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African American Stereotypes and Cinematic Semiotics

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

Masculinity in Modern Cinema

the natural disaster" (Action Films, 2002). Marchetti also states that action-adventure films have long been the domain of male...

Postmodernism Defined

of another direction, only to be broken apart and redeveloped by way of postmodernistic composition. Technology, as such, represe...

Shakespeare in Cinema

as simplistic because it stars an action hero (Mad Max becomes Mad Hamlet) and cuts several scenes and all long speeches. Of cours...

Racism in Cinema

Nation first came out, the NAACP protested the film. W.E.B. Dubois, a leading black activist, published highly negative reviews of...

Comparison of Films Robert Altman's Nashville and Robert Drew's Primary

Dean Story, was far more interested in film as an expansive theatrical art, represented by the Hollywood blockbuster features (ONe...

Postmodernism and Great Britain

influences as well as reflects the society in which it manifests. Here we may see a post-modern attitude. The influence of many ot...

German Occupation and French Cinema

such, "the French government, recognizing the need to entertain the troops and the civilian population, allowed certain film produ...

German Occupation of France and French Films

?vident que le Fran?ais avait appris quelque chose de WWI quand beaucoup dindustries ont ?t? arr?t?es et ont nui ? la nation. En t...

Robbery in Films

in keeping all of the people hostage while the funds are delivered. As mentioned, while it is not exactly a bank robbery film, it ...

Modern Cinema in China

began in Hong Kong back in 1979, and was like a "coming of age" for the film industry (Li 709). Suddenly, there was a new generat...

Connection Between Cinema and Ideology

This paper considers the connection between cinema and ideology and how film and serve to both confront as well as strengthen prev...

Literary and Cinematic Portrayal of Slavery

In seven pages this paper considers how slavery has been portrayed in cinema, stories, and books. Eleven sources are cited in the...

Multiplex Market Analysis

In six pages the UK multiplex cinema development is considered and includes supply and demand mismatches, incorrect market reading...

Cinema and Gun Symbolism

take a life in just moments. A student writing on this subject may want to consider the gun as an appendage of the bodies of Travi...

Education and the Use of Cinema

seek information. Paulo Freire calls lecturing the "banking concept" of education, and there is not much student-teacher interfac...

Treatment of Masculinity and Homosexuality in Cinema

would seem that the ones in power, ie, middle aged white males, were the only ones who were truly depicted in a favorable light in...

Chinese Cinematography and Women's Portrayals

in to the Japanese and be captured, however, eight of these women chose to drown in the Mulan River. One of the most...

Feminist Cinema and Psychology

political insights that can be gleaned from any motion picture. The major differences between a journalistic approach to a movie c...

Early American Cinema, 'The Other,' and Social Tensions

makes constitutes the "others" uniqueness. "The Other" inFilm The existence of "the other" has figured prominently throughout the...

Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and Modern Cinema Fantasies

npa), the use of the fantasy genre allows the author or director to stand outside of the reality with which we are familiar, and g...

Paranoia, McCarthyism, and Film Noir

in the destructive power of nuclear energy. Osteen (1994) points out that few events have affected the American psyche in a manne...

Architecture and Film Connection

only when the heart is wakened in this picture that buildings are destroyed and the human element is reintroduced. A later film ...

Object v. Spectator Types of Cinematic Gaze

is completely unique and no two are alike. Therefore, what takes place is a kind of power struggle between the subject and the ob...

Cinematic Depiction of Aliens

depicts the aliens as beings who represent communism and the fear of being consumed by such "thought." The aliens in this film ...

Stage Objections During the 1700s

film had prompted someone to commit heinous crimes. The other side claims that the society is violent and people want to see viole...

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Paradise Lost, and Cinema Verite

Paradise Lost In a review of "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills" Roger Ebert (1996) indicates that it "is uni...

Film and Sociology

and though it was assumed that there was corruption in the government, the optimism of the time suggested that it could be reverse...

Russian Cinema Development

and entertainment for the evening. The entertainment was the cinematograph. Unfortunately, they severely misjudged the turn out fo...

Modern Literature, Films, and the 'Courage to Be'

calls affirming the power of being. The movie brings to mind the unanswered questions of where faith and belief are one in the sam...