Throughout the course of cinematic history one of the most popular genres of film has been “gangster” or “crime”, in particular a focus on the Mafia. A couple of the most popular films have been The Godfather, The Godfather Part ii, and Goodfellas. Some of the similar characteristics that the audience notices after watching these movies are: violence, power, family, etc. Of course those examples of films come from the perspective of the American directors who made them. Films like La Siciliana Ribelle (The Sicilian Girl) and I Cento Passi (One Hundred Steps) offer a perspective from Italian filmmakers.
Cult films make up more and more of midnight screenings and are used to show stories that are often controversial in ways that will show the general public what is going on in their society. Sometimes, they were revolutionary films considered to be 'before their time' and not bound by the conventions of their time. Most often, they were obscure and cheesy cult films that were made by maverick, highly individualistic film-makers with low-budget resources and little commercial marketing. Cult films are rarely, if ever, sequels, since then they would have attained mainstream appeal and widespread success, therefore taking away from the definition of cult films. These films are known for their dedicated and passionate followers that engage in
Theatre reflects the society in which it is in. Use of particular elements of drama and production in Harrison’s Stolen and Keene’s Life Without Me and evokes the audience’s engagement and understanding of the dramatic meaning that is created. By exploring the development of the character’s personal concerns the audience can effectively engage with and consider the cultural issues expressed in these two plays. By highlighting and exploring these key issues the audience is challenged and confronted with a representation and reflection on parts of Australian culture. The thematic issues and concerns of both plays include – Racism, Discrimination, Persecution, Lack of Respect, Identity, Belonging (or lack of), Discovery and the issues of Home.
Bernard de la Harpe was in charge of organizing the second French expedition. The objective behind doing this, was to regain fortune of the Louisiana territory. La Harpe had received concessions of the Louisiana land in 1718. The French officials authorized Bernard de la Harpe to lead this expedition. The governor, sent him from New Orleans in December to establish a settlement for the Compagnie des Indes and to explore the upper course of the Red River(Buck, Kate.
Cinema has taken a long route to be perceived as a form of art. As any emerging concept, cinema undermined the established norms and received ambiguous feedback from viewers and critiques. The majority argued the status of cinema as a form of art. Various pundits and stakeholders raised concerns that the innovation ever had the right to exist. Nonetheless, others accepted the novelty as the new form of expression.
After reading Searle’s “What is an Institution?” , I was very interested in how Searle described the creation of an institutional. He talks about how institutional facts can simply be created by pure basic statements.
Over the years women have always been looked down upon and seen as incapable of doing anything. According to history men has dominated the mathematical scene and have made the biggest contributions. But, that is far from the case women has made just as big an impact as men if not bigger. A mathematician is not defined by a person’s gender but what they must offer the world past, present and future.
The truth is that Thelma and Louise do not intend to “go on a crime spree." As the screenwriter Callie Khouri states, they are “normal” people. All they want is to enjoy a weekend trip from everyday life, and they never imagine they are involved in any crimes. Then, how do they go on a crime?
CONCEPTUAL PARADIGM While independent movies are considerably disregarded by normal movie-goers in the Philippines, the class has turned into the "in thing" in the nation as non-mainstream movies increase approval and produce worldwide interest. Industry specialists noticed that outside the box movie producers create a bigger number of films now than standard studios, which have been saddled by tremendous misfortunes because of theft, high charges and still remote rivalry. There are lots of misconceptions on Independent films, especially when its leading character or leading characters portray by women. The study will be focusing on the perspectives of selected feminist organization only.
ADAPTATI ONS O F PLAYS Adaptations of the play into a film will be more good than have in common with the film adaptation of the novel and the Novel itself. The issue of the length and angle of view is minimized. It 's time to play the actual (not including the time between acts or scenes) is rarely more than three hours. Structural Divisions Unlike the movie, the drama has a clear structure with a Division-acts or scenes of the influential position of peak power and dramatic intensity. The end of an action can be build to an emotional peak race, setting up the dramatic resonance to carry over into the next action.