YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Analysis of the Film Selena
Essays 1801 - 1830
notes that this is the first film crew to be given permission to film extensively at the UN and this gives the movie a feeling of ...
the moon base known as Clavius (Falsetto 44). In perhaps the most memorable sequence, when Bowman travels "Beyond the Infinite," ...
fiance Rosa (Williams and Garrett). Clara, in both the book and movie, is truly psychic and her powers are a intriguing feature ...
games and the computer, it rises up between 35 and 55 hours a week (Gentile et al., 2004; 1235). Through this much media exposure ...
editorializing, but this fits well within the boundaries of the film. For example, at one point a character says that "at any give...
inexperienced actors in the lead roles (Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). The play opens with the servants, Samson and Gregory,...
an uneasy political alliance with Sinn Fein President Eamon De Valera, and this fueled the romantic rivalry between Collins and hi...
Tom, then, is the central male figure in the family. Their father has abandoned them some many years before, and so it has fallen...
them" (Trbic, 2005). At the same time there was a very powerful visual style that was insistence on losing the "polite look of his...
child with the family maid, Maj (Fanny and Alexander PG). The Ekdahl family mantra is, according to Helena, that actors are not t...
twentieth century, people are all chimeras, or mythic hybrids of machine and organism, or cyborgs (Haraway, 1991). In Western sci...
tight close-up (Dirks, 1996). There is a menacing "No Trespassing" sign outside an old gate, and after panning up over a chain-li...
Music Town. With $9,000 of store receipts in his pocket, Lucas goes to Atlantic City in hopes of parlaying that into enough money...
Battle of Summit Springs, a reenactment that showcased Cody rescuing poor white damsel Indian captives in distress (Buscombe 286)....
have readily characterized their discipline by a progression of determining steps beginning with the development of a sociological...
In the epic, the threat is supernatural; in the film, the menace is recast as a vicious, cannibalistic tribe who dress in animal s...
only thing that is known is what is presently occurring. In other words, if something is out of ones eyesight and experience, it i...
some of the inmates to play poker with pornographic cards. He smuggles hookers in for several of the ward mates, and he threatens ...
light across a coffee table may be the only thing that signals that the scene takes place in someones living room. Throughout th...
portrays? Are the facts sacrificed in the name of entertainment? Seabiscuit is not only the story of a horse but also of the rea...
approach the demon with great trepidation; although they both know they harbor the protection of God while on their mission to exo...
capitalists, wining and dining them all through Paris" (Nugent). In this we see the psychology of the seriousness of the Russia...
again and make everyone else in my life think you are wonderful and Im a shmuck. But Im not a shmuck Bob, and Im not going to let...
is bored out of his skull with his job and his life. His doctor advises him to go to support club meetings for people who are rea...
Every day, people seek medical treatments, surgery and extensive and costly procedures to reduce the physical impacts of aging and...
is, there is both free will and determinism. The idea that free will and determinism are one in the same is rare, but it seems ...
mistakes will occur. A novice director frequently has difficulty keeping a "clear head" in regards to the scenes as they unfold ...
against his father. Meanwhile, Fredersen orders the scientist Rotwang to create a robot that looks like Maria; he plans to use th...
her bedroom wall and uses this to confide in. However, even at this very early level there are indication of the culture clash and...
daytime and snow is falling. "Charlie" (Charles Foster Kane) is playing outside, and the camera stops on him. He rolls a snowbal...