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  • Dangerous Minds* Deconstructing a Dangerous Mind Anilitical Article *dangerous Minds*

    Dangerous Minds* Deconstructing a Dangerous Mind Anilitical Article *dangerous Minds*

    Deconstructing a Dangerous Mind White, male and unafraid of darkness… this has been the type of hero commonly presented to audiences since the time of heroes began. Has it changed? Jerome Kaino explores… Modern day films present us with an array of different hero who don’t fulfil the stereotypical view of a hero. Margery Hourihan, writer of the article, Deconstructing the Hero positions us to view heroes as male, white and unafraid of darkness. This

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    Submitted: June 4, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Dark Side of the Moon

    Dark Side of the Moon

    "The lunatic is on the grass. The lunatic is on the grass. Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs. Got to keep the loonies on the path. The lunatic is in the hall. The lunatics are in my hall. The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings more. And if the dam breaks open many years too soon And if there is no room upon the hill

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Vika
  • Dark Water

    Dark Water

    DARK WATER Divorcee and daughter move into a creepy apartment building where strange events start to occur, and when the mom finds information about a missing girl that use to live upstairs, strange things start to happen. Director Hideo Nakata used a variety of techniques in his production design to portray specific themes in this film, Dark Water (2002). The overriding theme that was portrayed in Dark Water is that the past will come back

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Dave Matthews Band Vs. Fleetwood Mac

    Dave Matthews Band Vs. Fleetwood Mac

    Critical Acclaim Many multi-platinum bands receive fortune and a loyal fan base but never critical acclaim, Fleetwood Mac and Dave Matthews band fill these shoes. Fleetwood Mac has had many member changes throughout the bands existence, which has had a huge impact stylistically on the band; they have gone from a bluesy sound to a more pop oriented sound. Dave Matthews Bands' sound has changed over time due to changes in production. The sound has

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Mike
  • David Carson

    David Carson

    David Carson - MAIN NAME SHEET David Carson was born in Texas in the United States. Many of his design influences have come from his early childhood while travelling around America, Puerto Rico and the West Indies. His first significant exposure to graphic design education came as part of a three-week workshop in Switzerland, where the Swiss graphic designer Hans-Rudolph Lutz influenced him. He then worked in a high school near San Diego from 1982

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: July
  • David Duchovny Personal Quotes

    David Duchovny Personal Quotes

    "I never, ever, ever cook. And I would never eat anything I might cook." "I'm half Jewish, half Scottish. It's hard for me to buy anything." "Privacy is something I have come to respect. I think when I was younger I wanted to tell everybody everything, because I thought I was so damn interesting. Then I heard the snoring." "I've always been overly concerned about what people think which has resulted in a lot of

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Davis and Lisa

    Davis and Lisa

    David and Lisa During the movie we were to observe the main two characters David and Lisa. It starts out David getting dropped off by his mother at a private school/hospital for the insane. He has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCDP). For the most part, I agree with this diagnosis. First David’s obsession with clocks or time, the clocks were never on time or in his own words “Mickey-mouse” quality. While waiting for

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Day After Tomorrow

    Day After Tomorrow

    The movie, The Day After Tomorrow, addresses the issue of global warming. The movie’s portrayal of the events caused by global warming was extreme and not very believable. Some of the information is backed up by science but most is completely off the wall and nonrealistic. The movie cited the cause of the global climate change to be the rise in temperature due to greenhouse gasses. The warmer temperatures caused the polar ice caps

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Jack
  • De Nadie Commentary

    De Nadie Commentary

    “De Nadie” Commentary This documentary is focused on the numerous immigrants originating from Central America, undertaking an extremely dangerous journey of about 2500 miles up north towards the southern border of the United States, where they hope to cross and profit from the wealth available in the U.S.. The movie is accordingly named “de Nadie”, which translates into “No-One”, and follows various immigrants on their journeys, interviewing them on their way and depicting the many

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    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Monika
  • Dead Man Walking

    Dead Man Walking

    Starring: Susan Sarandon Sean Penn Dead man walking is the story of a spiritual woman (Sr. Helen Prejean) who embarks on a dangerous journey with a convicted killer (Matthew Poncelot) and the profound changes it makes in her life. Confronted with the anger of the community and the private pain of the victims’ parents. Sr. Helen Prejean overcomes her own fears to fight for the life and soul of Matthew Poncelot. One of the

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    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • Dead Man Walking

    Dead Man Walking

    During the first few weeks of our FYS-X class, the students are required to view the movie “Dead Man Walking. Unfortunately, I was not able to make it to the showing at school, but I rented the DVD from Block Buster Video. I missed an opportunity to gain some bonding time with my classmates, but I could not get off work in the short notice that the class was told about the film viewing. When

