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The author states that beauty, grace, and melody are also ill-equipped for definition without a cultural or social context to frame the definition. Art, which may be a combination of several senses colliding with the cognitive process, becomes especially problematic as we search for a definition.
As such, the essential problem of identifying whether something is artistic even with the use of an expert under an objective test is that in any event, the decision will hinge on subjectivity. Furthermore, the inherently topic of what constitutes “art” clearly compounds the problem of finding an appropriate test within a legal framework.
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The author states that this art form became popular in the 1930s, but at the same time it turned out to be a risky factor affecting the culture. Many modern critics object to this art form as an inferior style and they raise their complaints by commenting that kitsch as resembles a worthless aesthetics.
Renaissance period refers to a time when the mode of thought itself changed as it has been never changed before. New information was being garnered every day by scientists and scholars: theories hitherto held heretically were being pursued in a mood of exhilaration and hope and those held inviolable were cut to smithereens.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was being shot simultaneously with Brigadoon, “a production led by three of the four members of the highly successful ‘Freed unit,’ which comprised Vincente Minelli, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen and of course Arthur Freed, and was being touted as MGM’s next big hit” (Northcott 2007).
The authenticity of the film and its narrative comes from the fact that it was based on a real shantytown in a corner of Rio de Janeiro. It captures the lives of its inhabitants across three generations in one of the most dangerous places that the civilized world had seen.
Mental illness is often dramatic and people want to know about it. Mentally ill people often have very interesting stories to tell, but they also behave in different and interesting ways. As humans, we usually do not want to be different, but we are curious about those who are.
It is a comedy film that was released in 2012, which is built around the concept of a joke-filler advert that was prepared by an employee of Backwoods Home Magazine, as a classified advert in 1997. The advertiser was seeking for somebody to accompany him in time travel, but warning that the safety of the accompanying individual could not be guaranteed.
The author states that at the beginning of the movie the audience gets the impression that Joan Crawford’s decision to adopt Christina comes out of her genuine desire and need, especially when she reveals her romantic lover, the Hollywood lawyer, Greg Savitt that a child can fill the void in her life.
The author states that in the 70 days that they stayed there, they were exposed to the deaths of their close friends and relatives who did not survive the ordeal. Twenty-nine died in the mountains and a mere sixteen survived. Such life and death situations necessitated leadership in some circumstances.
The author states that by careful observation of her paintings, it could be vividly understood that her works have been influenced by the styles of Caravaggio. As an Italian painter, Caravaggio was noted with the definitive use of shadows in his paintings, giving his subjects with the contrast of shadows and lights to achieve the astonishing effect.
The author and the director joined forces to write the screenplay. The movie captures the ups and downs of Henry Hill and his associates over the better part of the second half of the 20th century. The title of the book had already been in the public domain courtesy of a television series and Wise Guys, a 1986 comedy show by De Palma.
Image-Configuration Ink-wash Painting, which derived from a unique combination of symbols or signs, was primarily applied to convey the imagery of the inner mind. The imagery appearing in human minds is usually vague, changeable, irrational and fleeting. They are also tremendously complex and in a state of chaos.
When taking a look at the impact that The Wizard of Oz has made on society, this fairytale was designed to be a children’s movie but there are people of all ages that still watch the movie as it periodically runs on television and has been re-released in several special editions including the most recent 70 year anniversary edition.
This paper will discuss the cultures of the display through the comparison of two separate exhibitions from selected famous museums. This comparison will be done through the study of predominant artistic theories implied by the exhibited works of art and the relationship it creates with the area of the exhibition.
Due to the increase in psychedelic drugs, films during this time were likely created by new directors trying to break into the industry and marketing on the psychedelic theme. Of the films that were not created specifically for drug users, many were based on the increasing strife that was occurring in the United States.
The research suggests that the arguments made against the policies and actual motivation of the Bush government regarding the declaration of war were perfectly portrayed in Fahrenheit 9/11. This is because the context of the situation indicates the growing need for economic and political enlargement of the Bush government.
And, in reviewing one of the films compared in this paper, Back to the Future, these themes are present, even though they are presented in a satirical way. On the other hand, sometimes time travel films are aiming strictly for laughs, not for any kind of examination or provocation of thought. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure is an example of this second type of satirical time-traveling movie.
