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All That Heaven Allows

This 4 page essay explores the long-lived concept of May-December romance as it is presented in the movies. Social class and age ...

Spielberg/Amistad

of his story, as his capture is told in flashback, which emphasizes the personal tragedy of this event for him. Cinques story of h...

Carol Gilligan/Female Moral Development

and sweet, she becomes increasingly corrupted by her exposure to "the Plastics," which refers to the clique of the three most pop...

Schlosser: "Fast Food Nation"

Perris, California or Paris, France. Buying fast food has become so routine that we no longer think about it. If we really did sto...

Arab Portrayals in Cinema/The Siege

to possible terrorism direct at New York City. The hero is FBI special agent Anthony Hubbard (Denzel Washington). With his partner...

Murder in "A Time to Kill"

Insanity, of course, is a slightly different issue than competency but never-the-less the two are related. The insanity defense i...

The Depression as Backdrop

for anything-they cant save, they cant take any vacations, they can barely manage to pay their bills. They cannot afford to go to ...

Setting & Scenery in 5 Films

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...

Work Ethics of Filmmaker Steven Spielberg

so that he could become a television director at Universal Studios for a salary of $225 per week (Cagle, 2002). After serving an ...

Fantasy and Science Fiction Mythology Uses

troubles of Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira who have been living on a desolate planet. A rescue team finally arrives lead by ...

American Dream and Ernest Hemingway's Story 'A Clean Well Lighted Place' and John Ford's Film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

sometimes the only way to achieve peace. Doniphon admires the idealism of Stoddard and the two form an unlikely bond. The movie cl...

Offensive Art Forms in Stanley Kubrick's Film A Clockwork Orange

most fundamental theme or issue in this particular film involves the title. This title refers to an individual who is nothing more...

Cinematic Examples of the Model of Due Process and the Roles Played by Community and the Law

however, such as "The Verdict" try to show the benefits of due process within the legal system. [The concept of the "role of law"...

Courtroom Audiences and Their Importance

lines firmly drawn. The title of the film is taken from the book of Proverbs in the Bible: He that troubleth his own house shall i...

Texas in the Film Old Yeller

a fence and seems to be nothing but a nuisance. The young boy, however, has attached himself to the dog for he has always wanted a...

Dystopia and the Film The Matrix

an ideal, nonexistent political state and way of life" (Abrams, 1999). Science fiction became a popular genre which was best demon...

Filmgoing Experiences

of love. Scotty is a detective who is afraid of heights. Because of this he has left the police force to become a private detectiv...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

the process had been followed carefully" (Sheppard PG). All the candidates would agree that words carry with them a great d...

Film Representations of the Holocaust

of Train of Life (or its original French title - "Train de vie") is that the "village idiot" of a tiny Jewish community learns th...

Common Themes in the Works of Welles and Shakespeare

is portrayed in the original Shakespeare. The exception is that Shakespeare spent more time and attention to historical details, w...

Cinematic Techniques and Narrative in The Graduate

by the same name and so was translated to the silver screen. When this is done it is always a touchy business. Much of the motivat...

American Culture and the Film Manhattan by Director Woody Allen

Brando, the apples and pears of Cezanne...and Tracys face" (Chances 66). Throughout the film, Ike professes his belief that "It is...

Leadership and the Film Twelve Angry Men

The Architect does not profess belief in the boys innocence, at this point, but simply indicates that he feels a moral obligation ...

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...

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...

Film Melodrama

press appealed more in gender terms to male audiences(Neale, 63). In fact, Neale seems to think that the majority of the m...

Alfred Hitchcock's Genius

his cinematic apprenticeship working for British studios - working first as an artist, set designer and directors assistant before...

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...

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...