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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 ...

Film and Novel Versions of Day of the Locust

In three pages an analysis of Tod Hackett's character is the primary focus of this comparative novel and film analysis of Day of t...

Tom Hanks film Cast Away and an Application of the Neuman Systems Model

ears becoming accustomed to the competing moral attitudes found in such terms as co-operation, teamwork and, especially, community...

Chinese Director Zhang Yimou's Western Film Elements

This paper examines director Zhang Yimou's commercial film success and the Western elements featured in his movies in 10 pages. F...

Reunion Between Children and Parents in the Films of Steven Spielberg

In ten pages this paper discusses the reunions between parents and children that take place within the Steven Spielberg films E.T....

1960s' and the Development of the British Farce

In twenty five pages this paper examines the 1960s' development of a genre known as the British farce in an analysis that includes...

Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Postmodernism

In three pages this report analyzes the postmodern characteristics of these 1992 and 1994 films by director Quentin Tarantino. Th...

Three Father Figure Examples

that he needs some assistance concerning a problem of the younger daughter, Carmen. He claims that someone is trying to blackmail...

Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal Lector's Deviance

Hannibal Lecter is not simply a psychopath, but also a psychiatrist with the ability to look into the minds of others and predict ...

Emma by Jane Austen and the Film Clueless

In five pages cultural expectations and social norms in the novel Emma by Jane Austen and the film Clueless are compared. Five so...

First Amendment Issues in the Film, The People vs. Larry Flint

This paper examines First Amendment issues seen in the film, the People vs. Larry Flint, which is based on actual events and case ...

A Review of Europa, Europa

A 5 page essay exploring the work of the film by Polish writer-director Agnieszka Holland. An eye-opening look at the lengths som...

Lina Wertmuller's Seven Beauties and Ernest Becker's Escape from Evil

In five pages this report examines Becker's 1975 novel with Wertmuller's 1976 film in a comparative analysis of the dark humor and...

A Social Worker's Perspective of Judith Guest's 'Ordinary People'

please all. They do not understand that they are hiding their real emotions, that they are running from their life, and from each ...

Cinema, Discrimination, and Prejudice

sociologist, Erving Goffman and Elaine Pagels, a historian of religion. The concept of otherness as a proponent of discriminator...

Medium Cool Film by Haskell Wexler

In five pages this paper examines the surrealism and documentary styles featured in Haskell Wexler's 1969 film with behaviorism an...

1985 Television Film Version of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

In five pages Schlondorff's 1985 interpretation of Miller's play is discussed in terms of acting especially Dustin Hoffman's and J...

From Disillusionment to Values in Great Expectations Character of Pip

the ideals of Dickenss time, in which Victorian societal values were to be accepted as the best values ever to come into existence...

Film Reviews of Chinatown

In five pages this paper examines original reviews for the 1974 Chinatown and include such topics as character and setting. Five ...

Pulp Fiction and Human Anxiety

this tension and anxiety. As Fried (1995) illustrates "Pulp Fiction is not simply a sensational stylistic exercise without content...

Cultural Imperialism in the Film The Mission

This report examines the film The Mission from a perspective of European cultural imperialism in twelve pages. Four sources are c...

Film Versions of William Shakespeare's Othello by Directors Orson Welles and Oliver Parker

In five pages this paper critiques 2 film interpretations of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello. One source is cited in the bi...

Allegorical Film The Truman Show

In five pages this paper discusses the final scene of the film The Truman Show in an analysis of its allegorical characteristics. ...

Filmmaker Tim Burton

In seven pages this eccentric and innovative film director is examined in terms of craft, cinematic output, and human insights. Si...

Sal in Spike Lee's Film Do the Right Thing

In five pages this paper examines this Spike Lee film with a character analysis of Sal. There are no other sources listed....

Self Reflexive Elements and Purpose of Francois Truffaut's Film The 400 Blows

In ten pages the purpose and self reflexive elements of Francois Truffaut's groundbreaking 1959 film The 400 Blows are examined. ...

The Sociocultural Impact of Films Such as Bring It On

A 7 page essay exploring gender, race. c;ass amd sexuality as it is impacted by the 2000 production of Bring It On by PEyton Reed....