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Film Reviews
In this paper, I have reviewed three films. They are Mr. Smith goes to Washington by Frank Capra, All the King’s Men by Robert Rossen and Grapes of Wrath by John Ford. All of those movies impressed me with the ideas, actors’ acting and the atmosphere. All the films I listed are about the Great Depression times, showing the problems which appeared in that period in American society.
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The Island of Flowers
The documentary film The Island of Flowers exposes contradictions in the human world. For example, the title of this film is the main contradiction, because the island contains a lot of garbage, and only some flowers.
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Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis
The movie under consideration is entitled Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis, and it was made in 1927. The director of the film is Walter Ruttmann, a German artist, a filmmaker, and a brilliant representative of avant-garde cinematography. In this movie, Ruttmann’s use of montage is considered as innovative one, and it was appreciated by his contemporaries.
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Barry Levinson’s “Wag the Dog”
The film by Barry Levinson illustrates how easily the reality can be transformed and how far people can go in their beliefs. The manipulative methods change the situation in that way when the tail becomes smarter than the dog, although we think the other way round.
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Climate Change by Morgan Freeman's
Morgan Freeman’s short film ‘What’s possible’ is aimed at showing that this is the world what is duly possible. As there are all tools required to realize a clean energy policy tomorrow, the only thing needed is the will and joint efforts. Truly, this is not a dream, but a reality to attain a sustainable and habitable planet.
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Sisters of the Gion
The researched movie proves that a position of women in Japan had been ambiguous for centuries. However, the fact that every woman needed the support of a man is evident. Only the status of a married woman gave her a relative freedom. Geishas, who at first glance were independent, suffered a lot. Their lives depended on the patronage of rich males. In fact, they were treated like subjects even more than married women who were able to rely on the support of their families
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