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Character of Melanie in Alfred Hitchcock's Film The Birds

Mitch, a man completely under the control of his mother. But, we really do not necessarily believe that Melanie wants this man. Sh...

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...

Greek Styles of Government and the Film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

relationship between a city or Nations government and a person is much like that of a parent/child relationship. The state nurture...

British Film Genre Classifications of Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and East and Lock

both can be considered comedic films. Definition of film comedy Although East is East is a slice of life film that can...

Comparing Novel and Film Versions of The Color Purple

in particular is feminism and its religious heterodoxy" (12). An examination of the film and novel amply supports this observation...

Books and Films Reflecting British Realism

an exaggerated representation of the fiction from which they are culled. The realist movement of the 1960s was centered on "the ...

Global 'Australian-ness' Concept Defined Through Australian Films

-- as examples of the talent, charm, and again, the fundamental aspect of uniqueness, of the Australia film industry. Australian C...

Horror Film Evolution

mindless conformists, and sought to sound a warning through the medium of film (Caligari, in the figure of the mad doctor compelli...

Battleship Potemkin Film by Director Sergei Eisenstein

a civil engineer. He was extremely interested in anything to do with "the arts" and theater. His background, including his experie...

Visual Themes in Cameron Crowe's 2001 Film Vanilla Sky

is until he has suffered pain and unhappiness, concepts that are foreign to David, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth....

Searches in 2 Films by Orson Welles

series of flashback scenes, it becomes apparent that Kane, though quite wealthy, does not know who he is anymore. Having risen fro...

Film Gung Ho

relied formerly on oil, for instance, Japan was able to diversify during the oil crises of the 1970s into the manufacture of elect...

Literature, Film, Identity, and Travel

conversation" (Clifford, 1997, p. 37). Similarly, the identity of the Moe family remained Hawaiian, despite the fact that they t...

Saving Private Ryan Film by Director Steven Spielberg and its Importance

did not think the film appropriate for anyone under the age of 14 (Gordinier, 1998). Grown men would weep after being through it. ...

Analyzing the Film and Novel The Outsiders

That is not a trite statement. Rather, the fact that Coppolas skill, and attention to detail, allows him to make a film that is tr...

Interaction Between Humans and Machines in Popular Films

longer inhabitable for the decent. The psychological perspective of Blade Runner addresses virtually every fear that humanity cou...

DSM IV and Characters in the Film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

make some conclusions. The DSM-IV diagnostic lists several observable traits usually pertaining to those experiencing a manic epi...

Films and Technology

- is what was considered quite unique for the figuratively dark production. Adding literal darkness to MacBeth was the directors ...

William Shakespeare's Play Macbeth and 2 Film Interpretations

conscience. Said Macbeth: "One cried "God Bless us! And "Amen!" the other, as they had seen me with these hangmans hands. Listning...

Clint Eastwood;'s 1992 Film Unforgiven

what is being portrayed is hero against the world and right against wrong. Certainly, those factors are present in "Unforgiven." H...

Woody Allen's Films and Women

(1975) but in the 1977 movie "Annie Hall" he was truly embraced and celebrated by the mainstream public. In many ways, it was "Ann...

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Film Analysis

by Heinrich Boll, on which the screenplay was based (Anonymous, 2001). Katharina Blum (played by Angela Winkler) is an innocent,...

Two Recent Films, Human Behavior

This essay uses the relationships portrayed in Dallas Buyers Club (directed by Jean-Marc Vallee) and Nebraska (directed by Alexand...

70s Films, Taxi Driver and Saturday Night Fever

This essay offers discussion of "Saturday Night Fever" and "Taxi Driver" as films that exemplify the social environment of the 197...

Instruction of the Deaf, A Film Analysis

to abide by her decision to communicate only in sign language. Young children acquire language skills by listening. From the tim...

The Boxer (1997), a Film Analysis

by Jim Sheridan) is based on the true story of Barry McGuigan, Irish featherweight champion. In Sheridans film, the protagonists n...

Film - A Study in Characterization

pregnancy, and more specifically, pregnancy out of wedlock. However, each film represents a dramatically different take on the iss...

Film Techniques, Citizen Kane (1941)

This essay offers a description of film techniques used in "Citizen Kane," directed by and starring Orson Welles. Three pages in l...

Enlightenment Ideals in Two Films

This essay pertains to "V for Vendetta" and "Children of Men" and provides a discussion of how both films support Enlightenment i...

Film Genre/Its Evolution

silent era, as it became clear to filmmakers that certain types of stories were particularly popular and profitable (Gazetas, 2008...