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Big Day out 2007
I had so much fun at the Big Day Out. Violent Femmes were easily my favourite for the day. The day started at frankston train station when matt, barker, dolan, faz and myself met up to catch the 7:45 train to the city. We arrived at the rapidly growing BDO line at approximately 9:30 and got let in at 10:20. Dolan bought a JET t-shirt, Barker got a Killers one and Faz also got a
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Bill Tytla and Robert McKimson
Robert McKimson and Bill Tytla are legends in the world of animation. While both artists have left an impressive legacy, they differed greatly in style and personality. McKimson (1911-1977) created some of Warner Brothers’ most memorable cartoon characters, such as Speedy Gonzalez, Foghorn Leghorn, and the Tasmanian Devil. Although he is considered as a �brilliant’ animator by film historians, he has also been referred to as an �uninspired’ director (Robert). Nevertheless, his work with two
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Billy Budd
Billy Budd When analyzing someone’s actions, it is often difficult to tell whether they are driven by duty, inclination or both. Is what drives a person to do something important, or is it the act itself that we should care about? In the film Billy Budd there are three main characters whose actions are questionable at some point or another. These actions can be explained with the help of three different philosophers. From the very
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Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot (part 2: film analysis) 1) The opening scene in Billy Elliot shows us what type of kid Billy is and the same with his family. The scene shows us a glance of how Billy’s life is. He is not one of the wealthy kids, and the house is not of good standard. We clearly see that this family is a poor family, and lives in a neighbourhood that reflects that, a typical working-class
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Billy Elliot
An important relationship in the visual text Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry, is that between Billy and his father Jackie. Their relationship is a complete exemplification to the idea of gender role stereotypes. With Jackie being a typical hard man who sees no prospect outside of the mining industry, and Billy, who possesses a great deal of talent toward the deeply taboo art of ballet, the conflict of gender role expectations is amplified. Because
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Billy Elliot
Love and friendship plays a major role in everyday life. This is shown particularly well in the film Billy Elliot, directed by Stephan Daldry. It is set in Everington in 1984, during the miners’ strike. Throughout the film love and friendship is portrayed in a range of different ways as Billy, the main character, has a different relationship with each of the other characters. The effective use of symbolic and technical film codes and the
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Billy Joel -It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me
I was totally and utterly shocked to discover that Billy Joel was not on the schedule. I checked it over and over, but his name wasn’t anywhere. I couldn’t believe it. To my surprise, I actually began to get angry. Right now as I am writing this I am listening to Billy Joel’s Songs in the Attic, and I am becoming more and more furious as I think about it, which can only mean that
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Billy Madison
“Shampoo is better! I go on first and clean the hair! Conditioner is better! I leave the hair silky and smooth! Oh, really, fool? Really! [Sees the gold swan on edge of tub.] Stop looking at me, swan!”-Adam Sandler (Billy Madison) “Billy Madison” is one of the greatest movies ever produced. The whole movie is great. From the recurring mirage of a penguin, to the resurrection of a clown. In this movie a 28-year-old screw
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Biloxi Blues
Biloxi Blues If one were reading a simple plot summary of this play, it would appear to be a typical story of young men entering the army. Six boys deal with leaving their homes for a place that seems like the middle of nowhere, a stern, intolerable, and borderline insane sergeant, repulsive army food, and each other, while training to be shipped to World War II. Biloxi Blues is the Tony Award winning second installment
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Birth of a Nation
On March 3, 1915 the movie The Birth of a Nation was released at the Liberty Theatre in New York City. This film was financed, filmed, and released by the Epoch Producing Corporation of D.W. Griffith and Harry T. Aitken. It was one of the first films to ever use deep-focus shots, night photography, and to be explicitly controversial with the derogatory view of blacks. Throughout the movie, the film justified the need of the
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Birth of a Nation
Voyeurism: REAR WINDOW In this essay, I shall try to illustrate whether analysing the movie Rear Window as a classical example of the Freudian concept of voyeurism, is appropriate. Voyeurism is defined in The Penguin dictionary of psychology as: “Voyeurism: characterized by a pattern of sexual behaviour in which one’s preferred means of sexual arousal is the clandestine observing of others when they are disrobing, nude or actually engaged in sexual activity. Arousal is dependent
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Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation The film Birth of a Nation was directed by D. W. Griffith, written by Thomas F. Dixon Jr. and music produced by Joseph Carl Breil. It is a docu-drama and was released in 1915 and has been shown to have secured the future of feature length films. The film premiered on February 8, 1915 in Riverside, California. The film was shown in two parts. Part one shows pre-Civil War America
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Black Hawk Down
English 100 Joseph Snellenberger Jim McGarrah- Final paper 04/27/07 In August of 1993, American forces under General Garrison were sent to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The resulting “mess” is what the basis of the movie Black Hawk Down was created under. As was said, the Title of the movie is Black Hawk Down, and it was directed by Ridley Scott, and was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The studio that filmed it was Columbia Tri-star, and
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Black Hawk Down
If only time travel were possible. That way we could go back to 1993 and hopefully correct the mistakes involved in the tragedy-laden raid in Somalia. The media could be prevented from turning this incident into a tentpole for the government to get squeamish about sending our boys in to kick a little ass. Someone could even send The Terminator back to kill Michael Bay, Final Countdown-style, thus preventing the cinematic catastrophe that was Pearl
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Black Lagoon: Hidden Messages Concerning Modern Piracy
Smith Madigan Smith FYRS Packard 17 April 2018 Black Lagoon: Hidden Messages Concerning Modern Piracy Many great pieces of pirate fiction are inspired by either other great pieces of fiction or real-life events of piracy. There is one piece in the animated world that comes to mind when modern piracy is mentioned, Black Lagoon. Black Lagoon is an adaptation of a Japanese comic, written and drawn by Hiroe Rei, which was aired from early 2006
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Black Robe Movie Critique
‘Black Robe’ Movie Critique ‘Black Robe’ is the story of a young Jesuit Priest from France who embarks on a religious journey to convert, to Christianity, the Aboriginal tribes of New France. Set primarily in Ontario during the mid 1630’s, Father Lafargue travels from Quebec via the Ottawa River to the home of the Huron people in what is now referred to as the Simcoe Region of South Central Ontario. He is aided by
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Blacks and Whites in Movies
The object of this paper is to portray the role of African Americans and Whites in modern contemporary films. It is evident that there has been a great deal of effort in the integration of black people into American society. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has strived to undo the ties of segregation and disenfranchisement of African Americans. The NAACP has used several strategies to overturn segregation rules and obtain
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Blaire Witch Review
Blaire Witch” Film Critique John Murray April 4th, 2006 There are few horror movies I see that are able to scare me. I really enjoy horror films, but most of them simply do not scare me. Those that do are hard to come by. So, though I am a strong fan of horror movies, there are very few horror movies I actually enjoy. “Blaire Witch” was definitely one of the few. I’ve been hearing about
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Blame Who?? Me??-Or-You??
