A filmmaker of the modern era, James Cameron, who has made some of the best science fiction films: Titanic, Aliens and The Terminator, is responsible for making Titanic the most successful film of all time.  It has supposedly raked in nearly $2 billion worldwide. To his credit, he is now also known for the film with the biggest budget ever. Most Expensive Movie This Canadian-born director enthralled filmgoers across the world with his $500 million years-in-the-making sci-fi epic, “Avatar.” You don’t agree with this figure? Determining the final cost of the film is a trick in itself.  As you would have seen, there have been wil...

Oscar Winning Movies Literary Adaptations and Academy Awards The 81st Oscars and “Slumdog Millionaire,” a film based on the book of the same name reiterated the love Oscars had for movies based on novels. A glance at the coveted trophies reveals that, most literary adaptations have been hugely successful. Of course, these victories are often surrounded by countless debates. Book lovers complain that their favorite author’s works on the celluloid is not a faithful adaptation; while movie buffs say the adaptation is “incredibly better than its novel counterpart.” This endless struggle to meet the readers' expectations does not...

World's Tallest Woman Caroline Welz is a German citizen who was born in Germany in the year 1986, on the 6th of July. She could have been an ordinary person, but as it turns out, she is not. Caroline Welz is an extremely tall girl, taller than most girls her age, and taller than most other girls. In fact she is as tall as 2.06 metres. For people who do not understand metres, she is exactly 6 feet and 9 inches tall. At 6 feet and 9 inches, she is easily one of the tallest women in the world at present. She is presently twenty four years old. Her almost abnormally huge height has never been a problem or a hindrance for her. She suffers f...

Famous Musicians The term disability relates itself to any kind of limitation within the activity capacity of an individual. Being disabled in some way is not greater than or less than equal to the term unable to do something.  Disability within an individual is a complex situation as it maybe present from birth or have been acquired though the life span of a person living in conditions- both mental and environmental that are not suitable. However, as the rise of individualism brought out the best in each, respective of what they were best at, we take a look at people who have taken disability within their stride and contributed to th...

Silent Film The silent film era was a unique experience in itself. The dialogues help to retain the attention of the audience. Without it only the masters like Charles Chaplin could hold the crowd together for hours. This requires very consistent expertise, direction and editing with story backup. The set decoration and the landscape scenes also need minute attention to compensate the sound and lead the viewers to follow the story as intended. The few who created these silent master pieces were real genius people. They understood the public moods better. Birth of a Nation (1915) Birth of a Nation is directed by D. W. Griffith. This ...