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Wilsons War, Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) tells Charlie (Tom Hanks) a parable about seemingly good things that can turn...

lighting, color, camera angle, types of shots, music and set design, to underscore the theme of self-determination and individual...

The film follows the three hapless goofballs as they come across the sirens (three gorgeous women washing clothes in a river); alm...

of looking at the basic format of a film noire, especially before color (Dirks). The plot as well is a confusing one, in terms of ...

that has been crafted by man. Is Evelyn a beguiling sculptor who wants to mold Adam? There are other thematic elements in the wor...

In 6 pages this paper considers the Communist paranoia of the 1950s as depicted in this film's desire to prosecute Queeg during a ...

Weapon movie directed by Norman Rockwell" (Mitchell). Thats a very good, if snarky, description. That being the case, its not sur...

Many Splendid Thing" which is very innocent and then the viewer is presented with the images of a young woman and young man on the...

the traitorous guide getting ready to shoot him in the back. The camera shifts to Indys hand, which is holding a whip, as he swift...

and training in the group development process. Studying groups in the 1960s, Tuckman observed that groups of individuals transiti...

Abel. Smeagol is analogous to Cain; he is his brothers murderer, and the audience is aware that the Ring is both powerful and evil...

decent amount of food and health. A Nazi band plays a bright military march that contrasts with the general shabbiness of the men ...

high over the legendary kiss between two women portrayed in Morocco. Society was simply not ready for an open acknowledgement of ...

boring, routine job he despises because he might develop heart problems. Its likely that he will, but there is no guarantee of tha...

of his story, as his capture is told in flashback, which emphasizes the personal tragedy of this event for him. Cinques story of h...

film taking on certain aspects of each others roles (Davis 80). Norika offers Tomi and Shukichi the respect that filial tradition ...

when Dash gets in trouble at school. His mother, Helen, is trying to talk to him and reason with him as they drive home, telling h...

a thicket of vines. This is a slow tracking show that is designed to five the audience the impression that they are seeing the poi...

red interior, which contrasts with the white exterior of the car. Like the car, Ripley has a seemingly "spotless" exterior, but hi...

and teachers alike (Willis). It is so out-of-control that only very strong action can tame it, and Clark provides just that action...

this key scene This movie is very relevant to todays issues as it causes the viewer to ponder the possible ramifications of cloni...

community in the mission is that the film portrays delays in the UN rescue mission stemming, at least partially, from faults in co...

for Rita. The result is that not only does Frank tutor Rita, but Franks learns from Rita as well. Initially Rita is portrayed as...

in a film that only a percentage of moviegoers even remember. This represents the crapshoot movie studios were forced to endure w...

women will play in the film (The Graduate). Throughout the film, Nichols uses images, including an extensive series of montages, t...

and defined crime as a "problems that we--the public--must solve" (Cavaliero 50). These films attempted to shift attention from t...

that it has always been a colony of sorts. Its independence is illusive and while things have changed since 1997, it seems as if H...

police detective that suspects his department is turning a blind eye to organized crime after refusing to further investigate the ...

Jerry and chase them through the hotel. The two hide under a table in a banquet room, only to discover that its the very room in ...

of these men (Broken Sword, Sky, and Flying Snow). In essence, the central protagonist in the film takes it on himself to find an...