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would become his own trademark. This film, along with Obsession (1976), further developed De Palmas expressive use of cinematogra...

the foreign hordes defiling it" (Mattie 215). Cutting slays Vallon, consigns his son to an orphanage, and proclaims his rule ove...

solely for blasting rap music on his boom box. A local DJ, Mister Senor Love Daddy, who operates a radio station also acts as a co...

group of KKK members (DuPont, et al). The film ends with snapshots of the men indicted for the murders of the three Civil Rights w...

film. More credits fall and slide into place, which foreshadows how Thornhill will later slide, nearly falling off the face of Lin...

as other authors, date this film as 1924, not 1929, which is why this date is used. Griffith envisioned his film as an epic, but t...

mother, Elinor and Marianne (who are both young women) and younger sister Margaret, by beginning with the death of Henry Dashwood,...

couple as well (Beah Richards and Roy Glenn) who arent happy that their son is considering marrying a white girl (Guess Whos Comin...

can be trusted; it is the ultimate in paranoid societies. By keeping its citizens fearful and mistrustful of each other, the gover...

him: Father Barry (Karl Malden) is a tough priest who urges him to testify about what he knows; Johnnie Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) is ...

is of excellent quality which is likely why it quickly became a classic, and one which others emulate. The ending is satisfying. S...

gifted comedian of the era in her own right. Silent screen actors had to convey emotion, as well as personality, by establishing ...

works for her husband, and hes supposed to show her a good time and do what she wants, so shut up and dance because she wants that...

(Brackett & Wilder, 1950). Its the narrator, who is telling his story from beyond the grave. He says he wants to tell the real ...

by Billy Wilder) is regarded as a classic example of film noir. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by James M. Cain by Raymon...

This essay pertains to Pillow Talk (1959), which the writer describes as a classic sex comedy. To support this position, the write...

This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...

(Bacchus, 2007). The atomic age is the real villain here, because its radiation from the atomic testing in New Mexico that causes ...

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

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

an afternoon off and a swim. At the beach house, the first camera shot has Monte showing a closet full of bathing suits (Dirks)....

murder and he saves her-for another man (Ashlin). There are many other subplots in the film but the real story is of the love Quas...

the murder has no real basis in reality; the old man had never hurt him, and he has no desire to rob him: "Object there was none. ...

it is about a silent film star, Don Lockwood (played by Kelly) making the transition to sound pictures, a leap that not all popula...

wealthy man puts his emphasis on money, power and manipulation; fails at politics and his domestic life and dies friendless and al...

Modern movie adaptations of classic novels are often hard to compare to the originals. This report discusses the film version of P...

This research report looks at this well known classic film.A great deal of information is included in this report that not only pr...

drug-trafficking case. Heston, covered in unconvincing dark makeup and no audible Mexican accent, assists Welles in the car bomb c...

In five pages this 1941 classic film is examined in a consideration of Orson Welles' pioneering camera techniques and how they del...

This paper analyzes and reviews Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 classic film, North by Northwest. This two page paper has one source list...