This term became known in 1972 according to the Motion Picture Association. ... This rating according to the Motion Picture Association was born in 1984. ... These films should be prohibited to anyone under the age of 17 proven with picture identity which is what the last rating 'NC-17'" suggests. ... The last thing they need is to be influenced by a show that suggests that in order to be successful you have to marry a NBA player or date one. The last show I choose to evaluate is the CW's South Park this show is simply a comedy segment designed to insult and humiliate the da...

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Another argument is that the movie industry has become very generous with the ratings they have been giving out over the last ten years. ... Many of today's movies that garner a PG-13 rating, and they get that rating because while they show some nudity or violence, it is not as much as those which garner the R rating. ... Some films rated "PG-13" are Ten Things I Hate About You, and Picture Perfect. ... By having the rating system in place, we are censoring what they can show and what not to show. ... The last two ratings, "R" & "NC-17", are intended for those seventeen and older. ...

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Then these identities were exploited and fabricated in the many motion picture magazines. ... After stardom reached a zenith in the twenties, studios had caught on, and thus began the Motion Picture Star System. ... Other celebrities names had been published as early as 1908 in Moving Picture World as it began a column called Picture Personalities. ... "Fans wanted to dress, shop, and look like stars and magazines showed them the way."" ...

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Try to think of the last time a day passed when you saw no violence whatsoever. ... What's wrong with this picture? ... So where did shows like I Love Lucy and I dream of Genie go? ... Think of the last show you watched where someone was shooting. ... They up our adrenalin and make us want to see the next few seconds of the show. ...

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By making their own sets they are able to obtain whatever mood they wanted for their movies, but couldn't really show true reality. ... Some of the critics praised his work by saying: "Henry Hathaway's real-life slant on direction brings the picture to authentic tragedy." (Variety) and "Henry Hathaway has squeezed every last drop of suspense out of the story through his carefully paced direction." ... "Richard Widmark, a serious young actor who almost steals the show, can act with his teeth. ... And last but not least we have Ms. ...

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Hitchcock did not make this one by choice and showed very little affection for it. ... This Hollywood debut was nominated for a total of eleven Oscars and won the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... It was not apparent to his fans, but Hitchcock's involvement in the show was small. ... A few weeks before the summer of 1972 release of his next to last film, Frenzy, the first film he had shot in England in two decades, Hitchcock received an honorary doctorate from Columbia University. ... Also, in the spring of 1973 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented him with the Irvi...

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No wonder that after this picture, which has become a real "blockbuster" summer season of 1908, Griffith became the chief director of the studio "Biograph." ... It was absolutely his style to show character emotions. ... Initially, interest to the character feeling and his relationships with others Griffith showed unclear but later he becomes better. ... Griffith replied that it was not half human; he proved that in this way we could see real emotions of the person and better shows character of the hero. ... And in the end, as the name implies this type of films, there is salvation at the las...

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While there, Phil Stoneman fell in love with Margaret Cameron, and Ben Cameron saw a picture of Elsie Stoneman in which sparks an interest in him. ... Another scene after shows the younger Cameron sister being chased by a black man who wants to marry her. ... Ultimately, there is a last minute rescue of Elsie. ... The next act shows many mourners coming to pay respect to the fallen hero after the ship docks. ... Eisenstein shows a long shot, which shows the large crowd of people. ...

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One scene in City of Women visually shows this with multiple barriers: physical (a column and doorway), spatial (the characters are on opposite sides of the screen) and social (a crown with turned backs). ... The last auteur that studied was Satyajit Ray. ... His way of shooting, his real life approach, and his natural settings forms the ultimate suspension of disbelief for any person who falls under the spell of a Satyajit Ray picture. ...

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I agree with this completely and to add to this even further my Grandmother who is Italian after watching the film really felt like they showed what Italian life was like very well during that time period. ... On the last time he rings the bell the movie cuts to the church bells ringing and I always thought that was clever and very interesting. ... It takes you to a different world and allows one to be lost in the picture. ...

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The fathers are out of the picture and the mothers were able to Americanize and join the real world. ... Yet, his father accepting Jack before he dies allows one to think his father died with ease knowing his son still showed faith to his culture by performing in the synagogue on the Day of Atonement. ... Although the cantor dies in the end, the "old" and "new" worlds for Jack Robin were at last one world. ...

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The produces limited his creative ability, which in part shows in the movie. ... The story of Fight Club also shows the grim and dark perspective of life and reality shown in a David Fincher film. ... He finds relief in clubs with medical issues, such as cancer, which shows Fincher's dark humor. ... In Se7en the film ends with the detective killing the John Doe killer, which is what he wanted, but finding that the killer completed the seven deadly sins and that his wife was the last victim. ... All of these endings show the grimness and darkness to Fincher's movies. ...

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Michael Moore is a multimedia personality: writing books, film making and producing and starring in two television shows. ... Moore had built up a growing fan base over the 90's starting with his successful documentary "Roger and Me" in 1989 and continuing with his books and television shows. ... There is even often a concluding confrontation with the "hero" Moore/Broomfield and the selected villain, this is perhaps best exemplified by Moore confronting Heston in the final section of Bowling For Columbine with Moore shouting and appearing upset holding a picture of a dead schoolgirl and b...

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