Many of these films depend upon well-known literary works, usually novels, for their plotline, and the screenplays reduce the content to a shorter presentation of the main themes and ideas. In a few cases, these films present both mainstream views of the period in question and other, ‘alternative’ heritage material that is set in contrast to the dominant norms of gender, race, class or sexuality.
Bunuel had an uncomfortable relationship with the Catholic Church. The content of the first two shots was considered blasphemous. Bunuel was banished from Spain but he continued to be at loggerheads with the Church and stepped up a virulent campaign against it. Why did he adopt the practice of shock treatment in Un Chien Andalou?
The structure of The Weather Underground is interesting in that the filmmakers were combining the physical body of the film from so many texts. The film is labeled a “docudrama” because there are a few scenes that are staged re-enactments. The filmmakers took much care in matching the film stock and props to recreate the look of the seventies.
The problem with the issue of ethnic identity is that it is a multidimensional issue, but at the same time may look like a personal issue and decision. Some scholars define ethnic identity as a primordial issue. This perspective is, in essence, essentialist, and argues that everyone has a sense of ethnic identity with which one is born; “ethnicity of descent” as some scholars call it.
The roughness of the open city gives a sense of realism to the film. The viewer gets a picture of a recorded document of the tragic history of the nation. “The uneven film stock, salvaged from scrap reels, creates a realistic, documentary appearance, blurring the distinction between the created story and the realized drama of postwar turmoil”.
The scene as it forms the climax of the film is important and a vital link between the vents taking place prior to the scene and is about to take place after this scene. The scene is decked up with symbols and launches its audience into the realm of psychology. The activity of the child, his repeated mistake of seeing the apparition and different people, is actually his fear for his father.
While the Auteur Theory consistently asserts and acclaims the position of the Director to mold and manicure the viewpoint with which the audiences interpret the trace and history of a work of art (in the form of an object, character or event); Benjamin’s Theory on the mechanical reproduction of art discreetly points at the loss of a pristine quality that makes a ‘masterpiece’ irreproducible.
The character of Hanan gives away an important message that there is little acceptance for Middle Eastern women in American society and the people have a stereotypical image of these women. Similarly, they also have a typical image for the Native American women and to be a Latino, there are certain things that one needs to learn.
The author states that in order to provide proper nourishment to child psychology or mental development, representation of facts alone, are important but at the same time if those facts can be presented with a proper metaphorical application, fused with a flight of fancy, the entire aspect becomes more effective.
The author states that the Cognitive Theory is a theory of learning. It attempts to explain human behavior by understanding the thought processes of the human mind. Human beings are logical and yes, human beings make choices that make sense to them. There is this “Information processing” going on because they are meant to lead an interesting mental life.
The author states that after working several jobs that failed to hold his interest, in 1979 he landed his ideal job as a runner for producers at Elstree Studios. People.com quoted Simon's memoir as saying "from my first day on the job I began planning and scheming my way to the top of the business".
Considering the immense growth in cross-border immigration in the last few decades, the cinema of Hong Kong, especially those made in the 1990s, share certain common thematic aspects with its European counterpart. It was only a matter of time that the East would stamp its authority on the Western soil in terms of introducing seminal works of intellectual creativity.
I saw that most of the film consisted of just interviews and that just a few shots were of the country. I supposed that it would be hard to film, even if I did decide to stick to doing interviews. The people I needed to interview were still from Iran, making my assignment impossible. This is due to the fact that, during the last 10 months, even with a permission letter, you could not interview people unless you worked for the government.
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Robert Frank, one of the most influential individuals in the world of photography, born in Switzerland. Frank is one of the most powerful photographers not only in America but in the entire world. For over fifty years the traditional rules of film making and photography have been broken by Robert Frank. He has always looked for artistic freedom.
Film critics believe that movies are great because of their lasting stylistic and historical value. Through Birth of a Nation and the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, it is seen that revolutionary stylistic breakthroughs made in these films that continue to influence filmmakers are the primary reasons critics and film professors consider them good movies.
