Sofia Vassilieva Essays

  • Saint Mark's Basilica Analysis

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    Amidst the gondolas and waterways of Venice, Italy lies an iconic and historic center of worship. Saint Mark’s Basilica, built over a thirty- one year span from 1063 to 1094, has been used for Roman Catholic mass services for almost 1,000 years. Home to extensive mosaics and stunning architecture, Saint Mark’s Basilica stands as a testament to the splendor and religious importance of the eleventh century. The complex architecture of Saint Mark’s Basilica blends techniques from three different

  • Philip Rosenthal's Everybody Loves Raymond

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    Philip Rosenthal’s documentary, Exporting Raymond, follows the show Everybody Loves Raymond as it moves to Russia and is adapted into Everybody Loves Kostya. This documentary shows the reality of media globalization and American media adaption for audiences from other countries. Media Globalization, “especially, refers to the content--the cultural products--available globally” (Croteau and Hoynes 337). Exporting Raymond is directed and starred in by Philip Rosenthal, the creator of the hit American

  • The Virgin Suicide Analysis

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    The Virgin Suicides 1 500526890 Professor Jessica Thom March 21 2017 The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides is about the deaths of the Lisbon young ladies which denoted the deterioration of the Grosse Point, Michigan neighbourhood in which they lived in during the 1970s. The five young ladies are thirteen year old Cecilia, fourteen year old Lux, fifteen year old Bonnie, sixteen

  • The Lisbon Sisters In The Virgin Suicides

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    they could attain, whether it be through sex, romance, music, or alcohol. Decades later, the boys are still obsessing over the beautiful, mysterious, unattainable Lisbon sisters. Only now, they are obsessing about who they were before the suicides. Sofia Coppola’s, The Virgin Suicides, defines the Lisbon sisters as object of masculine desire through the use of voyeurism and manipulation. The immense weight of the conflicting societal, domestic, and internal pressures drove

  • My Sister's Keeper Movie Analysis

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    My kidney, My life My Sister’s Keeper is a 2009 American drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and starred by Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva and Alec Baldwin. It was also based on a novel of the same name. The film was released to cinemas in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Mexico and the United Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sister 's_Keeper_(film) Short summary Anna Fitzgerald’s sister, Kate is dying of leukaemia and needs a kidney. The mother expects the little