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- 721: Western Films
- ... Stevens' first Western titled Shane (1953). Actor Alan Ladd portrayed a mysterious, gunslinger/drifter who joined the struggle of homesteaders against the cattlemen. Even a conventional drama such as John Sturges' Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) used a classic Western setting and plot-line and updated them to modern-day circumstances. Hollywood would often mix fact with fiction and prejudicial bias in its westerns. Delmer Daves' Broken Arrow (1950), however ...
- 722: Twilight's Last Gleaming & Wag the Dog: Politics In Films
- ... way. It was a lie after lie. I didn’t know what’s his next move will be and how creative someone can be to make things appear, when they are not. He broke every roll of ethic, It didn’t make any sense, and probably to show how far can any government will go to maintain its sits. Characters If I analyze the characters on Aldrich’s movie, he succeeded ...
- 723: Antigone: Creon
- ... the realization that her life is coming to an end, that she will never experience the joys she has yearned for. She chants a pathetic lament to herself, O tomb, vaulted bride-bed in eternal rock, Soon I shall be with my own again Where Persephone welcomes the thin ghosts underground: And I shall see my father again, and you, mother, And dearest Polyneices- To me, since it was my hand ...
- 724: Interpretation of Ibsen's "A Doll's House"
- ... Their supposed inferiority has created a class of ignorant women who cannot take action let alone accept the consequences of their actions. "A Doll's House" is also a prediction of change from this subordinate roll. According to Ibsen in his play, women will eventually progress and understand her position. Bernard Shaw notes that when Nora's husband inadvertently deems her unfit in her role as a mother, she begins to ...
- 725: Shawshank Redemption
- ... notable exceptions, however; two of which (Stand by Me, Misery) were crafted by widely-respected director Rob Reiner. While The Shawshank Redemption is not a Reiner movie per se, it is a production of Castle Rock Pictures (Reiner's film company), and ranks among the best filmed versions of any King stories to date. Spanning the years from 1947 through 1966, The Shawshank Redemption takes the "innocent man in prison" theme ...
- 726: Jay vs. Dave: Battle of the Late Night Television
- ... judges score. The judges have scored a split decision, because they both put on the same performance. The belt has yet to be won. Maybe we need some more competition. Where’s Howie Mandel, Chris Rock, and Conan O’Brian ? Maybe they can be in the next fight. As different as each one of these hosts are, they will always draw a split decision, when you finally compare them head to ...
- 727: Native American Art
- ... were embroidered with quills and beads. Men painted tribal histories of myths, hunts, and battles on the hides, as well as on tipi covers and war shields. Pipe art, carved of Catlinite, a blood colored rock is specific to the Plains people. Pictorial calendar art was developed by the people of the plains, which would depict a year by a notable event. The art of the Southwest revolved in particular around ...
- 728: Interpretation of Ibsen's "A Doll's House"
- ... Their supposed inferiority has created a class of ignorant women who cannot take action let alone accept the consequences of their actions. "A Doll's House" is also a prediction of change from this subordinate roll. According to Ibsen in his play, women will eventually progress and understand her position. Bernard Shaw notes that when Nora's husband inadvertently deems her unfit in her role as a mother, she begins to ...
- 729: The Curse on the Tomb of King Tutankhamen
- ... alone. So he found a wealthy man named Carnarvon. For five years they dug searching for the young Pharaoh’s Tomb. On November 4th, 1922 Carter’s work men discovered a step carved into a rock. They found fifteen more leading to an ancient doorway that appeared to still be sealed. On the doorway was the name Tutankhamen.2 When Carter arrived home that night his servant met him at the ...
- 730: Bungee Jumping
- ... a bungee cord was thought of, the idea first spread through New Zealand. From here, Australia and France soon caught on and joined the sport. This new hobby, predominantly known and practiced only by skydivers, rock climbers, and other extremists caught the world's attention and spread like a wild fire. In America, bungee jumping was also proving popular. The first commercial bungee business began thirty minutes outside San Diego, CA ...
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