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Victor
  • Dead Man Walking - Analysis of the Movie

    Dead Man Walking - Analysis of the Movie

    Dead Man Walking - Analysis of the Movie People in society today have changed their feelings towards humanity and religious practises. This change is seen clearly in the movie “Dead Man Walking.” The characters go through changes in their view of religion and their feelings about human morality and humanity towards each other. The characters of Sister Helen, Matthew, and the victims parents all went through these changes during the movie for different reasons. These

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Top
  • Dead Man Walking [movie]

    Dead Man Walking [movie]

    Dead Man Walking In the movie Dead Man Walking a story is told about a man put on death row, Matthew Poncelet (Seann Penn), who gains the company and friendship of a nun, Sister Helen Prejeon (Susan Sarandon). Through out the movie comments by characters are made to show thoughts and feelings about the death penalty and the people on death row. The radio refers to Pocelet as “scum” but is the director, Tim Robbins,

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    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Victor
  • Dead Man Walking" Ethics Essay

    Dead Man Walking" Ethics Essay

    "Dead Man Walking" The film "Dead Man Walking" raised an important ethical issue about whether a convicted criminal on death row should be allowed to have a spiritual advisor. I think the moral issue of the movie revolves around whether a spiritual advisor, such as a nun, should lend comfort or support to a death row inmate, such as Matthew Poncelet. I think the issue is important because it involves the responsibility of the spiritual

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Dead Poets Society

    Dead Poets Society

    Synopsis: Robin Williams stars as Mr. Keating, an English teacher at an elite, all-boys' prep school, where the emphasis is on tradition rather than free-thinking. Keating tries -- through exposure to the canon of Western "dead poets" -- to give the future lawyers, bankers, and doctors an appreciation of life, love, and beauty. In the process, however, he arouses the suspicion of the school's administration for his unorthodox methods and chumminess with the starved-for-enlightenment students.

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    Submitted: April 10, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Dead Poets’ Society Analysis

    Dead Poets’ Society Analysis

    Mandi Kanu COR 100 D. Linton Sept. 28, 2004 “Now I’d like you to step forward over here. They’re not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they’re destined for great things, just like many of you. Their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Artur
  • Dead Poet’s Society

    Dead Poet’s Society

    I was the perfect age for “Dead Poet’s Society” when it came out. The film was originally released in 1989, right when I was starting my senior year in high school. It became a phenomenon among my friends. We were all looking ahead towards college, and many of the kids I knew suffered great pressure from their parents to fulfill their dreams. Of course, things weren’t nearly as bad for us as it was for

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • Dead Poet’s Society (norwegian)

    Dead Poet’s Society (norwegian)

    Filmen "Dagen er din" med Robin Williams i hovedrollen som den inspirerende lжreren John Keating, handler om hvordan en lжrer kan ha stor innflytelse pе elever. Handlingen i filmen foregеr pе den hundre еr gamle gutteskolen Welton Academy. Skolen praktiserer strenge regler og har fulgt de samme lжremшnstrene i alle еr. Ved hvert semester forlater hundrevis av foreldre sine sшnner her pе denne skolen, i hеp om at de vil utdanne seg til leger, advokater

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Jon
  • Dead Society

    Dead Society

    TAGS This is just a message for all of you that think we suck; we try to please ourselves and if you think our music is good well thanks. But if you think that your band or you could do better please send me your songs I would like to hear them. Punkad7@hotmail.com. Now there are a lot of bands that I don’t like and I think suck but I don’t go on their web

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • Dealing with Loss: The Childhood Perspective in Now and Then

    Dealing with Loss: The Childhood Perspective in Now and Then

    Does Hollywood portray reality? A connection between the two definitely exists in the coming of age movie, Now and Then. This movie directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, four women look back on the problems they faced during one summer as adolescents. Set in the small, secluded town of Shelby, Indiana, Glatter particularly focuses on two young girls who have experienced loss. Samantha, the main character, deals with her parent’s divorce, while her friend Roberta deals

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, the main character, Willy Loman, is a struggling salesman. Willy Loman is a complex father who confuses illusion with reality. In a way, Willy has two personalities in this play. The one we see in the present is a tired man in his sixties. The other Willy the young and confident salesman that was viewed through his flashbacks. In one of Willy’s flashbacks, Willy speaks

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Death of a Salesman Film/drama Comparison

