YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Trio of Cinematic Rebels
Essays 361 - 390
necromantic books are heavenly!" (Marlowe, Act 1, Li 40-50). Having made his decision to...
the story of twelve men (all stereotypical white and middle class) who by luck of the draw are brought together to deliberate the ...
he would have lent his considerable talents and boundless energy to the circus arena "because the circus is just that same mixture...
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 ...
admit he hasnt, but soon remedies that by accompanying Kirby and his men on a mission to defend their firebase from the Vietcong s...
characterize Mexican tradition with the contemporary realism of complex family relationships. It is a cinematic postcard for fami...
Republican senatorial candidate Chris Marshall (played by another Anglo, Ralph Fiennes). However, the true essence of the...
by the same name and so was translated to the silver screen. When this is done it is always a touchy business. Much of the motivat...
possible, including the attainment of the American Dream. His childhood is in sharp contrast to that of his lifelong friend, Jenn...
surprise twist at the end - the camera, representing the subjective perspective of the audience, is "run over" by a car rather tha...
harrowing to watch, with Nash suffering several climactic breakdowns and brief moments of lucidity and temporary remission. The u...
the long view where we can see the entire dance. This is often seen in present day films about dance where it seems the performers...
theater, they rolled a cannon ball down a wooden trough that then fell onto a large drumhead (Brunelle, 1999). In films, sound eff...
is completely unique and no two are alike. Therefore, what takes place is a kind of power struggle between the subject and the ob...
(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...
depicts the aliens as beings who represent communism and the fear of being consumed by such "thought." The aliens in this film ...
sexuality and innocence that made superstardom a foregone conclusion. The cinematic experience is one in which the spectator (the...
tight close-up (Dirks, 1996). There is a menacing "No Trespassing" sign outside an old gate, and after panning up over a chain-li...
Music Town. With $9,000 of store receipts in his pocket, Lucas goes to Atlantic City in hopes of parlaying that into enough money...
to do is wait and persist and she will eventually love him. While Tod is also not successful in his goal, he realizes that the cul...
Battle of Summit Springs, a reenactment that showcased Cody rescuing poor white damsel Indian captives in distress (Buscombe 286)....
saved Thomass life) and to explore the meaning their culture has for each of them (Berardinelli, 1998). Its also notable, Berardi...
reporter investigating this issue and interviewing the various people who new Kane. From the newsreel, the audience learns that ...
decision for Olivier to choose to embark on this project. At the age of forty, Olivier thought he was too old to play the Danish p...
brought his version of the play forward 500 years into the 1930s. Both McKellen and director Richard Loncraine felt that Richard ...
homeless man, or a prison inmate that has been arrested for some outrageous reason (Nissley 165). To illustrate how technology ha...
history of the Civil War and the Reconstruction. In essence, Griffith is recounting the tales told to him by his father, who was a...
Even today, if we look at the extent to which Chinese cultural ideology has made its way to the West via art and...
would become his own trademark. This film, along with Obsession (1976), further developed De Palmas expressive use of cinematogra...
provides evidence of repressed female sexuality, and reveals how the traditional patriarchy was threatened as a result of these ch...