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narrative style. With Sleepless there is a sense of desperation as lives are changing. In LAvventura there is a real desperate sit...

to tell what might appear on first glance to be a tired old story. First, there is the scintillating color that enables the film ...

part of the scene while also seeing the entire dance routine. In many films of dancing the direction may not be on the long sho...

the long view where we can see the entire dance. This is often seen in present day films about dance where it seems the performers...

theater, they rolled a cannon ball down a wooden trough that then fell onto a large drumhead (Brunelle, 1999). In films, sound eff...

is completely unique and no two are alike. Therefore, what takes place is a kind of power struggle between the subject and the ob...

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

by the same name and so was translated to the silver screen. When this is done it is always a touchy business. Much of the motivat...

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

of confines. The overall metaphor of this movie is the symbol of the rose. At one point a neighbor asks how the roses are grown s...

box office. Welles was a product of his time and though he had tremendous creativity when it came to camera angles and budgets,...

that the alien is given a sexual orientation. In the second movie of this series the alien is a Queen whose main goal (besides des...

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

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

his sword and kneels commanding that his enemy should knight him. Overcome with Arthurs bravery, as the noble could just as easily...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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