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Requiem for a Dream
The film Requiem for a Dream was produced in 2000 and was directed by Darren Aronofsky. Basically, it brings out several social addictions ranging from drug abuse, body dysmorphic disorder, ways of seeing, mother-son issues, prostitutions, power, and sex, self-destruction, as well as loss of reality. Drugs, for instance, consume soul, body, and mind and […]
We Were Soldiers
We Were Soldiers is a war film produced in 2002. The film dramatizes the pro-Vietnam era, Battle of la Drang, offering a non-political take with a true story of the war’s battle in 1965. The film was directed by Randall Wallace who puts together quite an accurate depiction of the scuffle. It stars Lieutenant Colonel […]
When First Unto This Country
This is a movie (more of a documentary in fact) that was produced and directed by Jim Brown who was assisted by Jeff Rosen and Sam Pollard. It is narrated by Kris Kristofferson and runs for an hour. It is a U.S. production that was released in 2001. “˜When First Unto This Country’ tries to […]
Blue Winds Dancing
What do you think is meant by the blue winds dancing – what kind of wisdom? “˜Blues winds dancing’ has been used figuratively in the story (Whitecloud 1). The narrator has used “˜blue winds dancing’ to refer to the life present in his homeland. The narrator uses the expression to indicate the difference that exists […]
A Doll House
Several plays use marriage in their casts to illustrate the emotional struggle that two people, who are in love encounter in the course of their marriage. There are three elements of marriage i.e. love in action, communication and perseverance. The play, A Doll House, clearly demonstrates these three qualities. There exists a couple in the […]
Hoop Dreams
The need to create a harmonious society, free of segregation and racism among other vices, has remained a thorny issue in many societies across the world. In the U.S., the attainment of a free democratic society has been the result of a struggle by notable people such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henry D. Thoreau, and Martin […]
Annotated Bibliography
Applegate, K. (2012). The one and only Ivan. New York: Harper Collins. I regard this as a book of hope. It is a story of Ivan, a gorilla living away from jungle in a town, his passion for art, and how his world changes when Ruby, a young elephant, comes into his world. It is […]
The Piano Lesson
“The Piano Lesson” play is a historical metaphor about the life of African-Americans during the period of slavery. Though the play is about a simple fight between siblings over the fate of a musical instrument, it has a far deeper meaning and it is historical. August Wilson makes it clear that that all the men […]
Malcolm X
The movie called Malcolm X was released in 1992. It is a motion picture about the Malcolm X’s bibliography. The film was produced, and directed by Spike Lee on the base of The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley. It is one of the dynamic biographic films, since it portrays the […]
The Perils of Obedience
In “The Perils of Obedience”, Stanley Milgram clearly shows that obedience is an important aspect of human life, especially in the context of any structure of social life. As Stanley shows through his experiment, obedience is not something that can be demanded from a person. Obedience is more a personal choice rather than an enforced […]
Death Penalty
The purpose of this research is to find out if the death penalty is an appropriate way of punishment in a civilized society.To reach this goal I will analyze 22 articles by various authors with different points of view on this matter. Thus, there are supporters of the death penalty among them, and there are […]
Life is Beautiful
“Life is Beautiful “’is an Italian tragic drama film directed by Roberto Benign, who also stars in the movie. The movie won three Oscars including Best Foreign Film, and Roberto two Oscars for Best actor and Best Music (Celli et al 13). This movie, which received numerous positive reviews and enjoyed enormous financial success, features […]
Lifeboat Ethics
If I convince you, will you let me go? Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor By Garrett Hardin, Psychology Today, September 1974 The author of this article seeks to rationalize the act of helping the poor or those in need. In the humanitarian and Christian world, it is selfish not to help anyone […]
Clothing and Identity in Contemporary Film
Largely, clothes often define mere wrappings that encompass our bodies. However, are clothes really what they have ordinarily been defined on this ordinary level? While in most cases clothing are worn to keep the body warm or for fashion, to a film’s costume designer, cloths carry more than the ordinary meaning. Several questions still emanate; […]
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey is a very interesting television series that focuses on a very big estate of Edwardian England in the past years. This is not just simply a television series, but is a very interesting series which is scandalous, presumptive, mysterious and very captivating. The Earl of Gotham is the right honorable Robert Crawly. He […]
Stand by Me
This paper focuses on the movie Stand by Me. The movie demonstrates the magnificent quest of four friends (Chris, Vern, Gordy, and Teddy), looking at the boyhood stages, growth, and development of teenage boys. The boys agree on searching for their friend’s (Ray) dead body. Vern is aware of the risky search and informs his […]