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Citizen Kane from a Critical Perspective

One of the most innovative movies in cinematic history is Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. This paper examines Welles' techniques and w...

Director James Cameron's 1998 Film Titanic

In three pages this paper discusses this blockbuster movie about the sinking of the Titanic in terms of plot outline and analyzes ...

1993 Film Mrs. Doubtfire and Music

this instance, both the choice of music and its enthusiastic delivery helps to create an impression of the character. This is not...

A Review of the Film, Seven Years in Tibet

book since Harrer did not include his Nazi past in his autobiography. Harrer is totally self-centered at the beginning of the mo...

Movie Going Economic and Social Trends Analysis

in record numbers, often, it is the kids who are jamming theaters, sans parents. Economics is clearly a determining factor in who...

Politics by Aristotle and the Film Primary Colors

In five pages this paper discusses politics and man, vice, excellence, and ethics as depicted by Aristotle in Politics and compare...

Analysis of David Lynch's Twin Peaks Film

for comic relief. Here its everyone... its all about these little moments of behavior. Its like sitting down and just watching peo...

Metaphor in Il Postino Film

In three pages the movie is summarized but its metaphor usages is the primary focus. There are no other sources listed....

Popular American Mythological Hero Forrest Gump

In eight pages this paper examines the popular movie character in terms of the qualities he embodies as a popular mythological her...

An Analysis of When Harry Met Sally

This seven page paper uses this movie as a platform for the discussion of he social penetration theory. Three sources are listed....

Female Protagonists in the Chinese Films Ermo and The Road Home

The depiction of women protagonists in these Chinese movies is the focus of this comparative analysis consisting of seven pages. ...

Women's Roles in Western and Hindi Cinema

The movie industry in India is the largest in the world and produces over 800 films a year, twice that of Hollywood and is referre...

Smoke Signals Film and 'Road' Movies

father, but the two young men are not fond of each other, at least not on the surface (Maslin, 2002). Thomas, who chatters incessa...

Terrifying Scenes from the Movie Se7en

powerful understanding of how terrifying evil can be. Scene One "Gluttony, the set reveals the neglect the character had for eve...

General Systems Theory and the Movie The Prince of Tides

In eight pages this paper applies general systems theory to the relationships and characters featured in the movie The Prince of T...

Character of Melanie in Alfred Hitchcock's Film The Birds

Mitch, a man completely under the control of his mother. But, we really do not necessarily believe that Melanie wants this man. Sh...

Blue Velvet and the Surrealistic Vision of Filmmaker David Lynch

everyday life" (Gott, 1993, p. 126). However, the surrealists were not only disturbed by the horrors of war. They were equally tro...

Narratives in the Films Citizen Kane and The Usual Suspects

75). The door to the room is deep inside the frame, so when the nurse enters, it carries the eye "deep into an almost endless fram...

US Sexuality and the Media

up, an idea that is still being felt in many rape cases where women are asked if they were acting seductively, wearing revealing c...

Apocalyptic Representation Supporting Authoritarianism in Science Fiction Movies

What often happens though is that there is evidence in some films that the authoritarianism is a positive influence. This is ofte...

Hollywood's 'Talkie' Motion Pictures

phonograph - and when the record skipped, so did the sound synchronization. The results, predictably, were humorous - the movie-go...

Steven Warbeck's Film Review of Captain Corelli's Mandolin

they were loosely allied to the Nazis. The Italians viewed the circumstances of the war somewhat differently than did their allie...

The 1982 film Gandhi and its Historical Accuracy

Indian commune where everyone shares the work, no matter how demeaning. Gandhis years in South Africa are spent in a series of tac...

Cinematic Portrayal of Greek Virtue and Philosophers

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

Rear Window Film and Feminist Theories of Cinema

the director and the male filmgoer) receive a sexual thrill from watching the victimization of women (Williams 706). As one of th...

American Cinema and Asian Culture

the majority of cases a stereotypical and inaccurate perception. As White (2001) points out, many Asian countries adopted the styl...

Silent to Talkies Cinematic Transition from Metropolis to The Gold Diggers of 1933

simply being "filmed" theater. Metropolis offered a chilling glimpse of the future, as the film is set in the year 2000 in the cit...

Feminist Accomplishments in Erin Brockovich and Chocolat

for how its members would be perceived -- in order to create the fervor that was ultimately produced from its presence. Thr...

Monster Threat in the 1987 Horror Movie Near Dark

This report analyzed the Near Dark horror movie within the context of critic Robin Wood's observation that 'normality is threatene...

Are Ratings for Movies Censorship or Can They Be Socially Justified?

"The system, whatever its details, is at heart a spin-doctoring plot against rising unhappiness about violent and smutty prime-tim...