    Death of a Salesman Film/drama Comparison

    Arthur Miller has been considered a leading American playwright for ages. His ability to create dramatic plots involving political and moral issues made him famous for plays like Death as a Salesman. But can such greatness achieved through plays also be achieved through film? It is a rarity when a movie based on a book or play follows closely to the plot intended, and it’s even more of a rarity when the tone, mood, and

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    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Death of Mozart

    Death of Mozart

    A short time before the death of Mozart, a stranger of remarkable appearance, and dressed in deep mourning, called at his house, and requested him to prepare a Requiem, in his best style, for the funeral of a distinguished person. The sensitive imagination of the composer immediately seized upon the circumstance as an omen of his own fate; and the nervous anxiety with which he labored to fulfill the task, had the effect of realizing

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Edward
  • Deconstucting the Lion King

    Deconstucting the Lion King

    WALT Disney's animations have always been popular, largely of course due to their aesthetic appeal, vivid characters, interesting plots, and for the parents, obvious moral standards that save their time teaching their children. The artifact this paper is going to study is one of Disney's most popular animation The Lion King released in 1994 both in the US and in Hong Kong. The film broke all records in the first weekend, grossing USD42 million. It

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Degrading Women in the Workplace

    Degrading Women in the Workplace

    Degrading Women in the Workplace I am a woman. It is something that I cannot change. In "The Gravity of Pink," Eden Abigail Trooboff writes that women struggle to find an identity in the world. She describes her own experiences, which she encountered as a woman. I also have my own share of experiences. Over the past several decades, women have succeeded in conquering some of the barriers in the workplace. Equal pay has been

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Denmark's Artillery

    Denmark's Artillery

    Denmark's Artillery were one of the many quality European thrash metal bands which never seemed to catch a break. Formed in 1982 in the Copenhagen suburb of Taastrup by brothers Michael (guitar) and Morten Stytzer (bass), Artillery's demos quickly became a hot item on the heavy metal underground tape trading circuit thanks to their frenzied, highly technical style of thrashing. Then a booming worldwide network, this important community was also responsible for launching the careers

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Mike
  • Dennis Schwartz Is There Any Good in Saying Everything About a Movie?

    Dennis Schwartz Is There Any Good in Saying Everything About a Movie?

    DENNIS SCHWARTZ IS THERE ANY GOOD IN SAYING EVERYTHING ABOUT A MOVIE? MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, THE (Diarios de motocicleta) (director: Walter Sallers; screenwriters: Jose Rivera/from the books "The Motorcycle Diaries" by Ernesto Che Guevara and "With Che Through Latin America" by Alberto Granado; cinematographer: Eric Gautier; editor: Daniel Rezende; music: Gustavo Santaolalla; cast: Gael Garcнa Bernal (Ernesto Guevara de la Serna), Rodrigo de la Serna (Alberto Granado), Mнa Maestro (Chichina Ferreyra), Jorge Chiarella (Dr. Bresciani),

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    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Departed

    Departed

    Once again Scorsese delivers a film that meets or exceeds the expectations of its audience in nearly every way. There are moments of incredible tension, violence, and drama, moments where characters reveal their vulnerabilities and weakness. Comedic moments and moments of sadness and through it all a multi layered and brilliant story is told by an American film maker who once again proves Harvey Keitel correct when he said, "Maybe he (Scorsese) got what he

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    Submitted: April 8, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Describe the Qualities and Actions of a Character Who Interests You in the Text You Have Studied. Explain How the Text Reveals These Features.

    Describe the Qualities and Actions of a Character Who Interests You in the Text You Have Studied. Explain How the Text Reveals These Features.

    World’s Fastest Indian Essay Q1 – Describe the qualities and actions of a character who interests you in the text you have studied. Explain how the text reveals these features. “If you don’t follow your dreams, you might as well be a vegetable,” – Burt Munro, a slightly cantankerous old man from Invercargill with an obsession with speed and a 1920s-era Indian motorcycle which he’s been tinkering with for years. Not an ordinary mix of

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Max
  • Description on Chopi Timblia Music, Shona Mbira Music and the Venda National Dance: Tshikhona

    Description on Chopi Timblia Music, Shona Mbira Music and the Venda National Dance: Tshikhona

    What is ethnomusicology? It comes from the word, Ў§ethnographicЎЁ, which is the study of music within its social content and it is an account based on research. It documents traditional music and focuses on what the meaning of music is. Ў§ethnomusicological research also involves history, and for many studies history is the focus. Often ethnomusicologists study cultures other than their own, a situation that distinguishes this field from most historical musicologyЎЁ (Meyers, 1992: 3). In

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Monika
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