The portrayal of Nazism in Triumph of the Will, Schindler's List, The Lion King and Cabaret
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Why are people still so fascinated by the Nazis? I think it is because of the 'horror factor' which is similar to scary films. You ask yourself how a human can do such things as the Nazis did and the same question is asked in psychological horror films. This question I think is why people are still so fascinated by fascism. In this essay, I will discuss the films: Triumph of the Will, Schindler's List, Cabaret and The Lion King, and how they portray the Nazis. During the 1930s under the Nazis, Hitler commissioned Leni Riefenstahl to make a...
certainly impressive in The Lion King of course there is no cinematography because it is animated. The use of music and images is very effective, especially in Schindler's list but for all I know there may be no plot or terrible acting throughout the rest of the film so I can not properly analyse it. As a turn of the century viewer I feel I have to forget all my preconceptions about the Nazis to really enjoy these films, though if I found myself enjoying Triumph of the Will, I think that I would start feeling guilty.

certainly impressive in The Lion King of course there is no cinematography because it is animated. The use of music and images is very effective, especially in Schindler's list but for all I know there may be no plot or terrible acting throughout the rest of the film so I can not properly analyse it. As a turn of the century viewer I feel I have to forget all my preconceptions about the Nazis to really enjoy these films, though if I found myself enjoying Triumph of the Will, I think that I would start feeling guilty.
The film that I have chosen for my analysis is, 'The Omen' made in 1976, written by David Seltzer and directed by Richard Donner. The aspects that I will be analysing are mise-en-scene and cinematography which are the types of camera shots and movements. The extract that I have...
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Willy Russell wrote 'Educating Rita' in the early 1980's. For the purpose of this essay I will focus on act 1 scene 1. This is the opening scene and also one of the most important in the play. Since this play was first brought out our ideas...
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For the opening of educating Rita, Russell needs to entertain and interest his audience, however, he also needs to quickly introduce his characters: Frank, a university teacher in his early fifties, bored with his life and Rita, a badly educated hairdresser with a thirst for knowledge. Russell begins "Educating...
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In a lot of films, film directors use bias when making a film. They use it to make people feel or influence for or against someone or something. Bias means a feeling or influence for or against someone or something it can also mean a tendency to swerve and...
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Holly Golightly is one of the most interesting and complicating characters that can ever be written about. She doesn"t even know her own self. Holly thinks that she is independent and self reliant. "I"ve taken care of myself for a long time."p.27 Even OJ Berman her agent knew that she...
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