Essays 271 - 300
of a directors wish to go into a more exciting creative direction by deviating from his formulaic musical comedies and instead mak...
that Phil has always been a jerk, even in his youth, as first of all, he dismissed ordinary people, such as Ned, as beneath him an...
Goodman, who starred in four Coen films). Its dramatic KKK historical motif serves as a backdrop for what plays like a cartoon wi...
gifted comedian of the era in her own right. Silent screen actors had to convey emotion, as well as personality, by establishing ...
well into adulthood. However, Lorber points out, "Individual actions construct social institutions and therefore... changes in in...
his disposal beyond his huge physical size. It would seem no human could be safe against this creature that could easily pierce o...
that allows the director to alter the internal pace of the scene, directing the audiences attention to specific aspects of the sce...
relax and view the dance of the characters without thinking. In some way, a film allows the audience less freedom but the viewer i...
In eight pages this paper presents a film theoretical analysis of My Own Private Idaho with an emphasis upon the open text concept...
Reality, knowledge, and personal awareness are considered in this analysis of The Matrix film in a report consisting of five pages...
In fifteen pages this report considers Patrick Swayze's 1989 film in an analysis of the character Dalton's views regarding organiz...
in Raging Bull (127). Thus, part of the reason for the success of the film has to do with the choreographed movements of the acto...
People simply do not flock to see silent films anymore. At the time, the film was well reviewed by both the New York Times and Var...
play, if we only look at the man, Willy Loman, and examine him from his perspective, concerning his hopes and desires for himself ...
This paper offers analysis of film clips from Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev's "Hamlet" (1964). Three pages in length, two sour...
In a paper of sixteen pages, the writer looks at profit in the film industry. The live action industry is compared to the animatio...
In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...
In three pages this paper discusses an epic in terms of characteristics and how thee are expressed in literature and on film in a ...
This paper consists of six pages in which comparisons are made between Oedipus and Ibsen's heroine Nora Helmer along with a compar...
In 9 pages this paper discusses the film Point Break in a counter culture analysis. There are 2 sources cited in the bibliography...
In five pages this character analysis of John Proctor and whether or not he was portrayed as a tragic hero in Arthur Miller's 1996...
Reeves plays Neo, a hacker who learns from rebel-rousers Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) that the wor...
This research report compares and contrasts two important films. A comprehensive analysis is provided as thematic elements are exp...
The role gives him room to act insolent and wry, high-flown and wised-up by turns, and Farmer makes the most of his chances, playi...
significant influence on the literature being written. Words, turns of phrases, double-meanings were all of the utmost importance ...
This paper applies existentialism to an analysis of the character Jack in the Titanic film by director James Cameron in 5 pages. ...
In five pages Maximus of the Gladiator film is compared with Odysseus of Homer's epic in a five page comparative analysis. There ...
In twenty five pages this paper examines the 1960s' development of a genre known as the British farce in an analysis that includes...
Hannibal Lecter is not simply a psychopath, but also a psychiatrist with the ability to look into the minds of others and predict ...
In five pages this paper discusses the final scene of the film The Truman Show in an analysis of its allegorical characteristics. ...