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George Stevens' Film A Place in the Sun and Doomed Love Affairs

true it probably isnt," the outcomes of the story may easily be predicted. Added to the overall sense of "too-good-to-be-true" is ...

Woody Allen's 1977 Film Annie Hall and Its Ill Fated Love Affair

comedy has been a staple of American movies since movies were first created. There is an undeniable connection that exists betwee...

A Genre-Based Analysis of the Film, Erin Brockovich

which pokes fun at what might otherwise be regarded as a very unfunny subject, such as death. There is also the romantic comedy, ...

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...

Comparative Analysis of the Autobiographical Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam and the Film October Sky

but that it was shared by his friends. For clarity and to avoid further explanation of detail, the rocket academy they formed in t...

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...

Social Order Visions in Police Cinematic Dramas

the beginning perhaps, a cop who felt that policeman could truly offer some form of social control that would eventually benefit a...

American Media and National Stereotypes of Germany and Great Britain

You Being Served, all serve up their own dose of British humor and stereotypes. Each show depicts the typical frouncy old woman wh...

John Ford's Films and Christian Allegory

individuals who had come before him. At the crux of the journey is the fact that the main character risks his life for his religio...

Shakespeare's Romeo and Julliet

This research paper contrasts traditional interpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Baz Luhmann's 1996 film. The write...

Play and Film Comparisons of Pygmalion

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the similarities and differences between George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion and ...

Taxi Driver, J.P. Sartre, and Existentialism

In fourteen pages this paper considers the philosophical concept existentialism and then applies it to the 1976 film Taxi Driver a...

An Oveview of Agoraphobia

In five pages the DSM IV Axis classification of agoraphobia is presented and compared with the film Copycat and the characterizati...

Good versus Evil in The Milagro Beanfield War and Salt of the Earth

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these two films in terms of the symbolic depiction of good and evil in each. The...

How American Beauty Serves as American Social Criticism

The ways in which the style and storyline of this film can be regarded as critiquing the superficiality of American culture and so...

Changes in Idolatry from the Old Testament to the Modern Era

In six pages idolatry definition changes are examined in a consideration of past to present with contemporary rock star ideology c...

Fiction and Film in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park

In a paper consisting of six pages Austen's novel and the film adaptation are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources...

Movies and African American Males Bad Guys and Buddies

Fifteen films are discussed in this report of fifteen pages to consider how African American males are depicted and how they are t...

Roman Empire in the Film Quo Vadis

In five pages this paper analyzes whether or not there is an accurate portrayal of the Roman Empire in the film Quo Vadis. Three ...

The Hurricane Film Review

irrelevant information that is meant to "incite hatred or contempt" (How to Deal with Racism in the Media). Clearly, the movie ta...

1958 Film Touch of Evil by Director Orson Welles

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

Sally Potter's Feminist Films

In five pages this paper discusses Sally Potter's films Orlando and Thriller in a consideration of feminist representation and gen...

Jean Paul Sartre, Taxi Driver Film, and Existentialism

In five pages existentialism is examined and then discussed within the context of Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver and Jean Paul...

Film Rainman and Communication Between Siblings

In five pages this research proposal tutorial examines the film Rainman in terms of how autism compromises the communication of th...

Zora Neale Hurston's Writings and Voodoo as Culture, Myth, and Religion

Voodoo is the focus of this paper consisting of eleven pages and considers how it is depicted in Zora Neale Hurston's writings and...

Ethnic Promotion, Spike Lee, and John Woo

In five pages these film directors are discussed in terms of the way they use their movies to promote their own ethnic backgrounds...

Throne of Blood Film by Akia Kurosawa

In five pages this paper examines Kurosawa's film within the context of the Noh traditions of theater it features. There are no o...

Groundhog Day Film, Gay Science, and Friedrich Nietzsche

In seven pages this paper answers student submitted questions regarding such topics including how the Bill Murray film represents ...

Novel and Film Versions of The English Patient

physical gestures clearly demonstrate her anguish as she drops her head to the table, leaving the audience only to imagine the pai...

Blade Runner and Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Ridley Scott's film and Philip K. Dick's novel are compared in terms of characterization and huma...