Arts Essays
Film Review (The Money Pit)
Film Review (The Money Pit) Film Review (The Money Pit) The Money Pit is a love comedy directed by Richard Benjamin in 1986. This movie was performed humorously by Tom Hanks who usually perform comedy. The movies he has performed before were The Man with One Red Shoe, Splash, Bachlor and etc. Tom Hanks and Shelley Long play Anna and Walter, a young couple just married. They spend most of their time dealing with managing their new house. The performed the unstable love of the c...
Film Review of Do the Right Thing
Film Review of Do the Right Thing The Reality of the Melting Pot Tempers explode, emotions take charge, and a Italian-run pizzeria in a black Brooklyn neighborhood becomes the center of a violent conflict on a hot summer day in Spike Lee�s Do the Right Thing. The film is a day-in-the-life of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community and it is one of the hottest days of the summer. Much of the action takes place around or inside the Sal�s Famous Pizzeria, owned and op...
Film marketing in australia
Film marketing in australia It seems Australia's film success is not determined by its quality but by its box office returns. The national identity of Australia has become nothing but a market strategy. The future of the Australian film industry seems doubtful, as it cannot command the crowds necessary to sustain high enough box office dollars, or market films sufficiently to attract local audiences. Sustaining a productive innovative film industry seems dependent on the complex process...
Film review rainbow trout
Film review-rainbow trout Rainbow Trout' is a film about five urbanites who visit a fish farmer in a small secluded village and come to realize the deceptiveness of human nature. Characters in the film are roughly divided into two groups: typical modern city dwellers and simple-minded village people living around the fish farm. The urbanites include the Min-su couple (a bank worker and his wife, Jung-wha), Sae-wha (younger sister of Jung-wha), and the Byung-kwan couple (owner of a steak ho...
Fire of Desire, of the movie Rudy
Fire of Desire, of the movie Rudy Fire of Desire Nearly everyone who has succeeded in some venture of life has at one point encountered critics and criticism. The events throughout the movie, Rudy, directed by David Anspaugh, are no different. The movie, based on a true story, is an inspiring tale of Daniel "Rudy" Rudiger�s fight against all odds to play football for Notre Dame. Rudy, through the course of his entire life, had been told by everyone that chasing his dream of playing N...
Frank Lloyd Wright The Pioneer
Frank Lloyd Wright The Pioneer These ideas proposed by Wright represent a half century of ingenuity and unrivaled creativity. Wright was unquestionably a architectural genius and was years ahead of his time. The biggest obstacle which held Wright back throughout his career was the lack of technogaly that was present during his time. As a architect, Wright accomplished more that any other in history, with the possible exception of DaVincci or Michangelo. His philosophy of Organic Architecture...
Friday
Friday The movie Friday is a comedy, but it also depicts many important social issues. The story is set in the city of Los Angelos, California, in what could be called a high class ghetto. The main theme of the movie is about a young black man who looses his job and is influenced by his best friend to smoke marijuana. The movie also shows the relationships of his family and other members of his neighborhood. With a zany cast of characters and a hilarious script this movie touches on everythi...
Friends
Friends A Real Friend Anyone can stand by you when you are right... but a real friend stands by you when you're wrong. A simple friend identifies himself when he calls... a real friend dosen't have to. A simple friend opens a conversation with a full news bulletin on his life... a real friend says "Whats new with you?" A simple friend thinks the problems you whine about are new... A real friend says "You've whined about the same thing for years, get off your duff and do...
Funeral Blues
Funeral Blues W.H. Auden wrote �Funeral Blues� the poem. Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) was born in York, England, and later became and American citizen. Auden was the founder for a generation of English poets, such as C. Day Lewis, and Stephen Spender. Auden�s earlier works were composed of a Marxist outlook with a knowledge of Freudian Psychology. Later works consisted of professing Christianity, and what he considered �increasing conservatism�. In 1946 Auden emigrated and became ...
Futurism
Futurism During the first decade of the twentieth century, a group of young Italian painters united together, under the influence of poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Before creating their new style, these painters embraced the ideas of Marinetti�s The Foundation and Manisfesto of Futurism which appeared in the newspaper Le Figaro on February 20, 1909 (Tisdall 7). His manifesto of futurism was primarily concerned with peotry, but artists such as Boccioni, Balla, and Severini used his ideas...
Easy as Pi Maybe Not
Easy as Pi Maybe Not... Easy as �p�? Maybe not� Some people argue that independent film is a purer form of film when compared to the high budget Hollywood blockbusters. Independent films usually show exactly what the writer intends whereas the higher budget competitors become a mix of the writer�s and producer�s desires, targeted at the viewer�s attention and their money. The movie �p� is about the climactic downfall of a middle-aged mathematician's life as he searches f...
Edgar Degas en francais
Edgar Degas-en francais Edgar Degas Edgar Degas �tait un peintre impressionniste tr�s important. Il s�est sp�cialis� en verticales des personnes, principalement danseurs de ballet. Degas n�etait pas simplement un impressionniste, parce qu�il est all� au del� de celui et est devenu un mod�le pour l�avant-garde, aussi bien que pour Toulouse-Lautrec son palpeur, et Gaugin son admirateur. Les �v�nements de la vie de Degas ne sont pas d�int�r�t excessif ou ro...
