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Cinema and Gun Symbolism

take a life in just moments. A student writing on this subject may want to consider the gun as an appendage of the bodies of Travi...

'The Importance of Being Earnest' vs. 'While You Were Sleeping'

even a bit further back to Madge Evans and Florence Rice. Most of their films seemed to derive from Colliers Magazine stories that...

Fear Levels in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

of my being" (Frankenstein). As with any newborn, his sensory impressions of the world are at first indistinct. He began to attemp...

Contrasting Modern Psychiatry with Treatments Featured in 'Girl Interrupted' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'

Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest", produced during the 1970s. "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" presents a bleak yet amusing picture of ...

Silence of the Lambs Novel and Cinematic Versions

remained amazingly faithful to the book, in his commitment to retaining its essence, there were some changes that needed to be mad...

Media Perception Differences

Okay, a few people noticed that there was symbolism that could be indicative of homosexuality and so forth. Does that make a chara...

A Review of Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester Jamal is the primary character in this story. He is from a family that consists of his mother, who is single d...

Martin Scorsese's 'Raging Bull'

It is likely that DiNiro, a highly acclaimed actor put a lot of himself into the film and also Scorcese was brilliant as usual. Go...

Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers and Criminological Theories

commit violent criminal acts" (Nottingham Screening DNA: Exploring the Cinema-Genetics Interface). Furthermore, according to "gen...

The Breakfast Club and Theories of Communication

In eight pages this paper discusses the various communication methods presented in the film and also discusses the employment of c...

Movie Review of Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear

In six pages a plot synopsis of Scorsese's 1991 remake of Cape Fear is presented along with the argument that in addition to being...

Women and the Impact of the Media

Council Chairman Dr. Ian Bogle claimed that there is a cult of "bodily perfection" that is perpetuated by media (2000). Recommenda...

'The Way of Duty' and 'Mary Silliman's War'

This paper consists of 6 pages and compares the book The Way of Duty by Joy and Richard Buel and the film version, Mary Silliman's...

Searching from the Hero Within in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

alienate himself from his mother, uncle, fianc?e Ophelia and his old school chums, Rosencrantz and Guilderstern. The lone confide...

Cinematic Comparison of 2001 A Space Odyssey and The Matrix

definitely postmodern? In some ways, that appears to be true, but in other ways that may not be the case at all. 2001 began with...

Carmen by Georges Bizet

characterized by works which present contemporary characters in real-life situations (Carmen). Schonberg indicates that, with Carm...

Cinematic Analysis of What Dreams May Come Come

In five pages this paper examines the innovative camera techniques featured in the Robin Williams' film What Dreams May Come. Fou...

Filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci and Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Shakespearean dialog as possible, in addition to the action of the drama (Geist, 1978 and See Also Eckert, 1972). The creative d...

Gender Issues In the Works of Filene

for both men and women. It was a time where the industrial revolution was in full swing and while men were beginning to work in fa...

Alfred Hitchcock, the Cinematic Suspense Master

In six pages this paper examines the cinematic mastery of film director Alfred Hitchcock and some of the techniques he employed th...

Coen's Film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

This paper examines the themes, development of character, and narrative of 'The Odyssey' in order to determine wither or not the f...

Finding Forrester and Educational Framework

In five pages this paper analyzes this 2000 Sean Connery film from an educational discourse perspective. Two sources are cited in...

3 Postmodern Works Analyzed

In six pages this research paper compares how postmodern perspectives manifest themselves in director Peter Greenaway's film The C...

Latin America, China, and Changes Through Revolution or Reform

while the Nationalists were forced to retreat to the island of Formosa, now known as Taiwan. For Chairman Mao, revolution was onl...

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino's Style of Directing

In five pages this paper discusses how Quentin Tarantino addresses the human condition in his filmmaking style and in the violent ...

The Letter by Somerset Maugham and Characterization

to kiss her, but naturally, Proudlock was convicted of murder (PG). She received a death sentence but the the European community ...

British Cinematic Development Until 1939

In ten pages this paper chronicles the history of British film from its 19th century origins until 1939. Six sources are listed i...

Comparing and Contrasting Dracula and Nosferatu

is of excellent quality which is likely why it quickly became a classic, and one which others emulate. The ending is satisfying. S...

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Its Contradictions

In six pages the antiabolitionist intent of Stowe's novel is compared with the African American stereotypes it was responsible for...

Contrast and Comparison of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now

conflict in both "Heart of Darkness" and "Apocalypse Now." In the book, it occurs between the main characters. In the movie, it ...