Essays 61 - 90
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...
be his wife and daughter. Even with the unrelenting encouragement of Sarah and Rachels recollections to help him remember his fam...
The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch Project fits perfectly with the popular conception of what constitutes an independent fil...
titles such as "The Sultan of Sleaze," "The Prince of Puke" and "The Pope of Trash," which is the one he says he prefers (Als, 199...
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...
the injustice that fate as inflicted upon him, as he has pursued the whale for years, coming close numerous times, but never actu...
person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...
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...
In order to offer thorough analysis, Boggs and Petrie (2004) recommend seeing a movie at least twice. The first viewing can be dev...
before. Perhaps the iconic model here is Barbara Stanwyck luring Fred MacMurray to his doom in Double Indemnity. But there is an...
This research paper offers a character study that focuses on Vinz (played by Vincent Cassel) in Mattieu Kassowitz's film La Haine....
A 30 page analysis of this science fiction film. This futuristic film imparts a sense of reality that is enough to bring most vie...
A 18 page critique of this less than successful film. The author atributes the lack of success however to the poor distribution a...
of America had suffered through more than 15 years of deprivation in one form or another. The Great Depression that began with th...
an early scene in the film presents the typical urban stereotype of the young, affluent white married couple whose body language r...
his home, and is confronted by an angel who convinces him that Mary has told the truth. The next scenes dramatize the "birth of Je...
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...
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...
UniSols have bodies of unmatched perfection and their memories have been supposedly erased, which allows their minds to be easily ...
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 ...
a realistic glimpse into troubled American youth that did not compromise moral values or the integrity of the film. Judging by th...
This research paper focuses on the films of Roberto Rossellini, specifically on "Paisan" and "Germany Year Zero" and the films of...
In a paper of fifteen pages, the writer looks at the film "Crash". Jean Cabot is analyzed as a source for psychological content in...
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 ...