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I would LOVE to be able to watch this in my drama class, and I'm going to ask my teacher at some point if there's any part of the movie he can use for educational purposes.
HBO created this show for purposes of making us see the most realistic view of prison possible and they did a hell of a job.
No, Nossiter's real targets are those who would streamline and assimilate the peculiarities of local (wine) production for business purposes.
Worse yet, there's a pernicious Satanic cult that's been abducting little children for their own diabolical purposes.
Of course one could argue that all those things are an advantage when some one is an artist and especially a poet since one of the purposes of art is to subvert the standards of conventional morality but still I do not thing that a positive role model could crop up from such a bundle of personality traits.
But in the Doctors basement his dwarf assistant Dorro (Angelo Rossitto) drains young girls blood for the doctors purposes.
What follows are inhuman acts of ritualistic torture, rape and murder for purposes we do not know....or do we?
For all intents and purposes, 'Teen Devian' might seem like just another lightweight Bollywood musical.
Although considered documentaries, and having won Oscars in that category, this series of seven films is really and truly mere agitprop, more in the vein of Leni Reifenstal's Triumph Of The Will, scenes of which Capra recycles for his own purposes.
However, if you are watching the movie for entertainment purposes (or educational as was my case) then it is an alright movie!
So I would say, if you want to watch it for entertainment purposes, watch it but if you are a devoted fan of Madeleine L'Engle and her Wrinkle in Time series, I would suggest skipping this movie.
The key to long-distance hypnosis is learned by a member of the expedition, who uses it to, among other purposes, temporarily dispense with the beau of the gal for whom he has the hots.
Babe Ruths early life was quite interesting and this was for all intents and purposes was omitted in this film.
Not even for educational purposes.
And the lead actor is, for all intents and purposes, AWFUL.
Director Brian De Palma is really on a pretentious roll here: his camera swoops around corners in a museum (after lingering a long time over a painting of an ape), divvies up into split screen for arty purposes, practically gives away his plot with a sequence (again in split screen) where two characters are both watching a TV program about transsexuals, and stages his (first) finale during a thunderous rainstorm.
It's more an accident than a screenplay and may be good for examination purposes at screen-wrights' schools.
I guess it's useful for historical purposes only, or only to demonstrate how stupid and unimaginative Hollywood writers can be.
This "documentary" is a proof of talent being used for mean purposes.
the Germans all stand out in the open and get mowed down with a machine gun. the Good guys never die, unless its for dramatic purposes.
i would not accept to see it again; but i would recommend it for general cultural purposes only.
The action is rapid-fire, and special-effects boosted for intensity purposes.
He meets a seedy street hustler named Ratso Rizzo, who tries to befriend Buck for his own purposes.
Kevin Bacon plays Sebastian Caine, a scientific genius who goes out into the world of invisibility and making it useful for military purposes.
The bible makes a special point, in such cases, about one of the more important purposes of such, as a deterrent, being ineffectually obscured, minus, not only a public viewing, but also the direct participation of all!
As usual the lovers--Sally Field as almost-over-the-hill soap opera queen, Celeste Talbert; and Kevin Kline as marginally employed and marginally talented actor, Jeffrey Anderson--are working at cross purposes, seemingly unaware that they are madly in love, etc. Owing a little to Bette Davis's Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950) and a whole lot to the slapstick theatrical tradition, Sally Field goes over the top towards hilarity as she malaprops her way to love and happiness.
It appears for all intents and purposes to be an uninhabited Earth, with beautiful scenery and an ideal climate.
For reference purposes my favorite Leonard books are: Swag, Rum Punch, Cat Chaser, City Primeval, and 52 Pick-Up.
Some of it (like the character traits shown by Flynn) is enhanced or exaggerated for entertainment purposes, but a lot of it is authentic (like the methods and costumes shown in the fight scenes.)
Heading up the cast is James Gandolfini, who for all intensive purposes is Tony Soprano, and Edie Falco, who certainly holds her own.
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