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Fact or Fiction in the Life and Film Adaptations of Michael Collins

the boundaries of Eire. While Jordans film begins amidst the political turmoil of Ireland in 1916, with Jordan at the center of t...

Blazing Saddles Film, Racism, and Jewish Representation

In five pages this paper discusses the 1974 film by Mel Brooks in terms of Jewish exclusion and racism. Eight sources are cited i...

Poor Little Rich Girl Shirley Temple Film

In five pages this paper presents a critical analysis of a Mary Pickford film remake featuring popular 1930s' child star Shirley T...

Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock

In this paper consisting of six pages the impacts of a changing movie industry in the early 1970s and the way in affected Hitchcoc...

An Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's Film Rear Window

In five pages this research paper considers how voyeurism is depicted in this 1954 suspense thriller particularly as it relates to...

Voyeurism and Castration in the Alfred Hitchcock Film Rear Window

This paper consists of ten pages and discusses how the themes of castration and voyeurism are featured in the conflict between ant...

Alfred Hitchcock's Film The Birds

In five pages this paper examines how man's abuse of nature has dire consequences in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds. Four...

'Platoon' vs. 'Apocalypse Now'

In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...

Lessons About War In The Film, Saving Private Ryan

This paper examines Stephen Speilberg's 1998 WWII film, Saving Private Ryan. The author discusses what lessons can be taken from ...

Fictional Film Account on the War in the Persian Gulf

In five pages this report examines the creative possibilities represented by Forty Three Days Later, a fictional film about the Pe...

A Critical Analysis of the Film, Hamburger Hill

This paper examines the issue of whether or not the film, Hamburger Hill, is an accurate depiction of the life of a soldier in the...

Roots of Avant Garde's Visual Arts

In eight pages the roots of avant garde regarding film are argued to be in the visual arts as opposed to the narrative cinematic t...

Crime and Punishment in 'New Jack City.' and 'Unforgiven', and 'Do The Right Thing'

This is a paper consisting of 3 pages that attempts to determine is legal and cultural justice are represented in these films. Th...

1989 Film Do the Right Thing by Director Spike Lee

In six pages this film is analyzed in terms of the blackness concept. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography....

Inner City Life in Cinema

The ways in which life in the inner cities are portrayed are contrasted and compared in an examination of the films La Haine by Ka...

Raging Bull, Breathless, and Spectator's Construct of Femininity According to Narrative and Style

In nine pages these films by Martin Scorsese and Jean Luc Godard are examined in terms of how femininity is presented to the spect...

1973 Film Time Period Setting of American Graffiti

In five pages this paper examines how the 1950s are represented in the drive-in, 'hot rods,' and early rock and roll music feature...

Elia Kazan's 1947 Film Gentleman's Agreement and the Concept of Jewish 'Otherness'

In five pages this film is examined in terms of how it portrays the theme of Jewish 'otherness' in regards to the treatment of Jew...

Prostitution in the Films Mildred Pierce and Pretty Woman

In ten pages this paper discusses how the female heroines in each of these films prostituted themselves for various reasons. Four...

Films Prince of the City, Serpico, and the 'Code of Silence'

In five pages this paper examines how these films and the books they were based on feature the 'code of silence' in an assessment ...

A Clockwork Orange and The Shining Films by Auteur Director Stanley Kubrick

Symphony, to underscore elements of the theme and create contrast between the beauty of the classical music and the turbulence of ...

Family Structure and James L. Brooks' Film Terms of Endearment

In eight pages this paper examines the 1983 movie in order to gain better insights into the family unit as a social group. There ...

Film Director Sam Peckinpah's Life and Work

In five pages plus an additional thesis and outline page this paper considers the controversial filmmaker's life and violent appro...

1993 Film Mrs. Doubtfire and Music

this instance, both the choice of music and its enthusiastic delivery helps to create an impression of the character. This is not...

An Analysis of Heroism and the Journey in Star Wars

An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...

Contextual Approach to Media Criticism in 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws'

This is an historical research paper of 8 pages that discusses the impact these films had on popular culture, economics, technolog...

Rainman Film and Communication

In five pages various elements of communication are examined within the context of the film Rainman and the sibling characters pla...

Mississippi Burning Film and Deviance

In five pages Alan Parker's film is considered within the context of the three types of deviance it portrays such as the townspeop...

Analysis of the Film Fatal Attraction

In five pages this analysis considers how director Adrian Lyne's Fatal Attraction represents a changing suspense and horror film g...

Stylistic and Formal Characteristics of Gus Van Sant's 'My Own Private Idaho'

Such cinematic techniques as mise-en-scene are discussed in a paper consisting of 6 pages as thematic and narrative expression are...