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1930s and 1940s' British Cinema and its Heterogeneous Mix

In seven pages the heterogeneity of such British films of the period as Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 The Lady Vanishes and Zoltan Korda...

'1791' and 'Amadeus'

post as court composer and imperial Kapellmeister). In the movie Salieris music is simpleminded - this could have never been the ...

'Hawksian Women' of Director Howard Hawks

In five pages this paper considers how Hawks portrayed women in his films with a discussion of Katharine Hepburn in Bringing Up Ba...

Book and Movie Versions of The Natural by Bernard Malamud

stories in that it takes the form of the medieval morality play. In this discussion we will examine the contrast between the nove...

Communication Skills Teaching and the Movie To Sir with Love

way to get a job and keep it. By treating the kids as adults and giving respect, he begins to get it back in turn, along with at...

Filmmakers Stanley Donen and Vincent Minnelli

In ten pages the directing styles of film musical directors Stanley Donen and Vincent Minnelli are contrasted and compared in term...

Shaping History Through Cinematic Narratives

rather how it appears to the person that is hearing or viewing the story. Does the narrative appear to distort or change what ha...

Feminist Cinematic Theory and Psychoanalysis

In five pages this paper examines psychoanalysis' relevance to feminist cinematic theory in a consideration of the article 'Masoch...

Female Characters as Spectators in Early Cinema

This paper examines the heavily male-influenced film industry as it related to the roles played by female characters. The author ...

Individualism Perspectives in Print and Celluloid

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts the indivdualism themes featured in Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cucko...

Modern Society and Desensitization

In 5 pages the cultural and social reasons why the increase in violent behavior has desensitized contemporary society particularly...

Intention of Authors and its Importance

In ten pages author intent is the focus of this analysis of the Buena Vista Social Club film and the novels The Adventures of Huck...

Blade Runner and Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Ridley Scott's film and Philip K. Dick's novel are compared in terms of characterization and huma...

Films My Brilliant Career, Annie Hall, Educating Rita, and The Piano and the Portrayal of Strong Women

This paper examines women's roles and status and how they are portrayed in a comparative analysis of these films consisting of eig...

Taxi Driver, J.P. Sartre, and Existentialism

In fourteen pages this paper considers the philosophical concept existentialism and then applies it to the 1976 film Taxi Driver a...

An Oveview of Agoraphobia

In five pages the DSM IV Axis classification of agoraphobia is presented and compared with the film Copycat and the characterizati...

Good versus Evil in The Milagro Beanfield War and Salt of the Earth

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these two films in terms of the symbolic depiction of good and evil in each. The...

How American Beauty Serves as American Social Criticism

The ways in which the style and storyline of this film can be regarded as critiquing the superficiality of American culture and so...

Shakespeare's Romeo and Julliet

This research paper contrasts traditional interpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Baz Luhmann's 1996 film. The write...

Changes in Idolatry from the Old Testament to the Modern Era

In six pages idolatry definition changes are examined in a consideration of past to present with contemporary rock star ideology c...

Social Implications of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

An analysis of the social implications of the novel and film versions of Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit are e...

Ethnic Promotion, Spike Lee, and John Woo

In five pages these film directors are discussed in terms of the way they use their movies to promote their own ethnic backgrounds...

Movies and African American Males Bad Guys and Buddies

Fifteen films are discussed in this report of fifteen pages to consider how African American males are depicted and how they are t...

Zora Neale Hurston's Writings and Voodoo as Culture, Myth, and Religion

Voodoo is the focus of this paper consisting of eleven pages and considers how it is depicted in Zora Neale Hurston's writings and...

Cinematic Portrayals of Human Rights Offenses

In five pages this paper examines how public awareness of human rights' offenses was heightened by the shocking abuses featured in...

The Prince of Tides and the Character of Savannah Wingo

In five pages this paper compares the novel and film versions of The Prince of Tide in a consideration of how Savannah Wingo and o...

Life and Work of Christian Metz

In six pages the film criticisms of Christian Metz are considered in therms of his theoretical elements and continuing influence. ...

Literature and Human Relationships

sense one gets at the end of the work, that under the humorous aspects, there is something very sad occurring. It does appear that...

British Cinema and 'Otherness'

In eight pages this paper examines how 1980s and 1990s' British movies depicted 'otherness' with such films as Cold Fish, Blood, a...

Cinematic Screwball Comedies and Their Evolution

In eighteen pages the screwball comedy is examined in terms of its history and evolution with a discussion of their intentions alo...