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Analysing Film:The Girl Chewing Gum (1976, John Smith) and Une femme est une femme (1961, Jean-Luc Godard)...? Analyzing Film: The Girl Chewing Gum (1976, John Smith) and Une femme est une femme (1961, Jean-Luc Godard) The movies of 60s and 70s have been appreciated more because of their film techniques and cinematography more than the actual plot. For the movie The Girl Chewing Gum released in 1976 the director John Smith have brought into picture the narrative mode in film making (Smith). For the French movie Une femme est une femme released in 1961 director Godard has attempted realist music for the movie. Such new techniques have been innovations in film making. In the Smith’s film the reality of a busy street in London has been captured as a fiction. The chance technique...
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Describe and analyse in detail the dramatic importance and visual impact of the Mediterranean setting in Et Dieu cra la femme...? "ET DIEU CRЙA LA FEMME" VISUAL ARTS AND FILM STUDIES SUBMITTED TO- SUBMITTED BY- "ET DIEU CREA LA FEMME" INTRODUCTION The film "Et Dieu Crea la Femme" was one of the defining films in the new era of French cinema. The post-war era of the French films was marked by the emphasis on the different elements of realism. Also, the effects of the war on the film were understood and seen in vivid details. This is one of the elements of the movie that is very important in the development of the plot within the context of future compositions. The script had a huge inbuilt sensuality that was accentuated by the presence of the Mediterranean settings in the film. It played a great part in the...
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Cleopatra: Tragic Heroine or Femme Fatale...Cleopatra: Tragic Heroine or Femme Fatale?
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Why is Helen a Femme Fatale...Helen of Troy as a Femme Fatale of School Helen of Troy as a Femme Fatale According to dictionary terminology, the phrase ‘femme fatale,’ is used to describe a woman as “a very attractive woman who causes trouble or unhappiness for the men who become involved with her,” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.). As one of the most notable women in literature and mythology, Helen of Troy, was a woman of amazing beauty and her appeal throughout literature notes that she was irresponsible in her actions and it eventually led to the Trojan War. However, this leads to her being treated as an object rather than a person, putting much weight on the shoulders of one woman for the cause of one war.
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