... the best musical ever. That is, of course, if you are in your early twenties and have never seen another musical before! Undoubtedly the contrivance to revive a dead and forgotten film genre, this "musical- virtually fashions a new template for modern audiences. Devoid of many beloved attributes of the generic musical, director Baz Luhrmann stumbles into a spoof of an opera, retaining little association ... , Moulin Rouge is reduced to an overly staged music video. If eliciting a deeper meaning behind the songs in effort to pilot a powerful message marks a necessary syntactic characteris...

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... the opening words of William Shakespeare's ageless tale Romeo and Juliet. Over the years many people have proved the timeless relevance of Shakespeare's themes present in this particular play. The film industry in particular has produced numerous versions of Shakespeare's enduring classic. No matter how the play is interpreted, however, the themes of the play remain intact. Although Romeo and ... with some that date back as early as 1900. Many directors have taken this play and uniquely adapted it into film while still maintaining the themes of the original play. Just about every type o...

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... and final kiss. These films are considered to be low budget but made by major studios as well as great directors. Most of the films in this genre are based on a novel of a modern or classical writer such as: "The Notebook", "A Walk to Remember" (by Nicholas ... Sparks), "Anna Karenina" (Leo Tolstoy) etc. Also the romance genre has a range of subgenres: Romantic Drama ( "Last Tango in Paris", "Water for Elephants",  "A Walk to Remember"), Chic Flick ( "Dirty ... Opera", "The Tourist", "The Bodyguard"). One of the notable examples of a film made in the romance genre is "The Notebook". I...

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... truck unexpectedly crashes with a shockingly loud eruption. Winning the Best Director Award, for this film at Cannes 2002, Anderson takes his audience on a less grandeur ride than he did in previous works of the same genre, as it is missing the colourful complex plot lines, but works equally as well with ... the simple story used. Where usually, these kind of thought provoking films are based on ideas, Punch Drunk Love focuses more on the depth of characters and their complexities. Aside from this, the film ... hallways, making it seem otherworldly. This creative art direction makes it ...

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... the DVD and watched Pearl Harbor, again. Even though the characters and their personal lives were fictional I felt the story behind the characters was true. An entertaining film which I believe would fall under the genre of historical drama with a romantic twist. However, some reviews I read felt just the opposite. It was more of a romance with little historical accuracy. The movie gave me ... off pages in a history book. The movie was excellent in depicting the reality of war and the devastation and heartache that comes with it. Others do not agree that the film was accurate in its dep...

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... middle, narrated by the character of Miranda. The entire novel, therefore, is written in first person point of view. Through this narrative technique, other elements, such as the thriller genre, symbolism of the structure, and psychological interpretation are raised. It is through these components, that the narrative's themes are presented, allowing the readers to respond accordingly. The theme of ... the problem of love addresses views of false and true love. The Collector is a feature of the thriller genre, thus contributing to the novel's entertaining capability A thriller is a novel, ...

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... that it holds a wide variety of styles, settings, and characters. The criteria, like every other film or television show revolves around the dramatic conflict and how the characters deal with it. The evolution of this genre is constantly being revised by those who insist on testing its limit - whether it be shifting the setting to the workplace as seen on West Wing ... notion of family with a tight-knit gap of students, and creating an atmosphere that binds them together for a four year period has helped shape up within the evolution of this genre. First and foremost, what makes Felicit...

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... or message, cabaret works on all levels. As a love story, Cabaret gradually caters the needs of Sally, Brian, Max, Natalia and Fritz throughout the film. Although the relationships between Sally, Brian and Max are not based completely on love, Natalia and Fritz depend on love for their relationship to succeed. Completely ... the main plot. Musical sequences in Cabaret fail to evolve naturally from the narrative and dialogue in the traditional well-integrated sense of the musical genre. All the songs, with one notable and disturbing exception (?Tomorrow belongs to me?), take place on the s...

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Casablanca In Casablanca, the prominent themes of unhappy love and self-sacrifice set this romantic melodrama apart from most in its genre. These themes are best expressed in the interactions of the three main characters: Victor Laszlo, a heroic political leader; Ilsa Lund, an enigmatic femme fatale; and Richard (Rick) Blaine, a seemingly morally ... the conventional romantic sense of love with a more powerful form. A love that is exceedingly noble, selfless, and pure. The idea of this ultimate state achieved at the closing of this film is perhaps more romantic in itself than any fairy tale ...

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Synopsis Screewriter Joe Gillis met a faded film star Norma Desmond by chance. She initially employs him to edit her script for a movie for her 'comeback', but she soon falls hopelessly in love with him and persuades him ... unfading words: "now, Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." Songs Sunset Boulevard may not be Lloyd Webber's best score, but it is his most seamlessly and artfully constructed. The genre of music that 'Sunset Boulevard' belongs to could be described as music comprising mainly of strings, brass, saxophone and other wind instruments. The dark opening theme, throughout th...

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