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I’m a cinema goer. And also I like watching films on TV or video. But I think, that watching a good film is the best relaxation. It is thought-provoking and entertaining. Now a growing number of people prefer watching films on TV to attending cinemas. There are wonderful comedies, love stories, science fiction, horror films, detective stories, and historical films on. There’s a variety of films available today. It is difficult to live without cinema. One fact is clear for everyone: cinema makes our life better. Cinema helps us to forget different problems. When people watch films, they have a rest. Some films take people into another world. I think it is a pure world, where usual problems do not even exist.
Walt Disney died in California at the age of 65. But his films are still shown regularly at the cinema, because of their time1esS quality and will be shown for years to come.Walter (Walt) Elias Disney has won more “Oscars” — the awards of the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, instituted on May 16, 1929 and named after Oscar Pierce of Texas, USA — than any other person:20 statuettes and 12 other plagues and certificates, including posthumous awards.
Titanic.
The shooting of ‘Titanic’ in 1997 brought people flocking to the cinemas. It has become a blockbuster and brought big profits to the producers. The reasons are:on the one hand, the thrilling plot of the film, depicting the first of the greatest disasters of the 20th century, and, on the other hand, new technologies of film making, used by James Cameron, the producer. Everybody wanted to see if the film was really worth eleven ‘Oscar’ awards.
‘Titanic’ is the latest screen version of the tragedy happened on April 14-15, 1912 during the maiden voyage of the British luxury passenger liner. The vessel sank with a loss of about 1,500 lives:men, women, children. Their voyage on board the dream ship ended in a nightmare. It revealted all human vices: arrogance, self-satisfaction, greed, selfishness and self-confidence. But at the same time this tragedy showed the best traits of humancharacter: the sense of duty and responsibility, self-sacrifice and short but immortial love. The love-story about Jack and Rose, a young poor artist and a 17-year old girl from the upper society, arouses uor sympathy and admiration. Paired with the main story-line, it adds much to the impression of the film. ‘Titanic’ made the leading actors Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslent international celebrities. The music of James Horner created a special atmosphere in the film and has become popular with the public.
The film is interesting not only from the artistic point of view, but from the technical ones as well. Both the ship and the ocean are virtual, created by computers. Besides, we can see unique pictures of ‘The Titanic’ buried in the depth of the ocean. Its wreck was found lying in two pieces on the ocean floor at the depth of about 4,000 ..metres. The pictures were taken with the help of the Russian ocean-explores and shown to the whole world.
By the way, the film was directed by James Cameron, famous for creating very expensive films with new special effects, which were the biggest box-office success. ‘Titanic’ is not an exception. Critics say the film has opened a new era in film production. I think they are right.
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Vocabularly.
Mothion picture industry - киноиндустрия
Release - выход на экран
Nervous breakdown - нервное расстройство
Mercilessly - безжалостно
To keep one’s grip - продолжать овладевать умами
To hit the nail on the head - попасть прямо в точку
Skit - пародия
Antics - ужимки, шутки
Unheard-of - неслыханный
Reentry - возвращение
Flock - стекаться толпами
Plot - сюжет
Depict - изображать
Screen version - экранизация
Shooting - (кино) съемка
Nightmare - кошмар
Reveal - показывать, обнаруживать
Vice - порок, зло, недостаток
Arrogance - высокомерие, надменость
Trait of character - черта характера
Immortial - бессмертный, вечный
Wreck - остов разбитого судна
Direct - ставить (фильм)
Essential - необходимый
Indispensable - незаменимый
Trade skills - профессиональные
Aim - стремиться
Be at one’s disposal - быть в чьем-то распоряжении
Facilities - возможности, удобства
Inspiration - вдохновение
Enrich - обогощать
Genre - жанр
Aspiration - стремление, желание
Pricless - бесценный
Spitting image - точная копия