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Educational Theories and Looking for Bobby Fischer

In 5 pages this paper discusses the film Looking for Bobby Fischer through applications of learning and educational theories. The...

A Comparison of Two Depictions of WWII

Soldiers of Destruction by Charles Sydnor and How Hitler Lost the War, the film documentary, are compared and contrasted in this t...

Issue Analysis and Persuasive Writing

and teachers in a tragic event that almost an exact carbon copy imitation of scenes from both of these films. This incident leave...

Literature and Human Relationships

sense one gets at the end of the work, that under the humorous aspects, there is something very sad occurring. It does appear that...

British Cinema and 'Otherness'

In eight pages this paper examines how 1980s and 1990s' British movies depicted 'otherness' with such films as Cold Fish, Blood, a...

Cinematic Screwball Comedies and Their Evolution

In eighteen pages the screwball comedy is examined in terms of its history and evolution with a discussion of their intentions alo...

Depression Humor

Comedy was even more important during the Great Depression than at most other times in history, when entertainment was most people...

Second World War Newsreels

In five pages the Second World War's black and white newsreels are examined in terms of their historical importance and also discu...

The Dramatic America of the 1930s in Terms of Sight and sound

In this paper consisting of 5 pages Warren Susman's contention that this was the era of drama is considered as are the social impa...

Violence Reduction

In ten pages this paper discusses how the culture of violence and be reduced and also considers why violence is so prevalent in fi...

Marx Brothers' Duck Soup and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages this report compares Groucho Marx' character Rufus T. Firefly in the 1933 film Duck Soup with William Shakespeare's ...

The Bicycle Thief and its Reflexive Mode

In seven pages the process of cinema is examined in an examination of Bill Nichols' producton modes of reflexive, interactive, obs...

Life and Work of Christian Metz

In six pages the film criticisms of Christian Metz are considered in therms of his theoretical elements and continuing influence. ...

Characters from "On Golden Pond" and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"

This research report examines various characters in each of these works. Both the film and novel are explored and Ivan in Tolstoy'...

Hollywood's 'Dream Factories' Powered by Special Effects

In five pages this paper examines special effects in films from a feminist point of view in a consideration of such movies as The ...

A Moral View of 'Thin Red Line'

In 8 pages, this paper evaluates the film by applying such moral theories as Kantianism and utilitarianism. There are 6 sources i...

The Police as Portrayed in La Haine by Mattleu Kassowitz

This essay discusses the function and characterization of the police as they are portrayed in Mattleu Kassowitz's movie La Haine (...

Black Cinema in the 1940s

For example, one review, that is typical of those produced by white critics, described the typical Hollywood musical of the 1930s ...

The Return of Martin Guerre

In 5 pages the book and film versions are compared in terms of similarities and differences. There are 15 sources cited in the bi...

Filmmaking and Ideology

In five pages this paper examines how ideology is depicted in films in a contrast and comparison of the animated 1950s Cinderella ...

Authority and Rebellion in Thelma and Louise, Easy Rider, and Rebel Without a Cause

In five pages this paper examines men, social, and paternal types of rebelling against authority in an examination of this trio of...

Literature Alternatives to Freedom

In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...

Different Ethnic Cultures and Diane Keaton's Characters in Annie Hall and The Godfather

The ways in which directors Woody Allen and Francis Ford Coppola use Diane Keaton's characters to provide ethnic and cultural insi...

Modernity and What it Means

In five pages this paper attempts to derive modernity's meaning in an examination of All That is Solid Gold Melts into the Air by ...

South America, Visions of Mysticism, Loss, and Fear According to Costa Gavras, Feitlowitz, and Allende

In six pages this report focuses on the visions responsible for the creation of South America's nations as portrayed in Costa Gavr...

Richard Taylor, Fatalism, and Determinism

states that all events are reliant on previous events (Honderich 194). In other words, any event is an effect of a prior series of...

Diane McKinney Whetstone, Chaing Ray Lee, and Personal Transformations

In ten pages this paper examines these works as they represent personal transformations and also examines how those manifest thems...

Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's 'Kiki's Delivery Service' and 'My Neighbor Totoro'

In six pages this report considers these impressive animated films by one of Japan's most innovative filmmakers. Five sources are...

Cinema and U.S. Immigration

In five pages the film El Norte's portrayal of immigration to the United States is presented in this overview. There is 1 source ...

Analyzing the Sequence of Dreams in 8 1/2 by Filmmaker Federico Fellini

In seven pages the sequence of dreams are analyzed and considered in the context in which the director elected to produce them in ...