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34 Tuesday 4 May 2010 THE COURIER Culture Film �� ered extremely liberal. �� cial change and the last to be seen making conservative statements, at �� it shelters so many artists. So why, �� - �� - �� The Last Airbender and Prince of Persia, respectively. Both based on pre-existing media – The Last Airbender was a cartoon called Avatar: The Last Airbender pro- �� The Prince of Persia is a long-standing video game series. Both are also based in non-Western �� dedicated fans of the original Avatar �� Shaymalan’s casting practices. �� the original world of the cartoon was Asian inspired, and the only Asian in the cast plays the villain. �� - �� not be able to identify with nonwhite protagonists - a fear that they �� They feel that this practice of hiring predominantly white actors despite �� must see �� film feature �� Camila Tessler on ‘Racebending’ and whether Hollywood favours white actors Raging Bull is a 1980 classic from the Scorsese/De Niro dream team. De Niro is middleweight boxing champ, Jake La Motta, whose mem- �� Shot entirely in black and white, �� - �� stories. La Motta is a complex character, �� rage, which often proved problematic for him in the ring. Keeping him in check is his broth- an intense debate when movies cast �� lead roles. �� of hiring based on talent and not on ��atively standard in most entertain- �� - �� No one complained, after all, when Will Smith played the protagonist in I am Legend, a character that is white �� both ways. The problem is that prominent protagonist roles for people of col- �� casting white actors in those roles �� positive role models who they can �� whether this is a racist move by �� lywood’s bottom line has never been to promote social awareness, despite its liberal position on most topics. Hollywood’s bottom line has �� This is reminiscent of the contro- �� Memoirs of a Geisha� �� of the actresses playing Japanese �� Prince of Persia, the protagonist is played by Jake Gyl- �� probably had little to do with that er, Joey, played by Joe Pesci in one �� es. �� Motta’s career, however; it was to �� own life. After nearly overdos- Jake Gyllenhaal in the new Prince of Persia�� casting decision. ��- �� The Last Airbender in terms of race, �� bring the highest gross at the box �� The role of the villain likely went �� Skins and Slumdog Millionaire� �� Slumdog Millionaire. The chance it ��Raging Bull ing on cocaine, Scorsese agreed to �� to De Niro, who insisted the direc- �� entered into several middleweight had something to do with his race is slim. ��es stop paying for movies with racist casting practices, and that won’t �� practices improves. �� green. �� This led to the real life Jake La Motta naming De Niro one of the 20 greatest middleweights ever. ��- �� and heavier La Motta, which he did �� and France. De Niro then had to lose this �� to prevent aggravating existing health problems which effected his �� dedication to the role cemented De- �� greatest actors. �� ever and one of Scorsese’s classics, along with the likes of Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Mean Streets. Thomas Ward dvd Erasing David �� think it’s tosh. �� constantly post irrelevant titbits of my life into small boxes on Twitter �� traded in my digital camera for an �� However, when it comes to Governmental data and the fact that �� ogists and scaremongering stats. Erasing David is a self-made �� to prove the internet is taking over �� apocalyptic info disaster. ��vincing. First the ‘chats’ between Bond and his seven-months �� staged. Then the Blair Witch-style footage of him in a wood failed miserably. �� whole ‘disappearance’ had been ��- �� base behemoths to establish Bond’s �� are hardly an internet innovation. �� of Bond himself. Having been �� after learning the Government had �� forms for all other forms of internet data. ��ing – reams of paper detailing his �� even his emotions. However, as we learn, this kind of information is kept for twelve months at a time on all 60 million inhabitants of the UK. ��tary shows in interviews with its victims, databases can potentially �� - �� internet banking and Google, it’s �� ently. Erasing David was screened at Tyneside Cinema on April 29. Alice Vincent
THE COURIER Tuesday 4 May 2010 35 reviews Date Night �� 30 Rock and The �� Centurion �� Dog Soldiers and The Descent�� Centurion�� Cheaper by the Dozen and Just Married�� Kick-Ass �� If Zack Snyder and Quentin Taran- �� Kick- �� The Joneses �� Ass�� Kick-Ass�� The Joneses�� tained. �� ter. �� Film Culture Film Editor: Frances Kroon - courier.culture-film@ncl.ac.uk �� Pineapple Express�� Adam Williams �� Batman�� X-men�� Camila Tessler �� Gladiator�� 300�� Chris Binding �� The Stepford Wives�� Ben Schwarz
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