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  2. Ray Bradbury - Wikipedia

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    Ray Douglas Bradbury (US: / ˈ b r æ d b ɛr i / BRAD-berr-ee; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.

  3. Sunset Boulevard (film) - Wikipedia

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    Script reader Betty Schaefer harshly critiques it, unaware that Joe is listening. Later, while fleeing from repo men seeking his car, Joe turns into the driveway of a seemingly deserted mansion inhabited by forgotten silent film star Norma Desmond. Learning that Joe is a writer, Norma asks his opinion of a script she has written for a film ...

  4. Cinema of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Early silent era Orochi (Buntarō Futagawa) Roningai (Masahiro Makino) The kinetoscope, first shown commercially by Thomas Edison in the United States in 1894, was first shown in Japan in November 1896. The Vitascope and the Lumière Brothers' Cinematograph were first presented in Japan in early 1897, by businessmen such as Inabata Katsutaro.

  5. Silent film - Wikipedia

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    A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue ). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of inter- title cards .

  6. Hachi: A Dog's Tale - Wikipedia

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    Hachi: A Dog's Tale is a 2009 American drama film and a remake of Kaneto Shindo 's 1987 Japanese film Hachikō Monogatari. The original film told the true story of the Akita dog named Hachikō who lived in Japan 1923–1935. This film is an American adaptation of a true story set in 1985 Japan about a professor and his devoted dog.

  7. Louis Feuillade - Wikipedia

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    Louis Feuillade (French: [lwi fœjad]; 19 February 1873 – 25 February 1925) was a French filmmaker of the silent era.Between 1906 and 1924, he directed over 630 films. He is primarily known for the crime serials Fantômas, Les Vampires and Judex made between 1913 and 1916.

  8. Kaneto Shindo - Wikipedia

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    Jiro Shindō. Kaneto Shindō (新藤 兼人, Shindō Kaneto, 22 April 1912 – 29 May 2012) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. [1] His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note.

  9. Category:Films directed by Kaneto Shindo - Wikipedia

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    L. A Last Note. Life of a Woman. The Life of Chikuzan. Live Today, Die Tomorrow! Lost Sex. Lucky Dragon No. 5 (film)