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Influence and Influential Bruce Lee Film Enter the Dragon

the Bond films (Antulov, 2004). They all seem to come together on some lonely little island, in the middle of nowhere, where th...

The Bourne Identity Cinematic Analysis

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

1960s Music and Film Authenticity

truth and the search for meaning in life. It was no longer a time for people to sleep and hide in their supposedly perfect illusor...

The Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky

of human existence and the ways in which all human beings relate to stress, desire, and feelings of social and personal alienation...

Film Marketing by Genre

the whole trilogy and uses a heavily layered story that involves high action sequences that are purely designed to attract those w...

Visual Images in Last Action Hero Film

In six pages this paper refers to Timothy Corrigan's Film Terms and Topics the text edited by Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan entitle...

Transferring 'A River Runs Through It' from Text to Celluloid

understand and come to terms with life as they know it. Their father is a small town minister. Fly fishing seems to be their only ...

An Analysis of Three Classic Films From the Mid-Twentieth Century

politics. Gore Vidal wrote the screenplay, as well as the original Broadway play on which the movie is based. Vidal was friends wi...

Compare and Contrast Two Versions of Romeo and Juliet

exact) and the censorship had begun to relax. Other firsts included showing the two lovers naked on their wedding night. What one...

The Dance Sequence from Singin' In the Rain

This writer offers a detailed analysis of the Gotta Dance/Broadway Melody scene from the 1952 film Singin' In the Rain. These scen...

Power, Sexuality, and Impotence in The Trial

abuse of this abstract hierarchy of power, which can so easily be turned against an innocent man. The propensity of human beings t...

Film Shine and the Theme of Emotion

In five pages this paper presents a thematic analysis of this movie and examines how sound and dialogue contribute to the film's e...

Auteur Film Director Brian DePalma

The auteur film techniques that characterize director Brian DePalma are considered in an examination of three of his films The Unt...

Controversial Film Director Quentin Tarantino

This paper consists of five pages and examines the controversies surrounding this film director, producer, writer, and actors uses...

Apocolypse Now Film by Director Francis Ford Coppola

In five pages this paper considers the film's parallels with Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and also discusses influences of T...

The Movie Version of 'Amadeus'

The film's inconsistencies with regard to Mozart's and Salieri's lives are emphasized in this paper of 6 pages. There are 3 bibli...

A Review of the Film, Amadeus

This paper reviews the film, Amadeus. The author addresses various thematic and social elements of this film version of Motzart's...

An Analysis of the 1995 Film, Se7en

This paper provides an analysis of the film Se7en (Seven), in terms of form, cultural-historical background, and how the film is u...

Television, Movies, and Differences in Class, Race, and Gender

In ten pages the imagery featured in TV and films regarding the differences of class, race, and gender are the focus of this resea...

Scream Film Genre and Criticism

In nine pages this paper discusses media criticism and its types with a focus upon scholarly, journalist, and auteurist and then e...

A Review of the Film, The Last Emperor

This paper provides a brief synopsis of the film's plot and analyzes the issue of historical accuracy. This three page paper has n...

A Review of the Film, Synthetic Pleasures

This paper analyzes Ira Lee's film, Synthetic Pleasures. The author criticizes Lee's lack of any clear, organizational plot or th...

Federico Fellini's Film, La Dolce Vita

This paper examines the Fellini film, La Dolce Vita. The author discusses camera shots and angels, as well as design, decor, comp...

Charles Chaplin's Modern Times

In two pages the film's satire as well as the stand it takes against certain issues are discussed as they reflect America's Great ...

Robin Hood Prince of Thieves (Film Review)

This short, one page reaction paper to this film starring Kevin Costner provides an opinion of the writer. No sources aside from t...

Return of the Jedi Science Fiction Film Review

In three pages this paper examines how filmmaker techniques are applied to advancing the film's theme, development of plot, and to...

What is Cinema by Andre Bazin

In four pages the essays compiled by film scholar Andre Bazin are examined with the emphasis being on the ways in which it provide...

Sex Education and Censorship

The use of sexually explicit films in the context of teaching sex education is the subject of this research paper. This report loo...

How a Blind Person Would 'See' Forrest Gump

In six pages this film is reviewed from a blind person's perspective along with a consideration of negative and positive film impa...

A Study of Gener Issues in 'The Birdcage'

This paper comprised of 25 pages compares and contrasts the portrayal of homosexual men and their defined gender roles with realit...