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poetry, philosophy and other topics. The club...would be completely unacceptable to the conservative school, which discourages stu...
Fitts (Chris Cooper) and his wife Barbara (Allison Janney). Fitts is even more emotional remote from his teenage son than Lester i...
After the robbery goes bad, the gang regroups in an abandoned warehouse. Here they learn that the reason their job went bad was du...
darkies" (Leab 99). Focusing on the Atlanta plantation of Gerald and Ellen OHara, Gone With the Wind represented life for souther...
dime to look like an model. In fact, in reality, it was not too long ago when it was discovered that models were selling their egg...
(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...
legacy of screwball comedy. Both Ninotchka and Roman Holiday encompass themes that are more sophisticated than the typical screwb...
own terms, as an interpretation for a modern mass audience of a compelling story that gives shape to some of the deepest-rooted hu...
style, but did not really have the time to focus on its development until he suffered from a back injury and spent numerous months...
hide those Jews that were being persecuted by Hitlers war machine. He used his unsuccessful businesses as fronts to move various f...
considered a right" (230). In four French films in particular, Arnaud Desplechins Comment Je Me Suis Disput?... (Ma Vie Sexuelle)...
of a horror film, and the crucifixion of Jesus is without question one of the most horrific episodes in world history. There are ...
the film to perfection. He suggested that the German people should take matters into their own hands and reclaim their country by ...
impostor of a friend. The heroines role, of course, is defined not only by her own inner convictions but also by those with whom ...
realistically with the rise of Fascism in Italy, as well as with the war itself and with the social problems that it left behind"....
film manipulates the audience at every turn, so that the audience is compelled to examine their own sympathies and perspective. ...
action shot at a car race. To rely on an old clich?, he is "bored to tears." He spends most of his convalescent time sitting at th...
and contexts will merge in the production of the film. In examining the film as a post-modern artefact it may be argued that as...
lives, stating, "The idea is almost laughable, if it werent so tragic, laments Eldredge. Men have been taken out right and left. S...
Paradise Lost In a review of "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills" Roger Ebert (1996) indicates that it "is uni...
"artificial intelligence" was the choice..." Artificial intelligence involves the association of machines with comp...
place in the hotel. Before truly examining the narrative content in the film we look at the elements concerning the protagonist....
shirts and strolls her through his kitchen. There, we see Daisys hand trailing along a large work table...the elegant chandeliers ...
in their own construction (1991). Genetic engineering is used as an example here (1991). However, more than cloning or genetic t...
characterize Mexican tradition with the contemporary realism of complex family relationships. It is a cinematic postcard for fami...
light of day can become obscured in the dark just as the best and brightest intentions can be compromised by allure of corruption....
this when Edward Nortons character slowly develops the alter ego played by Brad Pitt. Edward Nortons character wants nothing to do...
Japan should become more westernized so that it could prosper economically and protect its territorial independence. Suddenly, a ...
was no evidence of peeling paint on anything. Schools like Welton do exist in the United States. They are generally very clos...
as the crime film genre became more sophisticated, the line between good/evil oftentimes became blurred. De Palma elected to take...