... elections in 1948 divided Italy in two political parties: popular front and Christian Democracy. Accordingly Bicycle Thieves is not only a realistic film that shows Italian post-war circumstances through Antonio's story, but it is also a film characterised by an acute psychological understanding and a sharp attention to detail. The realistic overview and the social analysis create a perfect balance between moral tension ... sequences "little by little episodes become increasingly dramatic: the escape of the accomplice, the impossibility to arrest the thief, the attempt of robbery. This d...

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... Technicolor technique (it was the fourteenth film to use it), giving breathtaking beauty to the scenes and specifically the deep south scenery, which served as a beautiful background to the enthralling story and its colourful characters. Probably the one aspect that could make or break a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's classical tale of a love-hate romance and civil war was the casting ... , specifically for the pivotal character of Scarlett O Hara, the beautiful, high-tempered and strong willed sixteen year old around which the story revolves. Selznick had his vision for Scarlett...

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... rest is eliminated. In this sense, Vertov's documentary form structure maintained a rather simple additive structural format of montage while Eisenstein's collision montage employed interactive structural formation. In the creation of a story, Eisenstein's montage of attractions and collision editing have performed as a machine and organism utilizing self-sufficient building blocks of cells as a fuel to energize and create a steady stream of montage ... which developed dramatic story and meaning in control, orchestrating towards a purposeful destination- the final theme. Vertov's creati...

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... get over the death of her husband. Her son, Samuel, is also causing her issues due to his behavioural problems. The film takes a dark turn as a supernatural being from a horror story she read to her son, 'The Babadook,' begins to plague her. The movie quickly establishes the broken relationship between mother and son through the distance between the two characters ... engaged in conversation with her potential love interest at work. Within the family's home the only time any colour is shown to stand out is when the book containing the story of 'The Babadook' is first introduce...

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... which focused on how the Presidential campaigns are focused on superficial and manipulative techniques to make the candidates look upstanding and patriotic and a newspaper article named "Truth overboard-the story that won't go away" by The Sydney Morning Herald which reviewed the Tampa crisis also known as the Children Overboard during 2001. Both of the texts highlight the abuse ... is a function of power rather than truth has highlighted in the film of "Wag the Dog" by Barry Levinson and the newspaper article named "Truth overboard-the story that won't go away" by The Sydney Morning He...

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... accidents of hair-breadth scapes of being taken by the insolent foe, glorifying himself as a brave and worthy suitor for her. Furthermore, Othellos direct statement of still questioned me the story of my life, contrasts Brabantios reports of Othellos supposed use of witchcraft, as Othello claims that Brabantio too was awed by the stories. This statement is strategically said to demote ... ...

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