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Roman Polanski Unanswered Questions
1,141 wordsThe last moments of a production are important because they can greatly alter the audiences' interpretation of the entire play. This is especially true in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. A number of unanswered questions such as whom is responsible for Macbeth's fate and whether peace is restored to the kingdom, gather at the end of the play Macbeth. In each of the different productions, directors Orson Wells, Roman Polanski, and Trevor Nunn allude to these answers. Shakespeare's play ends with Ma...
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King Duncan Polanski Version
1,113 words... a different approach to the question of Macbeth's role in his fatal outcome in the last scene of his production. In the last minute of this production Macduff stands trembling. He grips the sword, covered in Macbeth's blood, tightly in one hand. Then Ross slowly takes the crown from the invisible crown rack and places it next to Macduff's bloody sword. The camera focuses tightly on the image of the bloody sword side by side with the crown. Nunn intentionally leaves the viewer with this image...
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William Randolph Hearst Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol
1,455 wordsGeorge Orson Welles, known more commonly as Orson Welles was a director, producer, writer, and actor. Mr. Welles was born on May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His father was an inventor and manufacturer and his mother a talented pianist. Welles was regarded as an absolute genius from early childhood and his creative abilities were encouraged and nurtured. His early childhood was to a large extent, directed by his mother's physician and admirer, Dr. Maurice Bernstein. (Russell 9) He made a succ...
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Orson Welles Citizen Kane
1,478 words... d screaming in escape, etc. Symbols are a dime a dozen a justify their use in the result achieved. I thought the fading light filament and dying sound track at the end of the singer's career very effective; also the opening and close on the iron fence around the castle. The smoke rising to heaven at the end was trite to start with and dragged out absurdly. As you can see, there is nothing startling in these component parts. The outstanding technical effect in the picture is in the conception...
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Orson Welles Citizen Kane
1,214 wordsThe biggest mistake we have made is to consider that films are primarily a form of entertainment. The film is the greatest medium since the invention of movable type for exchanging ideas and information, and it is no more at its best in light entertainment than literature is at its best in the light novel. -Orson Welles Orson Welles was passionate about film. By the young age of 25, he had directed, produced, and starred in what is today considered by most to be the greatest movie ever made, Cit...
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Ender Game And Out Of The Silent Planet
1,255 words... of others as well as the bullies, by getting back at them through physical violence. Ender was small, but was very skilled and quick with his body. One such instance of this was on Earth, when some of his classmates had continually picked on him. Finally, Ender unleashed his furry upon them, not only with physical violence, but using his intelligence to beat them for good. "As soon as they let go of him. And as soon as they did, Ender kicked out high and hard, catching Stilson square in the ...
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Critical Analysis Of Citizen Kane By Orson Welles
798 wordsDirected, produced and starring Orson Welles, Citizen Kane is famous for the many remarkable scenes, cinematic and narrative techniques which help to revolutionized the film industry. Written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, filmed by Gregg Toland, Kane is brilliantly crafted remembrances of Mr. Bernstein's investigations. Kane draws much of its magnetism from its deviation from classic ideals and its ability to start new ones. Welles uses film as an art form to communicate and display a narr...
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Citizen Kane Textual Analysis Of The Picnic Scene
1,070 words... g him appear older and obviously prostrate. Despite his casual dress, the top button of his shirt remains fast and his coat clasped between his hands. With his chin on his chest he appears fragile yet stubborn. His tone spells out his weariness and his boredom with Susan's continuing attack. His obvious attempt to avoid the discussion through remarks on Susan's volume and his wish for her to cease display his desire to avoid conflict and keep up appearances with the guests. Kane's character ...
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Anti Social Behavior Allowed To Marry
1,108 wordsAn Argument Against Same Sex Marriage (1) We live in time when many socio-political policies in Western countries are being based on the principle of metaphysical insanity. The legalization of same-sex marriages in Americas progressive states, such as Massachusetts, can serve as a good example. People, who promote this practice, as such that help establishing social tolerance, do not understand the social function of marriage. The reason why men and women get married is to legitimize their sexua...
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Devil And Daniel Webster Orson Welles
2,434 wordsThe Devil and Tom Walker is a folk tale about a greedy man who meets the devil in a swamp in the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. Tom Walker and his wife are very greedy and are always trying to outdo each other. When Tom meets the devil for the very first time, the devil tells him of the great sums of money that was buried by Kidd, the pirate under the oak tree in the swamp. The devil makes the money available to Tom, but Tom does not comply just to spite his wife. The wife then decides to m...
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William Randolph Hearst Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol
2,912 wordsGeorge Orson Welles, known more commonly as Orson Welles was a director, producer, writer, and actor. Mr. Welles was born on May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His father was an inventor and manufacturer and his mother a talented pianist. Welles was regarded as an absolute genius from early childhood and his creative abilities were encouraged and nurtured. His early childhood was to a large extent, directed by his mothers physician and admirer, Dr. Maurice Bernstein. (Russell 9) He made a succe...
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Point Of View Orson Welles
1,609 wordsHello, My Name Is Orson Welles Orson Welles liked to reuse certain elements throughout his films. He liked a good deep focus shot. He liked low key lighting. He liked the grotesque side of life, blocking actors in groups of three, low camera angles and especially pointy bras. He also liked to open his movies in a certain predictable way. In Citizen Kane, he used the announcer in News on the March to introduce the subject and main character, Charles Foster Kane. In The Magnificent Ambersons, Well...
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Rest Of His Life Orson Welles
1,170 wordsOrson Orson Welles Orson Welles Orson Welles was an actor, producer, director, writer, and columnist who revolutionized the film industry by directing movies that depicted men and woman as real human beings. Throughout his writing career, Welles characters reflected his own personality and inspired others to write about human struggles, both good and bad. An innovative, dynamic individual, Welles spent his entire life experimenting with different mediums and bringing to the world his vision of m...
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Orson Welles Citizen Kane
948 wordsThe Orson Welles Orson Welles The term genius was applied to him from the cradle, first by the man who would vie with Orson's father to nurture the talent all agreed resided in the fragile boy. (Leaming, 3) George Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on May 6, 1915. He was the second son of Richard Head Welles, an inventor, and his wife Beatrice Ives, a concert pianist. His mother was the child of a wealthy family. She had been brought up to revere artistic achievements, and began playing...
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William Randolph Hearst Heart And Soul
3,882 wordsCitizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal Of William Citizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal Of William Randolph Hearst? Many have called Citizen Kane the greatest cinematic achievement of all time. It is indeed a true masterpiece of acting, screen writing, and directing. Orson Welles, its young genius director, lead actor, and a co-writer, used the best talents and techniques of the day (Bordwell 103) to tell the story of a newspaper giant, Charles Kane, through the eyes of the people who loved and hated...
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