Essays 1921 - 1950
of a visual masterpiece that demonstrates that Scorsese is an artist who understands the tone of the original work from which he c...
in part: "Edgar Kaiser is running his Permanente deal for profit. And the reason he can do it, I had Edgar Kaiser come in and tal...
funeral, which is for seven-year-old Daniel Nicholson. Edward Walker, played by William Hurt, the apparent leader of this colony, ...
his disposal beyond his huge physical size. It would seem no human could be safe against this creature that could easily pierce o...
gifted comedian of the era in her own right. Silent screen actors had to convey emotion, as well as personality, by establishing ...
that allows the director to alter the internal pace of the scene, directing the audiences attention to specific aspects of the sce...
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 ...
the color palette, the costumes; all of these come together to produce the picture that the director wants us to see. This is why ...
well into adulthood. However, Lorber points out, "Individual actions construct social institutions and therefore... changes in in...
the service of the agency" (McCarthy). Both films offer up an individual that is, in one way or another, presumed to be a bad gu...
theorists and directors," note that "Hitchcocks films are deeply infused with anxiety, guilt, and existential angst, which they tr...
backlands that appears to be totally worthless. The feud dictates a continuous cycle of murder. The shirt of a victim is hung out ...
child who was very, very much wanted, previously in the film, scenes featuring John and Jenny have shown them thrilled over her pr...
as icon ... you dont cast Denzel Washington unless youre willing to accept that charisma is often the secret weapon of the success...
but are rather handled subtly and well, as they are integrated into the context of the narrative and the way the character change ...
humanism refers to the personal worth of an individual and that individuals right to his own particular values, and freedom from p...
use the camera in the same way as an author uses words for both aesthetic and textural purposes. There are two particularly effec...
to come to terms with the exoneration of the policemen who beat Rodney Smith during the riots of the early 1990s, but in a complet...
because of the Civil War, and many of whom were still alive when the film was produced" (The Birth of a Nation PG). The director ...
harmed, though he will herald her with poetry if he is an artistic sort. These are fairly simple definitions, but they help to set...
the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...
out Dil, Jodys girlfriend. Ironically, painfully, and even humorously, Dil is actually a man (Hooper 43). It is worth noting t...
In the film generally, gender is marked by an exaggerated sense of male and female. That is, the men are aggressively male while t...
the lower class has now become the primary population. The upper class has since been sequestered to their living quarters far ab...
without being overly garish and they appear to be relatively true to the historical time period. These elements, which are related...
Warner Bros. marketed the movie very smartly, relying on its stunning visuals and unique look to entice viewers to the theater; it...
of a directors wish to go into a more exciting creative direction by deviating from his formulaic musical comedies and instead mak...
psychology, and mentoring assisted educators like Professor Lambeau and his college roommate and counselor Sean McGuire (Robin Wil...
Danvers seems almost supernatural in her ability to simply appear, starling the current Mrs. De Winter, who is played by Joan Font...
Portugal, which makes more sense from a historical perspective, as Spains colonial possession are the most prominent, Brazil being...