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their advertising campaigns asserted) more stars than there are in the heavens" (The Thin Man, 1995). Mordden (1988) asks, "What, ...

yield a very different analysis. In the film, Jake is unemployed. The family lives off the dole but it seems that whatever money...

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

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...

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

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,...

characterize Mexican tradition with the contemporary realism of complex family relationships. It is a cinematic postcard for fami...

Republican senatorial candidate Chris Marshall (played by another Anglo, Ralph Fiennes). However, the true essence of the...

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...

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

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...

admit he hasnt, but soon remedies that by accompanying Kirby and his men on a mission to defend their firebase from the Vietcong s...

he would have lent his considerable talents and boundless energy to the circus arena "because the circus is just that same mixture...

to hear the sound of my own voice, he says at one point, and indeed he does such a smooth and natural job of translation that the ...

necromantic books are heavenly!" (Marlowe, Act 1, Li 40-50). Having made his decision to...

a good impression on his prospective in-laws, Armand and Albert pretend to be straight (Bawer). Instead of going for the easy lau...

the story of twelve men (all stereotypical white and middle class) who by luck of the draw are brought together to deliberate the ...

ethnology, he developed an affinity for film which he would then continue to spend his life committed to (Biography of Jean-Luc Go...

(originally produced to be shown on PBS, but later received theatrical distribution), which starred Jane Alexander and focused upo...

rather than blatant stereotypes and also new films which spoof the previous stereotypes depicted which in effect erases cinematic ...

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

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...