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Essays 121 - 150

Tragic Form of Aristotle and Contemporary Cinema

had erred so completely, even though he did so unknowingly, his only recourse was to take his own life. In Fight Club, then, th...

An Analysis of the Film, Training Day

light of day can become obscured in the dark just as the best and brightest intentions can be compromised by allure of corruption....

Farewell My Concubine Film Analyzed

The film masterfully interweaves the personal relationship between Cheng and Duan with Chinas tumultuous political upheaval. The ...

Rear Window, Vertigo, and Psycho Films by Alfred Hitchcock

of eyes, camera angles (such as the shower scene), and a real solid play on the psychological. Norman Bates is, perhaps first a...

The Bicycle Thief and Citizen Kane

This research report compares and contrasts two important films. A comprehensive analysis is provided as thematic elements are exp...

A Review of the Film, The General's Daughter

This paper analyzes various elements of the 1999 film, The General's Daughter. This six page paper has three sources listed in th...

Postmodern Artifact Film A Chinese Ghost Story

and contexts will merge in the production of the film. In examining the film as a post-modern artefact it may be argued that as...

An Analysis of the Film, Big Fat Liar

evidence of the mixed critical reaction to this film, The Tampa Tribune critic Bob Ross disagrees, calling Big Fat Liar "a showbiz...

A Comparison of Huck Finn and the Misfit From A Good Man is Hard to Find

footsteps. This is demonstrated through the parallels between Huck and his father. In the part of the novel where Huck is abducted...

Analysis of the Style and Narrative of the Film The Man Who Wasn't There

in that Ed Crane is sure that his wife is having an affair with her boss. Banking on the surety of his assumption, he sends the bo...

A Review of the Documentary Film, The Ax Fight

first place in response to a conflict between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village (Ax ...

The Film The Heiress Analyzed

lush as one of the contemporary Merchant-Ivory or Emma Thompson movie adaptations of other literary classics that offer a view int...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and Films Inspired by This Novel

Hyde. Mr. Hyde is a hideous man who engages in murder and essentially allows his most animalistic, most primitive, nature to come ...

Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and Frank Capra's Meet John Doe Cinematic and Comparative Analysis

tight close-up (Dirks, 1996). There is a menacing "No Trespassing" sign outside an old gate, and after panning up over a chain-li...

The 2004 Film Miracle and an Application of Leadership Analysis

subject of Gavin OConnors 2004 film, Miracle. As portrayed by Kurt Russell, Brooks is presented as a no-nonsense disciplinarian w...

All That Heaven Allows

This 4 page essay explores the long-lived concept of May-December romance as it is presented in the movies. Social class and age ...

Mis-En-Scene & Midnight Cowboy

dress of the other extras (all men) identifies them as working-class people. Theres a mug on the counter and the usual accessories...

Social Work and The Color Purple

her supposed advice and is incredibly confused and upset by Celies advice. While Celie is sorry she is not in a position in her li...

Sexism and Racism in Trading Places

brash prostitute that flaunts her body and acts like a tough hooker. She is representative of women who sell their body and are al...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

how the sane are seen as insane. Once a person is in such an institution it seems as though they are automatically pegged as insan...

Portraying Character on Screen

of the play, which is the fact that Toms continues to love his sister, miss her and long for a different past, as he pursues a dif...

Who Killed the Electric Car?

example, that many people would be out of work if the electric car ever took off. There would be less demand for gas stations and ...

Pro-Filmic Aspects of the Christening Scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather

organ and the heavily accented voice of the priest, which allow for "not only contrasting the pious words of the protagonists with...

Comparing Film Versions of Twelfth Night

which is at the "heart of this piece, cannot stand such a strong dose of reality" (Brode 98). There is artificiality in abundanc...

Leadership in Bridge Over the River Kwai

about getting this bridge done in time is Saito. Saito claims he will kill the British one by one if he does not comply. After som...

Mis-En-Scene Analysis, Mildred Pierce

an afternoon off and a swim. At the beach house, the first camera shot has Monte showing a closet full of bathing suits (Dirks)....

Finding Forrester

about how Jamal would not know a particular author whom Forrester begins quoting. Jamal proves him wrong, illustrating he does kno...

Classic Animation/Disney's Little Mermaid

mans face. The fish slips from his fingers and manages to make it over the side. The perspective follows the fish. The fish turn...

Accuracy in the Film "Frida"

draw and paint, which is a "direct expression" of "her interior life" (Young 29). When she is finally able to walk again, she visi...

Kubrick/The Shining

one in which Danny Torrance, the seven-year-son of Wendy and Jack, has a vision of blood engulfing a hotel hallway in torrential w...