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a fascinating interdisciplinary and international arts movement that began in the 1960s. George Maciunas, a graphic artist, gallery director and small time entrepreneur, coined the name "Fluxus". He used the actual dictionary definition of "flux"…

with unexplored, uncharted, and untamed territory. Never has this been so pronounced as with the American west. Stories of bravery, new peoples, cultures, and strange new lands have enchanted Americans for nearly two centuries. This attraction…

Understanding the Obsession When Oshima Nagisa decided to take on the historical story of the prostitute Sada's eventually murderous affair with the husband of a brothel owner he chose to present a story of an event embroiled with passion, obsession,…

to help users to choose movie, I spent days and days in the library searching for the articles, essays discussing audience's preferences. Hopelessly I couldn't find one. Too tired of searching, too desperated of finding one, I finally decided to…

reference to Basic Instinct (1992), Fatal Attraction (1987) and Single White Female (1992). Genre goes back to the earliest forms of cinema and was seen as a way of organising films according to type. It wasn't until the 1960's that Genre…

changed over time, even within the same directors work. The western is a classic Hollywood genre which was highly popular in the 1950's and 60's. However in-between these years the genre developed greatly to give the audience something new to get from…

to the concerns of American theatregoers during the nineteenth century? Discuss Augustin Daly's sensational melodrama "Under The Gaslight" and the ways in which it negotiates the issues of class and ethnicity in nineteenth century New York. This…

movies like me you might want to see the movies Dracula and Nosferatu. Made in different times Nosferatu in 1922 Dracula in 1992 they both came from the same book Bram Stoker's Dracula written in 1897. The most apparent differences between the…

of groups within the media depend on the way the audience portray it so race can be portrayed in a number of ways. Representation means the way in which ideas, objects, people, groups and life form in the real world. Race can be shown in lots…

is 'The godfather' made in about 1970/1 and released in 1972, Based on the best-selling novel by Mario Puzo it's a tale of Mafia life in America during the 1940s and '50s. Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is the family patriarch balancing a love of his…