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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Social History and Sexuality

mentioned and courses taken were important enough in the society to warrant public attention to them. The account of this single ...

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...

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...

Films and Technology

- is what was considered quite unique for the figuratively dark production. Adding literal darkness to MacBeth was the directors ...

Global 'Australian-ness' Concept Defined Through Australian Films

-- as examples of the talent, charm, and again, the fundamental aspect of uniqueness, of the Australia film industry. Australian C...

Mathematics Teacher and Student Inspiration Jaime Escalante

High School, Tito Melean (Jagodzinski, 2001, p. 232). This teacher was in the habit of carrying around a long, thick, bone from th...

Treatment of Masculinity and Homosexuality in Cinema

would seem that the ones in power, ie, middle aged white males, were the only ones who were truly depicted in a favorable light in...

William Shakespeare's Play Macbeth and 2 Film Interpretations

conscience. Said Macbeth: "One cried "God Bless us! And "Amen!" the other, as they had seen me with these hangmans hands. Listning...

Questions on Art History

narratives can take on many themes for many different reasons. Perhaps there is a very exciting artwork around which one wants to...

Actor John Travolta

time Travolta began doing the leaps and pirouettes on the flashing dance floor in Saturday Night Fever, he was already a veteran a...

Woody Allen's Films and Women

(1975) but in the 1977 movie "Annie Hall" he was truly embraced and celebrated by the mainstream public. In many ways, it was "Ann...

British Film Genre Classifications of Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and East and Lock

both can be considered comedic films. Definition of film comedy Although East is East is a slice of life film that can...

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 ...

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...

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...

Steven Spielberg and David Lean Cinematic Comparison

easy to see how Leans grasp of cinematography and his ability to create and drive plots throughout the directing and filming proce...