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Comics and cartoons which appeared in daily newspapers and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s were considered originally to be an ex...
construct of war from one in which emotions such as love have the power to overwhelm the realities of death and dying which surrou...
to hear the sound of my own voice, he says at one point, and indeed he does such a smooth and natural job of translation that the ...
In some scenes featuring very dark-skinned Bernie Mac, the only thing absolutely visible on the screen was the whites of the actor...
most fundamental theme or issue in this particular film involves the title. This title refers to an individual who is nothing more...
typical abused prostitute. Her boyfriend treats her badly and in fact the films opening shocks as he throws her into the water whe...
on the Today show, but most will die before that time. The speedometer on the car can indeed represent life and how or why one can...
tidbits that enabled the readers to journey back in time. The film alters this setting somewhat with a present-day Evelyn Couch s...
"should be allowed to people who are considered superior human beings" (Alfred Hitchcocks "Rope"). Their definition of a "superio...
There are other types of westerns though as well. Some westerns depict life in Americas colonial times or may take place in terra...
one central character which functions as the narrative object (Telotte, 2003). In other words, this character is typically define...
which attacks everything the ruling class stands for (Ludwig). The cinematic protagonist is the last Bavarian king (1845-1886), a...
follows the expedition of these men, going in sequential order to the actual places the "real" Lewis and Clark had many years befo...
and behaviours, and seen as being in direct opposition to "femininity", which is equally constrained in its parameters, and define...
McGill spins a yarn about buried ill-gotten gains ($1.2 million) that he promises to share (Berardinelli). In their journey, the...
The assignment asks how the student relates to Annas problem. This writer/tutor imagines that it is quite easy for many women to r...
whom he has already fathered two children. Charles literally drags Helen to the front door and throws her out of the house (IMDb,...
is an unfortunate event, but the event takes place not because the boy did not have a good mother, but because his mother was poor...
1998). Derek is induced into joining a neo-Nazi movement by a older hate-monger played by Stacy Keach, who uses him as a neighbo...
is a virtual prisoner in her home (Copycat). She has withdrawn from both work and her life and the only contact she has with the o...
anthropological data on this tribe, it is impossible to say precisely where this assessment errs, but err it must, simply because ...
the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...
had erred so completely, even though he did so unknowingly, his only recourse was to take his own life. In Fight Club, then, th...
darkies" (Leab 99). Focusing on the Atlanta plantation of Gerald and Ellen OHara, Gone With the Wind represented life for souther...
contemplate how individual and cultural identities are constructed in the first place. In the opinion of Benedict Anderson, autho...
the most louche, laidback villains in screen history" (Brooke, 2005, PG) emphasises Thornhills naivety as far as espionage and mur...
What is generally missed, according to Lyden, is that regardless of cinematic content, audiences receive all the messages of a fil...
harrowing to watch, with Nash suffering several climactic breakdowns and brief moments of lucidity and temporary remission. The u...
Fitts (Chris Cooper) and his wife Barbara (Allison Janney). Fitts is even more emotional remote from his teenage son than Lester i...
of a horror film, and the crucifixion of Jesus is without question one of the most horrific episodes in world history. There are ...