Essays 1141 - 1170
Odysseus and Polyphemus (or Cyclops), the protagonist and antagonist in "The Odyssey." Like Odysseus, Todd is banished from his w...
funeral, which is for seven-year-old Daniel Nicholson. Edward Walker, played by William Hurt, the apparent leader of this colony, ...
as icon ... you dont cast Denzel Washington unless youre willing to accept that charisma is often the secret weapon of the success...
his way is not going to solve anything and will only lead to more death. The film deserves a few words as...
child who was very, very much wanted, previously in the film, scenes featuring John and Jenny have shown them thrilled over her pr...
so that when he sees himself in the mirror, "the recognition of himself is joyous in that he imagines his mirror image to be more ...
the color palette, the costumes; all of these come together to produce the picture that the director wants us to see. This is why ...
backlands that appears to be totally worthless. The feud dictates a continuous cycle of murder. The shirt of a victim is hung out ...
theorists and directors," note that "Hitchcocks films are deeply infused with anxiety, guilt, and existential angst, which they tr...
the service of the agency" (McCarthy). Both films offer up an individual that is, in one way or another, presumed to be a bad gu...
but are rather handled subtly and well, as they are integrated into the context of the narrative and the way the character change ...
is made to truly feel for them, fear for them, and hope they survive. However, anyone who has watched both of the films will clear...
subsequently preaches sermons about him, leading people to believe that he led the life of a saint. Ciapelletto is such a hypocri...
to come to terms with life when it seems to have spun out of control. Eric Snider says its a film about "people who fear loneline...
murder and he saves her-for another man (Ashlin). There are many other subplots in the film but the real story is of the love Quas...
for anything-they cant save, they cant take any vacations, they can barely manage to pay their bills. They cannot afford to go to ...
act, is subject to debate. Any politician who has an emotional outburst, or simply shows enthusiasm, seems to violate normative be...
was popular during the 1970s (Dudley, 1984). This states that the nature of the cinema is to be ideological in its representations...
of the purchasing of gold. The director uses Mr. Xiaos cigarette and its billowing smoke to emphasize the dark conditions of his ...
directed by Steven Soderbergh, the film Erin Brockovich is based on a true story, which dramatizes the catastrophic health consequ...
the structural and relational factors, including patterns of poor communication, Gils work issues, and problematic financial issue...
Fang Deng and Fang Da are inseparable siblings, depicted before the earthquake "swaying in unison in front of a rotating fan" (Hal...
abusive relationship that endangers the lives of her children because she struggles with self-image in relation to her ability to ...
her, more than family and more than music. That hit home and I figured I had to quit" (Film, Ray, 2004). Ray has been blind s...
(Ebert, 1988). As Ebert says in his review, "`The Accused demonstrates that rape victims often are suspects in their own cases. .....
of the "X" are very creative: sometimes its a sign, in one case its the straps on the back of Cescas dress. But its also an obviou...
or even the last thing, that may cross their minds and this is more of what Denby argues in his article. Denby notes...
enthralling" (1995). The film is a romance, but it avoids the trap of being formulaic; often films of this kind rely "more upon ac...
when the teams losing streak continues. There is one boy in the high school, Jimmy (Maris Valainis) who is a superb player, with...
father is entirely disinterested in her welfare. The picture Meyer paints in fact is one of a lonely, alienated teen who is easy p...