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House Un American Activities Committee World War Ii
1,855 wordsWhile the United States was fighting the Cold War to preserve its freedoms, the fears and anti-Communism the Cold War helped cause at home undermined some of those freedoms. One of the most notorious examples of this is Senator Joseph McCarthy. In his search for Communists in the U. S. government he infringed upon civil rights and freedoms, such as freedom of speech, provided to all Americans by Constitution. His actions caused a lot of innocent people, mostly government employees, to loose thei...
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Anti Communist Television Networks
1,246 words... that even having been convicted of a crime (Ellen Schrecker the Age of McCarthyism). The film industry soon started to change as people began to fear losing their job and reputation. The economic hardships befalling Hollywood hit the movie industry hard. The studios were already losing money due to the invention and wide-spread use of the television and many studios were going bankrupt or on their way down that path. Needless to say, the McCarthy controversy didnt sit well with the heads of ...
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Representations Of The Black Male In Film
1,230 words... s carrying on a tradition that is passed from father to son- -a father who runs from his responsibilities and blames all but himself -- and that this pattern repeats itself from generation to generation. So Duff changes -- he accepts the responsibility of being a father and husband and learns what it is to be a man. His decision to return to Josie with his son offers some hope to his situation. Symbolically, Duff's decision conveys the importance of being there for his family -- being a man....
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Representations Of The Black Male In Film
1,251 words... genre quickly died out. While Hollywood continues to portray black male characters with "good" or "bad" extremes, some progress is being made. Audiences in the 1990 's are experiencing a boom of movies by black directors (Guerrero, Framing 158). Spike Lee's Clockers (1995), is an example of a film that shows improvement in how the black male is portrayed. Clockers is the story of drug dealer Strike and his relationship with the white cop Rocco. Like Priest in Superfly, Strike deals death to ...
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The Evolution Of Black Actresses In American Film
1,783 wordsThere is a rich history in American film. There is one group of people that were many times overlooked for their great attributes to American film: the Black actors. There were many aspiring black actors. Unfortunately, as in most things in the past, they did not have the same opportunities as other mainstream Hollywood actors. They were only allowed to be coons, tragic mulatto's, mammies, and the servants. Even with those roles, they were never allowed to be the leading lady. There are many asp...
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Cold War Tensions House Un American Activities Committee
2,073 wordsThe Cold War influenced nearly all aspects of American political and cultural life from 1946 -- when Winston Churchill announced the descent of an Iron Curtain separating the Soviet Union and her Eastern European satellite states from the non-communist West -- to the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. The influence on the American film industry was deep and long-lasting. Hollywood became a highly visible target of the House Un-American Activities Committee during the late 1940 s and 195...
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World War Ii East And The West
2,267 wordsOrientalism in Film The word orient comes from the Latin orient which means the east. During the history Orient was the shifting term and it changed according to historical changes. First Orient used to be the eastern part of Europe. In nineteenth century the North Africa and the Middle East and India were called Orient. For America Orient is the East Asia. In more general sense Orient is the opposite to the West and means something different, foreign or exotic. The term Orientalism defines the ...
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Attention To Detail Ten Commandments
1,953 wordsCecil B. DeMille was in all a great director, producer, writer and actor. Born Cecil Blount DeMille, he was THE original aristocrat of Hollywood, but this aristocrat had humble beginnings. His father was a clergyman and his mother ran a girls school. An old soul in knee pants and determined to get his show on the road, he ran away from military school and tried to enlist in the Armed forces at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. He was let down when he was turned down for being too young. ...
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Buster Keaton Warner Bros
4,657 wordsIn 1927 Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, a silent drama with sound sequences in which Al Jolson sang and spoke. The film was a hit, and within two years American cinema shifted irreversibly to talking films. At first everyone was planted around the microphone, but even as the technology improved, sound still slowed down the onscreen tempo because of the greater detail and realism which it brought to action. This change helped the dramatic players of silents, most of whom had equal or great...
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Spike Lee Daily Telegraph
1,757 wordsHaving read Mel Dear Mel Having read the avalanche of outraged articles in the UK press that preceded the UK launch of The Patriot, I readily admit that I was expecting to see a distinctly anti-British Movie. One such headline complains for example about a blood libel on the British People. Some considerable way into the film (which, putting the controversy to one side, was otherwise enjoyable), I found myself questioning whether such criticism was justified. Characters on both sides, including ...
