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A Genre-Based Analysis of the Film, Erin Brockovich

which pokes fun at what might otherwise be regarded as a very unfunny subject, such as death. There is also the romantic comedy, ...

The Godfather Film by Francis Ford Coppola and Concepts of Capitalism and Kinship

first two movies -- "The Godfather" (1972) and "The Godfather, II" (1974) -- are the most indicative of such a process. (The third...

Film Review of The Believer

meetings that he attends, he reminds those present to focus on harassing Jews. As one might surmise, Danny definitely has conflic...

Analyzing Colonel Fitts in American Beauty

Burnham and his mid-life angst., a compelling subplot provides a telling commentary on the manner in which homosexuality is percei...

History of U.S. Aviation and Terrorism

a little less safe. While talk of terrorism when a passenger jet went down in Lockerbie, Scotland was in the air, no one expected ...

Film Gung Ho

relied formerly on oil, for instance, Japan was able to diversify during the oil crises of the 1970s into the manufacture of elect...

Multimedia and Communications' History

the greatest change has been in respect to communication. Communications as it exists today has revolutionized business practices ...

China and Women's Art History

what is present. It can be said that this theme of absence, of something not completely right, which is featured in most of their ...

Searches in 2 Films by Orson Welles

series of flashback scenes, it becomes apparent that Kane, though quite wealthy, does not know who he is anymore. Having risen fro...

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...

A US Prison Reform History

"prisons" from where people never emerged; the most famous being the Bastille of Paris, France, scene of the French Revolution. Th...

Visual Themes in Cameron Crowe's 2001 Film Vanilla Sky

is until he has suffered pain and unhappiness, concepts that are foreign to David, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth....

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century British History and Authors

as one author states, "The medieval church was defeated and the educated classes embraced scientific rationalism. Art, architectu...

History of Winemaking

broken, the yeast organisms that live on the grape skins are able to access the sugar inside the fruit. When they access this suga...

Wine Significance in the Histories of Herodotus

wine, make up their drunken minds and know that their decision was sound when they still see things the same way when sober" (Hero...

Saving Private Ryan Film by Director Steven Spielberg and its Importance

did not think the film appropriate for anyone under the age of 14 (Gordinier, 1998). Grown men would weep after being through it. ...

Conflict Theory and Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'

creates a lot of inequalities within society" (Pandya, 1996; 1016.html). In short, the conflict theorist sees how institutions oft...

Canadian History and Women

difficult, if not impossible, to try to illustrate what life was like for native women in early Canada. The women of different tri...

Doomed Romance Between Tony Manero and Stephanie Mangano in the Film Saturday Night Fever

2001 Disco, a place where he and his friends are converted from lower-class boys into "The Faces," i.e., masculine dancers who can...

German History and the Contributions of Helmut Kohl

was Chancellor between 1949 and 1963 and has been viewed as strong-willed, and as someone who created a Germany that was in line ...

Comparing Novel and Film Versions of The Color Purple

in particular is feminism and its religious heterodoxy" (12). An examination of the film and novel amply supports this observation...

Books and Films Reflecting British Realism

an exaggerated representation of the fiction from which they are culled. The realist movement of the 1960s was centered on "the ...

Horror Film Evolution

mindless conformists, and sought to sound a warning through the medium of film (Caligari, in the figure of the mad doctor compelli...

Cinematic Narrative in Pulp Fiction and Citizen Kane

We note he grows to be a gregarious individual who seems driven to succeed in unusual ways, always seeking some adventure and some...

Global History and the Significance of Political Ideology

about. Economic factors on the other hand seem far more serious. While that is the case, and economics have a decided impact--the...

Media Distribution and Storage Methods

from their computers and televisions. Everything is individualized, personalized and programmed. People have choices today that th...

Literature Review on US History and Unionism

even if it has any kind of future at all - can be discussed and determined. The good news for the labor...

JFK Assassination as Explained by Filmmaker Oliver Stone

In seven pages this paper discusses the failure of director Oliver Stone to explain the assassination of John F. Kennedy in his fl...

The History of COBOL in American Business

COBOL is a high-level programming language developed decades ago. Once the standard for dealing with masses of complex data, it is...

Concept and History of Political Development

In six pages political development is examined conceptually and in terms of its contemporary historical development and includes s...