... in which rituals are both formal and ideological practices that can become a beneficial means of responding a variety of situations. Genres have been used to classify various art forms well before the creation of films. For literature, Tragedy was considered the most important in Aristotle's Poetics, Musical genres were composed of classical sonatas and symphonies, and genre painting depicting domestic life and daily social encounters began ... era known as New Hollywood began to emerge. Film school educated directors began drawing on established genres, special effects and large advert...

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... , Alex Miller's "Autumn Laing" and Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day" contributed to my interpretation of self-imposed change as a means of reshaping one's self thus propelling me toward the investigation of identity. I find form to be particularly important in reflecting the characteristics of postmodern literature, thus my independent investigation was devoted to the study of form. I find I can best communicate my concept through a fragmented narrative ... own postmodern voice is crucial to my future progress hence I must attain a better understanding of my narrator and engage w...

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... told the story with new elements. This was not the only factor that proliferated his films in to Western cinema, his films often featured Western components and literature; such films as Throne of Blood and Ran features the story of Shakespeare's Macbeth and King Lear, essentially Kurosawa created versions of the Western classics with ... by his own men that shot arrows at him; Kurosawa requested his archers to shoot real arrows, only to be hollowed out with wires of around ten feet running along it, while Mifune ran upon chalk marks carefully placed to avoid being hit. Even though ther...

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