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Essays 451 - 480
back to the film "The Birth of the Nation" which lead later to a movement of "race films" in the 1920s in the cinema. Mainstream U...
her husband, and knew herself to be near death. Her digestive system had been destroyed by the disease, and, in intense pain and u...
names this "one of the great recent crime movies" (Ebert, 2002). Devil in a Blue Dress references a theme, subject and time perio...
cost, even when it calls for doing things against his or the departments ethical code. His golden boy status within the police fo...
Rican descent. Graham would undoubtedly not identity himself as racist, yet he fails to remember that Ria is Puerto Rican, not Mex...
their idea of the Australian dream. The Kerrigans home, in their minds at least, is indeed their "castle". They willingly disreg...
In 6 pages this paper considers the Communist paranoia of the 1950s as depicted in this film's desire to prosecute Queeg during a ...
In seven pages the relationship between the film's two featured female characters are explored in terms of choices and situational...
In five pages this paper consides how films reflect some type of philosophy and the example of the 2000 film staring Sean Connery ...
This 9 page essay considers how the theatrical presence in the film is developed stylistically through textural characteristics of...
A 5 page discussion of the ever present force of patriarchy in this classic film. This author observes that the dramatic ending i...
This 5 page essay illuminates the message and presentation in Babette's Feast. Based on the book by Isaak Dineson this film prese...
In twelve pages this paper examines traditional film methods and the increased reliance upon digital technology in a contrast and ...
This paper addresses Orson Welles' film, Citizen Kane. The author focuses on formalism and realism in the film. This five page p...
that has been crafted by man. Is Evelyn a beguiling sculptor who wants to mold Adam? There are other thematic elements in the wor...
and training in the group development process. Studying groups in the 1960s, Tuckman observed that groups of individuals transiti...
Weapon movie directed by Norman Rockwell" (Mitchell). Thats a very good, if snarky, description. That being the case, its not sur...
Many Splendid Thing" which is very innocent and then the viewer is presented with the images of a young woman and young man on the...
the traitorous guide getting ready to shoot him in the back. The camera shifts to Indys hand, which is holding a whip, as he swift...
Abel. Smeagol is analogous to Cain; he is his brothers murderer, and the audience is aware that the Ring is both powerful and evil...
Wilsons War, Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) tells Charlie (Tom Hanks) a parable about seemingly good things that can turn...
sole survivor out of the eight people who lived for three years in the lofts tiny space. The film flashes back to Otto explaining ...
lighting, color, camera angle, types of shots, music and set design, to underscore the theme of self-determination and individual...
Soviet Union were busy building up their nuclear arms arsenals, the specter of the nuclear holocaust hung over society and haunted...
In five pages the powerful use of color in the film's storytelling is examined. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....
This paper examines this film's complexities in terms of the intertwining government and societal factors throughout in five pages...
seriously short-handed, and in desperation, he enlists Starlings services. In the novel, Starling is portrayed as an ambitious an...
In five pages this text and its controversial message are examined with primary themes including films' role and their use as tool...
she chooses to apply it in the wrong manner. It is interesting that the film never shows Baxter acting in front of the camera, but...
to watch everyone else who comes for the same reason. Intrigue is served with each glass. The plot clinks with the cubes about w...