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Capra's American Vision
Film Review # 29063
Capra's American Vision
Examination of four Frank Capra's movies namely: "Our Daily Bread", "Meet John Doe", "State of the Union" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and how the film director used his vision of American Democracy to try and make amendments in America.
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MLA | 2002
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A brief look at how Frank Capra became America's greatest filmmaker, using the Depression times as a source of humor in his films, sprinkled with great optimism. It shows how he was the symbol of hope for the hopeless; he used his "fantasies of goodwill" as a source of national morale in his films. It discusses how, in many of Capra's films, he uses the theme of Americanization of liberty whereby he further supported his idea for freedom for America.From the Paper:
""Capraesque" means a blend of optimism, humor, patriotism, and, to those who really understand his work, darkness, despair, and the need to fight for things you care about ... Capra's heroes often undergo real suffering. But humor surrounds them ... The audience, like the hero, earns its laughs, and they don't come cheap. For those with the courage to see things with humor, the victory life offers in a Capra film is laughter. --Jeanine Basinge) [Mortimer]"More papers on Capra's American Vision:
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Capra's American Vision (2012, February 09). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Film-Review-Capra's-American-Vision/29063
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"Capra's American Vision" 09 February 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Film-Review-Capra's-American-Vision/29063>
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