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Cinematic Narrative in Pulp Fiction and Citizen Kane

We note he grows to be a gregarious individual who seems driven to succeed in unusual ways, always seeking some adventure and some...

Battleship Potemkin Film by Director Sergei Eisenstein

a civil engineer. He was extremely interested in anything to do with "the arts" and theater. His background, including his experie...

Visual Themes in Cameron Crowe's 2001 Film Vanilla Sky

is until he has suffered pain and unhappiness, concepts that are foreign to David, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth....

Searches in 2 Films by Orson Welles

series of flashback scenes, it becomes apparent that Kane, though quite wealthy, does not know who he is anymore. Having risen fro...

Film Review of The Believer

meetings that he attends, he reminds those present to focus on harassing Jews. As one might surmise, Danny definitely has conflic...

The Film The Heiress Analyzed

lush as one of the contemporary Merchant-Ivory or Emma Thompson movie adaptations of other literary classics that offer a view int...

Sir Carol Reed's Film The Third Man

a job writing for a volunteer medical unit he runs. Harry, however, is dead by the time Holly arrives (Ebert, 2002); he has, in fa...

Not Wanted Film by Director Ida Lupino

in reality is not one of the "good girls." She is living an illusion. Her need for self improvement has reached an emergency lev...

French Director Jean Renoir

his daughters fiance, Anatole. They are observed by two young men, Henri and Rodolphe, who propose to seduce the women in the part...

Saving Private Ryan Film by Director Steven Spielberg and its Importance

did not think the film appropriate for anyone under the age of 14 (Gordinier, 1998). Grown men would weep after being through it. ...

French Film Boy Meets Girl by Director Leos Carax

real name of "Leos Carax" is actually Alexandre Dupont and that "Leos Carax" is an anagram of the lead characters name, Alex Oscar...

Auteur Film Director John Ford

Valance (1962). The films beginning, breathtaking shots of Monument Valley (which the director would make repeated use of in subs...

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet = Production Effectiveness

decision to transform a personal tale of forbidden love into a social commentary on increasing teen violence and decreasing morali...

Late Spring, Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

from Japanese director Yasujiro Ozus 1949 masterpiece Late Spring, there are two cutaway shots that feature a beautiful vase. Thes...

Questions on Kozintsev's "Hamlet" (1964)

This paper offers analysis of film clips from Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev's "Hamlet" (1964). Three pages in length, two sour...

Oliver Stone's Film Nixon

own personality but also by the circumstances of the time. Stone does succeed in introducing at least some of these circumstances...

Characterization and Production Values: Classical Hollywood

This research paper pertains to methods and features of characterization and its associated production values used during the age ...

Historical Changes Made to the Film Braveheart

Gibson. From a simple understanding of history and the constant struggle between Scotland and England, as Scotland fought to rem...

Film Melodrama

press appealed more in gender terms to male audiences(Neale, 63). In fact, Neale seems to think that the majority of the m...

Timing and Disguise in 'The Odyssey' Stories

his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...

American Social Violence, Racism, Sexism, the Vietnam War, and Stanley Kubrick's Film Full Metal Jacket

human. Analyzing how Kubrick utilizes the Vietnam War as a means by which to expose violence, sexism and racism inherent to Ameri...

2001 A Space Odyssey Film by Director Stanley Kubrick

opening sequence has been found buried beneath the surface of the moon. While Floyd and his colleagues are standing in front of th...

Jean Renoir's Movies

also during this period when Renoir adopted what would become his trademark style of filmmaking, by using a core ensemble cast of ...

Literary Adaptation and Howard Hawks

In eight pages this report considers how director Howard Hawks was able to masterfully combine film and literature. Five sources ...

Filmmaker D.W. Griffith's Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation

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 ...

1939 Film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington by Director Frank Capra

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...

Directors as Authors in the Movie Germany in Autumn

Peter Cloos, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alexander Kluge, Maximiliane Mainka, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rup?, Vol...

Corpse's Role in the Movies of Alfred Hitchcock

"should be allowed to people who are considered superior human beings" (Alfred Hitchcocks "Rope"). Their definition of a "superio...

Steven Spielberg's Leadership Skills

to the big screen as had been started earlier by Lucas. In order to pull off large projects, communication is key. However, let i...

The Siege Film by Edward Zwick

a bus bombing incident and after the attacks intensify in violence and frequency, he becomes convinced these are not isolated inci...