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    Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound, their near-implosion as Mercury's lifestyle spirals out of control, and their triumphant reunion on the eve of Live Aid, where Mercury, facing a lifethreatening illness, leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music. In the process, cementing the legacy of a band that were always more like a family, and who continue to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day.

From: https://goo.gl/XvNUgG. Accessed on 11/05/2018

[1]       Even if the figure of the zombie appeared only relatively recently in popular western culture, it has enjoyed

[2]  almost continuous success since the 60s and the release of Night Of The Living Dead by Romero. A success

[3]  that the series The Walking Dead is definitely being driven by, inspired by the series of comic books of the same

[4]  name created by Robert Kirkman in 2003. With the help of the film director Frank Darabont, he also contributed

[5]  towards its adaptation for the American channel AMC, which has been showing the series since September

[6]  2010.

[7]      The plot of The Walking Dead revolves around the character Rick Grimes, a police officer who discovers

[8]  when coming out of a prolonged coma that the majority of the human race has been transformed into zombies.

[9]  Along with other survivors, he attempts to make an existence last longer in the heart of an America that has

[10]  been devastated and invaded by the hordes of the living dead.

[11]      In the same way as for the comic book, the TV series became an immediate success and even achieved

[12]  record audiences as The Walking Dead is now the most watched series in the history of American cable TV.

[13]  An enthusiasm clearly created by the comic books and the televised episodes, but that is also driven by a vast

[14]  transmedia presence that offers the TV viewer an ever more innovative narrative experience.

[15]  An augmented televisual experience

[16]  To achieve this, The Walking Dead has been adapted to a variety of special media, all of which contri-

[17]  bute a new dimension to the overall narrative. Even for the television, AMC does not simply show the episodes

[18]  in the series. Since 2011, the channel has been producing a 30 minute talk show presented by the comedian

[19]  Chris Hardwick: Talking Dead is thus positioned as the direct extension of the TV series and actors, fans and

[20]  members of the production crew are invited to take part.

[21]  In the same spirit of complementing the TV series, AMC has also developed The Walking Dead

[22]  Story Sync, a so-called double screen application, which will allow the user to post live comments on the episodes,

[23]  respond to surveys and talk to other fans via a chat system.

Disponível em <http://www.transmedialab.org/en/the-blog-en/case-study-en/the-walking-dead-a-tentacular-transmedia-success/>. Acesso em 25 set. 2016.

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William Hurt shows his remarkable acting abilities to exceptionally good effect in The Doctor, the story of a once-impervious physician who makes a critical 90-degree shift. Dr. Jack MacKee, a prominent heart surgeon, is first seen presiding over an operating room team with the brash, cowboy arrogance of a seasoned expert. The film follows the events that leave Jack lying helpless in the same setting, about to experience a taste of his own medicine after he has been found to have throat cancer.

The Doctor, written by Robert Caswell (from a book by Ed Rosenbaum, M.D.) and directed by Randa Haines, is much more colorful than its weak title would suggest. The film takes a chillingly clinical view of the medical procedures to which Jack is subjected once he falls ill. And the fear that Mr. Hurt registers in these hospital scenes is in its quiet way more affecting than the rest of the story. In addition to following the course of his sickness, the film watches Jack as he recognizes the error of his ways, re-examines his profession, owns up to the emptiness of his marriage and finds inspiration in the courage of a beautiful young woman who has a brain tumor.

The visual backdrop for The Doctor contributes greatly to the film’s unnerving effectiveness. The costumes, especially Mr. Hurt’s, evolve tellingly from high-income armor to an air of less artificiality and greater warmth. And the production design, by Ken Adam, turns the hospital into a sleek, controlled environment in which medicine appears to have triumphed over nature. The Doctor is a powerful reminder that it has not.

(Adaptado de: MASLIN, J. William Hurt as Doctor Whose Spirit Heals When He Falls Ill. jul. 1991. Disponível em: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/24/movies/review-film-william-hurt-as-doctor-whose-spirit-heals-when-he-falls-ill.html. Acesso em: 15 maio 2013.)