Essays 181 - 210
rivals. In retrospect, many have said that Chaplin was the better director but some critics "consider Keatons work as less pretent...
any film based on a novel, there is much that is left out. And, interestingly enough, if it were up to anyone but Peter Jackson, t...
In the epic, the threat is supernatural; in the film, the menace is recast as a vicious, cannibalistic tribe who dress in animal s...
dance in his life. What makes this film powerful in its presentation of dance is that it makes the viewer aware of the passiona...
to do is wait and persist and she will eventually love him. While Tod is also not successful in his goal, he realizes that the cul...
course, 28 days later, when a bicycle courier named Jim (Cillian Murphy) awakens from a coma and finds himself in an abandoned hos...
and thus stands as something that would attract audiences. Another reason why this novel would do well is in relationship to th...
finds that her conscience has problems with this assignment and she ultimately rebels. Paralleling Janes story is that of Akiko...
not-so-classic sci-fi approach in the storytelling process allows the audience to wonder along with the main character, Neo, if it...
film Braveheart is noted for its bloody battle sequences (Brackman, 2004). While The Passion is based on the Gospel of John, Brac...
time. Perhaps in the distance between the time of Christ and modern times, the death of Christ by way of crucifixion has been sa...
the hospital commissary where Rudy is studying for the bar exam. In the book, Kelly and Rudy have met previously. Rudy comments ...
thing as targeting other ethnic groups" (Ebert PG). Ebert goes on the draw comparisons as to the treatment given to Arab-America...
dress of the other extras (all men) identifies them as working-class people. Theres a mug on the counter and the usual accessories...
money that he stole from Warden Nortons ill-gotten funds. Eventually Red is paroled and joins Andy in Mexico. Themes : One of the...
Irish bishop, feared that the philosophies and science of his era were constituting a threat to Christian faith, due to their prom...
also his lover, that the antidote is to eat some roses. However, when he goes out into the garden to do so, he is beaten by the ga...
died within a span of just 18 months.7 The following examination of literature focuses on how the Black Plague affected feudal soc...
how emotions are valued and expressed (Adler and Russell 126). Some cultures, such as Asian American and Hong Kong Chinese, value ...
adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway short story, directed by Robert Young and produced in 1997. The protagonist of this short film ...
This essay describes the characterization of Romeo and the role that this plays in the tragedy, referring to both the original pla...
key films of the Hong Kong New Wave period" (Hall 1). This film has had tremendous influence over both Western and Asia filmmake...
is this so? Intolerance is a significant factor among the many reasons countries enter into world conflicts. Coupled with the fa...
a woman-suit out of women (using their skin)-the ultimate in objectification" (Vorndam). Lecter is initially contemptuous of Starl...
which is at the "heart of this piece, cannot stand such a strong dose of reality" (Brode 98). There is artificiality in abundanc...
purchase expensive consumer goods. The stress and psychic pain of this situation causes chronic insomnia. A disinterested and unsy...
In six pages this film version of Shakespeare's play is explored in an essay that analyzes the meaning and content of an important...
This five-page essay describes how societal prejudice creates invisibility and reverberates in the victimization and self-hatred c...
This paper examines the themes of hypocrisy and imperialism in Africa as seen in the film, This Magnificent African Cake. This tw...
In six pages this essay examines Hollywood Shuffle, Glory, and Gone with the Wind in order to analyze how African Americans have b...