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The Impact

The Award Winning News Publication of Mercy College

The Impact

Duty v. Inclination and Fatalism v. Optimism: Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954)

Duty v. Inclination and Fatalism v. Optimism: Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954)

Rashaan Pace, Impact Staff July 6, 2015

  Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film, Seven Samurai, is a film in which many of the different dichotomies entrenched within Japanese society are critically and effectively addressed. Through intense character...

Oppositional, Dominant, and Negotiated readings Within Steve McQueen’s  12 Years a Slave (2013)

Oppositional, Dominant, and Negotiated readings Within Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Rashaan Pace, Impact staff April 9, 2015

Dialogue, plot/story, and action are key elements which have a profound effect on an audience's cinematic experience, and ultimately sway the manner in which they may interpret and read into a film. Based...

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