YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Cinematic Violence
Essays 331 - 360
(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...
depicts the aliens as beings who represent communism and the fear of being consumed by such "thought." The aliens in this film ...
harrowing to watch, with Nash suffering several climactic breakdowns and brief moments of lucidity and temporary remission. The u...
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...
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...
to tell what might appear on first glance to be a tired old story. First, there is the scintillating color that enables the film ...
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...
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...
choice to live and abide by a certain set of unwritten expectations. The movie, Menage, directly challenges this idea. Powrie al...
is completely unique and no two are alike. Therefore, what takes place is a kind of power struggle between the subject and the ob...
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...
In ten pages this paper chronicles the history of British film from its 19th century origins until 1939. Six sources are listed i...
his motivation for stealing Jean and Ricks car. However, in committing grand theft auto, Anthony objectifies Jean and Rick just as...
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...
history of the Civil War and the Reconstruction. In essence, Griffith is recounting the tales told to him by his father, who was a...
universality of Islam, tending to believe it is a "grim and stern faith, given to forcible conversions, appalling treatment of wom...
Zimbabwe experience considerably increased incidence of domestic abuse than do women in the United States. Protection for these w...
sweeping" (Livio) laws in the nation. Going a step further, officials have mandated that the legal system enforce these stringent...
one another is based upon many issues that are presently occurring in the attackers life; also pertinent to the situation is wheth...
no-parent families, emotionally absent parents, working parents - all these situations contribute to the lack of a childs moral an...
with an ethical foundation. Out from all the bloodshed and terror of such despicable crimes comes the most obvious of questions: ...
their vastly segregated social and economic status, leaving the door wide open for resentment and intolerance, which effectively t...
childs natural means of expression, namely play, is used as a therapeutic method to assist him/her in coping with emotional stress...
of Toledo. Bypassing Spanish Christian survivors that were huddled in the mountains of northwest Spain, Muslim armies pushed on an...
survive attendance. However, at this point, it is easy to dismiss this information as regrettable, but not applicable to most situ...