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what the audience is viewing with his own subjective observations. In his consideration of film noir, Jon Tuska (1984) noted that...
of America had suffered through more than 15 years of deprivation in one form or another. The Great Depression that began with th...
factor can be seen in both Sunset Boulevard and The Grifters. In Sunset, Joe Gillis is an out-of-work screenplay writer, who has t...
is not identified as a goddess except for when a servant speaks to Achilles about the legends that have begun to be spun concernin...
be his wife and daughter. Even with the unrelenting encouragement of Sarah and Rachels recollections to help him remember his fam...
The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch Project fits perfectly with the popular conception of what constitutes an independent fil...
titles such as "The Sultan of Sleaze," "The Prince of Puke" and "The Pope of Trash," which is the one he says he prefers (Als, 199...
throughout cinematic history, Jean Mitry (1907-1988) was perhaps the most comprehensive and objective. He examined cinema from al...
no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...
days on the battlefield seemed to be but a dim memory. The Korean War was Americas first unpopular war where there were no victor...
In fourteen pages this research paper considers the film industry in terms of the economic issues it struggled with during its fir...
the injustice that fate as inflicted upon him, as he has pursued the whale for years, coming close numerous times, but never actu...
as director. This Catholic perspective is also quite evident in the fact that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the most prevalent c...
sit down, even when "they are having menstrual cramps" (Giroux). In the film, workers also complain about "plant conditions, speed...
Opposing Arguments Petrakis (2010) is completely right when he writes: "the screenplay is simplistic and uninteresting, lea...
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...
an early scene in the film presents the typical urban stereotype of the young, affluent white married couple whose body language r...
A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...
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...
a realistic glimpse into troubled American youth that did not compromise moral values or the integrity of the film. Judging by th...
This research paper focuses on the films of Roberto Rossellini, specifically on "Paisan" and "Germany Year Zero" and the films of...
In a paper of fifteen pages, the writer looks at the film "Crash". Jean Cabot is analyzed as a source for psychological content in...
This film analysis is on "When Harry Met Sally," 1989, directed by Rob Reiner. The writer asserts that the specific genre for this...
This film review primarily profiles the film's protagonist, Edward R. Murrow, using an existential perspective. The writer argues ...
This film reviews pertains to director Richard Brooks' 1958 film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." The writer discusses the film in terms o...
his home, and is confronted by an angel who convinces him that Mary has told the truth. The next scenes dramatize the "birth of Je...
not easy to explain why individuals are motivated to act in the ways they do. This is why there are a number of competing theories...
This essay describes how comedy was achieved in two science fiction films, "Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home" and "Galaxy Quest." Th...
This essay pertains to a Vincente Minneli film from 1945, "The Clock," which starred his wife, Judy Garland. The writer discusses ...
This essay presens a scene analysis from the 2003 film "The Hulk," directed by Ang Lee. The writer describes the scene and summari...