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James Bond and Violence from Connery to Craig

society is violent and the films reflect that. Bond is also, in truth, an anti-hero. Hes supposedly a "good guy," but in reality h...

Hallucinations, Possession Trance And Religious Authenticity: Hollywood's Accurate Interpretation

benefit of any mutilating tool; Sands (2001) notes that to suggest this trance - or hallucination - is motivated by anything other...

Small Group Communications in the Film St. Elmo's Fire

their dreams. Initially it would seem that the characters of this movie would hardly be called a "hot group." However, when we e...

George Orwell's Animal Farm, Richard Attenborough's Film Gandhi, and Social Revolution

In five pages this paper examines social revolution as depicted in this novel and film. There is 1 source cited in the bibliograp...

Film Version of the Musical Hair

In five pages this paper examines the social conflict represented by hair within the context of the film and how it may be perceiv...

Movie Marketing Aspects

In seven pages movie marketing approaches are examined in a comparative consideration of the methods used to market films Being Jo...

Brokeback Mountain: The "Great Outdoors" as a Trap

one else. This rugged outdoorsman is entirely self-sufficient, and when he does interact with others, on a cattle drive for inst...

Scorsese to the Second Power: "Goodfellas" and "Casino"

errand boy to a "coke and gun dealer" (Quart). This is a twisted version of the American dream. Scorsese populates this film wit...

Closure in The Films Double Happiness and Breathless

The writer compares and contrasts the narratives and the issue of closure in the films Double Happiness and Breathless. The paper ...

Music as a Character in Meet Me in St. Louis and 42nd Street

the plot development and story. For example, as the movie opens, various cast members pass the song "Meet Me in St. Louis" from o...

Thelma and Louise Movie from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this paper discusses sociological concepts and gender roles' portrayal within the contexts of this 1991 film. Two s...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Home Alone 3

In five pages this essay compares the film with the novel by Mark Twain in the commonality of the popular theme in each of childre...

John Woo's Film The Killer

In five pages this paper reviews the 1989 film by director John Woo entitled The Killer and considers the influence of Western mav...

AIDS and the Film Jeffrey

In five pages this paper examines the film in terms of how AIDS and its effects are depicted. There are no other sources listed....

Oliver Stone's Films

In 5 pages this paper examines Vietnam War vet Oliver Stone's films about the war Platoon and Born on the 4th of July. There are ...

Cinematic Depiction of Deviance

In eleven pages this paper discusses how deviance is cinematically depicted in such films as Leaving Las Vegas and One Flew Over t...

The Book 2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

the past thirty years as to which was "better" - "2001" the book or "2001" the movie. Not surprisingly the fans of Clarkes numero...

Plantation Mistresses and Slaves

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares how slaves and plantation mistresses were depicted in The Plantation Mistress by ...

Film Critic Pauline Kael's Life and Influence

In seven pages this paper discusses New Yorker movie critic Pauline Kael's life, how her passion for cinema translated into a care...

Chinese Media

In a paper consiting of five pages China's media with an emphasis upon film are discussed in terms of the conditions of the recent...

Michael Keaton and the Romantic Comedy's Social Value

job with an advertising agency. This sets the stage for marital difficulties born out of Butlers self-imposed inferiority complex...

Strategic Cinematic Marketing

In eight pages this paper examines innovative marketing strategies for films with The Blair Witch Project as a recent example of a...

The Return of Martin Guerre

In 5 pages the book and film versions are compared in terms of similarities and differences. There are 15 sources cited in the bi...

Filmmaking and Ideology

In five pages this paper examines how ideology is depicted in films in a contrast and comparison of the animated 1950s Cinderella ...

Umberto Ecos' Myth of Superman and Bruce Willis's Film Die Hard

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which the film echos the Superman myth as described by Ecos are considered with box o...

U.S. Racial and Cultural Divisions in the Film Alien Nation

In a paper consisting of four pages there are similarities noted between the divides of culture and race that exist in the United ...

Changing the Appearance of Films Through CinemaScope

In eight pages this paper examines the 1950s' introduction of the innovative CinemaScope cinematic technique that changed how film...

Black Cinema in the 1940s

For example, one review, that is typical of those produced by white critics, described the typical Hollywood musical of the 1930s ...

The Wedding Banquet Film by Ang Lee and What it Reveals About Chinese Identity

In nine pages insights about Chinese identity that are revealed in the 1993 film are discussed and how this identity serves both t...

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and its Timelessness

In ten pages this paper examines the timelessness of this William Shakespeare tragedy as it is represented in Franco Zeffirelli an...