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    as the 30s’ came around, it had affected the Hollywood film industry through economic crisis putting the movies into low budgeting films. But as the great depression seemed to be a major crisis for those living in the U.S another crisis soon followed as the great depression had ended, and that so happened World War II. When the U.S officially entered the war the whole Hollywood film industry changed drastically. Some of the usage from the film industry had been the type of propaganda used from it

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    Jurassic World Essay

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    Jurassic Park sequel to gallop past the $700 million worldwide threshold – currently standing pat with $713.8 million. The film will also cross the $400 million domestic mark in the next few days – and in doing so, it will also surpass Jurassic Park’s lifetime domestic earning of $402.4 million. Currently, Jurassic World is on pace to crush the worldwide total put-up

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    within the spy genre since the release of Dr. No in 1962,[190] with 22 secret agent films released in 1966 alone attempting to capitalise on the Bond franchise's popularity and success.[191] The first parody was the 1964 film Carry On Spying, which shows the villain Dr. Crow being overcome by agents who included James Bind (Charles Hawtry) and Daphne Honeybutt (Barbara Windsor).[192] One of the films that reacted against the portrayal of Bond was the Harry Palmer series, whose first film, The Ipcress

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    The film “The Conversation” brought upon the speculations and paranoia felt during the times of the Cold War to the public. The presence of communism struck fear into the hearts of the American society causing surveillance as moving along from foreign countries to domestic homes. The main character Harry Caul is a representation of the United States and the countries struggle to finding the answer whether its actions of surveillance were justified and moral. Harry Caul’s journey within the film creates

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    The Man From U.n.

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    stop Napoleon and Gabby from escaping over the Berlin Wall. When it becomes clear that the scientists is being held by an Italian criminal organization that were Nazi sympathizers, the C.I.A. and KGB decide to run a joint operation with their top two spies to retrieve him in order to ensure there is not another war. Gabby is brought along to help them infiltrate the organization since her uncle is one of the members. The Man from U.N.C.L.E has not done overly well in the box office, but I found it

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    Film Censorship

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    benefits of film in society, leaders at the Institute believed that legalized censorship would “stifle [...] the freedom of the (film) industry as a mirror of everyday life, hopes, and aspirations of the people” (Rosenbloom 315). The promotion of social reform and education in American society through the medium of film was inhibited by censorship from external legislation, and from within the motion picture industry itself. Firstly, public uproar over the the release of J.W. Griffiths’s film The Birth

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    Alfred Hitchcock

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    Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most well known directors of all time bringing murder and mystery to a new light. His films, starting in 1925 with "The Pleasure Garden" and ending in 1976 with the film "Family Plot", set a precedent for all other directors in the film industry. Many story lines and techniques within the cinematography of Hitchcock are common standards for films of today. 	However, Hitchcock did not start out as a brilliant director, but instead started from the very bottom of

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    Written Analysis I saw the film “Battle of the Bulge”, which was made by Ken Annakin. This film was taken from American perspective and showed how the Allied Forces and American army were brave at the battle. This film was about the battle between Germany and the Allied Forces during World War II. Germany was on a way to loose, so they planned to counterattack against cities, which Allied Forces was occupying. Germany was using Tiger Tanks, which was very fast, strong, and high technology. Germany

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    Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most well known directors of all time bringing murder and mystery to a new light. His films, starting in 1925 with "The Pleasure Garden" and ending in 1976 with the film "Family Plot", set a precedent for all other directors in the film industry. Many story lines and techniques within the cinematography of Hitchcock are common standards for films of today. However, Hitchcock did not start out as a brilliant director, but instead started from the very bottom of

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    created film masterpieces, these films always have similar themes that Hitchcock himself was personally fascinated with. Two of these themes happen to be his most notable are the theme of voyeurism and the theme of sexuaily. Hitchcock has always created his films to reflect his own ideas of how he has perceived these ideas, these themes were almost seemly an obsession to him as they are so prevalent. Voyeurism is the one theme that people associate him with the most, as it is Hitchcock 's film techniques

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