1. Cinema and Italian Neo-Realism
Another economic factor is that generally people in the North have less money. ... People who live in a world of economic comfort and freedom make up a very small percentage of the population and as such the audience cannot relate with them. The general view is that people in northern landscapes do not enjoy large amounts of wealth and as a result appear more real. ... "This we can name as moral realism, in that it involves a moral commitment to a set of particular set of social problems and solutions inevitably, the claim for moral realism is in part bound up with the claim for surface re...
First of all I should start by defining what globalisation means, thus after a basic investigation on the subject we will be able to identify the positive and the negative points about this polemic but ordinary movement originated in a period where a new race has emerged, the homo consumens. " Twentieth century industrialism has created this new psychological type, homo consumens, primarily for economic reasons, i.e. the need for mass consumption which is stimulated and manipulated by advertising" (Boyd-Barret & Newbold, 1995:195). ... Music, films, commodities, people, everything is consta...
"Funny Games" is extremely disturbing but also very unique film and is largely said to be a critique on the amount of violence people like to see in modern day cinema. ... Haneke has stated that he remade the film intentionally to get the message across to an American audience, who are arguably the main people who like to see senseless violence in modern day cinema. ... The text is in the center of the screen, in very thick bold and capital letters, but because the font size is very small we have to look closer at the screen to be able to read the credits for people involved in making the film...
The opposition between Leftist and Rightist ideals divided the government and drew battle lines among the nation's people. ... The film tells the story of Francois, an ordinary man returning home to his village after a long absence at college. ...
Today, online viral videos have been a global sensation, with more people watching viral videos than feature films. ... As most cinephiles can express, cinematic compatibility is relatively critical, especially for those like myself, who hold cinema taste as a helpful rubric for guessing how closely I connect to most people. ... In Before Sunrise, Jesse, an American traveler passing through Europe explains to his new friend Celine his idea for a TV show consisting of 24 hours of 365 ordinary people's different lives. ... They discuss the lack of connection and communication between peo...
It was hoped that the working classes would be the people to benefit most at the hands of Prohibition, alcohol consumption was thought to hinder the efficiency of the worker. ... Many were first or second generation immigrants from working class backgrounds who were seen by the public to be fighting against the unfair restraints placed upon the people by the establishment. ... The stock market crash led to mass-disillusionment, millions of people lost all their savings, businesses and even homes. ... Films were being produced depicting stories of ordinary people, immigrants or descendants from...
Rather than focusing on gender issues, Lupino chooses to investigate the delicate balance that common people walk between decent and outrageous morals. ... Sometimes aware of what is happening to them, and sometimes not, the "ordinary women- are often trapped . . . making for a tense atmosphere in a naturalistic milieu. ...