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Visual Images in Last Action Hero Film

In six pages this paper refers to Timothy Corrigan's Film Terms and Topics the text edited by Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan entitle...

Political Philosophy Debate on the Abuse of Authority

In this paper consisting of seven pages a better understanding of such abuses as Amadou Diallo's murder by NYPD officers is provid...

Dante's 'Inferno' Explanationa and Detailed Structural Analysis

In five pages a poetic explication of Dante's poem is presented in terms of explanation of betrayal as a more punishable sin than ...

Richard Taylor, Fatalism, and Determinism

states that all events are reliant on previous events (Honderich 194). In other words, any event is an effect of a prior series of...

Gender Differences Among Film Directors

This paper discusses ways in which female film directors sometimes compromise their artistic expression or opinions in order to be...

John Cheever's 'The Swimmer' Short Story and Frank Perry's Film Adaptation

This paper consists of 5 pages and discusses the film's inability to transfer Cheever's internal monologue visually on the big scr...

Analysis of Gus Van Sant's Film My Own Private Idaho

In eight pages this paper presents a film theoretical analysis of My Own Private Idaho with an emphasis upon the open text concept...

Cinematic Depiction of Deviance

In eleven pages this paper discusses how deviance is cinematically depicted in such films as Leaving Las Vegas and One Flew Over t...

Madness in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

of this mad ivory merchant, Kurtz; as part of his piloting job, he travels deep into the heart of the jungle with the idea of find...

Marcel Camus' Version of Black Orpheus

In seven pages Camus's interpretation of the play is assessed and compared with the original and discusses how Camus's insights de...

JonBenet Ramsey Murder and its Media Portrayal

In ten pages this paper examines how JonBenet Ramsey's murder was depicted by the media in a discussion of journalistic ethics. N...

Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Lear compared and contrasted with Kurosawa’s Ran and

In this essay which contains three sources and five pages, the writer compares and contrasts the film of Akira Kurosawa called RAN...

Tragic Hero Assessment of John Proctor as Portrayed in the 1996 Film Version of Arthur Miller's The Crucible

In five pages this character analysis of John Proctor and whether or not he was portrayed as a tragic hero in Arthur Miller's 1996...

O.J. Simpson Murder Case and Evidential Issues

In five pages this 1995 murder case is discussed in a consideration of evidential issues that includes case history, facts, issues...

Life Choices in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors

In a paper consisting of 5 pages this film is analyzed in terms of how the lies of the protagonist affect both himself and his vic...

A Euthanasia Discussion

The pros and cons of assisted suicide and euthanasia are considered using the case studies of Oregon's 'Death With Dignity Act' an...

Community Involvement, Crime, and Law Enforcement

In four pages this paper compares the articles 'NYPD Has Murder at a 35 Year Low' by Howard Safir and 'Homicide Increase Can be Co...

Robbery in Films

in keeping all of the people hostage while the funds are delivered. As mentioned, while it is not exactly a bank robbery film, it ...

Discussing Modern Entertainment and its Utopian Possibilities

that are easily overcome (Carey, 2000). This is a reflection of their inventive mind where it is the message and not the mechanics...

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...

Modern Indian Cinema

Weisman, in an article featured in The New York Times, described Indian cinema as "an all purpose dream engine delivering gaudy th...

An Analysis of the Films, Bowling for Columbine and, The Decay of Fiction

physical state that supports the distinguishing characteristics of film noir. Though the term "film noir" is French, the st...

California's Inmate Population and Gang Legislation

gang situation for most of the nation has escalated and California reflects those trends. As a result, specific laws pertaining on...

Middle Ages Representation of Macbeth

altered these events to increase the dramatic impact of his play. This being the case, however, the principal manner in which Shak...

1980 Crimes

well-known and senseless killings of 1980 was the cold-blooded killing of famous Beatle John Lennon. As Lennon stepped from a lim...

Comparing the Movie 'Elizabeth' with 'New Worlds, Lost Worlds The Rule of the Tudors 1485-1603' by Brigden

preface of her book, author Susan Brigden confesses to the broad nature of her book "New Worlds, Lost Worlds: The Rule of the Tudo...

Justice and the O.J. Simpson Double Murder Case

he received All-American honors at the University of Southern California, won the Heisman Trophy in 1968 and set several National ...

Suicide or Murder of Ophelia in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

the water by someone. As such her death is not an obvious murder. But, do we consider it murder if she was so distraught by the cr...

Cinematic Analysis of Children of a Lesser God

to hear the sound of my own voice, he says at one point, and indeed he does such a smooth and natural job of translation that the ...

Freedom Theme in the Film Deliverance and the Social Contract of Jean Jacques Rousseau

freedom supersede mans other concerns in daily life. Before exploring philosophy in respect to freedom, a student writing on this...