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Historical Accuracy in "Midway", 2008.
A film review of Jack Smight's "Midway".
1,045 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper introduces and analyzes the film "Midway" directed by Jack Smight. Specifically, it discusses the film and its depiction of the historical battle of Midway. The paper points out that "Midway" is a historical film that uses archival footage to make the action seem more realistic. The paper claims that the historical perspective of this film is overall very accurate, but that there are some lapses in truth. It argues that Hollywood melodrama makes some of the information in the film questionable at best. The paper concludes that, to watch the film for entertainment makes sense, but to base historical fact on the film will only disappoint and misinform the viewer.
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"The film shows how military choices and tactics led up to the battle, and how, for the first time, the battle was essentially fought from the air, with the two navies never actually seeing each other. For this reason, the battle is extremely historic, and that is one of the reasons the filmmakers chose to create the film. In addition, it seems in the 70s that there was considerable anti-war sentiment after the war in Vietnam and college unrest, and several WWII films were created during this time, such as "Tora, Tora, Tora!" (1970) which tells the story of the Pearl Harbor attacks from the Japanese point of view, and "Patton" (1970), which tells the story of the life of General George Patton. It seems that Hollywood was attempting to create more patriotism in America by reminding Americans of the great victories during World War II, and this film fits into that category quite nicely."
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Film: "Just Like Heaven", 2008.
An analysis of the film "Just Like Heaven"directed by Michael S. Waters.
2,355 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 72.95
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This paper critiques the film "Just Like Heaven", including the acting, directing, writing and soundtrack. The paper points out that this film is a romantic comedy with a twist, which gives the film momentum and adds an element of mystery to the film. Adapted from a French novel, the film is entertaining, engaging, and memorable. The paper relates that the director of "Just Like Heaven" is Mark S. Waters, who also directed hits "Mean Girls" and "Freaky Friday". The paper concludes that " Just Like Heaven" might seem like a "sweet" film that ends happily; however, this romantic comedy blends elements of mystery, laughter and pathos to create a memorable film.
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"However, it is the secondary cast that really holds this film together and makes it sing, even though the primary on-screen roles are Elizabeth and David. Abby, Elizabeth's sister is just the right blend of caring sibling, over-tasked mother, and skeptical caretaker to make the role her own. She is funny, moving, and loving in turn, and her role may be one of the most challenging in the film, because she is the one who must make the tough decision whether to give up on her sister or not. She is convincing in the role, and confesses in the Special Features that her "favorite" director is her husband."
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Social Work: Help for the Family, 2008.
An overview of the social services available and appropriate for a family with significant social and psychological issues, using the family in Augusten Burroughs' "Running with Scissors" as a sample case.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 86.95
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This paper discusses the social services that should be provided when a family is undergoing psychological difficulties to both the family as a whole and to the children so as to ensure a healthy and safe environment. The writer describes the broken family situation in Augusten Burroughs' "Running with Scissors" and then discusses the best strategy for ultimately uniting the mother with her son, and the different agencies that will be involved in accomplishing this.
Outline
Introduction
Background
Summary of the Case
Policy Analysis
Assessment Outline
Agency Assessment
Conclusion
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"According to this purpose of acting in the child's best interest, the initiative is a new approach to the well-being of children and young people from birth to age nineteen. Therefore, all services provided in this case must be viewed as part of a multi-agency strategic approach focused on the coordinated action of numerous agencies driven by an analysis of all the party's priorities and secured through a coordinated and integrated frontline delivery, processes, strategy and governance."
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Pain Management in War Torn America, 2008.
A discussion of pain management in war torn America as described in the movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
763 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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The paper discusses the concept that pain ridden Americans are taking the idea of pain management into their own hands. More specifically, the paper discusses the movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and hos the movie demonstrates that if the American legal system and physicians would provide better healthcare in the area of pain management, many people suffering from pain would not be abusing illegal drugs.
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"Terry Gilliam's movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" deals with this bioethical issue of how a war torn country was coping with its pain. Throughout the movie, the audience is constantly bombarded with images and scenes of war. Clips from newsreels of Vietnam show up on the television and background radio noise. While driving to Las Vegas, a woman on the radio speaks about soldier's dying from illegal drug overdose. The circus they attend while in Vegas is likened to "what the whole hip world would be doing on a Saturday night if the Nazis had won the war. This was the sixth Reich," (Gilliam 1998). On one scene, Dr. Gonzo screams out "I just got back from Vietnam," (Gilliam 1998) while throwing up outside of a car, antagonizing a couple next to them in a taxi. Due to lack of physician orientated help, many soldiers and Americans turned to illegal substances. Dr. Gonzo and Hunter S. Thompson view these illegal substances as their "medication." They medicate themselves throughout the movie to ease the pain cause by the war and of failing to obtain the American Dream, "Learn to enjoy loosing."
