YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Analysis of the 1991 Film Thousand Pieces of Gold
Essays 241 - 270
In five pages this report discusses the winner of the Best Foreign Film Academy Award for 1950 and the reasons behind its enduring...
to it that such a crime was punishable by death. After all, behavior so unbecoming of a religious devotee deserved no less....
factor can be seen in both Sunset Boulevard and The Grifters. In Sunset, Joe Gillis is an out-of-work screenplay writer, who has t...
of America had suffered through more than 15 years of deprivation in one form or another. The Great Depression that began with th...
it can be said, by an exciting, revolutionary, turbulent swirl which included great social and technological change: assassination...
what the audience is viewing with his own subjective observations. In his consideration of film noir, Jon Tuska (1984) noted that...
ethics or lack thereof, surrounding the mystique of Wall Street. Although takeovers are not in themselves unethical, the methods ...
and precise technical skill" (Seven Samurai, 2007). He is the true hero in many ways for he is generous, sincere and stands a nobl...
the injustice that fate as inflicted upon him, as he has pursued the whale for years, coming close numerous times, but never actu...
before. Perhaps the iconic model here is Barbara Stanwyck luring Fred MacMurray to his doom in Double Indemnity. But there is an...
problems of Susanna. Susanna is diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder. Susanna is suffering from hallucinations. For...
thumbscrews" (California Newsreels). This particular film is clearly a film that is aimed at bringing light to the past, to the ...
person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...
and if they felt justified in their actions. He decided to write a movie from their perspective" (Jet 54). Such information hel...
Opposing Arguments Petrakis (2010) is completely right when he writes: "the screenplay is simplistic and uninteresting, lea...
is a mixed bag. In films that parody the past like Undercover Brother and in music videos, the most watched genre of film today by...
and so on. But what really sets Oscar apart is his style-or lack thereof. He wants to be cool and hip, but hes actually pretty sil...
not easy to explain why individuals are motivated to act in the ways they do. This is why there are a number of competing theories...
In a paper of fifteen pages, the writer looks at the film "Crash". Jean Cabot is analyzed as a source for psychological content in...
a realistic glimpse into troubled American youth that did not compromise moral values or the integrity of the film. Judging by th...
This research paper focuses on the films of Roberto Rossellini, specifically on "Paisan" and "Germany Year Zero" and the films of...
This film review primarily profiles the film's protagonist, Edward R. Murrow, using an existential perspective. The writer argues ...
This 8 page paper gives an overview of the works of Chinese film director Zhang Yimou. This paper includes discussions of four of ...
This essay describes how comedy was achieved in two science fiction films, "Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home" and "Galaxy Quest." Th...
This essay pertains to a Vincente Minneli film from 1945, "The Clock," which starred his wife, Judy Garland. The writer discusses ...
This film reviews pertains to director Richard Brooks' 1958 film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." The writer discusses the film in terms o...
titles such as "The Sultan of Sleaze," "The Prince of Puke" and "The Pope of Trash," which is the one he says he prefers (Als, 199...
The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch Project fits perfectly with the popular conception of what constitutes an independent fil...
commands the attention of the other students because he is so gifted. He doesnt really seem to be part of the group-Nash was a no...
who works with Nash sees him doing essentially crazy things and putting documents in drop boxes. He reports him to the superiors a...