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The Function of the "Gaze" in "Vertigo"

dizziness and dislocation. For most of the first 45 minutes of the film, Scottie (James Stewart) gazes at Madeleine (Kim Novak) f...

Forrest Gump and Agents of Socialization

him. As such one could well argue that the agent of school as a socialization agent, made Forrest realize there were dangers from ...

Peer Review of a Fellow Student's Paper

the Jungian archetypes developed through the influence of the ring. Its quite clear and specific, and he argues the point well. T...

The Film Clueless and Jane Austen’s Emma

of Emma, or Cher in the film. Ferriss notes how "Heckerling offers a series of suggestive parallels between Austens heroine and he...

Battle Scenes: Saving Private Ryan and The Return of the King

graphic violence, others praised the realism, while some questioned whether war is really like that at all" (Haflidason, 2000). Th...

Sexism and Racism in Trading Places

brash prostitute that flaunts her body and acts like a tough hooker. She is representative of women who sell their body and are al...

Film Adaptation/Shoeless Joe & Field of Dreams

(Stam 54). While these terms seem extreme, they convey the disappointment of the critic, or the general viewer, towards a film tha...

Social Work and The Color Purple

her supposed advice and is incredibly confused and upset by Celies advice. While Celie is sorry she is not in a position in her li...

Women's Roles in American Cinema Since 1967

bed, or even beginning to become amorous might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not ...

Descartes and "The Matrix"

essentially wrong is when words appear on his computer screen-something that should not happen-and hes told to "follow the white r...

Four Brothers: Depiction of the Aged

considered, or connected to, retirement. As her character relates to any demographics it seems fairly reliable although the film i...

Walter Benjamin, Historical Materialism and "Hiroshima, Mon Amour"

because of his insistence on seeing everything from the Marxist perspective. But perhaps most important in a discussion of the fi...

Analysis Of A Short Film

at the other end looks miniscule (Holme, et al, 1972). This perception is based on visual assumptions, and these same assumptions ...

"A Beautiful Mind" with Reference to Cooper

never to have: schizophrenia. But Russell Crowes amazing performance as John Nash shows us what its like to suffer from this illne...

"Psycho" with Reference to Walters

between them by the feelings they evoke in us. Walters writes that tension is one of the most important barometers of audience res...

California and the 1992 Film Adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men

featured performer in the action. It visually depicts why Americans have answered the call to Go West since the pioneer days. In...

Bronx Primitive by Kate Simon

them after the war. In America, there would be "raisins and chocolate, cookies and dolls, white slippers and pink hair bows, all ...

Orson Wells and the Broadcasting Industry

enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago.7 He traveled to Ireland in 1931, painting the countryside until he wound up in Dublin, w...

Cultural Scene Analysis of Paul Haggis’ 2005 Film Crash

on the marquee, the classic Frank Capra holiday film starring James Stewart. The night is clear as evidenced by the lack of umbre...

"Ferris Bueller" and Four Ethical Traditions

when Jesus says that "He has not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it."4 Theologians argue over the correct interpretation ...

Marketing an Entertainment Service

the films have to be aired, there is a great demand for films and programs that have not yet seen the rights sold for television a...

Mexican Film/Maria Candelaria

establishing the "image" for the decade is "director Emilio "El Indio" Fernandez, cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa and actress Dol...

Movie Verses Novel in Depictions of Fellowship of the Ring

any film based on a novel, there is much that is left out. And, interestingly enough, if it were up to anyone but Peter Jackson, t...

Rear Window by Director Alfred Hitchcock

intended victim to deal with a situation, the strength or the determination of the one perpetrating the horror, or even the succes...

Child Sexual Abuse and a Film Review of PBS' Innocence Lost The Verdict

mothers of the children who made the accusations, to the recreated testimonies of the children, to interviews with law enforcement...

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...

D.O.A.: 1950 and 1988

But, in this film remake the character seems less likeable, a character that perhaps the audience could not relate to as well for ...

An Analysis of The Metamorphosis and The Stranger

Gregors father who would rather his son did not exist. And, there is Gregors mother who is of a similar opinion as the father. The...

Storytelling and the 'Old Man' Archetype

or archetypes, tend to lend an instant type of history and emotional context for the character, it can be said. The hero, for exam...

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...