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Strangers in Good Company/Women and Old Age

in their lives when they are accustoming themselves to their impeding morality and the problems that come with old age. Catherine ...

Eyes in Film

Schwartz towards the woman he is longing for; the disappointed gaze of his wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz). When a person is presumably ...

Silent v. Sound/Art in Film

"at heart, I was always a silent movie man" (Twatio 14). One reason why early silent films appear odd or stilted to modern audie...

When A Man Loves A Woman

love for their children. However, it quickly becomes evident that there is trouble in this paradise, as Alice has a problem, as sh...

Portrayal of Blacks in the Media, 1960s-Present

a shock for white audiences. Poitier invested his character with dignity and strength, and although later that tactic no longer re...

Contemporary American Culture and Films

In a paper consisting of 7 pages American cinema and how it satirizes or reflects American culture is considered with student tuto...

Cinema, Discrimination, and Prejudice

sociologist, Erving Goffman and Elaine Pagels, a historian of religion. The concept of otherness as a proponent of discriminator...

An Analysis of the Film, American Beauty

troubled home life. To escape, Ricky retreated into his own world of drugs and voyeurism. Simply stated, American Beauty was an ...

A Review of A Bronx Tale

A 6 page essay reviewing both the film and print versions of this popular tale. Both the negative and positive aspects of America...

Appearance of Place in The American Friend Film by Director Wim Wenders

An analysis of the city's role in The American Friend, a 1977 film by director Wim Wenders, is presented in seven pages. There is...

Modern Dysfunctional Culture as Embodied by the Film 'American Beauty'

culture in the discontentment of one mans desire to live more of his life than merely being a cookie cutout of average people. Le...

Analyzing Colonel Fitts in American Beauty

Burnham and his mid-life angst., a compelling subplot provides a telling commentary on the manner in which homosexuality is percei...

Greek Styles of Government and the Film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

relationship between a city or Nations government and a person is much like that of a parent/child relationship. The state nurture...

1995 Film Critique of The American President

and well-thought out film. This film makes us ask the question, however, about whether our United States Presidents truly have pe...

How American Beauty Serves as American Social Criticism

The ways in which the style and storyline of this film can be regarded as critiquing the superficiality of American culture and so...

Women's Roles in American Cinema Since 1967

bed, or even beginning to become amorous might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not ...

American Religion and the 2003 Film Bruce Almighty

how dependent upon technology the average citizen has become in everyday life. The fact that God initially contacted Bruce via hi...

Three American Families

someone was sick, or out of a job, or when things were going wrong, they asked God for help (Rodriguez). At home, "God the Father ...

American Popular Culture of 1951 Represented in James Jones’ Best-Selling Novel From Here to Eternity and George Stevens’ Film A Place in the Sun

in explicit language and vivid descriptions of sexuality that were shocking within the conservative cultural context of the period...

Family in A Raisin in the Sun and American Beauty

kind of money people like Lester makes. He has all these schemes and dreams and he ultimately learns they are pointless, just as L...

Tokyo Story as a Reflection of Conditions in Post World War II Japan

such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...

The Film Smoke Signals, Native America, and Alcoholism

In eight pages the effects of alcoholism on Native Americans and the therapeutic impact of the film Smoke Signals are examined in ...

American Art or Independent Films and the Hollywood Studio System

In five pages this paper presents the argument that American independent or artistic films are not supported by Hollywood's studio...

U.S. Society and Cinematic Stereotypes of Hispanics

In five pages this paper considers how Hispanics have been stereotyped by American society and how cinema has perpetuated this dis...

Films and Use of Drugs

In a paper consisting of nine pages drug use as depicted in American films is examined. Fifteen sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Film Depiction of African Americans

Horne and Louis Armstrong. Of course, famous tap dancing acts were featured in some films of the day. There was a well known musi...

The Prairie Novel by James Fenimore Cooper and the Film Dances with Wolves

In five pages the depiction of Native Americans in the novel by James Fenimore Cooper and in the film by Kevin Costner is contrast...

Workplace Culture and the Film Die Hard

a fairly ordinary guy, even if he is a cop. The movie offers numerous and viciously cynical commentary on the media, the FBI, and ...

African Americans As Depicted in Cinema II

In six pages this essay examines Hollywood Shuffle, Glory, and Gone with the Wind in order to analyze how African Americans have b...