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… (anonymous) This is the lesson that Lester Burnham slowly begins to learn, with the help of Ricky Fitz. He stops believing in the lie, and living the lie that just makes us better consumers. He learns to love again. He learns the meaning of passion,…

… must first travel down the gauntlet with those they lead BEFORE they are accepted as the leader. Joel Barker, the paradigm expert, has the best definition of leadership. He says, "Leadership is about taking people to a destination they wouldn’t go…

… it sometimes presents an incomplete and unfamiliar image. This is not to say that these industries, which deal with sociology, always misinterpret substantive matters, however, many do not present all the issues. In particular, books that deal with…

… Masculinity” Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 production Rear Window is undoubtedly a film that is concerned with voyeurism. It has been argued that it thematises cinematic spectatorship in the sense that it is a movie about watching movies. This is…

… Tim (directed by Sai Yoichi) is a film based on a Japanese comic (manga) written by Hanawa Kazuichi, which in tern is based on a real life experience – his own experience. The main character of the story, Hanawa (wonderfully played by Yamazaki…

… – Alan Ball What Comments is ‘American Beauty’ Making About Modern Society? ‘American Beauty’, directed by Sam Mendes, is simply a study of a dysfunctional American Family which reveals the nature of modern suburbia with wit, precision, and…

… western films ever made was The Searchers, directed by John Ford. The thematic opposition represented in this movie is revenge, one man’s wandering and obsessive search. It is also a story about the struggle for self-discovery and the matter of racial…

… and how has Shakespeare used language to arouse our interests? How successfully has Baz Luhrmann’s version brought the text to life on screen? At the start of the act 1 scene 5 the serving men are working while Capulet welcomes his guests to the…

… The story of a poor writer, who falls in love with a courtesan, is filled with emotional depth and complex characters. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, this film has a unique look and feel to it in its plot, cinematography, and music. Love is the…

… Moore encounters many major social problems. He encounters people of all different social classes with all different types of conflicts. Moore encounters companies shutting down and the people that are being laid off because of the shutdowns. He…