Essays 1351 - 1380
the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...
the most louche, laidback villains in screen history" (Brooke, 2005, PG) emphasises Thornhills naivety as far as espionage and mur...
of a horror film, and the crucifixion of Jesus is without question one of the most horrific episodes in world history. There are ...
by todays standards because almost everything this film did, has been done over and over since. The paper, therefore, focuses on h...
After the robbery goes bad, the gang regroups in an abandoned warehouse. Here they learn that the reason their job went bad was du...
darkies" (Leab 99). Focusing on the Atlanta plantation of Gerald and Ellen OHara, Gone With the Wind represented life for souther...
contemplate how individual and cultural identities are constructed in the first place. In the opinion of Benedict Anderson, autho...
was no evidence of peeling paint on anything. Schools like Welton do exist in the United States. They are generally very clos...
as the crime film genre became more sophisticated, the line between good/evil oftentimes became blurred. De Palma elected to take...
America, the concept of the antihero was revised to better reflect the attitudes of its citizens, and was defined to be an individ...
Laura Mulveys book, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, states "Film reflects, reveals and even plays on the straight, socially ...
and destiny must have been in the air. Certainly the idea of freedom and destiny, of purpose and potential are embodied in the cha...
dime to look like an model. In fact, in reality, it was not too long ago when it was discovered that models were selling their egg...
(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...
legacy of screwball comedy. Both Ninotchka and Roman Holiday encompass themes that are more sophisticated than the typical screwb...
own terms, as an interpretation for a modern mass audience of a compelling story that gives shape to some of the deepest-rooted hu...
style, but did not really have the time to focus on its development until he suffered from a back injury and spent numerous months...
hide those Jews that were being persecuted by Hitlers war machine. He used his unsuccessful businesses as fronts to move various f...
considered a right" (230). In four French films in particular, Arnaud Desplechins Comment Je Me Suis Disput?... (Ma Vie Sexuelle)...
In five pages these film directors are discussed in terms of the way they use their movies to promote their own ethnic backgrounds...
In five pages this paper examines Kurosawa's film within the context of the Noh traditions of theater it features. There are no o...
In five pages existentialism is examined and then discussed within the context of Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver and Jean Paul...
In five pages this paper discusses Sally Potter's films Orlando and Thriller in a consideration of feminist representation and gen...
feel or to be aware of the world and ones connection to it as real"; this allows us to form our identity and relate to others (Gol...
main character, but is predominantly depicted as a sympathetic witness to a way of life that he senses will soon be lost forever. ...
fear. They seem at first to have found an idyllic home: the island is beautiful, there is abundant fresh water, plenty of fruit an...
unfold slowly and with care. That is a shame, because when films delve into character and do it well, its a revelation. The camera...
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...