... "film noir"; similar times, similar productions? At the same time, it has to be noticed that Taxi Driver also involves ingredients typical of other film genre such as the western, horror, or urban melodrama. Scorcese offers in Taxi Driver a nightmarish vision of New York: most of the scenes are filmed in the lowest boroughs of the city where dirty and messy ... Driver scenario refuses to accept "film noir" as a genre as western or peplum are. He prefers to refer to it as a period in time and in film history: "those Hollywood films of the forties and fifties which portrayed the world of ...

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... , deserves a 5-Star rating mainly because of its simple plot that encompasses a moving story of loss and revenge. It also tackles essential political ideals that are rare topics in modern-day films. The casts of the movie are believable portrayals of characters in the Roman history that turn the work of literature into a reflection of life. Lastly, the cinematography makes the movie ... a realistic journey that takes the viewers into the horror ridden world of Maximus. The close up, zoom out and aerial shots allow the audience to feel the protagonists' pain, and his victorious revenge. L...

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... vivid scenes. I believe that the "End of Days" was intentionally created so that it would be appealing to everyone, as it encompassed both truth and fiction, through action, lust (sex), horror, and drama. However, most American do not notice the subtle messages being relayed about end time. Perhaps the part of the reason for the adiuences inability to pick up on ... popular culture face at the end of the millennium. There are a number of key idea and themes that the "End of Days" notes which specifically distinguishs itself apart from other films similar to it. First, the fact that the ...

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... pierced and injured when he was crucified. Father Kiernan is sent out by superiors to examine her once the attacks attract media attention. Her body is possessed by what the films shows to be Father Alameida's unrest spirit and she writes in Aramaic, the dead language of Jesus Christ, the Gospel of Thomas, which reads in so many words that believers ... 's recurrent bloodletting fits and the rather ridiculous mutual attraction between her and Father K. In some opinion, the film loses points for the sick similarity between it and the "May-December horror love-match shown by Linda Blair an...

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