerized by the Grand Budapest Hotel itself, as one of the prominent center points the hotel shines

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    horror movie which directed by Swedish director Tomas Alfredson in 2008. It received a number of prestigious awards including the “Best International Feature” at the 2008 Calgary International Film Festival, the “Best Narrative Feature” from Tribeca Film Festival in 2008, and etc. (Wikipedia, 2014). This film bases on the bestselling novel of the same name by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist. It describes a 12 years old boy Oskar who is a victim of bullying from school. He grew up with the single

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    create a remake centric film festival from a project I did in another film class. In that class, my group and I decided to do a presentation on horror film remakes. While trying to decide on while two films to talk about, I found that a multitude of horror films had been remade. I continued looking up films that had been remade and eventually made it through the lengthy list of horror films, and found other genres that have had remakes. Once I found enough content to pad out a film line-up, I settled

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    Are we exempt from the social responsibilities that our progressive films champion because the ends justify the means? The system is not working. And while it may be seemingly impossible to change, this does not absolve us of our responsibility to critically examine a system that, like many others in our global economy

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