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Black Films and Hip Hop Music Videos: Race Representation

is a mixed bag. In films that parody the past like Undercover Brother and in music videos, the most watched genre of film today by...

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...

Essential Church? Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts

that church attendance plays an essential role in his or her life. In other words, the thrust of the book is not only to discern w...

Three Detectives, Spade, Marlowe and Plum

in first person narration, he sees only what the detective sees, as he or she sees it. Hammett opens his novel with a physical des...

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...

Smiley Face

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

Amistad

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

Sociological Analysis of Paul Haggis’ Film Crash

an early scene in the film presents the typical urban stereotype of the young, affluent white married couple whose body language r...

American Psycho/In Bruges

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...

Sam Houston According to Randolph Campbell

a lot of moral courage, he will also gain a reputation to match his actions. He will then be in a position in which he can make a ...

Shakespeare Films

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

Dead Poet's Society and the Motif of Carpe Diem

to his students. He gives them no time to "adjust," but leaps right in with both feet on the first day by having the class read Ro...

The Clock, a Cultural View

This essay pertains to a Vincente Minneli film from 1945, "The Clock," which starred his wife, Judy Garland. The writer discusses ...

The Hulk (2003), A Scene Analysis

This essay presens a scene analysis from the 2003 film "The Hulk," directed by Ang Lee. The writer describes the scene and summari...

Comedy in Two Science Fiction Films

This essay describes how comedy was achieved in two science fiction films, "Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home" and "Galaxy Quest." Th...

A Film Analysis, When Harry Met Sally

This film analysis is on "When Harry Met Sally," 1989, directed by Rob Reiner. The writer asserts that the specific genre for this...

"Crash" and Psychology

In a paper of fifteen pages, the writer looks at the film "Crash". Jean Cabot is analyzed as a source for psychological content in...

Good Night, and Good Luck, Film Review

This film review primarily profiles the film's protagonist, Edward R. Murrow, using an existential perspective. The writer argues ...

Films of the Italian Neorealism Movement

This research paper focuses on the films of Roberto Rossellini, specifically on "Paisan" and "Germany Year Zero" and the films of...

NY Times Article, A Critical Analysis

This research paper/essays offers a critique of an article "'No Child Law' Is not Closing a Racial Gap'" by Sam Dillon, which was ...

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938): A Review and Analysis

a realistic glimpse into troubled American youth that did not compromise moral values or the integrity of the film. Judging by th...

Grapes of Wrath (1940), A Sociological Film Review

This paper consists of a film review of John Ford's 1940 film, "The Grapes of Wrath," which encompasses a sociological analysis of...

Social Work Film Analysis, Requiem for a Dream

This essay analyzes Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream" and discusses how its characters illustrate the effects of ...

Death of a Salesman/Pursuit of Happyness

he has always valued charisma over actual skill or knowledge. This point is shown in a flashback in which Willy asks his oldest ...

Working Class Representation in the Film Saturday Night Fever

In five pages this essay presents a sociological analysis of the film Saturday Night Fever. There is no bibliography included....

Last Samurai & Breakfast at Tiffany's

pain and trying to find herself as she divorces herself mentally from her poor beginnings when she was married at fifteen to a hor...

"The Life Of An Amorous Woman" - Dirty Profession, Pure Heart

out the way one may have originally intended; as such, a life perceived as less enlightened still encourages - and even requires -...

Films The Bicycle Thief and Double Indemnity and Representations of Family and Work

In three pages this paper examines how family and work attitudes are represented in these films from the 1940s. Two sources are c...

British Scientist John Frederic Daniell's Life and Work

only due to contacts, but also dui to the reputation he had already been establishing for himself. Daniell had been conduc...