Blame who?? Me??-or-You?? my friend once told me something...didn't think it was true when i first heard it..but after going through the process yeh it's true....he said "life changes love changes...n sometimes your closest friends become strangers" true said true said....?lets say YOU have a friend (whether you were a guy or a girl)?a really REALLY close one....?you have loads of fun together go out do things etc...?you believe in that friend n that friend
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Blaming Violence and Sexuality on the Media
The Matrix is by far one of my favourite movies, but what has driven me to write on such a topic is the negative feedback fellow breakthrough movies and other forms of entertainment are getting from society in general. Yes it is true that two seemingly normal students shot and killed tweleve of their fellow classmates and one teacher at Columbine Highshcool, but what has this got to do with the media? These boys were
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Blasphemy in Music
Music is the oldest form of art and communication known to mankind, its use has varied drastically along the evolution of societies and cultures. Music was used by the early tribe-men as a tool of communication with their various gods and powers of nature; we’ve witnessed this art form among the native Indians of North America in their infamous rain dance, this particular dance was a tribute to the Rain-god. And with the progressive evolution
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Blaxpoitation
Baddassss is a film that is brought up today as having a strong political message, but in my opinion is only offered an illusion of power to the black audience. This can be supported by such reasons at the time period they were in, and also the actual context of the film This film came out in the 1970s, along when blaxpoitation films be popular. The 70s time period was after the Civil Rights
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Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Blind Guardian is one of the most well known power metal bands out there, and with good reason: they are an amazingly talented group of individuals. For those unfamiliar with Blind Guardian's style, they're what you'd get if you mixed the pseudo-operatic vocals of Iron Maiden, Speed and Intensity of Metallica, the catchy chorus's of Queen and ungodly amount of kickass. Formed in 1985 in Krefeld, Germany, Blind Guardian originally went by the name "Lucifer's
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Blindness
Plot The story of Blindness begins one morning in an unnamed city during rush-hour traffic. As the lights change, a young professional Japanese man is suddenly struck blind for no apparent reason and consequently impedes all the cars behind the one he'd been driving. With the increasing consternation and honking horns of these other drivers attracting attention, the Japanese man is approached by some concerned citizens, one of whom (Don McKellar) offers to drive him
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Blink-182
Blink-182 The legend that is blink-182 started way back in 1992, by Mark Hoppus (bass, vocals), Tom Delonge (guitar, vocals) and Scott Raynor (drums). Origionally just called blink, they were forced to change their name when an Irish techno band also called blink threatened to sue them. Although there are countless rumours of what the 182 stands for, ranging from the number of times certain words are said in movies to numbers that relate to
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Blood Diamonds Movie Review
Against my better judgment, my wife and I attended another one of Hollywood’s attempts to coerce public opinion on their latest target. Blood Diamonds, the saga surrounding the moral challenge of the international gem trade. Based in Sierra Leone, Africa, in 1999, it depicts the story of two mercenaries fighting to locate a rare blood diamond the size of a golf ball. The local region, engulfed in a civil war between the government and
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Bloodline: Aids and Family
Bloodline: AIDS and Family The art center’s display of Kristen Ashburn, a documentary photographer, brings many to thought. How does this affect me, society, and the future? The artistic value of every emotion captured in the man y photos of families in Africa. These pictures pour emotion into the many viewing students. No one can walk out of the art center without being touched deeply by the heartbreaking display. After leaving one must imagine, what
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Blow
George Jung His life was made famous by being the subject of the movie "Blow", but his life was infamous for being the largest drug trafficker in the United States during the 1970s. This is the life of "Boston George", George Jung. George Jung was born August 6, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised in the city of Weymouth, where his father operated his own business. It was said that from an early age
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Blue Velvet: Scene Analysis
The opening scene in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet portrays the theme of the entire film. During this sequence he uses a pattern of showing the audience pleasant images, and then disturbing images to contrast the two. The first shot of the roses over the picket fence and the title track “Blue Velvet” establishes the setting (Lumberton) as a typical suburban town. The camera starts on a bright blue sky with birds chirping and flying by
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Bluebeard Bartok
Yigal Saperstein * Throughout this paper, god refers to the god of Abrahamic religions. This logically fits with Bartok’s background, as he was brought up Roman Catholic. * Kabbalah is an esoteric method and school of thought that originated within Judaism. The fairytale, “Bluebeard”, has evolved since Perrault initially published it in 1697, to when Bartok wrote the opera form in 1911. Bluebeard, in all versions, is the story of a woman learning about her
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