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whom he has already fathered two children. Charles literally drags Helen to the front door and throws her out of the house (IMDb,...
specifically address black independent filmmaking. Diawara (2001) highlights the tendency of the mainstream to consistently borro...
be made about film noir and its enduring popularity is that it strikes a chord at the depth of nearly every viewer. Film noir focu...
In five pages this paper considers Kerman's thoughtful commentary and assessment of the 'Blade Runner' film and its contribution t...
Project" serves as an excellent example of a film-maker taking full advantage of the inherent fear of all modern humans regarding ...
In five pages this analysis considers how director Adrian Lyne's Fatal Attraction represents a changing suspense and horror film g...
conversations -- yet as McNally & Florescu (1994) describe, it remains eminently readable even in an "age of novelettes and journa...
In eight pages the changes that occurred in the horror cinematic genre between 1960 and 1996 are examined in a contrast and compar...
provides evidence of repressed female sexuality, and reveals how the traditional patriarchy was threatened as a result of these ch...
in films today. The protagonist at the heart of Allens films is conflicted, neurotic, and a bumbler who usually manages, somehow, ...
Many of his early Star Wars films feature several shots of models and miniatures that convey realism as impressively and in less t...
silent era, as it became clear to filmmakers that certain types of stories were particularly popular and profitable (Gazetas, 2008...
Passage to India. However, his creative pinnacle is largely acknowledged to be the wildly successful (both critically as well as ...
which pokes fun at what might otherwise be regarded as a very unfunny subject, such as death. There is also the romantic comedy, ...
couple of cars who happened to be drag racing. This gives the woman a chance to get away. She runs into the city and for some reas...
opening sequence has been found buried beneath the surface of the moon. While Floyd and his colleagues are standing in front of th...
Paradise Lost In a review of "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills" Roger Ebert (1996) indicates that it "is uni...
The horror films of the 1960s and 70s served to continue the challenge to the legitimacy of capitalist, patriarchal rule. The evol...
meet while returning to their hometown of Boone City, are symbolic of the American social class structure (Beidler 589). Upper-cl...
role after years as a Warner contract player" (Galloway, 2002; maltesefalcon.shtml). As we can see from this simple description...
neorealistic filmmakers, such as Rossellini, Vittorio DeSica and Cesare Zavattini, was to make a "moral statement," which forces ...
Wilsons War, Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) tells Charlie (Tom Hanks) a parable about seemingly good things that can turn...
Soviet Union were busy building up their nuclear arms arsenals, the specter of the nuclear holocaust hung over society and haunted...
film taking on certain aspects of each others roles (Davis 80). Norika offers Tomi and Shukichi the respect that filial tradition ...
a thicket of vines. This is a slow tracking show that is designed to five the audience the impression that they are seeing the poi...
red interior, which contrasts with the white exterior of the car. Like the car, Ripley has a seemingly "spotless" exterior, but hi...
In five pages the post First World War avant garde genre and its influence upon theater and cinema are examined in a consideration...
Hoping to succeed this time, the good doctor gives his complete attention to Cole, even if it means neglecting his wife, Anna (Oli...
The auteur film techniques that characterize director Brian DePalma are considered in an examination of three of his films The Unt...
This paper considers how the Vietnam War was depicted in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket and the 1988 film Good Morning, Vietnam i...