Essays 361 - 390
accurately termed "head scarf." In allowing the Egyptian men and women who are featured in the film to speak for themselves, the d...
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 ...
Marx). In other words, Marx saw societies as being composed of classes in constant conflict. Differing markedly from his predecess...
had erred so completely, even though he did so unknowingly, his only recourse was to take his own life. In Fight Club, then, th...
is a virtual prisoner in her home (Copycat). She has withdrawn from both work and her life and the only contact she has with the o...
After the robbery goes bad, the gang regroups in an abandoned warehouse. Here they learn that the reason their job went bad was du...
uncompromising manner that demands to be interpreted as truth (This is Spinal Tap PG). It is the perfect device for Rob Reiner to...
closer together and provide cohesiveness to the group through a single-mindedness of purpose (Gehring 93). At no time does the gr...
value, Sherilyn Fenn, a B-movie actress who had starred in David Lynchs television series Twin Peaks (Thompson, 1992). As a resul...
has trouble controlling his body and does not begin to feel some returning sense of normality until he reaches the Acura dealershi...
period scenes depicting Salinas and Soledad are reconstructed "in meticulous... detail" (Murray, 2003; Morsberger, 1993, p. 128). ...
were quite memorable. Jehan is an evil man who desires Esmerelda, like most of the men in the story, and Esmerelda is a very helpl...
they become each others other half. They protect one another because they empathize, and they are more open to the needs and condi...
mourn, and move on. He is a man raised by a patriarchal society and as such it is his duty, as he sees it, to do something. In thi...
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...
Brando, the apples and pears of Cezanne...and Tracys face" (Chances 66). Throughout the film, Ike professes his belief that "It is...
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...
to comment on his future and to give him advice. The viewer comes to understand that Ben is expected to follow in his fathers foot...
care center. The woman who runs this other day care center tries to foil all efforts of Charlie and his buddies. But, as would be ...
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 ...
thing as targeting other ethnic groups" (Ebert PG). Ebert goes on the draw comparisons as to the treatment given to Arab-America...
hairy feet. As this suggests, they are humble beings, not heroes. Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is uncle to Frodo Baggins, entrusts ...
at a blackboard writing words. As soon as he completes the "d" in the last word the tape is over. The running time for the tape is...
This essay pertains to "V for Vendetta" and "Children of Men" and provides a discussion of how both films support Enlightenment i...
This essay offers a description of film techniques used in "Citizen Kane," directed by and starring Orson Welles. Three pages in l...
This essay pertains to the novel "Dawn" by Octavia Butler and the films "District 9" and "The Omega Man," and argues that each of ...
This essay offers an overview of a number of films by Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Eight pages in length, eight ...
This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...