Indeed, Alvy is shown to us in cramped bathrooms, apartments and cars. ... He is first shown to us cooped up in a telephone box, secondly crashing his car (the scenes of him crashing the car are interspersed with scenes of the dodgems of his Brooklyn childhood, reducing the adult car to a child's fairground ride and infantilizing the adult Alvy), and of course finally a prison cell, from which he has to be rescued by Rob, whose ridiculous outfit, mocked by Alvy, also suggests the ways in which the permanent sunshine of the outdoors California lifestyle is not all it is cracked up to be. ...

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Madeleine's car is green. ... It is also interesting to recognize that when the two green cars pass in a circle and confuse Scottie this is foreshadowing to Madeleine's alter personality, Judy. ...

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Media Assignment In this essay I will be comparing two films, "The Matrix", and "Se7en". I will discuss the use of cinematography, the genres of the films, and how effective they are. I will also look at the characters, action, plot and atmosphere created, and how these are aimed at each film's...

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In order to explain why Warner Brothers Made a series of gangster films in the thirties it is important to understand the cinematic and social situation at that time, as these films were heavily influenced by political, financial and social affairs. I shall outline all the major contributing factor...

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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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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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The scoring of a film has always been a cornerstone to the success of the film, no matter how primitive or extravagant the music may be. The history of the film score indicates the work and industry growth and how much that growth has changed the movie going experience. Some of the great classics fr...

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Computer Animation Introduction Computer animation has been around longer than I have. You may not realize it, but it was on the minds of film directors since the 1970's. Each director longed for an easier, more effective way to enhance the graphics of their film. Computers have been used in...

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