Each genre has common concepts and conventions which in turn create certain expectations for the audience. ... The Western, possibly the first great genre, was at one point the most common genre in Hollywood, as popular as action movies are today. ... It would be said that it was the most important American story form of the 20th century. ... The first western, The Great Train Robbery (1903) directed by Edwin S. ... These three components would influence a great number of westerns which followed. . ...

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Like Tom in a particular situation in this movie, he goes into a scene where he believes that his expectations will overcome reality. ... The location of a movie is very important, even more so important when wanting to tell a story such as Tom and Summer's. It sets: the tone, mood, and also helps to tell the entire story. ... The captured essence of human life, music, and the location came together beautifully to tell this story. ... It's not only great because of the reasons stated before, but is great because it can help a person look at their situations differently, and make a po...

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Films rarely live up to the expectations set up by a great novel and this is due to the limitations of working with film as a medium. ... The past experiences of the characters in Beloved, which plays an integral part of the story, are left out in the film due to the difficulty of jumping time. ...

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Most recently, Richard Linklater has introduced us to his latest film Boyhood, a story spread over 12 years of a young boy's life. ... Slacker becomes the story of a broke Austin filmmaker exploring new methodologies of cinema; Waking Life becomes a story of director experimenting with inventing new software to translate footage shot on a digital camcorder to artistically roto-scoped moving images. And Boyhood becomes a story of a filmmaker experimenting with a telescoping narrative and production schedule, as well as self-reflective behaviors from the actors. ...

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She subtly bemoans these tendencies and offers hopes to "[transcend] outworn or oppressive forms, or [dare] to break with normal pleasurable expectations in order to conceive a new language of desire....

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