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    Taste of Cherry 1997 Film

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    Using the Rosenbaum-Ford debate I will be analyzing how Abbas Kiarostami’s 1997 film Taste of Cherry’s epilogue and final scene comment on post-revolutionary Iran using the open image as well as how each has argued on what the scenes have achieved in relation to the rest of the film. The film has been mostly well received by international critics winning a Palme d’OR at Cannes but not so much in Iran as many felt it had problematic images of the society of the time. It follows the protagonist

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    Introduction This essay explains the journey of Bollywood (Indian Film Industry) and how it has changed itself and its audience’s perspective on Hindi Cinema. Applying the key features from Dennis McQuail’s “Normative Theory”, the relationship between Bollywood and the audience, controlled by the censorship board will be explained; and how both, the Bollywood industry and Censor Board are responsible for bringing changes to each other in the terms of rules, regulations, audience’s attitudes and their

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    preparation of the cherished bicycle for the first day's work. Hired as a billposter, Antonio was required to affix looming images of Rita Hayworth to the gray and ancient walls of Rome; ironically, he juxtaposes Hollywood's glamorous world vision to the stark realties of post-War Europe. While Antonio struggles to smooth out the lumps under the advertisement, a thief slips up behind him and steals his bicycle. Antonio chases him in vain, loses him in the rush of the mid-morning

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    Australia as anything other than an extension of his exquisitely shot commercials for the Australian Tourism Commission.” (Simpson, 2009, p.91) “Australians have spent more than a century debating national identity.” (Archer, 2008) Australia cinema has produced popular movie genres, such as action, crime, horror; however in recent years the term Ozploitation has been used to describe the Australian genre. This term was first used by Mark Hartley on the documentary “Not Quite Hollywood” (2008)

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    popular for its art films. Art films in Indian cinemas usually try to portray a particular aspect of the Indian culture and norm. These movies avoid all the glitz and glamour normally found in Indian movies. No glitz or glamour usually restricts these movies to a low budget nor are these movies able to attract a large number of audience to the cinema. Directors that usually make such movies try to get a point across to the audience using the cinema screen to portray their view of a particular issue

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    Essay Question: Discuss the ways in which masculinity is constructed in Gallipoli and / or First Blood? What codes and norms of gender are used to construct masculinity in the film(s)? The perception of masculinity within Australian films is a reflection of our society’s views and opinions of what it is to be considered masculine. It is continually reinforced in our society by the constructions of the male character in movies, just like Archie and Frank, in Gallipoli and particular male figures

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    Essay On Ritwik Ghatak

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    independent attitude towards art, tried to pull him down at any cost. However, what eventually stamped Ghatak’s greatness for the future generation was his undying dedication and honesty towards film-making. With the advent of rapid commercialization of cinema, with the fast dissolving boundary between commercial and

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    Bollywood is one of the striving industry in India and its film is widely accepted all over the world. However, even though its been able to appeal a variety of audience rather than just the norm of the Indian population. Through this paper I would like to explore how censorship has affected what is presented in the Bollywood media. In contrast to Bollywood censorship and the hiding of sexuality, Hollywood became liberal in terms of sexual content after the Commission on Press freedom was passed

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    Analysis Of Los Olvidados

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    everyone realise the truth. Ironically, Buñuel being a surrealist director, Los olvidados was not a surreal film. It was the first film directly addressing not only the issues identified with the Mexican society but also Mexican cinema itself. From here, the attributes of Mexican cinema were perpetually replaced. Content Analysis Los olvidados is based around the unfortunate events of streetboys whom gradually commit lawlessness and breach the law under the influence on Jaibo, their leader. The given excerpt

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    Movie Marketing

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    in the communications industry because of its creativity, its diversity and its continual explosions of technological delivery options. PRICE At first glance, pricing in the movie industry seems very standardized. At any multiplex is cinema hall, a movie ticket costs the same for all movies, doesn’t it? But if we look into the broader definition of the movie product just defined, then the prices fluctuate widely. A distribution contract can be structured in many ways that result in

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