The Holocaust Films: A Genre Analysis Introduction Over the last fifty years, literally hundreds of films have been created on the subject of the Holocaust. ... The Holocaust: A Genre Analysis When choosing to create fictional films about the Holocaust, directors are burdened with the task of finding an appropriate language to convey the depths of emotion inextricably linked to the subject matter, as well conveying the story in a way which is both sympathetic and historically accurate. ...

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The movie itself is a spy thriller film that's key characters are three people whose lives become entangled during an espionage operation. ... Part 2: Cinematography Analysis Alfred Hitchcock's use of editing and highlighting the suspense is what kept plot advancing. ...

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He provides in depth analysis of the sociopolitical underpinnings as well as repercussions of some of the most iconic New Wave films. ... Francois attempts to better the lives of the villagers but despite the immense cooperation from the village, most of the main characters are left to contend with their own stupidity and misery. The main characters were trying to make sense of their lives in a society marred by war and in many ways helped the adolescents in the real world cope with the very same problems. The youth of the characters made the relationship between the young audience and the fil...

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A detailed analysis of four parallel scenes in 'Emma' and 'Clueless' show how film techniques are utilized to help convey meaning in a text. ... The dialogue in both instances to describe Harriet and Tai include the adjective "sweet", echoing each other in terms of what they are saying about the person and their match with the Elton character. ... The dialogue highlights the miscommunication and misunderstanding between Emma and Cher and the Elton characters. The Elton characters said: "Emma, you could not have mistaken my intentions," and, "I kne...

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Authorship theory and genre theory if taken at face value mean the analysis of film using the author or genre as the main area of study. ... One of the major disadvantages of authorship theory is the fact that if in an auteur's body of work a film doesn't fit into the evaluation that a critic makes then the film is either thought of as flawed or it is ignored by the critic, whereas a historical analysis is needed to explore these films. ... The main disadvantages with genre are the problems of definition and demarcation many new films do not fall into a certain character which lead...

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The female characters are dressed in such way that they are forced to been inactive whereas the male characters' costumes are obviously made for the environment that the film was set in, as the clothes are worn and dusty and easy to move in. ... The first was Fay Wray in King Kong, a character renowned for her high pitched call of fear. ... Altaira's whole purpose of her character is that of a reward, to be fought over by the hero and the evil robot. ... In the original film, which was made in the late 1970's, the character Ripley, is part of the crew in charge of a space-shi...

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At one moment, in the film we see the one of the characters watching The Landlord. ... Along with this angry grad student, Slacker has a significant number of camera bearing characters in it. ... Characters in Linklater's films are always brimming with creative ideas for film and television projects. ... Similarly, in Waking Life, the main character, a man trapped in a dream world, meets performance artist Tiana Hux as he is going down to the subway. ... Caveh goes on to describe the way Bazin's spirituality affected his analysis of cinema, specifically recognizing cinema as a re...

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A true analysis of The Battle at Elderbush Gulch directed by D.W. ... She is just present, unlike other characters which are seen entering from different locations out of the frame and exiting the frame. ... Keeping in mind that the eye will eventually get bored of the same shot, or same characters posed in the same position, the director must add something else. ...

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The singing and dancing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Barkleys of Broadway; Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain and Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon, all adhere to the constructs of musical genre - 'characters spontaneously self-expre! ... 'No single interpretive procedure can ensure proper analysis of every individual work throughout an entire genre. ... In The Barkleys of Broadway, Astaire and Rogers' characters are a married couple, together performing in musicals on stage. ... Although the narrative of m...

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She offers that female characters add nothing or very little to actual elements of plot and character but rather are subjected to male scopophilia, the fetishistic and voyeuristic, due to phallocentricism and psychoanalytic fear of castration. ... From a tertiary level the female characters seem to gain more respect and authority as the years progress, but these scopophilic elements still persist through all the narratives. ... An analysis of these four contemporary Latin American films provides a way to look at the progression of the female presence in cinema. ... At the end of her essay Mulv...

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Members of the audience are thus influenced to witness Leonard as a character who is placed in a state of ambiguity, bordering the outskirts of reality. ... In the final analysis it can be seen that Christopher Nolan employs a variety of filming techniques, such as the unconventional use of reverse chronological scenes integrated with chronological scenes. ...

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This harsh greyness of the celluloid connoted a sense of hardship endured by the characters. ... To conservatives it was impermissible to show society's flaws so brazenly, to liberals, they lacked analysis and a clear agenda for social change. ...

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This harsh greyness of the celluloid connoted a sense of hardship endured by the characters. ... To conservatives it was impermissible to show society's flaws so brazenly, to liberals, they lacked analysis and a clear agenda for social change. ...

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Although alcohol was not a significant part of the movie plot, there were a few scenes that involved drinking amongst the main characters. ... Vantine was an important component of this risque movie theme, as her character embodied the type of woman that would be exiled from society if she were to be discovered. ...

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Context Social, Historical and Cultural Context The context surrounding 2001 A Space Odyssey contributes to the ground-breaking impact it had on cinema, and has ultimately influenced the content of the film. The central themes are strongly influenced by political and cultural developments at the ti...

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