YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Review of the Film Synthetic Pleasures
Essays 121 - 150
a "master swordsman," arriving at the Emperors fortress. Nameless explains to the Emperor how he vanquished "three deadly assassin...
history of the Civil War and the Reconstruction. In essence, Griffith is recounting the tales told to him by his father, who was a...
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...
portrays? Are the facts sacrificed in the name of entertainment? Seabiscuit is not only the story of a horse but also of the rea...
the voiceover. According to reviewer Patricia Kowal, this inclusion of a female perspective furthers the gangster genre because it...
whom he has already fathered two children. Charles literally drags Helen to the front door and throws her out of the house (IMDb,...
order for work to be appropriately "subdivided into highly specialised, routine tasks."3 As enthusiastic as Florman (1996) is a...
also shows how the Nation of Islam similarly rehabilitated other prostitutes and drug dealers during the time, "providing moral gu...
is picked to become part of a US Ping-Pong team that plays in newly opened Communist China. After his discharge from the army, For...
Frida, as a young teen, sneaking into an auditorium to watch Diego painting a mural. Diegos wife Lupe appears and confronts Diego ...
times appears to be a prune. In one memorable scene, as the plot thickens, George is standing in the middle of a waving...
of play. The summer is very representative of a simplistic and conservative community, giving us an ideal setting in a simpler tim...
Notably, Rearick conceptualizes these elements by relating the historical factors, including the conflicts prior to this era that ...
climactic as an invading force, but may take place in the acculturation of one culture from another. Even today many of the Wester...
This paper analyzes thematic elements of the film, My Life, which stars Michael Keaton as a young man facing death from cancer. T...
This paper analyzes the historical accuracy of the film version of the famous diary from Nazi Germany. This three page paper has ...
This paper analyzes the film, Murder in the First. The author comments on the various shortcomings in the US criminal justice sys...
This paper examines the themes of hypocrisy and imperialism in Africa as seen in the film, This Magnificent African Cake. This tw...
In five pages this anthropological and sociological text is reviewed....
In eighteen pages film reviews consisting of seven reactions and summaries of approximately two and a half pages each consider suc...
This short, one page reaction paper to this film starring Kevin Costner provides an opinion of the writer. No sources aside from t...
In three pages this essay presents an analysis of Invasion of the Body Snatchers in a consideration of character development, cine...
In three pages this essay presents a review and analysis of the science fiction film Terminator. There is no bibliography include...
In three pages this paper examines how filmmaker techniques are applied to advancing the film's theme, development of plot, and to...
In three pages this essay presents an analysis of Night of the Living Dead in terms of the development of characters, camera angle...
to avoid being consumed, Bacon, Ward, Finn and a number of townspeople spend a significant amount of time on the roof of houses, h...
In three pages this paper presents an analysis of this film in terms of the emotional punch it packs along with a consideration of...
This short, one page review contains many insights. The fact that this film contains some social commentary should be noted. There...
This one page reaction paper looks at the well known film Grapes of Wrath and the political statement that seems to come through i...
This paper provides a brief synopsis of the film's plot and analyzes the issue of historical accuracy. This three page paper has n...