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Little Miss Sunshine, 2008.
A review of the movie "Little Miss Sunshine".
2,543 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 77.95
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This paper discusses the movie, "Little Miss Sunshine" and relates that the movie is about family strength in the face of adversity. More specifically, the paper relates that the movie demonstrates that, families, in spite of their problems, can be supportive of each other in troubled times and events and that, sometimes, these troubled times and events can even bring families closer together.
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"Frank is the brother and uncle in the family. Having recently attempted suicide unsuccessfully, he has been forced to go and live with the Hoovers, despite the fact that he has been estranged from them for some time. He is thus not looking forward to embarking on the cross-country road trip that they must undertake for the sake of daughter Olive. Like Richard and Dwayne, Frank is facing a myriad of crises. A prominent Proust scholar, he had fallen in love with one of his graduate students. The student did not respond kindly to Frank's advances, and began courting the affections of the nation's other leading Proust scholar. Frank reacted harshly and effectively lost his job at the university for speaking out of line. At that point, he attempted to commit suicide, but failed in this endeavor. He is now forced to reunite with a family he feels alienated from. If that is not enough, on the road, he encounters the object of his affection who is accompanying the other Proust professor on vacation - just as Frank is purchasing pornographic magazines on behalf of the Grandfather"
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Branagh and 'Much Ado About Nothing', 2008.
This paper discusses Kenneth Branagh's film production of 'Much Ado About Nothing'.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 41.95
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In this article, the writer notes that when looking at the effectiveness of a film-interpretation of any Shakespeare play one has to determine whether or not the staging, blocking, sets, props and scenery interfere with or enhance the dialogue. The writer maintains that overall, Kenneth Branagh's production of 'Much Ado About Nothing', succeeds in this - the setting and staging rarely step on the dialogue. The writer notes that unlike the opening of the play, Branagh's version begins with, essentially, a musical number. The success of this complete reinterpretation of the original is in true keeping with the spirit of fun and frivolity of the play itself. The writer discusses that while this departs significantly from anything Shakespeare wrote, Branagh's opening stands as a significant success and does nothing but enhance and, when compared side-by-side with other scenes, proves to be one of the most effective scenes in the film.
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"Traditionally, the play opens with the messenger arriving to tell of the arrival of Don Pedro. In this, we are given the setting and, just as effectively, an understanding of the comedy to ensue. But, in Branagh's version, going from the printed words, fading out, and then the fade in to the pastoral scene in which all of the characters living in Messina are frolicking carefree on the Italian hillside seemingly celebrating nothing but life itself. We see, viscerally, that these are children, adults living a life of ease and free from worry. There is laughter, play, teasing, and an absolute sense of ease between the characters that either sets the tone for the entire movie or, in another context, would be the setup for great tragedy later on - which, of course, there is a lot of the former and a little of the latter throughout. This feeling is exactly what Shakespeare sought to convey in the play."
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"Shoulder Arms", 2008.
An analysis of the reasons for the success of Charlie Chaplin's political satire, "Shoulder Arms."
857 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 30.95
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This paper reviews Charlie Chaplin's 1918 film entitled "Shoulder Arms." It describes the plot and style of the film and discusses the reasons why Chaplin's war comedy was so commercially and critically acclaimed. The paper discusses Chaplin's depictions in the film and how they were used to create a political satire that was revolutionary for the time period.
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"In conclusion, it can be said that the reason Chaplin's revolutionary war comedy was so commercially and critically acclaimed was that it successfully used comedy to convey a political message. The film said two things at the same time. On the one hand, it was a funny movie that people could laugh at as a deadly war began to wind down. On the other hand, it was a film that spoke of the ridiculousness of war and the idea that heroes are found in war. The result is that Chaplin created a film that spoke loudly, especially when one considers the fact that it was a silent film."
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"Roaring Lions", 2008.
An analysis of Rastafarianism as a social movement through a review of the film "Roaring Lions".
1,552 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce and analyze the documentary film "Roaring Lions" which chronicles the origins of the Rastafarian indigenous social movement in the Caribbean. It looks at how Rastafarianism is much more than reggae music and the tunes of Bob Marley, although those cultural items have introduced many people to Rastafarianism around the world. It contends that Rastafarianism is a social movement working to become an accepted religion in Jamaica and other Caribbean nations.
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"Essentially, the Rastafarian movement began in the 1930s, when Jamaicans discovered the black emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I. One Rastafarian in "Roaring Lion" says, "In Jamaica, we always worshipped a white Christ, and a white king, and a white queen" ("Roaring Lion"), which helps the viewer understand how a black king would be such a strong, magnetic draw for these people. They raised Selassie to the status of God, (they call him "Jah") and believe he is part of a Holy Trinity foreseen in the Bible and destined to return to Earth. This movement, like many indigenous social movements, began in the poor communities of working and peasant blacks, and it has spread throughout the Caribbean and far beyond, to be embraced by people all over the world. "
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The Ideology of Film Dubbing in Spain, 2008.
