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2 Film Versions of 1 Novel Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

was cast as the Indian renegade Magua and a "less likely and more melodramatic Indian...is hard to imagine" (Magills-1920). Beery ...

Greek Styles of Government and the Film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

relationship between a city or Nations government and a person is much like that of a parent/child relationship. The state nurture...

A Review of the Sense of Filmatic Space Interlacing Citizen Kane and Vertigo

sympathy" (Strauss 06F). Hitchcock was famous for employing the aspect of location as a means by which to portray his desired sen...

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 ...

Representation of African Americans in Film: Rush Hour 2

enjoy his vacation but pushes aside that vacation to help his friend find retribution for the murder of his father. There are mome...

Silent v. Sound/Art in Film

"at heart, I was always a silent movie man" (Twatio 14). One reason why early silent films appear odd or stilted to modern audie...

Richard Lester: "Petulia"

counterculture. Thus, by setting his film there (he filmed most of it on location), Lester was tapping into the one spot in the co...

Women in the American Revolution

was developing. But, when her husband was taken it was very hard for her to do nothing. She constantly ended up battling with the ...

Hitchcock/Psycho & Shadow of a Doubt

the nature of good and evil. In "Shadow," there are the two "Charlies," Uncle Charlie and his niece, Charlotte, who is known as "C...

Social Work and The Color Purple

her supposed advice and is incredibly confused and upset by Celies advice. While Celie is sorry she is not in a position in her li...

Women's Roles in American Cinema Since 1967

bed, or even beginning to become amorous might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not ...

Tokyo Story as a Reflection of Conditions in Post World War II Japan

such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...

American Popular Culture of 1951 Represented in James Jones’ Best-Selling Novel From Here to Eternity and George Stevens’ Film A Place in the Sun

in explicit language and vivid descriptions of sexuality that were shocking within the conservative cultural context of the period...

Passion of the Christ v. The Bible

"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...

American Religion and the 2003 Film Bruce Almighty

how dependent upon technology the average citizen has become in everyday life. The fact that God initially contacted Bruce via hi...

The Illusionist as Myth

The God of the Waning Year is associated with the sacrificial victim, whose death was believed necessary in order for the earth to...

Family in A Raisin in the Sun and American Beauty

kind of money people like Lester makes. He has all these schemes and dreams and he ultimately learns they are pointless, just as L...

The Social Animal

obvious (Aronson). But they did: approximately 75% of those tested gave the wrong answer (Aronson). This experiment, which was re...

Portrayal of Blacks in the Media, 1960s-Present

a shock for white audiences. Poitier invested his character with dignity and strength, and although later that tactic no longer re...

Strangers in Good Company/Women and Old Age

in their lives when they are accustoming themselves to their impeding morality and the problems that come with old age. Catherine ...

Human Life in the Films Man Facing Southeast, A Short Film About Killing, and Taste of Cherry

the most fundamental truths of human existence and the ways in which all human beings relate to stress and feelings of social and ...

Good Will Hunting and the Social Learning Theories of Albert Bandura

psychology, and mentoring assisted educators like Professor Lambeau and his college roommate and counselor Sean McGuire (Robin Wil...

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...

Film and Social Violence

Ann Beard, in her essay The Fourth State of Matter, illustrates how a young man, Gang Lu, becamse so disgruntled with life and wit...

George Washington: Heroic, Flawed, and Human

Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...

The American Revolution in Fiction and in Film

to the settlement of the American frontier, Drums Along the Mohawk. It is the story of farmer Gil Martin and his privileged bride...

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Its Contradictions

In six pages the antiabolitionist intent of Stowe's novel is compared with the African American stereotypes it was responsible for...

America's Ailing Healthcare as Depicted in Michael Moore's Documentary 'Sicko'

have reattached since he could not afford the cost of both. According to Rick, the hospital priced the reattachment of his middle...

Tom Hanks film Cast Away and an Application of the Neuman Systems Model

ears becoming accustomed to the competing moral attitudes found in such terms as co-operation, teamwork and, especially, community...