Germinal-Film GERMINAL: THE FILM Germinal is a realistically depicted tale of coal miners in 19th century France. The life of these downtrodden workers has been presented so vividly that we almost find ourselves living in that period while reading Continue Reading...
The puppets enable Fugui to regain his self-esteem and give him a sense of creativity, as he is now capable of articulating his thoughts through the puppets. He is able to make a better living as a traveling entertainer than as a seller of needles a Continue Reading...
Emile Zola and the Movies The translation of any work of literature into another medium, even one apparently so closely aligned with the written word as film, is always a chancy proposition. While literature and film focus themselves on the same tar Continue Reading...
social conditions that spurred Marx's writing of the Communist Manifesto shared several interesting similarities, as well as numerous differences, with the social conditions that appeared as a result of the influence of the Communist Manifesto in th Continue Reading...
Claude Berri: Life and Works Claude Berri was born in Paris, France in 1934. He was born to Jewish parents and experienced the years of war during his childhood in Europe. It is this experience that is said to have influenced his movie career, with Continue Reading...