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Academy Awards Forty Four
2,443 words|I have a different concept of producing than other producers. Some producers are money men, and others are just lieutenants. For me to produce is to make a picture. As a producer, I can maintain an editorial perspective that I wouldn+t have as a director. I consider myself first a creative producer, then a showman and then a businessman. You need all three things to succeed in the business today. X -David O. Selznick The film Since You Went Away was released in 1944. This epic film attempted to...
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World War Ii Film Noir
4,884 wordsForty years after Raymond Borde and? tienne Chaumeton defined the challenge, critical commentators on film noir continue to grapple with it. Ironically, American writers did not immediately take up consideration of this indigenous phenomenon and the question of its essential traits. Only gradually in a frequently cross-referenced series of essays in the 1970 s did they begin to express themselves. There are now a dozen full-length books in English concerning film noir and undoubtedly more to fol...
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Technological Advances Star Wars
1,832 wordsIn the period previous to the 1930 s, the predominant form of filmmaking was that of the crank camera. This is not to say that motor-driven cameras were not possible. However, the motors to advance the film were so large that they were simply too cumbersome to be effective. Thus, it was the cameraman himself who would crank the film at a steady rate to expose the frames. When it came to showing the film, on the other hand, motor driven projectors were quite convenient, and by the 1920 s a standa...
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Don Acute T First World War
2,327 wordsFM 3011 Comedy To what extent, and why, does contemporary Hollywood romantic comedy follow or depart from the conventions established in the classic Hollywood era? Answer with reference to at least two films. In the 1970 ´ s, Brian Henderson predicted that, due to changes within family structures and sexual relationships´ , and a loss of faith in the interest of romance as a subject´ , the romantic comedy would become outdated and therefore, supposedly, an impossibility´ ...
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F Scott Fitzgerald Close Up Shot
4,012 wordsMaking A Movie Imagine a young child, eye level with a floor full of miniature toys, concentrating intently on building a make-believe world. To the child, the toys are not miniature figures made of plastic or wood. They are real characters with real adventures. The child frames the action, crafting scenes that unfold in a world of imagination. Looking through the lens of a camera as actors bring to life a writers story, the filmmaker is also peering into a world of imagination. The director, pr...
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Life In America Economic And Social
421 wordsInitiation into American Culture: The Hollywood Smoke Screen As a foreigner looking inward through a glass window, the foundation of the American culture appears to be based on the idealism of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Each year thousands migrate into the United States in search of freedom, democracy and the distinguished American Dream. The perception of the American Dream is initiated by several secondary sources; one of significance being American films. The cultural initiat...
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Wasn T Didn T
1,425 wordsBy: Leslie Nielsen Leslie Nielsen By: David Nielsen This essay will discuss the life and times of Leslie Nielsen and everything he had experienced to get where his is. It is said that Leslie had a good life, this essay will show that he did also go through some tough times when he was starting up his career as an actor. In the beginning of Leslie s book he states that his life long dream was to become an actor. He said that he always knew that he would be a good actor even in the early stages of...
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Alfred Hitchcock Norman Bates
3,094 wordsHe Alfred Hitchcock ALFRED HITCHCOCK He was known to his audiences as the Master of Suspense and what Hitchcock mastered was not only the art of making films but also the task of taming his own imagination. Director of many works such as Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds and The 39 steps, Hitchcock told his stories through intelligent plots, witty dialogue and tales of mystery and murder. In doing so, he inspired a new generation of film makers and revolutionized the thriller film, making him a legend ...
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D W Griffith Buster Keaton
6,372 wordsWhile films made during cinema&# 39; s early days may appear archaic, awkward, or even unintentionally funny to some modern viewers, they were part of a revolution in entertainment that was never before equaled and perhaps may never be equaled again. Later innovations such as television and the internet (so far more of an information medium than an entertaining one) owe their acceptance, if not their very existence, to the initial discovery that people are endlessly fascinated when a narrative s...
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Hewlett Packard Sun Microsystems
2,666 wordsSilicon Graphics: Silicon Graphics Silicon Graphics: Computers for 3 -D Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) is a manufacturer of high-end computers specifically designed for the rendering and manipulation of three-dimensional images. At a time when computer technology has become increasingly standardized and specialized, SGI has been described as a throwback to an earlier age of computing because the company manufactures its own workstations, central processors and operating software. Although Silicon ...
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