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    of the most influential people during the Roaring Twenties, his accomplishments and story still affect the world today. Charlie Chaplin has the classic “rag to riches” stories. Just over seven years he acted, directed, or produced some eighty-two films and had become a millionaire (“Chaplin, Charlie.” Current).

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    Feel the Noise and 8 Mile are both films that attempt to display a situation where an unsuspecting character thrives in a very inclusive subgenre of society. B-Rabbit is successfully able to integrate and prove himself in the underground Detroit Hip-Hop scene, while Rob attempts to merge different aspects of Hip-Hop and Reggaeton into a new style of music. Although both films attempt to display aspects of cultural assimilation and acculturation, Feel the Noise fails in that aspect because it un-purposefully

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    success, she moved on to write and publish four more books, all about food and lifestyle. Number Eight: She Was Directed by Her Dad Bruce Paltrow, who passed away in 2002, was a Hollywood director and producer. He directed his own daughter in his film Duets in 2000; a road-trip comedy about a professional karaoke singer and his daughter. Stay tuned for part two, coming

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    Despite the fact that each character comes to the same realization, the film better covers the theme of staying true to your own beliefs because Rat likes to tell stories that are not always necessarily true, and Adrian only does what he wants to do and never lets anybody stop him from telling his unwavering truth. In The Things They Carried it comes across weaker because Rat likes to tell stories, but he sometimes exaggerates the truth or doesn’t tell the full story, so we never know if he’s telling

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    deeds. There are visual representations that deliver Ned Kelly’s intentions on being a criminal and these representations help people to make judgements based on whether he is an Australian folk hero or a murderous villain. There are key scenes in the film ‘Ned Kelly’ (2003) on the interpretation of Ned Kelly’s life and a documentary reviewing differing

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    Women In Zero Dark Thirty

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    “Why would I assume a woman wouldn’t be involved in this kind of research? The wonderful thing about working on this film is, historically in movies, lead characters are played by women who are defined by men, whether it’s a love interest, or they’re the victim of a man, and Maya’s not like that.” This critical element is one of the driving points of the film: the fact that Maya is simply a character, and not “just” a female character (a.k.a. “plot device”) to further a male character’s

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    Preece 1 Mr. Ortiz English 12 24 February 2017 Unit 3: Comparison Essay The Japanese film Throne of Blood is considered an extremely accurate portrayal of William Shakespeare’s piece the Tragedy of Macbeth. Both works are comparable in almost every way and aspect. Most noticeably, the similarities and differences of the relationships between each work’s characters are apparent. The characters of each piece of literature affect the accuracy of the film in mirroring Shakespeare’s Macbeth

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    violence and persecution. The end date also marks the start of the Great Depression, and the reader is left with a tingling premonition that the narrator’s mission now is to lead the world out of despair. If you are a fan of Jodorowsky’s bizarre cult films, Holy Mountain (198-), El Topo (198-), or Santa Sangre (198-) to name a few, you might agree that the prolific creator has indeed accomplished something to that effect with his

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    Rocky Balboa Adversity

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    character of a man cannot be determined by the adversity that they face throughout their lives; rather the true definition of a man’s character is determined by how they react to adversity. Masterful actor and implausible film writer, Sylvester Stallone best describes adversity during a film in which he acted as Rocky Balboa instilling important life values into his son “Let me tell you something you already know… [Life] ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward

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    Synopsis – 205 words The film Yuri and Lili is set during the War of Resistance, in Beijing as most audiences are already aware of the tension between the Japanese and Chinese of the time. Yuri is highly skilled Japanese spy sent to China to seek highly guarded Chinese plans, which could help the Japanese win the war. He takes a casual and relaxed approach to his job. Lili is a top police detective in China, whose job is to seek Japanese spies who are trying to steal confidential information. She

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