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Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

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Simon Cowell Visual Arts & Film Studies Assignment
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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".
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The Womans Film of the 1940s Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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The author explains that “The label “woman’s film” refers to a genre of Hollywood films produced from the silent era through the 1950s and early ‘60s but most heavily concentrated and most popular in the 1930s and ‘40s. The films deal with a female protagonist and often appear to allow her significant access to point of view structures.
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Falling Down Movie Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Crash and La Haine are similar to Falling Down. Crash and Falling Down had the same outlook. They both look on the world as if everybody sees and notices but never talks about it. They both use their power to show who is in charge of their weapons or police badges. Officer John Ryan in Crash touched and felt up a woman on her car because he could.
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Silent Pictures Come to Life: The Panache of Keaton & Chaplin Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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The author states that while Chaplin has been famed for his facial expressions, Keaton, on the other hand, has been prominent for risky stunts carried out in a haphazard manner. Yet their differences do not just end here. Their distinctive styles were revealed in Chaplin’s The Gold Rush and Modern Times and in Keaton’s The General and The Navigator.
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Dignifying African American Characters through Hollywood Blockbusters from a Chinese Perspective Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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There is a stark difference in the culture of the two nations and little interaction between the Chinese and the Africans. The image of Black is built through the commercial American films which they get to see in which Blacks are usually caste in supporting roles or very hostile stereotypical roles of either muggers or drug dealers. 
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Carl Beam's Major Painting Themes Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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This essay centers on the different kinds of media used by Carl in his paintings. Moreover, paper focuses on the native Indian paintings that Beam created in order to elaborate on his connection to his culture and origin. Furthermore, it writes about some of his paintings that describe the way in which the European culture dominated the native Indian one. Also, his portrayal of the human condition today is a part of the essay.
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The Apollo Theater: Artistic Pantheon of the Harlem Renaissance Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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The author states that the rise of the Harlem Renaissance started around 1919 largely in response to two specific incidents. In 1921 a black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, otherwise known as the ‘Wall Street for African-Americans,’ was burned to the ground by vigilante white mobs and in Rosewood, Florida, in 1923, a similar event occurred.
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The Site of Art Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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The site of their work is an important element in conveying the sublime elements of their meaning through the physical content of their forms.  Otterness creates a play area for children at the same time that he makes a strong statement to financially-conscious adults about the true nature of their pursuit of money. Similarly, Holzer surprises the public spaces in which she exhibits simply as she works in an area dominated by advertising.
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Analysis of Farewell My Concubine Movie Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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The River is frequently the backdrop for scenes. The film is shot in a documentary-like style that functions to draw give the viewer the impression that they are a participant in the drama, and give the film a grittier and more true to life feel. Even with these techniques, the film’s stylistic elements seem to dominate its narrative concern.
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Adding Flair to the Dramatics Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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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.
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Word and Image: Creating Meaning Visual Arts & Film Studies Assignment
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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.
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Lone Star Is a Strong Film about Borders Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Plain and forthright as it looks, ‘Lone Star’ winds up with a scope and overview rarely attempted in American films today, which makes its success that much more exemplary”. The opening landscape shot of the desolate land where nothing is breathed except the cactus itself reveals the divided borders where people know too much of the dividing past and too little of togetherness.
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Georgia OKeefe and Janet Cummings Good Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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This essay demonstrates that while O’Keefe is a painter and Cummings Good is a graphic designer, both have contributed work that is understated, yet profound. In looking at the lives and work of these two women, it can be seen that while men do dominate the field, women have a viable place in the world of art.
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Distinctive Features of the Zhe School Painters Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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Zhe School was a school of painters, which revolutionized the Chinese history of painting. Zhe School of painters came into existence during the ancient Ming dynasty in China in the 15th century. This school of painters was founded by a group of conservative Chinese painters led by Dai Jan and they named this school after home town of Dai Jan.
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Slumdog Millionaire: Idea and Execution Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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The drama/romance movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire was directed by Danny Boyle and co-directed by Loveleen Tandan in India. It mainly stars newcomer British actor Dev Patel, playing the title role of Jamal Malik, and another relative newcomer Freida Pinto playing Jamal’s love interest, Latika. The supporting cast in this movie includes Anil Kapoor.
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Cultural Specific in Indian Movies Visual Arts & Film Studies Case Study
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This research will begin with the statement that the Indian film industry is the largest industry in the world in terms of producing a number of films every year. Historically, it has focused on producing films that only catered to the specific audience without considering the fact that movies produced can be universal in their theme too.
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The Story of Rambo Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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The author of the following paper states that the third and the fourth movies in the series did not make as much money as the first and the second Rambo which means that the audiences gave gone tired of the formula of violence and mental tortures which made the first and second Rambo movies very successful.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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This research demonstrates that according to Russell, Sugimoto has highlighted the ‘natural’ and integral role of emulation in the development of artistic and cultural traditions in Japan. Bruno tries to explain Sugimoto’s different fields and their interrelation. Bruno establishes a relationship between movie theaters, dioramas, wax museums, and seascapes.
