Essays 91 - 120
flag down a car, but no one stops. Desperate, she positions herself in the middle of the road while holding her arms outstretched ...
drugging and kidnapping his wife, whom he subsequently frames on drug charges (Touch of Evil, 1995). Vargas, and justice, prevail ...
as director. This Catholic perspective is also quite evident in the fact that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the most prevalent c...
sit down, even when "they are having menstrual cramps" (Giroux). In the film, workers also complain about "plant conditions, speed...
A 18 page critique of this less than successful film. The author atributes the lack of success however to the poor distribution a...
A 30 page analysis of this science fiction film. This futuristic film imparts a sense of reality that is enough to bring most vie...
no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...
This 8 page paper gives an overview of the works of Chinese film director Zhang Yimou. This paper includes discussions of four of ...
days on the battlefield seemed to be but a dim memory. The Korean War was Americas first unpopular war where there were no victor...
In fourteen pages this research paper considers the film industry in terms of the economic issues it struggled with during its fir...
throughout cinematic history, Jean Mitry (1907-1988) was perhaps the most comprehensive and objective. He examined cinema from al...
is not identified as a goddess except for when a servant speaks to Achilles about the legends that have begun to be spun concernin...
an early scene in the film presents the typical urban stereotype of the young, affluent white married couple whose body language r...
to his students. He gives them no time to "adjust," but leaps right in with both feet on the first day by having the class read Ro...
This film review primarily profiles the film's protagonist, Edward R. Murrow, using an existential perspective. The writer argues ...
standards and then exemplifies those himself (2000). For example, in a coaching situation, a leader may mandate that a cross count...
way or another by the culture itself. Now, while there are numerous contemporary artists and also numerous styles this section ...
of America had suffered through more than 15 years of deprivation in one form or another. The Great Depression that began with th...
what the audience is viewing with his own subjective observations. In his consideration of film noir, Jon Tuska (1984) noted that...
ethics or lack thereof, surrounding the mystique of Wall Street. Although takeovers are not in themselves unethical, the methods ...
factor can be seen in both Sunset Boulevard and The Grifters. In Sunset, Joe Gillis is an out-of-work screenplay writer, who has t...
before. Perhaps the iconic model here is Barbara Stanwyck luring Fred MacMurray to his doom in Double Indemnity. But there is an...
problems of Susanna. Susanna is diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder. Susanna is suffering from hallucinations. For...
(Ralph Meeker) swerves to avoid her and runs off the road. Angry, he snarls, "You almost wrecked my car. Well? Get in!" (Dirks, 20...
is a mixed bag. In films that parody the past like Undercover Brother and in music videos, the most watched genre of film today by...
In order to offer thorough analysis, Boggs and Petrie (2004) recommend seeing a movie at least twice. The first viewing can be dev...
not easy to explain why individuals are motivated to act in the ways they do. This is why there are a number of competing theories...
This paper consists of a film review of John Ford's 1940 film, "The Grapes of Wrath," which encompasses a sociological analysis of...
This film analysis is on "When Harry Met Sally," 1989, directed by Rob Reiner. The writer asserts that the specific genre for this...
This film reviews pertains to director Richard Brooks' 1958 film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." The writer discusses the film in terms o...