Griffith and The Passion of Joan of Arc directed by Carl Dreyer affirms the fact that anyone can pick up a camera and take a picture or shoot a film. ... Since there was almost thirty years between the two films, many advents in making movies were discovered during that time, so one can not evenly compare and contrast the final product, technically speaking. ... Until the final scenes of the film, Joan is always centered and is rarely, if at all, scene entered and exiting a frame. ... By the final scenes of the film, the rhythm has remained present but in different forms. ...

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Particularly the final chapter , deep space and beyond, involves a sequence where the protagonist David Bowman is travelling through, depending on the viewer's interpretation, dimensions of space, time or a communication with extra-terrestrial beings. ... For example, the final scene zooms in on a picture of Jack Torrance, dated in 1921. ...

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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. Numerous theories have been put forward to somehow explain the popularity and audiences' seemingly endless macabre fascination with...

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Why have so many films of the "gritty realism" tradition been set in northern landscapes? There are several factors that have contributed to many films of the gritty realism tradition being set in northern landscapes. I propose a review of the evidence that Historical, Economic, Sociological, Political, Cultural and Gender based and Geographic factors explain why many films of the gritty-realist tradition being set in northern landscapes. As the term implies gritty films are concerned with realism, however any realism in films is an altered, sculptured realism designed to fit into a cons...

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BackpackTV proceeds to pontificate on the "psychic power" and "utility" of the moving picture vs. real life, citing as an example, a time that he saw a man get stabbed, yet was frustrated he was unable to adjust hue or rewind or pause the event. ... The final cameras to be found appear at the end of the film in the hands of several hikers, half-drunk on Jägermeister. ...

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There is even often a concluding confrontation with the "hero" Moore/Broomfield and the selected villain, this is perhaps best exemplified by Moore confronting Heston in the final section of Bowling For Columbine with Moore shouting and appearing upset holding a picture of a dead schoolgirl and begging Heston to look at her, he walks away and the film follows Moore as he solemnly places the photo by Heston's House. ...

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The post war years rendered difficult for Italians, whose society took a big hit as Mussolini's government collapsed. After years of dominating the industry through producing "white telephone " films, film critics began to harshly criticize its attempts to imitate American film and suggested that th...

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