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European Cinema: 9/11 Films Visual Arts & Film Studies Coursework
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The individuals that are represented in the film, as well as the approach to the stories that transcend from time and link to 9/11 are done not only to show the human element of grief and sorrow. This is also done to portray the identities of others across the globe and how it relates to the same human elements and concepts used.
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Light Effect in History of Art Visual Arts & Film Studies Assignment
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Sandro Botticelli was an outstanding Italian painter of the mid renaissance period. He worked for Medici, the patron of art and culture. His paintings are renowned for sinuous lines and ethereal landscape. The birth of Venus, the beautiful painting of the Goddess of Love is one of his most famous paintings.
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M by Fritz Lang Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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 “It is an incredible portrait of a society at war with itself, tormenting itself from within. M reveals in a frighteningly visceral way just how prepared the ground was in 1930s Germany for the ascension of a Hitlerian regime. It shows Germany’s loss of order as a society disappearing into an atomized existence of individual jungle rule: anarchy and insecurity at its best. 
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Latin American Cinema Visual Arts & Film Studies Coursework
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Unknowingly to Gris, this medieval device grants the user eternal life, and an ailing local businessman, Dieter De La Guardia, aware of this secret, will stop at nothing to retrieve it. After using the Cronos device, Jesus is amazed by its ability to rejuvenate his body and is consequently unwilling to relinquish it to Dieter, despite the many confrontations with his thuggish nephew, Angel.
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Religious Motives in Cartoons and Motion Pictures Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Proposal
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This domain has always been controversial because the knowledge secured by human interests tends to differ from those of religious traditions. Even in the modern age of reason, censorship "is an enduring feature of all human communities" (Jansen 1991, p.4).
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Portrayal of Latino Identity: Comparative Analysis of Frida and Learn to be Latino Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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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.  
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Irish Hunger Memorial Visual Arts & Film Studies Coursework
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An examination of the details of the site, its use by visitors, and its applicability to a variety of cultures reveal why a site such as this can become so powerful in bridging the distance between peoples. Recognized as a public sculpture, monuments to past events serve an important function not only in the community sense of helping others to heal from tragedies.
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Aspects of Movie Taxi Driver Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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The film can be defined as a film that deals with the issue of returning Vietnam veterans and their reaction to social ignorance and decay. Indeed, this essay follows Steven Ross who argues, “Military movies of the seventies and eighties need to be read, first, in the context of the national debate over Vietnam, and, secondly, in the context of the 'post-Vietnam syndrome'” (Ross 282).
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Evaluation of Big Bang Theory: The Luminous Fish Effect Visual Arts & Film Studies Assignment
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The researcher states that the characters within the program must demonstrate a sense of loyalty to the best interests of the other characters, deal with their problems and each other in an honest way that honors each other’s individuality and demonstrate a clear sense that they are aware of the difference between right and wrong behaviors and act appropriately in favor of right.
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Modern Urban and Industrial Life Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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While interpretations of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) and Metropolis (1927) vary, it’s clear that much of the German anxiety towards the encroaching industrial climate can be read into the films. The expressionist settings also are constructed in a way that illustrates the tremendous psychological anxieties the Germans faced after World War I and their search for direction in a war-torn country.
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The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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In The Seventh Seal, Bergman explores the existence of God and the boundary between life and death. His metaphysical ideas in the film are too fragmented and inconsistent, thus it is hard to decide this film’s genre. Although this film’s main idea is too complicated, the unique style and approach to cinematography demonstrate Bergman’s qualification.
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Mickey Rourke, the Wrestler Visual Arts & Film Studies Article
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They needed a star name that they could bank on. Mickey resigned to his fate and in a way was not unhappy; doing the movie would have meant visiting areas of his mind that he tried to forget.
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Interventionist Artists Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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With particular emphasis on modern incarnations of culture jamming in the work of Krystof Wodickzko and the Adbusters publication, this essay critically examines the work of a series of contemporary interventionists artists, and contextually situates their work within the historical and neo-avant-garde.
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Making Disaster Movies Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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The best disaster films comment upon the negative effects of advancing technology, demonstrate the 'hubris' of scientists and other individuals, deliver uplifting moral lessons of sacrifice, and provide a 'how-to' in terms of survival skills.”Good disaster movies provide lessons on the daunting spirit of the man.
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Analysis of the Film Jamie Uys' The Gods Must Be Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Written, produced, and directed by Jamie Uys, the 1980 movie, The Gods Must Be Crazy, intertwines a trio of series, namely, a Bushman’s journey to the end of the earth to return a Coca Cola bottle to the gods, the romance between a clumsy scientist and a schoolteacher, and a group of terrorists on the run.
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Scenario Project for Detective Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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Thus, “communication is the process of creating meaning between two or more people through the expression and interpretation of messages,” Cleary (2008:1). There are certain problems like barriers to communication in this scenario where the detective will need to get all the information from various witnesses with different cultural backgrounds.
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The Role of Cigarettes in Fashion and Ad Visual Arts & Film Studies Article
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There is a strong sense of history in its black and white depiction as well as in the concept of what makes up a beautiful figure.  In today’s age, the most attractive women are considered to be those who are close to dangerously underweight, but in the early 1900s, the more attractive shape included more curves. 
