| 1. | REMAKE
Miss Amy Fernando
Mr Michael Uwemedimo
The Remake
9) The remake in French cinema occupies a site of extreme tension. ...
‘The remake is the most explicit gesture of a culture that …cannot express itself through anything but a quote’ (Brashinsky: 163)
Brashinsky suggests in the above quot...
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| 2. | Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Inspired by a True Story
Plot and Summary
The 1970s Texas Chainsaw Massacre, one of the most infamous horror films, is revisited in this remake produced by action-spectacle maven Michael Bay. In the summer of 1973, four teenagers -- Erin (by Jessica Biel), M...
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| 3. | You ve Got Mail
“You’ve Got Mail” is a beautiful romantic comedy, directed by Nova Ephlon. ... “You’ve Got Mail” is a remake of “The Shop Around The Corner” which is the name of Kathleen Kelly’s (Meg Ryan) small, personal children’s bookstore. ... “You’ve Got Mail” takes place in New York City, Manhattan Central ...
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| 4. | Alamo
... Reality—The Alamo
Myth, born from history, serves its parent poorly. ... One American myth occurs at the Alamo, where Jim Bowie, Col. ... An episode in American history, the Alamo has crossed over into mythology. ...
“Remember the Alamo” depicts the perspectives of Americans and their ...
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| 5. | 10 things I hate about You
“How do I loath thee? ... The movie “10 Things I Hate About You”, is a remake of a William Shakespeare play called “The Taming Of The Shrew”, and that line is actually quoted in the movie. ...
On the Monday, when everyone is back at school, Kat has a poem due in, in her English Literature class, ...
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| 6. | The Ring
In Gore Verbinski’s remake of the Japanese version “Ringu”, “The Ring” is a drama, a horror, a mystery, and a thriller all in one. “The Ring” puts a horrible twist on the average chain letter; a mysterious video tape is killing off anyone who watches it. Whenever the victim finishes watching it, the...
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| 7. | Bamboozeled
The film “Bamboozled” by director Spike Lee is a controversial look at how the entertainment industry could exploit African Americans to grab ratings. When an overzealous, and blatantly racist, TV exec tells his only black writer, Delacroix, to put together a show that is “really black” to capture a...
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| 8. | modern and old version of Romeo and Juliet
Baz Luhrmann´s re-production of Romeo and Juliet was produced in the year 1996 and was a quite successful and popular re-make. Franco Zeffirelli´s play which was also a production on the script of Romeo and Juliet was produced 28 years before in 1968. ... Luhrmann I personally think made a mas...
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| 9. | Comparison of Emma and Clueless
... She took
Austens novel Emma, the story of a spoiled child of the 19th century English
leisure class who thinks she knows everything, and turned it into the film
Clueless, the story of a spoiled child of the 20th century American leisure class
who thinks she know...
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| 10. | Thirty Years Of Terror
Mike Gallagher Gallagher 1 Cultural Event Copeland 3/19/04 Thirty Three Years of Terror What is terror to you? Is it fear of dying , maybe heights, the monster under your bed or is it fear of being alone. Fear is the driving force behind any horror film and it is usually fear of a monster and who th...
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| 11. | Horror movie
Horror movie is a stable market in Hong Kong. Because of the western influence and the better equipment, local horror movies have an obvious improvement in recent years, many horror movies like ¡§The Eye¡¨, ¡§Inner Senses¡¨ and ¡§The Death Curse¡¨ have been receiving generally good reviews. ¡§The Ey...
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| 12. | Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Re-released by Warner Home Video
Movies have always been about the New and Exciting, but never more so than in the idea of the remake, or the curious Hollywood practice of “updating” old films for contemporary audiences. ...
Dial M for Murder is a case in the point...
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| 13. | Baz Luhrmann
Baz Lhurmann Baz Lhurmann is a very unique director; he has produced three very successful films, all of which incorporates his own personal style and methods. He is mainly celebrated for his remake of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and the hit film, Moulin Rouge. This essay will attempt to analyse ...
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| 14. | Art and Reading as a Second Chance at Life
Art and reading are both activities that remain favorites throughout the test of time. Students in high school or college frequently seem to pick art as one of their classes. Some may pick art because they think would be an easy class to take, while many take it for enjoyment. ... As Mark Edmuns...
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| 15. | comparison of Beatles original to a Remake
Greatness in Music
When a music group has a major hit, as it is known in the music business, it is quite frequent that another group or individual will re make the song years later in an attempt to either acknowledge the original group’s greatness, or simply to make money. In the case of the son...
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| 16. | main debates surrounding remakes
The Debates Surrounding Remakes
“Italian Job”
Throughout this essay, I will be making reference to the key debates surrounding the remake of the film “The Italian Job”, as well as other films, using quotes from other newspaper articles, facts and my own opinions. ... A lot of people I have spok...
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| 17. | Napolean
Napolean
Napolean Bonaparte was one of the greatest military commanders in history. Through his military exploits and ruthless efficiency, Napolean went from being insignificant to becoming Napolean I. ... Napolean’s rise as a leader not only shocked France but all of Europe, and it made the wh...
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| 18. | RECONSTRUCTION eRA
... ) The report made by Carl Schurz foreshadows the Reconstruction Act placed on the in March of 1867 after many violent riots in the South. ... Document A gave clear proof of the hated and scornful attitudes of the Southerner people after the Civil War and well into the struggle that became the ...
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| 19. | MEAN STREETS
Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets is Martin Scorsese’s deepest religious exploration. ...
The Last Temptation of Christ, seemingly more directly concerned with religion, is in many ways a remake of Mean Streets. But Mean Streets is told from the point of view of Charlie (Harvey Keitel), the Judas fi...
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| 20. | There's a Double Meaning in That
There s a Double Meaning In That The adaptation of Shakespeare to film has caused many concerns and questions that recreate courses such as ours, that study the techniques and effects of adaptation of the Bard s works. There is no clear cut answer to say whether or not the adaptation of dramatic lit...
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