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Comparison of Cinematography in Citzen Kane and Casablanca

"More importantly, the innovative, bold film is an acknowledged milestone in the development of cinematic technique. It uses film ...

Portrayals of Minorities in America in The Color of Fear and True Colors

to the daughter of the influential and powerful Senator Stiles" (Anonymous Cusack and Spader show their True Colors, 2002; 5937&Se...

India Song by Marguerite Duras

feelings of forgetfulness (Marguerite Duras). In "India Song", Duras tells of the life during the 1930s in a fashionable di...

Cinematic Comparison of Threads, The Day After, and Testament

(originally produced to be shown on PBS, but later received theatrical distribution), which starred Jane Alexander and focused upo...

Lawrence of Arabia by Filmmaker David Lean

Passage to India. However, his creative pinnacle is largely acknowledged to be the wildly successful (both critically as well as ...

Cinematic Portrayal of Greek Virtue and Philosophers

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

The Tragic Hero in Carlito's Way and High Sierra

Carlito's Way and High Sierra both feature tragic, doomed anti-heroes and the path that led to their destruction. This research pa...

Stories of the Nineteenth Century That Feature 'Unruly' Women

This paper consists of 5 pages and considers women that did not faithfully follow the rules of the social patriarchy such as the h...

Hollywood vs. America by Michael Medved

In six pages this paper examines the conflict between Hollywood and popular culture as considered in the text by film critic Micha...

Looking for God in Science Fiction

left audiences incredulous with the thought that somewhere, sometime, the world as we know it may reflect the directors vision. A...

Star Wars New Episodes

that context, it becomes clear that they must be seen as something very different than what any audience has seen in the nearly 10...

8 Stages of Development by Erik Erikson

In ten pages the 8 developmental stages of Erik Erikson are discussed and then 1 is applied to a film or TV character. Three sour...

Cynicism, Romance, and Annie Hall by Director Woody Allen

In six pages this paper examines the themes of cynicism and romance within the context of this 1977 Academy Award winning film Ann...

Connection Between Cinema and Ideology

This paper considers the connection between cinema and ideology and how film and serve to both confront as well as strengthen prev...

The Joy Luck Club and Issues of Gender, Class, and Race

In five pages this paper relates scenes from the The Joy Luck Club film to Race, Class, and Gender An Anthology in order to provi...

Research of Erin Brockovich

problems and the pollution of the towns water table by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Brockovich instinctively felt that the case ...

A 'Pulp Fiction' Marxist Analysis

pick of meat as well as salad ingredients that can also run up a bill. Food is expensive and can be considered as something that e...

Actress Julia Roberts

of his life. He realizes that he has been living in an emotional vacuum, operating more as a robot than a human being, and he subs...

Depiction of Asian Americans

(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...

Movie Fight Club and Gender in Culture

this when Edward Nortons character slowly develops the alter ego played by Brad Pitt. Edward Nortons character wants nothing to do...

Brian De Palma's Scarface

as the crime film genre became more sophisticated, the line between good/evil oftentimes became blurred. De Palma elected to take...

Three Cinematic Visions of Hamlet

own terms, as an interpretation for a modern mass audience of a compelling story that gives shape to some of the deepest-rooted hu...

The Portrayal of Friendship in French Cinema

considered a right" (230). In four French films in particular, Arnaud Desplechins Comment Je Me Suis Disput?... (Ma Vie Sexuelle)...

An Overview of Alfred Kinsey

- but his dominating persona was not very favorable to colleagues (though he could be friendly and helpful on certain occasions) (...

Fahrenheit 911 and Portrayal of Minority Issues by Filmmaker Michael Moore

the senate and the man these black officials believed had won the election. Gore is seen repeatedly banging his gavel to restore ...

Mel Gibson's Cinematic Interpretation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...

The Breakfast Club Movie and Conflict Resolution

In five pages conflict resolution and social conflict are examined within the context of the 1985 film The Breakfast Club. Five s...

An Analysis of 'Mambo Kings'

In this research paper that consists of 4 pages, five questions are posed and answered, why the film is thought-provoking and the ...

A Cinematic Analysis of 'Bound For Glory'

A research paper consisting of 4 pages that concentrates asks 5 questions relating to the film and on opening and closing scenes o...

Steven Spielberg's Cinematic Depiction of Alice Walker's Novel The Color Purple

In five pages this paper analyzes if Spielberg structurally changed Walker's novel in his film version and concludes that he does ...