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...

• Word Count: 1922
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This film starts slow and ordinary, just as the novel within. ... There is a lot more to this film than merely the explicit sex and nudity, as it deals with themes such as destiny, coincidence and fate alternating courses during people's lives. He also handled love and memories as important drives of people. Children tend to portray people's consciousness, with their fresh and honest innocence. ...

• Word Count: 1287
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People always say that a man's necessities can be satisfied but never the greed. ... Also, the framing of this film focus on the actor showing how ordinary and dull his life is as the audience makes him the focal point of the film. ... This is an example of implicit meaning, when everything is driven by greed, people cannot ever be satisfied, and in the end, we will have nothing left if we did not put in any effort. ... It is easily relatable to many people who have a normal job but wants to have more money without putting into any effort. ...

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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. ...

• Word Count: 1274
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

We are forced to become voyeurs spying on a voyeur and spying on all the people he spies on as well. ... The people we spy on mirror all of our lives in some way or another. ... What people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in for a change. ... The plot is deceiving simple, the action seemingly ordinary, yet the way it is framed and put together begins to connect like puzzle pieces....

• Word Count: 1593
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Since it is hand held, there is a lot of shaking as the camera people are moving around, but that just adds to the reality perspective of it all. ... When hearing that this film is a musical melodrama, some people might get scared off because it is not a typical Hollywood film. ... But she imagines musicals in her head, which isn't too ordinary for a drama. ... This film is very different from those movies in which we are accustomed to, and 6 that's probably why many people didn't like it very much. ...

• Word Count: 1705
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

People will always stand stunned and stare at an accident, but movies and the media did not make us curious. ... The biggest influence our society has that may cause violence in people is the media coverage. ... Cable news drops ordinary programming and goes around the clock with it. ...

• Word Count: 1586
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 2389
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 1886
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate