Inc., 1993. Print. Dumas, Alexandre, and Roger Celestine. The Count of Monte Cristo. Abridged. New York: New American Library, 2005. Print. National Treasure. Director: Jon Turtletaub. Performers. Nicholas Cage, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, and Diane Kruger. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., 2005. DVD. Ruined Endings. “The Count of Monte Cristo Synopsis.” 20 May 2010. . The Internet Movie Database. “National Treasure Synopsis.” 24 May 2010. .
Few movies have been panned by critics but widely accepted by viewers across the nation. National Treasure is one of them. Even after receiving sub par reviews including only two stars from Roger Ebert, National Treasure won over the public, earning almost $350 million worldwide. Even though the movie is under the Walt Disney Company and has a PG rating, this movie is not just for children. Superb acting and action from beginning to end will keep people of all ages glued to their seat as they
Diane Arbus Diane Arbus was a distinct American photographer widely known for her black and white images of people such as dwarfs and giants, mentally retarded individuals, triplets, transvestites and nudists. She traveled the city, photographing those who lived on the edge of society. She was fascinated by people who were clearly creating their own identities. Diane Arbus was born Diane Nemerov to a wealthy Jewish family in New York City on March 14, 1923. She was the second of three children, between
Diane Sawyer is an American television journalist who started her career after attending college. Her career started small, at a local news station in Kentucky then took off as she picked up jobs at the White House and more. Sawyer’s has been named one of the most influential women for journalism for her many accomplishments. Diane’s life was full of support from her mother who was a teacher. Her mother kept her and her sister very busy with extracurricular activities like fencing, singing, etc
In Szarkowski’s essay ‘The Photographer’s Eye’, he discusses how photography has taught us to see from the unexpected vantage point, as well as how ‘photography’s ability to challenge and reject our schematized notions of reality is still fresh’ (Szarkowski. 1966. Page 11). When thinking about vantage point myself, two very different ideas of this characteristic of photography came to mind, which I will discuss and compare in this essay. Firstly, perhaps the more obvious, was the concept of where
The Struggles of Grief Many experts would agree that there are different stages in grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance are stages that many grief stricken people must endure to manage life after a traumatic death. The story “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield has only a few characters in it, but those few characters show the different stages of grief. The characters illustrate how different the grieving process is when the circumstances of the deaths are the same. Mr. Woodifield
March Book 1&2 Essay "I know now that Uncle Otis saw something in me that I hadn't yet seen" (Lewis and Aydin 1: 37). All of us have a certain purpose in life, whether we have found out exactly what that is yet or not. Sometimes we won't even know ourselves that is until someone sees it spark within us first. In the book of March. John Lewis was a man that was a part of the Nashville student SNCC Organization, whose purpose was to help end segregation as much as possible during the Civil Rights era
Many experts would agree that there are different stages of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance are stages that many grief stricken people must endure to manage life after a traumatic death. The story, “The Fly,” by Katherine Mansfield has only a few characters in it, but those few characters show the different stages of grief. The characters illustrate how different the grieving process is when the circumstances of the deaths are the same. Mr. Woodifield is in the stage
Diane Glancy is an award winning American author. She grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, in a part Cherokee household which is what inspires her interest in teaching and writing about the Native American heritage. Glancy is from Native American descent and is also a Christian. Glancy is known for her ability to incorporate both genres into her writings. In Glany’s 1996 novel, Pushing the Bear, Glancy uses a historical novel to depict the journey of the Native American’s that walked the trail of tears
Like Vincent van Gogh, Kurt Cobain and River Phoenix, Diane Arbus’s incredible success and early, tragic death have forever immortalised her. However, as with many pop-culture ‘legends’ who are catapulted to fame following the general cacophony surrounding their own tragedies, her premature death often has a way of occluding her art. The legend of Diane Arbus is untouchable. How then, to organise and curate an exhibition of her work that rejects sensationalism? Well, the National Art Gallery has
tendency to change individuals’ attitudes, if they are conscious of the fact that they are being filmed. Though all of the video and documentaries were impactful, the two documentaries that had the most impact on my learning were: 1. “True Colors”, Diane Sawyer, ABC News, 1992 2. “Divided We Fall”, Valarie Kaur, New Moon , 2006 In this first mini-report, I will critique these two documentaries, and show why they had the most impact on understanding of cultural diversity. True Colors: Racial Discrimination
"Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child" (Lubow). However, unfortunate to some and lucky to others, a camera was always in the hands of Diane Arbus, even when she was stark nude. What she brought to the photography world was something no one had ever seen before and it appalled many people. Shocking images stare back at the viewer from her photographs; a man’s face entirely covered in hair, faces of identical twins so similar you can’t tell them apart
6. Annie Hall Annie Hall is one of the most famous and best sole movies of all time. This romance comedy is so special because it’s embracing and revealing both the good and the bad times in a relationship. The film describes a common couple, tied together by the true and powerful law of love. From fighting and sad scenes to love and happy, outstanding scenes, the film explain that all relationships are pure and unique and people may stay or may go, but the only love that conquered all is that true
Jordan Bostic Composition Mr. Raposa 6th period Annie vs. Annie There have been multiple versions of the play and movie Annie. However, the most recent remake Annie (2014) directed by Will Gluck, written by Aline Brosh Mckenna, starring Will Smith, Quevenzhane Wallis, and Cameron Diaz, was actually quite a disappointment compared with Annie (1982) written by Carol Sobieski and Thomas Meehan, starring Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney and Carol Burnett. Although it was a nice movie, Annie (2014) failed
people could be so oblivious of their incompetence. In 1999, David Dunning and Justin Kruger performed studies to test the competence of individuals and the effect of competence or incompetence on self-assessments. Dunning and Kruger stated, “…the skills that engender competence in a particular domain are often the very same skills necessary to evaluate competence in that domain-one’s own or anyone else’s” (Kruger & Dunning, 1999, p.1121). Therefore, incompetent people lack metacognition skills which
produced after 1945 … art produced in our era or lifetimes,” and/or “art produced since the 1960s” (“Contemporary Art (1970-Present)”). Barbara Kruger is considered a conceptual artist,
artist Barbara Kruger send messages to the public exemplifying problems with consumerism, feminism, and power. One of Kruger’s more popular slogans is “Your Body Is a Battleground”. Typically she works on a large scale, using images taken from the media then juxtaposes the image with text. The majority of her work deals with black and white images. Her work can be seen throughout billboards, buses, posters, and even matchbooks. Growing up in the middle class in Newark, New Jersey, Kruger studied at Sycrause
identity. Works of art that deal with the notion of identity are therefore a postmodern critique of identity, identity politics, and notions of the artist’s experience and visibility in the world. For example let’s take Barbara Kruger’s work. Barbara Kruger is a North American conceptual artists wh... ... middle of paper ... ...ve identities to show their personal experience despite the various identities among the audience viewing the art works. Whether they sympathised or empathised there was a
costumes of the females close to the queen are overall flesh-revealing and slightly point towards the queen sexual desires for the females around her. The casting of the queen, played by Diane Kruger, is of great attention as well. During the events depicted in the film, Queen Marie Antoinette was almost 34 years old. Kruger was 35 years old during the making of this film. The queen was Austrian; and Krugar is German. Krugar is fluent in French but the mere fact that she is not French represents her as
For my film choice, I chose Mr. Nobody (2009) (Van Dormael). It is a film starring Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham, Rhys Ifans, Natasha Little, Toby Regbo and Juno Temple. The film is extremely artsy and experimental, I honestly chose it only because I knew nothing about the film and wished to challenge myself to see if I could find any hidden economics in a random Netflix pick. The premise of the film is that a young boy is split between staying with his father and running