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Chinatown as a Homage to Film Noir

bearing the legend "Spade and Archer." In both films, the editing is subtle and seems to blend together effortlessly, creating a c...

Sociological Themes in the Film “Crash”

his dashboard. There is a common thread between the two men, but Hanson reacts to the fantasy he has constructed, not the reality,...

Music in the Films of the Coen Brothers

examined, one could perhaps argue that this is the one film wherein music was almost non-existent. Ethan Coen, in relationship to ...

The American Revolution in Fiction and in Film

to the settlement of the American frontier, Drums Along the Mohawk. It is the story of farmer Gil Martin and his privileged bride...

Film and Social Violence

Ann Beard, in her essay The Fourth State of Matter, illustrates how a young man, Gang Lu, becamse so disgruntled with life and wit...

Brazilian Film/Behind the Sun

backlands that appears to be totally worthless. The feud dictates a continuous cycle of murder. The shirt of a victim is hung out ...

John Ford Films Young Mr. Lincoln and The Searchers Compared

This research paper compares these two Ford's films in five pages terms of differences but also notes the similar filmmaker perspe...

Erotic Journeys and the film Maid in America

portrayed in the film live in a climate of risk with "no health insurance, no drivers license, no pension and no recourse" to just...

Film Review/Finding Nemo

but are rather handled subtly and well, as they are integrated into the context of the narrative and the way the character change ...

Foreign Films

is made to truly feel for them, fear for them, and hope they survive. However, anyone who has watched both of the films will clear...

Boccaccio's book/Pasolini's film/Decameron

subsequently preaches sermons about him, leading people to believe that he led the life of a saint. Ciapelletto is such a hypocri...

Reflections of Poverty In Film

This paper examines Oscar Lewis' film, The Children of Sanchez, as well as Luis Bunnel's work, Los Olvidados. This four page pape...

Hong Kong Portrayal by Director John Woo in the 1989 Film The Killer

In five pages Woo's portrayal of Hong Kong is the focus of this examination of The Killer film. Four sources are cited in the bib...

Roberto Benigni's 1998 Film Life is Beautiful

reviewer Thierry Jousse considered the Cannes award "totally disproportioned", arguing that the film in fact was too slight to mer...

Film Noir, Complexity And Gangsters

wealth, status, and material possessions (clothes and cars), because all other "normal" avenues to the top are unavailable to them...

'Sicko' Michael Moore's Film Commentary on Healthcare

in part: "Edgar Kaiser is running his Permanente deal for profit. And the reason he can do it, I had Edgar Kaiser come in and tal...

The Film American Gangster and the Social Issues It Raises

as icon ... you dont cast Denzel Washington unless youre willing to accept that charisma is often the secret weapon of the success...

American History X the Film

his way is not going to solve anything and will only lead to more death. The film deserves a few words as...

How to Watch Films

the color palette, the costumes; all of these come together to produce the picture that the director wants us to see. This is why ...

Gender, Film, the Male Gaze and Female Filmmakers

so that when he sees himself in the mirror, "the recognition of himself is joyous in that he imagines his mirror image to be more ...

Platoon Film by Director Oliver Stone

Platoons top-notch portrayals by the actors were a joy. Ensemble performances are all first-rate with Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe ...

Film Bonnie and Clyde and the Uses of Color and Light

In eight pages this research paper examines how the director created imagery in the film Bonnie and Clyde through the employment o...

Farewell My Concubine Film Analyzed

The film masterfully interweaves the personal relationship between Cheng and Duan with Chinas tumultuous political upheaval. The ...

Film, Theater, and Rhetoric

both about rhetoric and about the nature of its tradition. Further still, the true rhetoric of any age and of any people is to be...

Rear Window, Vertigo, and Psycho Films by Alfred Hitchcock

of eyes, camera angles (such as the shower scene), and a real solid play on the psychological. Norman Bates is, perhaps first a...

A Comparison of Film and Text for Text The Tempest

This five page paper compares this classic text to the film version by Paul Mazursky. Two sources are listed....

Horror Films and Gender

Film criticism and gender are discussed in relation to the horror genre. A look at sexual mores is included. This five page paper...

1999 Film Sleepy Hollow by Director Tim Burton

In seven pages this report analyzes Tim Burton's film Sleepy Hollow in terms of Johnny Depp's performance and cinematic influences...

Cultural Context of Silent Film

This paper addresses the artistic and historical significance of three silent films, The Battleship Potemkin, Metropolis, and, The...

Jean Rouch's 1954 Film Les Maitres Fous

Accra's Hauka community during colonial rule as depicted in Les Maitres Fous by director Jean Rouch is the focus of this paper con...