The author states that the primary basis of the comparative analysis of these two films is that while Hawks’ The Big Sleep is a realist film, Godard’s Breathless represents the genre of antirealist cinema. Moreover, the comparison will be based on the following cinematic elements: narrative, theme, tone, space, and sound of the two movies.
The problem with both distribution and exhibition has led the British film industry into one that is not able to compete at a global level. There are also different changes with the context in society, specifically from 1979 until the present day, which is creating changes with how the film industry is functioning.
Advances in science and technology are wonderful and spectacular - when they continue to serve their purpose and they are constantly monitored to ensure that nothing forfeits the safety of the creation. There are many science fiction films, such as The Matrix, where something is created, but then the ownership of the creation is put on the line.
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Fictuality occurs in the intersection of the vanishing event and its creative treatment by the documenting and reporting subject, represented through the dynamic relationship that exists between the director and the audience in mass-media communications. Fictuality can be viewed through the lens of the camera, on stage, in the TV set, and through the mode of media reproduction used by the artist, author, or director.
This film indeed has a rhetorical situation because of a number of factors. First, there is exigence, in this case, the situation of the immigrants and the need for someone to do something about the situation. Second, there is the audience who are capable of doing something about a situation which is basically the viewers of the film.
A significant implication of globalization is that it has heightened trade and cultural exchange between the film industries of countries across the globe. The outcome of the internalization of the film and TV industry has blurred cultural identities and intensified competition by letting film products cross national borders.
One of the most crucial issues that are depicted by the documentary is religion and nationalism. It is evident that the problem of nationalism and religion have substantially entwined the fate of Kashmiris, Indians, and Pakistanis for a long time approximated to be more than five decades (Abraham, 2009).
The major link will be demonstrated through the ethical and moral scruples of the cartoon Calvin and Hobbes, which will be described further in detail later on herein. The characters in Fight Club are supposed to mirror Calvin and Hobbes, and Calvin and Hobbes are supposed to mirror the philosopher's John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes.
Moreover, with the growing popularity of Japanese films in the west, Korean film productions suddenly carry on the trend and follow the tradition of the J-horror. In the light of these, questions of why Asian productions abruptly stream into the west all point to answers pertaining to the modern innovative concept of Japanese films.
The author states that Peter Lev in History of the American Cinema writes that “a general set of themes in the time period was distrust, hatred, and anxiety among humans” and that science fiction films of the 50s “invoked the concept of nuclear threat by focusing on fear of new or alien technology”.
The author states that it isn’t any wonder how anyone could find sociology in the background of cinemas. Even if there aren’t any human beings in a movie, its ability to send us messages about ourselves, the way we communicate, behave, the very way we live in an entertaining fashion makes it for a very effective medium of instruction.
The author states that the central figure in David’s work is a man clothed in a red cloak who is holding swords in the air. To his left, three young men have each raised their right arms in unison in the direction of the sword holder. The eye then follows the painting to the right corner where three women and two children are huddled together.
Even with its use of very modern effects, the film is a tribute to older work. There are homages to King Kong, Them, and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. The Statue of Liberty scene was inspired by Escape from New York. However, the ending is very much a modern invention. In most films of this nature, a triumph is the conclusion of the film.
Every book, article, and personal account molds my reaction. At times I will not even be aware of the effect these experiences have on my critical appraisal. This is the essence of the constantly changing state of my body of thoughts. In Barthes’ words ‘I have kept only the images which enthrall me, without my knowing why’.
Breathless (1960) along with Truffaut’s 400 blows (1959) poses a new wave’s first challenge to the Hollywood studio system. It was the powerful studio system that ran Hollywood from the late '20s through the '60s. The studio system consisted of companies that owned the studios where films were produced. These companies decided the material to be filmed;
This film is quite well known for its awesome effects, camera tricks, and its lighting, and it also caused a great deal of controversy in that it positively portrays the Ku Klux Klan (American Movie Classics Company LLC). Griffith is quite creative in how he transforms the military opposition between the North and South to the opposition between Blacks and Whites.
Every society has different values, traditions, and perceptions regarding the role of women that fit within their historical, cultural and social contexts. The cinema is an important cultural institution and reflector of social values tends to depict the role of women in movies to refer their current status as well as to motivate them to play a nontraditional role for some specified purposes.