Mizoguchi used his signature mastery of décor, the long take, and the moving camera to separate his films from other Japanese directors. ... The two men in the story become entranced with their separate passions, one wants the mighty prestige of a Japanese samurai and the other wants the power of money and wealth. ... The way Mizoguchi pieced the struggle together made the viewer feel the power of these struggling women, Mizoguchi would show the men enjoying their new found glory and focus on that just long enough and then switch to the women and you quickly remember the pain and suffer...

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It will piece this together to form an explorative and stimulating narrative, encouraging viewers to overcome adversity and to engage their world with a more open-minded and active approach. ... Future separate productions could present alternative narratives so as to create a more diversified discourse that highlights the broader conflicts of the subject areas being touched upon. ... The rhythms of the piece will focus on the beat of Dr. ...

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We are soon introduced to the cast of characters and the inner conflict of the piece. ... Everyday sounds are also used to narrate the Thorwalds" relationship when sirens blare as they are framed in separate windows (I knew trouble was brewing at that point) and the murder is dictated by four lovely sounds: scream, crash, thunder, rain. ... All in all, we piece together a wonderfully suspenseful look into how we view ourselves. ...

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"The subject of neo-realism film is the world; not the story or narrative. It contains no preconceived thesis, because ideas are born in the film from the subject." This was said by one of the founding fathers of the cinematic Neorealistic movement, Roberto Rossellini. Neorealism was a movemen...

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For instance it's very useful to create separate bins/sequences, for each subject, scene, event, etc. ... Once a piece strong enough for this is found, everything else can be structured around it. ...

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The term Pure Cinema is one that embodies many different meanings and carries many implications that help give us insight to what cinema is, as an art form. The meaning of Pure Cinema also lends itself to many other theories and attitudes towards cinema. Many people, including myself, don't know ...

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As with any piece of art, judgments and tastes will vary from person to person. ... The focus of this film is Charlie and his journey, not whether his brothers solve their problem with Ernest and Momo, and thus the main theme of the film does achieve a degree of closure, which separates it from a traditional art film. ...

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Along with this idea, running programs act as a publicly intriguing conversation piece. ... There were four couples through out this show that were separated from their significant other to test their love. ...

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One of the funniest things I ever saw while going through some of my files was a 200 dollar hair piece for Joaquin Phoenix. ... The main part of the budget for any big budgeted movie divides into separate areas. ...

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Obviously there are many aspects that influence film and its development. The history of movies/film, although only a century old, is rich and complex. This essay tries to bring light into the roots of film by focusing on two main movements that have very much helped shape the techniques of contem...

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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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