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choice to live and abide by a certain set of unwritten expectations. The movie, Menage, directly challenges this idea. Powrie al...

possible, including the attainment of the American Dream. His childhood is in sharp contrast to that of his lifelong friend, Jenn...

parodies American consumer culture as evidenced by the hilarious scene when grilled cheese sandwiches and coleslaw are ordered for...

surprise twist at the end - the camera, representing the subjective perspective of the audience, is "run over" by a car rather tha...

harrowing to watch, with Nash suffering several climactic breakdowns and brief moments of lucidity and temporary remission. The u...

sexuality and innocence that made superstardom a foregone conclusion. The cinematic experience is one in which the spectator (the...

Battle of Summit Springs, a reenactment that showcased Cody rescuing poor white damsel Indian captives in distress (Buscombe 286)....

to do is wait and persist and she will eventually love him. While Tod is also not successful in his goal, he realizes that the cul...

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...

homeless man, or a prison inmate that has been arrested for some outrageous reason (Nissley 165). To illustrate how technology ha...

saved Thomass life) and to explore the meaning their culture has for each of them (Berardinelli, 1998). Its also notable, Berardi...

culture. "Out of Africa", for example, is a love story. It is also a story of contrasts. A Danish woman lands in the middle of K...

reporter investigating this issue and interviewing the various people who new Kane. From the newsreel, the audience learns that ...

decision for Olivier to choose to embark on this project. At the age of forty, Olivier thought he was too old to play the Danish p...

brought his version of the play forward 500 years into the 1930s. Both McKellen and director Richard Loncraine felt that Richard ...

was shot on location at Big Bear Lake and Yosemite Valley in California (Magills-1920). In an interview with film historian Kevin ...

Palme dOr and "best actress" for its star in 1999 (Dargis). The brothers generally share the tasks of both writing and directing...

Even today, if we look at the extent to which Chinese cultural ideology has made its way to the West via art and...

would become his own trademark. This film, along with Obsession (1976), further developed De Palmas expressive use of cinematogra...

film La Maternelle (The Nursery School) begins with the story of Rose, who has been forced by the men in her life - her fathers ba...

as reflecting reality depicting unusual events or situations, but presenting real conflicts and issues that reflect this history o...

provides evidence of repressed female sexuality, and reveals how the traditional patriarchy was threatened as a result of these ch...

history of the Civil War and the Reconstruction. In essence, Griffith is recounting the tales told to him by his father, who was a...

his motivation for stealing Jean and Ricks car. However, in committing grand theft auto, Anthony objectifies Jean and Rick just as...

to the family, children, political leadership, and sexuality" (Wee, 2006, p. 50). Links have been discovered between these violen...

In ten pages this paper chronicles the history of British film from its 19th century origins until 1939. Six sources are listed i...

the influx of immigrants: if the economy was stable and healthy, the aliens swarmed to acquire a piece of the money pie. When tim...

to prevent a Borg takeover of Earth, and to make sure that Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell) makes the flight that will attract the...

the nature of good and evil. In "Shadow," there are the two "Charlies," Uncle Charlie and his niece, Charlotte, who is known as "C...