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legacy of screwball comedy. Both Ninotchka and Roman Holiday encompass themes that are more sophisticated than the typical screwb...
own terms, as an interpretation for a modern mass audience of a compelling story that gives shape to some of the deepest-rooted hu...
style, but did not really have the time to focus on its development until he suffered from a back injury and spent numerous months...
hide those Jews that were being persecuted by Hitlers war machine. He used his unsuccessful businesses as fronts to move various f...
considered a right" (230). In four French films in particular, Arnaud Desplechins Comment Je Me Suis Disput?... (Ma Vie Sexuelle)...
of a horror film, and the crucifixion of Jesus is without question one of the most horrific episodes in world history. There are ...
Cuban Missile Crisis the following year. The film implies that JFK made a deal with Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev, in which h...
everyone reveals their powerful inner human side, and all comes out well in the end. Some may argue that this film depicts the ...
the mother is the only person that could be a witness against her ex husband. Both she and Kimble are aware of the danger, but Kim...
aided in this aspect of the film by production designer Henry Bumstead, who "carried the masters color ideas out in ingenious desi...
returns. If this plotline sounds familiar to modern audiences, it should. Sundiata is often referred to as the Lion King. Disneys ...
problems and the pollution of the towns water table by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Brockovich instinctively felt that the case ...
won in 1998. While "Geris Game" was clearly an innovative technical film, it did not win this award based on this aspect alone. Wh...
up going over a cliff in his rickshaw. At the bottom of the cliff, however, he finds three camels, apparently having ended up th...
with pleasure, which is why they "love the life of enjoyment" (Aristotle). Considering this stance, the next development in the m...
npa), the use of the fantasy genre allows the author or director to stand outside of the reality with which we are familiar, and g...
that the rage that the public feels toward lawyers is generated is not generated by the trial lawyers obligation to defend the gui...
also gave rise to greater criminal activity. Coupled with the decree of prohibition on alcohol, many took advantage of this easy m...
care center. The woman who runs this other day care center tries to foil all efforts of Charlie and his buddies. But, as would be ...
the loss of ones own humanity(Cline). CHARACTER The triangle which emerges shows that there is not clear cut definition of good ...
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...
women and have no true knowledge of what life is like in a society with two sexes. These men fall in love, and eventually are kick...
Joseph the presentation of their early beginnings is told merely through the fact we see Mary pregnant and we watch the struggling...
influence in the life of his father and a contributing factor in the suicide of his mother. Therefore, the reader comes to underst...
dunk below the surface. There is no surprise on her face. There is no horror on her face. What is happening? The...
the ordinary man can screw those in authority then he should do it. One of the themes of Double Indemnity is shown in that it is...
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...
light of day can become obscured in the dark just as the best and brightest intentions can be compromised by allure of corruption....
uncompromising manner that demands to be interpreted as truth (This is Spinal Tap PG). It is the perfect device for Rob Reiner to...
the senate and the man these black officials believed had won the election. Gore is seen repeatedly banging his gavel to restore ...