A review of the history, philosophy and importance of the film dubbing industry in Spain.
14,157 words (approx. 56.6 pages), 58 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This paper discusses the history of film dubbing in Spain since globalization of the film industry. It analyzes the intricacies of how film dubbing works and discusses the philosophy behind the process of exchanging dialogue in one language for dialogue in another. The paper also analyzes why translations in film are so important to the interpretation of culture and how it is portrayed.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Political History
Ideologies
Ideological Analysis
Thick Description
Text Analysis
Translation
Application of Theory to Practice
Conclusion
Addendum
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"If these three films are conceived of as "inwardly directed," this conception would be wrong, for they are composing non-conversational, progressively threaded scenes in sequences that are meant to instruct, reach a dramatic goal or demonstrate an idea. They are taking a thousand scenes and, with them, are moving toward one goal. This film is not trying to say a thousand things, even if it uses a thousand scenes.
"Secondly, these three films are unalike. The campaign film is unlike the lecture film and the entertaining film is not going to try to convert or instruct the viewer. One does not entertain people by campaigning or lecturing. One is trying to entertain, move the audience to emotion, to remind them of something, or to amuse them. When the film is finished, it will not make any difference to what people have already decided, politically, spiritually or any other way. The film is not meant to teach, but to entertain."
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Women in Film, 2008.
An examination of the portrayal of women in films during the 1940s and 1950s.
6,910 words (approx. 27.6 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 156.95
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This paper explains that the way women are depicted in film generally reflects how women are viewed in the society, which produced the film. The women in the 1940 films were empowered because of woman who worked in a factory during the war; however, the 1950s film depicted a return to a more domestic image of women, though challenged by the sex bomb. The author points out that these film images of women contributed to the unrest and dissatisfaction that led to the development of the women's liberation movement in the 1960s. The paper analyzes in detail 1940s films "The Philadelphia Story", Mildred Pierce", "Now, Voyager" and "Double Indemnity " and 1950s films "The African Queen", "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison", "The Girl Can't Help It" and "Some Like It Hot".
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Forties
The Fifties
Conclusion
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"Elizabeth Mulvey describes the view prevalent of the woman as being woman as icon, and Tracy clearly does represent an iconic image to every male in the film and to many of the woman as well. She is the goddess to Dexter, Connor, and her fiancee, though in different ways and with differing degrees of acceptance. To her father, she is a failed woman, a woman who will never be a true woman until she changes her way of relating to men and her way of being looked at and being displayed."
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Film Making in Brazil, 2008.
A survey of Latin American schools of cinematic tradition.
20,053 words (approx. 80.2 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This paper focuses on research done on the evolution of Brazilian cinema, a survey of its schools of traditions, and the themes that comprised those traditions. The research looks at the filmmakers, the actors, the political events and environments that served as the foundation and background against which filmmaking history occurred in Brazil..
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Introduction
The Film Makers
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"The nationalization of the industry by the Brazilian government in an effort to both support film as an economic venture, and to influence it in a way that manipulated the industry towards supporting the sitting government accomplished the first, but not the latter. In fact, Brazilian filmmakers, using allegorical treatments, used film to inspire revolution against the government that the filmmaker found flawed. The result was the artistic expression of the filmmaker's political and social views, but as is so often the case with those limited expressions, they did not run concurrent with the greater overall interest of the rest of the population. They did, however, serve to inspire revolution and the distinct or abruptness that is evident in Brazilian cinema throughout its history is reflective of the abrupt changes in political forces, especially two military coup de tats."
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Fairy Tales, 2008.
A review of the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and its various adaptations.
984 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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The paper relates the story of the fairy tale, "Beauty and the Beast", and highlights the fact that it is unique in that it contains societal elements not commonly found in fairy tales. The paper relates how the original tale of "Beauty and the Beast" by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve has been adapted through time and has been made into several film versions with the basic story and an adapted plot.
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"The first print version of the story surfaced in 1740 by author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. However, the tale and variations of it was popular throughout Europe prior to its first print publication. The tale generally involves a story about a rich merchant who lives with his four daughters, one being named Beauty. Due to certain circumstances, the father looses his wealth and his daughters are forced to live in the rural country. One day the father becomes lost in the forest and takes shelter in the Beast's palace. The next day, as he is leaving, he plucks a rose for Beauty. The Beast sees this act and accuses the father of stealing from him, denouncing him as a simple thief and ordering him to die. The Beast gives him amnesty so long as one of his daughters comes to suffer in his place. Thus, Beauty goes to the Beast's castle and is made the mistress of the magical place. Eventually the two marry and the Beast is transformed into a handsome prince and Beauty's family comes to live with them."
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