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William Friedkin's Film, 'The Exorcist'

approach the demon with great trepidation; although they both know they harbor the protection of God while on their mission to exo...

Greta Garbo's Character in the Film Ninotchka

capitalists, wining and dining them all through Paris" (Nugent). In this we see the psychology of the seriousness of the Russia...

Film Sliding Doors, Determinism, and Free Will

is, there is both free will and determinism. The idea that free will and determinism are one in the same is rare, but it seems ...

Producing and Distributing Short Films

mistakes will occur. A novice director frequently has difficulty keeping a "clear head" in regards to the scenes as they unfold ...

Futuristic Visions in the Films Metropolis and Blade Runner

against his father. Meanwhile, Fredersen orders the scientist Rotwang to create a robot that looks like Maria; he plans to use th...

Characterization in The Blue Max: The Novel and Film Compared

respect to the character of this man, but the film is limited to visual aspects only. This tends to be true for most any book turn...

Blockbuster Movies And Independent Films: Compare/Contrast

whereby blockbuster movies capitalize upon it. Clearly, there is a tangible essence to the manner by which Melvin Goes to D...

Gender and Film: "Senorita Extraviada"

their jobs back, women were suddenly deemed weak and incapable of doing "mens jobs" and so were pushed out of the labor force and ...

Hollywood and Non Hollywood Films

was popular during the 1970s (Dudley, 1984). This states that the nature of the cinema is to be ideological in its representations...

Comparative Analysis of Dances With Wolves Novel and Film

main character, but is predominantly depicted as a sympathetic witness to a way of life that he senses will soon be lost forever. ...

Guide to Postproduction for TV and Film by Clark and Spohr

the reader with step by step information, charts, and other information that takes the reader through the entire process from star...

Is "Malcolm X" and Orientalist Film?

as an alien, dangerous and strange religion, Said says that he has "not been able to discover any period in European or American h...

Margaret Mead's Contribution to Ethnographic Film

to capturing reality, and artistic flair was considered, but they were not privy to the aesthetic possibilities that exist today. ...

Mrs. Doubtfire/Film Review

her away from home and the kids. Daniel seeks the help of his flamboyantly gay brother, Frank, to help him disguise himself as a w...

History and Evolution of Documentary Film

number has increased to 1,000; by 1901, to 1,299 titles" (Adventures in Cybersound, 2007). This was the beginning of the documenta...

Representation of African Americans in Film: Rush Hour 2

enjoy his vacation but pushes aside that vacation to help his friend find retribution for the murder of his father. There are mome...

Cinderella: Text and Film

clean and cook and be their servant. In both of the versions Cinderella becomes a slave to the step mother and step sisters. In th...

Film / Novel Color Purple

her, told her, "You better not never tell nobody but God. Itd kill your mammy (1)" which resulted in her writing letters that "are...

The Relationship of Men in Gangster Films

to each other only by code names ("Mr. Pink," "Mr. White", etc.). They relate to each other mainly by wisecracks ("Do I have to be...

We Were Soldiers/Historical Accuracy of Film

back first one North Vietnamese assault, then another, over a period of six days."i In writing about the film, co-author of We W...

Film & Graphic Novel/Diabolique & Persepolis

staff and the students (Diabolique). The camera perspective enters the school. It is break time and other characters make their ...

Sports Films

career is winding down. Crash loves the game and helps a young pitcher, Ebby Calvin LaLoosh (Tim Robbins, hone his raw talent so t...

Film and the Shaping of Stereotypes

the Bruce Lee craze of the 1970s created a new stereotype of the Asian man: namely, the martial artist, which still permeates in H...

Violence and War in Michael Cimino's Film The Deer Hunter

there are individuals who either remember it or have hand one reason or another to study it. Americans themselves, in fact, held ...

Martin Scorsese's Justification of Violence in Films Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, GoodFellas and Casino

and accumulating gambling debts he cannot possibly pay, the stage is set for a bloody confrontation when loan sharks come calling....

Russian Culture in the Film Window to Paris

to the history of this powerfully great city, "Like the magic of a Russian fairy tale, St. Petersburg grew up with such fantastic ...

Anthropological Assessment of the Film North Country

children. Josie gets the job, but from the first day, she is subjected to snide sexual references. The women working at the mine ...

Condon's Film Gods and Monsters

However, Condon never allows the characterization to slip from deliberate parody into stereotyping; his characters are complex and...

Martin Scorsese's Common Themes in the Film Casino

in many works, the focus of attention on the many true stories he takes on is related to childhood friendship that seemingly last ...

Presentations of Colonialism

on the development of an exploitative tourist industry in Antigua. Achebe takes a very different perspective than Kincaid in tha...