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1)    Relate what was discussed in class of the test to the screening:   Young Salvatore Di Vita aka Toto escapes life and his war-torn village in Sicilia through cinema especially Cinema Paradiso movie house. Cinema Paradiso (1988) takes place in Italy and follows the life of a boy and his love for cinema. This can essentially be called a coming of age movie without the usual tropes of coming of age movies.   Giuseppe Tornatore works well with casting and storytelling without the use of flashback even in moments that the audience did not see, we still know what happened in that moment and get an idea of how Toto grew up and where he is now. 2)    Find a related article to the film screened in class: References LAW, S. (2003). FILM, MEMORY AND NOSTALGIA IN CINEMA PARADISO (NUOVO CINEMA PARADISO).  Australian Screen Education , (33), 111-116. 3)    Apply the article to the film screened in class: Using flashback scene...

Newzzz from NnenneOgbonnaya A powerpoint describing the cinematic history of New Zealand and how the country has impacted the movie scene and vise versa. Featured videos include directors analysis, cultural moments and in-depth review of directors cinematic work. ENJOY!

1)    Relate what was discussed in class of the test to the screening:   This week we watched a film by director Pedro Almodóvar called Talk to Her (2002), A male nurse, Benigno, becoming infatuated with a stranger that he has been watching for a while. Fate has brought her to his hospital and he was set to take care of her, but at what cost? The other half of the plot features a female bullfighter hoe gets wounded and is brought into the same hospital as the injured dancer. This moves help foster the connection between these two men, Benigno and Marco, the bullfighters companion. Roger Ebert from RogerEbert.com describes Talk to Her as having multiple plot points and tones ranging from soap opera to tragedy even maybe a love story in the beginning. Unspeakably sad things happen towards the end of the film, similar to how the play at the beginning of the play unfolds as that too is a story not only the movie audience is following along to but we are as well seei...

            The greater universe of Three Colors, changed my perspective on the movie entirely. After realizing that there are two other colors accompanied with this movie I am more inclined to think that whatever questions I have will be answered in the other two movies that oversaturate the colors red and white. France is known for their start in cinema but has yet to leave a mark on the movie world except when festivals come around and those movies do not even feature prominently French films; this film, however I can tell was a masterpiece in French culture and truly was one of its peaked movies. The movie is heavy on the blue and shadows, relying on setting and the actors non-verbal cues to sell a somber feeling and less on dialogue. The main actress is finding herself and when I personally viewed it I got the sense of seeking independence, with her leaving her home and getting a small apartment, her fear for rats and to be...