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The auteur film techniques that characterize director Brian DePalma are considered in an examination of three of his films The Unt...
would become his own trademark. This film, along with Obsession (1976), further developed De Palmas expressive use of cinematogra...
This research paper argues that director Quentin Tarantino has earned the perspective of being considered the auteur of his films,...
This five page essay examines the film by Brian DePalma in reference to the social crime theories of Walter B. Miller. This film ...
This 5 page paper discusses the viewpoints of French film critic and auteur Andre Bazin, and Russian director Sergei Eisenstein, o...
They fought and screamed and never should have been married. I can remember hiding under the kitchen table one day and just wishin...
In six pages a cinematic analysis of director Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane focuses upon the auteur's themes of capitalis...
Symphony, to underscore elements of the theme and create contrast between the beauty of the classical music and the turbulence of ...
Valance (1962). The films beginning, breathtaking shots of Monument Valley (which the director would make repeated use of in subs...
the ordinary man can screw those in authority then he should do it. One of the themes of Double Indemnity is shown in that it is...
"should be allowed to people who are considered superior human beings" (Alfred Hitchcocks "Rope"). Their definition of a "superio...
director was, quite literally, involved in every possible aspect of filmmaking, from raising money to hiring actors to helping to ...
in films today. The protagonist at the heart of Allens films is conflicted, neurotic, and a bumbler who usually manages, somehow, ...
they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. In The Birds, for instance, Melanie (Tippi Hedren) pursues Mitch (Rod Taylor), a m...
theorists and directors," note that "Hitchcocks films are deeply infused with anxiety, guilt, and existential angst, which they tr...
the injustice that fate as inflicted upon him, as he has pursued the whale for years, coming close numerous times, but never actu...
Michael is illegitimate, a revelation that he accepts cheerfully-a very strange thing for a Catholic priest to do (Dancing at Lugh...
the foreign hordes defiling it" (Mattie 215). Cutting slays Vallon, consigns his son to an orphanage, and proclaims his rule ove...
In eight pages this paper examines Kubrick's definitive auteur film styles as they are represented in these films and compares the...
In seven pages this paper examines how films are critically reviewed and analyzed with such films as The Crying Game, GoodFellas, ...
Jesus" (Blake, 1999, p. 20). Glicks idea is that the crucifix is too depressing as a symbol. He says, "Christ didnt come to earth ...
and then depends on how the audience is prepared (along with the primary character) throughout the movie to deal with a particular...
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...
This research paper offers a character study that focuses on Vinz (played by Vincent Cassel) in Mattieu Kassowitz's film La Haine....
This film reviews pertains to director Richard Brooks' 1958 film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." The writer discusses the film in terms o...
This 8 page paper gives an overview of the works of Chinese film director Zhang Yimou. This paper includes discussions of four of ...
In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...
In thirty pages this paper discusses the controversial actor and director's life, cinematic contributions, politics, and the legac...
know the woman, named Madeline, he falls in love with her. However, Madeline succeeds in committing suicide and Scotty is helpless...
action shot at a car race. To rely on an old clich?, he is "bored to tears." He spends most of his convalescent time sitting at th...