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Pillow Talk (1959)

This essay pertains to Pillow Talk (1959), which the writer describes as a classic sex comedy. To support this position, the write...

Characterization and Production Values: Classical Hollywood

This research paper pertains to methods and features of characterization and its associated production values used during the age ...

Phyllis and Lola, Double Indemnity

by Billy Wilder) is regarded as a classic example of film noir. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by James M. Cain by Raymon...

"Troy" (2004) and Homer's Iliad

This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...

D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation

In five pages the reasons why this silent film classic should be considered the greatest of all melodramas are presented. There a...

The Importance of Communication in 'Frankenstein'

The varying portrayals of communication in this classic novel and film adaptations are the focus of this 5 page paper. There are ...

A Review and Analysis of the Film, North By Northwest

This paper analyzes and reviews Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 classic film, North by Northwest. This two page paper has one source list...

A Review and Analysis of the Film, Raging Bull

This paper reviews and analyzes Martin Scorsese's 1980 classic film, Raging Bull. This two page paper has one source listed in th...

A Critical Review and Analysis of the Film, Citizen Kane

This paper analyzes and reviews Orson Welles' 1941 classic film, Citizen Kane. This two page paper has three sources listed in th...

1958 Film Touch of Evil by Director Orson Welles

drug-trafficking case. Heston, covered in unconvincing dark makeup and no audible Mexican accent, assists Welles in the car bomb c...

Citizen Kane and Camera Generation of Character Emotions

In five pages this 1941 classic film is examined in a consideration of Orson Welles' pioneering camera techniques and how they del...

The Importance of Supporting Characters in “On the Waterfront”

him: Father Barry (Karl Malden) is a tough priest who urges him to testify about what he knows; Johnnie Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) is ...

Power, Surveillance and the Totalitarian State

can be trusted; it is the ultimate in paranoid societies. By keeping its citizens fearful and mistrustful of each other, the gover...

A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”

couple as well (Beah Richards and Roy Glenn) who arent happy that their son is considering marrying a white girl (Guess Whos Comin...

Comparing and Contrasting Dracula and Nosferatu

is of excellent quality which is likely why it quickly became a classic, and one which others emulate. The ending is satisfying. S...

Jack Rabbit Slim’s Dance Contest

works for her husband, and hes supposed to show her a good time and do what she wants, so shut up and dance because she wants that...

The Genius of Billy Wilder in Sunset Boulevard

(Brackett & Wilder, 1950). Its the narrator, who is telling his story from beyond the grave. He says he wants to tell the real ...

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 1923

murder and he saves her-for another man (Ashlin). There are many other subplots in the film but the real story is of the love Quas...

Sexual Behavior in "The Godfather"

the Mafia Don, his close knit family who are also in the "business"; the women who are decorations, not people - are crude, they a...

An Analysis of The Matrix

not-so-classic sci-fi approach in the storytelling process allows the audience to wonder along with the main character, Neo, if it...

Early American Cinema, 'The Other,' and Social Tensions

makes constitutes the "others" uniqueness. "The Other" inFilm The existence of "the other" has figured prominently throughout the...

Movie Verses Novel in Depictions of Fellowship of the Ring

any film based on a novel, there is much that is left out. And, interestingly enough, if it were up to anyone but Peter Jackson, t...

Michael Corleone as the Psychological Center of the Hospital Scene

service. The police made them leave about ten minutes ago" (Dirks, 2008). The tension is high as Michael suddenly realizes what th...

Use of Cinematography in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane

wealthy man puts his emphasis on money, power and manipulation; fails at politics and his domestic life and dies friendless and al...

Comparing the 1995 Film and Novel Versions of 'The Scarlet Letter'

would have no doubt preferred. She stays and makes a life for herself and Pearl as a seamstress and though her scarlet letter def...

Films A Place in the Sun, Double Indemnity, Suspicion and the Interaction Between Money, Love, and Murder

these nonverbal cues that reveal more than the spoken dialogue. Alfred Hitchcocks reputation as the cinemas "Master of Suspense" ...

Analysis: "The Tell Tale Heart"

the murder has no real basis in reality; the old man had never hurt him, and he has no desire to rob him: "Object there was none. ...

Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge

Luhrmann, "In Moulin Rouge, our ultimate Red Curtain gesture, music and song is the device that releases us from a naturalistic wo...

We'll Always Have Paris

The writer analyzes the 1942 classic film Casablanca, and argues that Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, is the archetypal re...

Using Twelve Angry Men to Evaluate Behavioral Theories

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...