Essays 331 - 360
In seven pages this paper applies Christine Sommers' edited text Vice and Virtue to an analysis of the ethics represented in the f...
In seven pages this paper examines juvenile delinquency in this analysis of the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause from a perspective...
Cuban Missile Crisis the following year. The film implies that JFK made a deal with Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev, in which h...
problems and the pollution of the towns water table by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Brockovich instinctively felt that the case ...
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...
it is about a silent film star, Don Lockwood (played by Kelly) making the transition to sound pictures, a leap that not all popula...
children. Josie gets the job, but from the first day, she is subjected to snide sexual references. The women working at the mine ...
is no truly artistic use of the camera aside from working towards presenting us perhaps with the perspective of every day life. Th...
he would have lent his considerable talents and boundless energy to the circus arena "because the circus is just that same mixture...
impostor of a friend. The heroines role, of course, is defined not only by her own inner convictions but also by those with whom ...
is until he has suffered pain and unhappiness, concepts that are foreign to David, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth....
one central character which functions as the narrative object (Telotte, 2003). In other words, this character is typically define...
that offer the viewer/reader a different look at the western worlds involvement in other cultures. In offering these different v...
The film follows the three hapless goofballs as they come across the sirens (three gorgeous women washing clothes in a river); alm...
Brando, the apples and pears of Cezanne...and Tracys face" (Chances 66). Throughout the film, Ike professes his belief that "It is...
her favorite actor in it, Tom Baxter. After the movie is over she finds herself unable to go home to face the reality of a man who...
in 1947, started with the single incident of granting Israel a portion of land which was held by the Palestinians. Historical e...
finds as far too mundane and the challenges of defining what is real and what is an illusion. For example, the character of Tom Ba...
simply to, "Just work" (Real Women Have Curves). This suggests that Latinas are expected to know their place - at the lowest rung...
and their relationships with them. Director and screenwriter Peter Bratt aimed his lens at San Franciscos primarily Latino Missio...
of racism. However, viewing John Travoltas portrayal of Louis Pinnock through the stereotype of the "brute Negro," that is the s...
MGM and Warner Brothers, it had to rely on a limited group of performers. One of the most appealing was a tall, gangly young acto...
In Dashiell Hammetts novel, "The Maltese Falcon," many people are given such an opportunity, and the story is filled with corrupt ...
accurately termed "head scarf." In allowing the Egyptian men and women who are featured in the film to speak for themselves, the d...