YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :American Interpretations of Film Noir
Essays 1981 - 2010
enthralling" (1995). The film is a romance, but it avoids the trap of being formulaic; often films of this kind rely "more upon ac...
when the teams losing streak continues. There is one boy in the high school, Jimmy (Maris Valainis) who is a superb player, with...
out Dil, Jodys girlfriend. Ironically, painfully, and even humorously, Dil is actually a man (Hooper 43). It is worth noting t...
use the camera in the same way as an author uses words for both aesthetic and textural purposes. There are two particularly effec...
Rikyu. Rikyu, played by Rentaro Mikuni not only originated the art of the tea ceremony but was also considered someone of stature ...
The writer analyzes the 1942 classic film Casablanca, and argues that Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, is the archetypal re...
of AIDS (Sullivan 42). However, Joe soon recognize that the injustice of this case is something that he cannot ignore. The fears t...
hairy feet. As this suggests, they are humble beings, not heroes. Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is uncle to Frodo Baggins, entrusts ...
butchering and can only be likened to that which was utilized to produce Frankenstein. Therefore, the benefit of analyzing this...
his village. One cannot help but get wrapped up in the innocence and excitement of their devotion for each other. They want to b...
opening sequence has been found buried beneath the surface of the moon. While Floyd and his colleagues are standing in front of th...
safe with American restaurant choices, avoiding human contact, and the like. What is interesting about this story is tha...
the story of twelve men (all stereotypical white and middle class) who by luck of the draw are brought together to deliberate the ...
The film opens with panoramic shot of Monument Valley, which is the home of the Navajo tribe (Doherty 36). The lulling serenity of...
and laughter will come into play in the second section of the film. Film is an emotional medium. And, like it or...
who is a software programmer by day and a hacker known as Neo by night. Becoming increasingly disillusioned with his life, Neo se...
attitude which pervades most of her works, even today, it can be stated. This is because feminism was asking women to redefine the...
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...
ethnology, he developed an affinity for film which he would then continue to spend his life committed to (Biography of Jean-Luc Go...
necromantic books are heavenly!" (Marlowe, Act 1, Li 40-50). Having made his decision to...
begins to notice how Emmi takes on attitudes attributable to racial intolerance, as well. "While the theme of racial prejudice is...
1996, p. 3), which she accepts as a way of demonstrating her unconditional support of him and his intention to literally drink him...
him. A coach has been appointed the foreman but he is ill equipped to do the job he has been assigned. He resents wasting his tim...
last word of Citizen Kane as he dies in his bed. That word is the infamous "Rosebud." First time viewers, viewers who know nothing...
also during this period when Renoir adopted what would become his trademark style of filmmaking, by using a core ensemble cast of ...
in his 30s. Coppola, born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan to an actress mother (Italia) and musician father (Carmine) grew up in Quee...
feelings of forgetfulness (Marguerite Duras). In "India Song", Duras tells of the life during the 1930s in a fashionable di...
This paper discusses 2 scenes from the film "Good Morning, America" and offers summation and analysis. Three pages in length, thre...
This essay pertains to "Saints and Soldiers," a 2003 film directed by Ryan Little. The writer provides a brief summary of the plot...
of a visual masterpiece that demonstrates that Scorsese is an artist who understands the tone of the original work from which he c...