... away to channel surf on his television. Flipping through channels he stumbles upon a clip of film director Steven Soderbergh telling a joke about filmmakers Louis Malle and Billy Wilder. Basically the joke goes something like this: Billy Wilder runs into Louis Malle, this is in the late 50's, early 60's. And Louis Malle had just made his most expensive film, which has cost ... 2 1/2 million dollars. And Billy Wilder asks him what the film is about. And Louis Malle says "Well, it's sort of a dream within a dream." And Billy Wilder says "You just lost 2 1/2 million dollars." So here we ha...

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... means somebody everyone knows."" And the public does indeed by into her scheme. She was able to hold public interest all through her trial with the assistance of her lawyer Billy Flynn (played by Richard Gere). It is he who introduced Roxie to the idea of using her own murder as a stunt to catch the public's eye: "Give em the old ... the reaction will be passionate."" Unfortunately for other women on murderer's row, including Katelin Helinsky (played by Ekaterina Chtchelkanova), they were not able to receive the impeccable law council of Billy Flynn. Helinsky is hanged for a crime she a...

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... the baser hunter gatherer ideals of food and shelter. There are many examples of this in the gritty realist films in British cinema. For example in Billy Elliot (dir. Daldry, 2000)material consumerist concerns such as trainers are low on the main patriarchal characters list of priorities and The Full Monty is ... seem far more real. There are a multitude of examples of moral or surface realism pertaining to the economy in British realism films. For example in Billy Elliot the family is fighting the end of the mining industry and the economic impact this will have, in the Full Monty the s...

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... him as their new Poster Bot, the first cyborg policeman, RoboCop. Now I know what you're thinking, "Why did it take you that much space just to give a plot synopsis?" Well that's just one of this movie's many flaws. It's overcomplicated for a plot that had flown so intrinsically to begin with, adding new details where they weren't needed for ... ...

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... typical roman dialect and themes debated are ideals of equality and social justice. Furthermore there is not a narrator who influences the point of view of the audience: through a very simple synopsis, spectators discover the straight revelation of the real, without any filters. It is because all of these features that Andre' Bazin said that Bicycle Thieves is "one of the first ... ...

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The film Cinema Paradiso is an Italian drama that was written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. As a general synopsis of the film the story opens with a scene of famous Italian filmmaker Salvatore Di Vita (Jacques Perrin) returning to his home on a late night. His current girlfriend tells him that ... ...

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... portrayed in a usual manner because the casting was according to the situation in the film (say, tragic love affair between lower class and upper class characters). Caledon Nathan (acted by Billy Zane) is another character (say, the antagonist). His character leads to dramatic sequences in the film but does not prove to be over acting. Brock Lovett (acted by Bill Paxton ... ...

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... tells the story of a father and son's awkward reconciliation. Edward who has always told tall tales sees adventure and magic in all of his stories but Edward's son, Will Bloom (Billy Crudup), feels his father is just an obsessive storyteller reaching for a chance in the spotlight. Will has thoughts that his father uses the stories as a cover-up and that his ... ...

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... the United States in the early days of cinema and the introduction of content censorship. I shall then discuss the influence of cinema over society by analysing the transformative role of Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot (1959) and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) in their portrayal of sexuality, gender roles and gender identities. The beginning of the twentieth century was characterised by ... ...

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... the unforeseen, fatal consequences that are caused and have to be faced. It is of a gruesome discovery Stewart encounters whilst fishing in the isolated mountains along with Carl, Rocco and Billy is of a murdered woman who belongs to an indigenous background. Although they are profoundly horrified and confronted, the four men decide to continue their ultimate trip of fishing, tethering the ... ...

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... . I believe the smallest impact on society is movies compared to all the other aspects of the world. Those that get all riled up about "this is bad for my little Billy's eyes" need be slapped and collect themselves. They need to see the world for what it really is and not be hypnotized by what everyone else tells them is bad ... ...

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... a song with a crowd of people sings and cheering behind him. This was quite a constrast to the more serious parts within the show. One example of a serious issue would be when 'Billy Thomas' played by Gil Bellows and a good friend of Ally McBeal, died of a brain tumor. This was quite an upsetting storyline. 'Ally McBeal' uses similar techniques to those used by ... ...

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... lines capture buildings, lamp posts and alleyways in similar distortion. The lighting of interiors shows the same scaled down pattern, but revealing entrapment over pursuit" In the film Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) we are introduced to the femme fatale Phyllis, as she slowly walks down the stairs in her house. The main male lead, Walter, is waiting for her in ... ...

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