(Hill, 2000: p.178) The term 'social realism' is one that is broadly used to capture the essence of the films' content, concerns and visual style. ... It is however, important to look at social realist films beyond the label of 'genre' and look at them instead as an approach to film and film realism. ... The conventions used within such films also go a long way in creating a sense of realism. ... Despite "Trainspotting" falling in the realist bracket of film it does also use many anti-realist techniques that challenge the notion of realism. ... This change in themes an...

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Why have so many films of the "gritty realism" tradition been 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 constructed narrative with suitable plot turns and drama. ... The working class is imbued with an inherent sense of realism. ... Therefore explaining why so many gritty-realism films are set in Northern landscapes. ... There are a multitude of examples of moral or surface realism pertaining to the economy in British realism films. ...

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Though this film does not need it, without these specific scenes the movie would not have a foundation and any sense of realism to it. ... So fable or not, Benigni re-illustrates the Holocaust with a comedic flow that still depicts realism in it as well. ... Unlike Life is Beautiful, this film in particular is to possibly aware, educate and bring to the table the realism and terror that the Holocaust was. ... If one is to relate history and realism to a film, half the time they will be disappointed. ...

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In general, according to all reviews of the time, the most impressive aspect about Kiss of Death was its realism. ... A reviewer said, "Though those were good this one tops them in realism, suspense and dramatic interest." ...

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D. W. Griffith was born in Kentucky, in 1875. His father was a wealthy southern farmer. During the war between North and South, he took the side of the Confederates, after the defeat Griffith's family became poor. In 1882, the year of Griffith's father dies, and after his death is that he is bank...

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People always say that a man's necessities can be satisfied but never the greed. But how strong can greed really mean to him? When the protagonist discovers that the black hole could satisfy all of his wants, he becomes fearless. All of a sudden, the carefulness and concerns from before diminishe...

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Violence as Novocain People fighting, weapons, gun fire, pain, and hurt none of us want in our lives, and yet all of this is a part of almost everyone's every day life through entertainment. Try to think of the last time a day passed when you saw no violence whatsoever. It's hard, if not i...

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It's a brilliant design but it's not Robocop it's this pathetic cliche realism approach that all modern action sci-fi films have taken in recent years where every design of a character has been morphed into one with all black Kevlar. ...

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Spike Lee has always been one of the many directors who in always wanted to keep his or her audience socially aware. Spike Lee is an American filmmaker, producer, writer, and actor. He is most known for his films such as: Malcolm X, She's Gotta Have It, Do the Right Thing and School Daze which made Lee famous, making him one of the most, if not the most, important Black filmmakers of today. Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from Georgia to Brooklyn, New York. ...

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Ida Lupino's body of work explores a realistic scope of human emotion both in the lives of men and women. Her movies Hard, Fast and Beautiful and The Bigamist are no exceptions. Rather than focusing on gender issues, Lupino chooses to investigate the delicate balance that common people walk between decent and outrageous morals. As a female director in an otherwise male-dominated 1950s Hollywood, perhaps Lupino's most arduous task was to make her films stand out from the classic Hollywood mode and her ambiguity and subject matter both aid in achieving this goal. Feminist critics ca...

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Context Social, Historical and Cultural Context The context surrounding 2001 A Space Odyssey contributes to the ground-breaking impact it had on cinema, and has ultimately influenced the content of the film. The central themes are strongly influenced by political and cultural developments at the ti...

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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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