Effect of Film on History (1920s 1940s)
Effect of Film on History (1920s-1940s) The evolution of film throughout time has been a fascination to many. Just like retracing the steps of famous painters, poets and authors, following the history of film, actors and directors is a science in itself. Throughout the century the art known as film making has evolved as directors such as D.W. Griffith, Cecil B. DeMille Orson Welles, and Steven Spielberg have all left their mark on the film industry and the hearts of millions. As time has ...
Egyptian Art Statue from Metropolitn Museum
Egyptian Art Statue from Metropolitn Museum This superb pair standing statue remains semi-attached to the limestone block from which they were carved. There is chipping on the surface of Memi's (man) right arm. A portion of Sabu's (woman) nose and her lips appear to be chipped off as well. On the lower part of Sabu's body there is chipping on both legs and right underneath her pelvic area. There are visible horizontal lines that cut right across Memi's right forearm and underneath Sabu's br...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Film Evaluation Elizabeth Historical Time of the Film: 1552 � Mid sixteenth century. Historical Place Setting of the Film: England Theme of the Film: How Elizabeth managed to gain the throne through turmoil, and then maintain it through even greater conflict and opposition. Greatest Surprise of the Film: The attention to detail and the symbolism employed to make the story richer than any other period piece. The script was also very well written, and very...
Emerging Trends Body Wearable Computers
Emerging Trends - Body Wearable Computers Introduction Wearable computing facilitates a new form of human-computer interaction comprising a small body-worn component that is always on and always ready and accessible. This new computational framework differs from that of hand held devices, laptop computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs). The “always ready'' capability leads to a new form of synergy between human and computer, characterized by long-term adaptation through const...
Examination of Music History
Examination of Music History A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become." - W.H. Auden. This quote best explains the complex art of music. Music is an elaborate art form that will always remain ever changing. Music developed drastically from it's beginning in the Prehistoric era to the 14th Century. The exact origin of music is unknown. It is known that music was used in prehistoric times in magical or spiritual rituals but no othe...
Existentialism In Film
Existentialism In Film EXISTENTIALISM IN FILM I could not say where or how existentialist themes first emerged in film. Often times, critics will point to the work of Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini as early examples. Indeed, these two men are titans in their art, and they will be discussed in this essay. However, it occurs to me that a certain genre of film being made in America during the late forties and early fifties perhaps deserves credit for treating very early, if not for the f...
Fashion Evolution
Fashion Evolution Fashion evolution through the years Who didn�t have been heard something about the most representative eras of the fashion, like 50s, hippie�s age, disco fever, or grunge? All these ideologies had been make an important change through the time. There exists a great evolution through the fashion of the 40s to the 90s, and it involves different ideologies, dress trends, shoes and hairstyles. I�m going to mention only the most representative eras of the fashion that ma...
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride Father of the Bride The film��s name is Father of the Bride. It involves George Banks (Steven Martin), and Annie Banks (Kimberly Williams). The time period is in 1991. The technique of the filmmaker is very good, it tells the middle age people��s thoughts and feelings. The actors are believable in their roles. Steven Martin who acts as George Banks is outstanding in his role, he acts very well, so the audience knows his feelings, and feels sorry for him....
Faustus
Faustus Faustus: Renaissance Martyr or Tragic Hero Faustus died a death that few could bear to imagine, much less experience. After knowing for many years when exactly he would die, he reached the stroke of the hour of his destiny in a cowardly, horrid demeanor. Finally, when the devils appeared at the stroke of midnight, tearing at his flesh as they draw him into his eternal torment, he screams for mercy without a soul, not even God Himself, to help him. However, what to conside...
Fiddler On The Roof
Fiddler On The Roof Fiddler on the Roofwas made in to a musical by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick in 1964. It was the fourth of their musicals to be produced by Harold Prince. Although the musical had no pretty scenery, no exotic costumes, average looking girls and no happy ending, the musical sends a clear message to the world. The story reveals the life of the Jewish people living in the Czarist Russia. In Russia and many parts of the world before World War II the Jews try effortlessly...
Development of computers
Development of computers THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS IN UKRAINE AND THE FORMER USSR The government and the authorities had paid serious attention to the development of the computer industry right after the Second World War. The leading bodies considered this task to be one of the principal for the national economy. Up to the beginning of the 1950s there were only small productive capacities which specialized in the producing accounting and account-perforating (punching) machines. The el...
Development of the Carol
Development of the Carol The seasonal songs popular in western music, especially in conjunction with the Christmas season, known as carols, have a rich and complex history full of tradition and controversy in the realms of both sacred and secular music. The concept of singing carols to celebrate holidays developed during the 13th century in France, although what was to be known as carol music had been around from centuries earlier. It is believed that when troubadour Saint Francis of Ass...
Die Hard the movie Action Film Subtexts
Die Hard the movie - Action Film Subtexts Die Hard, the original in the series, stars Bruce Willis as John McClaine, and Bonnie Bedelia as his wife, Holly McClaine. The movie is about a group of terrorists who take over the building where Holly works in L.A., so that they can rob the company of $600 million worth of bearer bonds. Unbeknownst to them, John McClaine has just flown in from New York, where he is a cop, and has come to get her after work to spend the holidays with her and their...