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Peer Review of a Fellow Student's Paper

the Jungian archetypes developed through the influence of the ring. Its quite clear and specific, and he argues the point well. T...

The Police as Portrayed in La Haine by Mattleu Kassowitz

This essay discusses the function and characterization of the police as they are portrayed in Mattleu Kassowitz's movie La Haine (...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Home Alone 3

In five pages this essay compares the film with the novel by Mark Twain in the commonality of the popular theme in each of childre...

Analysis Of A Short Film

at the other end looks miniscule (Holme, et al, 1972). This perception is based on visual assumptions, and these same assumptions ...

Expressionism in Film

rolling down a hillside and coming ominously to rest" (Morris, 2000). Following the template set by Caligari, Lang also delves int...

Homosexuality and Invisibility

This five-page essay describes how societal prejudice creates invisibility and reverberates in the victimization and self-hatred c...

Hamlet Film Adaptation by Franco Zeffirelli

In six pages this film version of Shakespeare's play is explored in an essay that analyzes the meaning and content of an important...

Chinatown as a Homage to Film Noir

bearing the legend "Spade and Archer." In both films, the editing is subtle and seems to blend together effortlessly, creating a c...

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Its Contradictions

In six pages the antiabolitionist intent of Stowe's novel is compared with the African American stereotypes it was responsible for...

Horton Hears a Who

what is "proper." How well have they done it? All aspects of this delightful childrens film are done extremely well. The animatio...

Erotic Journeys and the film Maid in America

portrayed in the film live in a climate of risk with "no health insurance, no drivers license, no pension and no recourse" to just...

Sociologically Implications of a Comedy

their acknowledged leaders and the only character that is not played for laughs. There are also Gordon, a middle-aged, loyal custo...

Marley and Me/True meaning

child who was very, very much wanted, previously in the film, scenes featuring John and Jenny have shown them thrilled over her pr...

Gender, Film, the Male Gaze and Female Filmmakers

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 ...

Pillow Talk (1959)

This essay pertains to Pillow Talk (1959), which the writer describes as a classic sex comedy. To support this position, the write...

Social Work Film Analysis, Requiem for a Dream

This essay analyzes Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream" and discusses how its characters illustrate the effects of ...

Cardiac Surgery in Africa

This paper discusses a documentary film that follows eight Rweandan children as they go to a hospital for cardiac surgery. The chi...

Conflict Theory and Crash (2004)

This essay pertains to the scene in Crash (2004), a film directed by Paul Haggis, in which two black men steal a car. The writer u...

The Andromeda Strain, Mise-en-Scene

This essay pertains to the art production and mise-en-scene that characterizes "The Andromeda Strain," a 1971 film directed by Rob...

Marguerite Duras, A Biography

This essay provides an overview of the life and career of Marguerite Duras, French novelist and film maker, specifically focusing ...

Worse than War, Genocide

This research paper/essay uses "Worse than War," a 2009 PBS documentary as its primary source, in order to address ten issues pert...

Film Review, Cool Hand Luke

This essay uses research to offer an overview of "Cool Hand Luke," a 1967 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Cinematic features, s...

Hitchcock's The Birds, Use of Sound

This essay pertains to Hitchcock's "The Birds" and the strategies that Hitchcock used in the film that relate to the use of sound....

"Music Within," The Story of Richard Pimentel

This essay presents a movie review of "Music Within," (2007, directed by Steven Sawalich). The film stars Ron Livingston as Richa...

70s Films, Taxi Driver and Saturday Night Fever

This essay offers discussion of "Saturday Night Fever" and "Taxi Driver" as films that exemplify the social environment of the 197...

Horror Films and How They Have Evolved

Project" serves as an excellent example of a film-maker taking full advantage of the inherent fear of all modern humans regarding ...

Theme and Crucial Scene in 'The Usual Suspects'

experience is one of a combination of mass confusion and inexplicable intrigue all at the same time. This dichotomy is likely the...

Fear Levels in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

of my being" (Frankenstein). As with any newborn, his sensory impressions of the world are at first indistinct. He began to attemp...

'The Importance of Being Earnest' vs. 'While You Were Sleeping'

even a bit further back to Madge Evans and Florence Rice. Most of their films seemed to derive from Colliers Magazine stories that...

Tennessee Williams' Cat On a Hot Tin Roof Play and Film Versions

severity of the Bricks grief at Skippers death causes his relatives to speculate, but this is dispelled in the crucial scene that...