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Freedom Writers, Diary Entries about Student's Lives Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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After the notorious Rodney King riots in Long Beach and during the peak of inter-racial gang wars, 23-year-old teacher Erin Gruwell (Hillary Swank) is assigned to Room 203 of Woodrow Wilson High School. Room 203 is packed with “unteachable”, a group of racially accused teenagers.
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Chaim Soutine - Training and Professional Development, Path to Recognition, Place in the History of Modern Jewish Art Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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In 1923, influential art dealer, Paul Guillaume, showcased Soutine’s work where Albert Barnes, a prominent art collector of America, became his ardent follower and bought more than 50 of Soutine’s paintings. Barnes intangibly became the most fanatic patron and took out Sautine from poverty and obscurity.
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Mise-en-scene - Casablanca Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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The next scene opens up inside the bar: a medium-shot with the fast and flamboyant entry of our Protagonist, Rick Blaine (played by Humphrey Bogart) from the left door (a surprise element where we actually anticipate the entry of the Nazi Captain). He is a bitter, cynical American expatriate living in Casablanca running "Rick's Café Américain", an upscale nightclub and gambling den.
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The Major Characteristic of the Film Noir Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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Film Noir means the Black film or dark film. Film Noir belongs to American Cinema. But the name Film Noir was coined by French critics; by Nino Frank to be exact in 1946, in an article in Ecran Francais. The Second World War changed the mood of American society very drastically and hence that of the American films too.
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The Fourth Dimension of Animated Reality Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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Television and the global market as such function as secondary outlets for the commercial process involved in marketing an animation film. An array of toys to video games are produced and sold based on each successful animation film. The creative persona of humans has once again reached a threshold of transcending reality.
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The Man in the Chaperon - Jan Van Eyck Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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With a life largely undocumented except for records of commissions by various important persons who came into contact with him, there is no known record of Jan van Eyck’s birth. Scholars have had to guess his age, how he was educated and apprenticed, and also his relationship with a number of another Van Eycks of the time.
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Analysis of the Movie: Cigarette Box Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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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.
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The Sociology of the Cinema Visual Arts & Film Studies Essay
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The role of the Director as an able storyteller in the medium of film making is that of a ringmaster who trains the lion to perform the antics of a house cat and create a visual metaphor; and that of a ventriloquist who creates the illusion of a lifeless doll coming to life and becoming an animated character. 
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Semiotics of Cinema and Film Theory Visual Arts & Film Studies Term Paper
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Cinema is now considered seriously as a structured platform like that of a language. That is to say, the notion of film language is already a familiar field in the writings of some of the earliest theories in cinema. The analogy between language and film is a much-debated as well as the researched topic in terms of developing poetic and linguistic qualities of cinema.
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Concepts of National Cinema Visual Arts & Film Studies Literature review
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Prior to the 1980s, critical writings on cinema adopted common-sense notions of national cinema. The idea of national cinema has long informed of the promotion of non-Hollywood cinemas. Along with the name of the director-auteur, it has served as a means by which non-Hollywood films – most commonly art films – have been labeled, distributed and reviewed.
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Fires Were Started and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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The film, “Fires Were Started” released in 1943, was a semi-documentary feature film produced in Britain during WWII. The story was based on the lives of firemen who were real-life heroes in their dedicated service during the World War. One such event of fire fighting was recreated in the film and the firemen who had been participants in that event were chosen as the actors in the film.
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Girl Interrupted Visual Arts & Film Studies Movie Review
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Susanna – a troubled girl, a girl interrupted by the social demands opposing to follow the norms probes into her inner strength to find the obedience required in order to be accepted into the “normal” world. “Girl Interrupted” ventures into the mental care institutions, where the differentiation between mental illnesses and socially disturbed individuals is mingled. Patients are sedated regardless of their mental diagnoses.
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Critical Centary of a Passage from Sartre's Huis Clos Visual Arts & Film Studies Coursework
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Sartre’s Huis Clos is a stark portrayal of the human condition when stripped to minimalist surroundings. The passage that has been identified in Jean-Paul Sartre’s Huis Clos occurs towards the end of the one-act play. It features the play’s central characters – Ines, Estelle, and Garcin – as they equally confront and deny the humanistic elements that underline their existence. 
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El Greco and Mytaras Face to Face Visual Arts & Film Studies Case Study
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To create meaning through art has been the aim of artists since cave painters of ancient France. Using materials to produce an artifact that is greater than the sum of its parts is not only meaningful, it is historically significant. Mytaras could constitute connecting links in the space between the transition phase of El Greco, but whether his straightforward dialogue is similar to Mytaras’s cryptic discourse can only be seen in the future.
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How Film Will Get a Profitable Afterlife Visual Arts & Film Studies Research Paper
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The first screening of the first film in the world marked the birth of a new art form in 1895. Lumiere brothers’ picture show thus became the arrival note for of this all-new medium. Talkies were born in the late 1920s to provide a platform to exhibit cinema to the masses. And this was the beginning of the cinema as an industry.
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