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Amistad

for some sense of enlightenment and friendship transcends all boundaries, as demonstrated in the film. There is the main African, ...

Post War Society of Japan in the Film Kanoku Geemu, or Family Game

This paper consists of four pages and examines Japanese society after World War II within the context of the film Kanoku Geemu. T...

Shakespeare Films

3 pages that compares two Shakespeare films. There are 2 sources....

Technology and the Works of H.G. Wells and Stanley Kubrick

In seven pages this paper discusses the impact of technology upon humankind as considered in H.G. Wells' novels The War of the Wor...

Basterds by Any Other Name

vision of the universe. From the early Reservoir Dogs to the stylish Pulp Fiction, Tarantino has challenged both viewers and the ...

Blood Diamond - Paying for Death with Luxury

horrifying story of the evil of greed, set against the backdrop of the Sierra Leone civil war. This paper explores the messages of...

Short Essays on Europe Since 1870

In six pages post 1870 Europe is examined in a series of short essays with topics including Mussolini and Fascism, the foreign pol...

Movies on the Vietnam War

Stones "Born on the 4th of July" (1989), Barry Levinsons "Good Morning,Vietnam" (1987), and Hal Ashbys "Coming Home" (1978). A goo...

'Platoon' vs. 'Apocalypse Now'

In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...

Lessons About War In The Film, Saving Private Ryan

This paper examines Stephen Speilberg's 1998 WWII film, Saving Private Ryan. The author discusses what lessons can be taken from ...

A Critical Analysis of the Film, Hamburger Hill

This paper examines the issue of whether or not the film, Hamburger Hill, is an accurate depiction of the life of a soldier in the...

Where the Heart Is

position. This superstition is very important in both the novel and the film from the beginning and is clearly seen in Walmart. Sh...

Tokyo Story as a Reflection of Conditions in Post World War II Japan

such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...

Neorealism of Italian Director Roberto Rossellini

In eight pages this paper discusses the post Second World War neorealist cinema that was characterized by Roberto Rossellini in su...

Mel Gibson's Hamlet

In two pages this essay reviews the Gibson film adaptation and the writer includes a personal reaction....

Depression Era Foods

prices, too, were low, and in the Thirties Americans consumed more sugar per capita then they have done before or since... (Lovegr...

Film Analysis

people. They rely on critics to tell the public about the film. As such they will clearly keep in mind what the public is interest...

Movie Versions and the Original Play Othello by William Shakespeare

In eight pages this paper discusses the theatrical portrayals of Othello, Desdemona, and Iago in comparison with the films by Well...

Charles Chaplin's The Gold Rush

In a paper consisting of 1 page what many regard as one of Chaplin's finest films is reviewed....

Gandhi Film Review

This film starring Ben Kingsley is discussed in an overview and reviewed in three pages....

World War II Film The Best Years of Our Lives

three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. William Wyler was chosen as director, and an award-winning cast was assembled. It should be no...

Smiley Face

smokes pot and the comedy arises through her being stoned all day. In relationship to these conditions the film offers ver...

City of God

something that happens to all the boys in this region of the city. They are clearly victims of the impoverished city as they are d...

Vera Drake

to deviance, one can not that most people remain controlled and those who do not remain controlled become deviant. But, in the fil...

War Films and Politics

he wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible" (Bodnar). While there is also this sort of romantic ideal in Saving Private ...

Battle of Algiers and Black Hawk Down

such as bombings of civilians or the "hit-and-run assassination of French policemen," the film is showing actual "recreations of w...

Shark Slayer

and so on. But what really sets Oscar apart is his style-or lack thereof. He wants to be cool and hip, but hes actually pretty sil...

An Address of Specific Questions Concerning Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind

commands the attention of the other students because he is so gifted. He doesnt really seem to be part of the group-Nash was a no...

An Overview of Imitation of Life

talk, and Lora says that she wishes she had someone to look after Susie while shes working, auditioning and trying to get her big ...

An Overview of A Beautiful Mind

who works with Nash sees him doing essentially crazy things and putting documents in drop boxes. He reports him to the superiors a...