From Here to Eternity is a 1953 drama film based on the novel of the same name by James Jones.

It deals with the troubles of soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank
Sinatra and Ernest Borgnine stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl
Harbor. Deborah Kerrand Donna Reed portrayed the women in their lives.
The film won eight Academy Awards out of 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Best
Director (Fred Zinnemann), Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay,Best Supporting Actor (Sinatra)
and Best Supporting Actress (Reed).
From Here to Eternity was not only one of the top grossing films of 1953, but one of the ten highest-
grossing films of the decade. Adjusted for inflation, its box office gross would be equivalent to in
excess of $240 million U.S. in recent times.
With a gross of $30.5 million equating to earnings of $12.2 million, From Here to Eternity was not only
one of the top grossing films of 1953, but one of the ten highest-grossing films of the decade.
Adjusted for inflation, its box office gross would be equivalent to in excess of $240 million U.S. in
recent times.
In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically
significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Koyaanisqatsi also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance, is a 1982 film directed
byGodfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke.
The film consists primarily of slow motion and time-lapse photography of cities and many natural
landscapes across the United States. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized
narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and music. Reggio explains the lack of dialog
by stating "it's not for lack of love of the language that these films have no words. It's because, from
my point of view, our language is in a state of vast humiliation. It no longer describes the world in
which we live."
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In the Hopi language, the word Koyaanisqatsi means "crazy life, life in turmoil, life
out of balance, life disintegrating, a state of life that calls for another way of living".
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The film is the
first in the Qatsi trilogy of films: it is followed by Powaqqatsi(1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002). The trilogy
depicts different aspects of the relationship between humans, nature, and
technology. Koyaanisqatsi is the best known of the trilogy and is considered a cult film. However,
because of copyright issues, the film was out of print for most of the 1990s.
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In 2000, Koyaanisqatsi was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by
the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Koyaanisqatsi is followed by the sequels Powaqqatsi and Naqoyqatsi and the shorts Anima
Mundi and Evidence.
On the Waterfront is a 1954 American drama film about mob violence and corruption
among longshoremen. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It
stars Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden and Lee J. Cobb. The soundtrack
score was composed byLeonard Bernstein. It was based on a series of articles written in the New
York Sun by Malcolm Johnson.
The film received eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director. It
is Leonard Bernstein's only original film score not adapted from a stage production with songs.
In 1989, this film was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of
Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
It is also on the Vatican's list of 45 greatest films of all time, compiled in 1995.
Dharavi (City of Dreams) is critically acclaimed 1991 Hindi film, directed and written by Sudhir
Mishra.
The film was a joint NFDC-Doordarshan production and went on to winning many awards in the
following year, including the 1992 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The film was
also invited at the London Film Festival, Mannheim International Film Festival and Festival 3
Continents Nantes in 1992.
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The film stars Shabana Azmi and Om Puri in lead roles, and is set amidst the backdrop of India's
largest slums, Dharavi.