YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The History of Cinematic Comedy
Essays 541 - 570
We note he grows to be a gregarious individual who seems driven to succeed in unusual ways, always seeking some adventure and some...
"right hand" man despite Iagos longer term of service (Null, 2002). Iago manages to incite a jealousy rage in Othello that results...
the beginning perhaps, a cop who felt that policeman could truly offer some form of social control that would eventually benefit a...
a good impression on his prospective in-laws, Armand and Albert pretend to be straight (Bawer). Instead of going for the easy lau...
the story of twelve men (all stereotypical white and middle class) who by luck of the draw are brought together to deliberate the ...
rather than blatant stereotypes and also new films which spoof the previous stereotypes depicted which in effect erases cinematic ...
(originally produced to be shown on PBS, but later received theatrical distribution), which starred Jane Alexander and focused upo...
84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...
ethnology, he developed an affinity for film which he would then continue to spend his life committed to (Biography of Jean-Luc Go...
necromantic books are heavenly!" (Marlowe, Act 1, Li 40-50). Having made his decision to...
he would have lent his considerable talents and boundless energy to the circus arena "because the circus is just that same mixture...
to hear the sound of my own voice, he says at one point, and indeed he does such a smooth and natural job of translation that the ...
(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...
depicts the aliens as beings who represent communism and the fear of being consumed by such "thought." The aliens in this film ...
the long view where we can see the entire dance. This is often seen in present day films about dance where it seems the performers...
is completely unique and no two are alike. Therefore, what takes place is a kind of power struggle between the subject and the ob...
surprise twist at the end - the camera, representing the subjective perspective of the audience, is "run over" by a car rather tha...
harrowing to watch, with Nash suffering several climactic breakdowns and brief moments of lucidity and temporary remission. The u...
story, mise-en-scene, editing, and music, they collectively provide a common theme that speaks of the uniqueness of the feminist e...
narrative style. With Sleepless there is a sense of desperation as lives are changing. In LAvventura there is a real desperate sit...
to tell what might appear on first glance to be a tired old story. First, there is the scintillating color that enables the film ...
their advertising campaigns asserted) more stars than there are in the heavens" (The Thin Man, 1995). Mordden (1988) asks, "What, ...
yield a very different analysis. In the film, Jake is unemployed. The family lives off the dole but it seems that whatever money...
part of the scene while also seeing the entire dance routine. In many films of dancing the direction may not be on the long sho...
sexuality and innocence that made superstardom a foregone conclusion. The cinematic experience is one in which the spectator (the...
to do is wait and persist and she will eventually love him. While Tod is also not successful in his goal, he realizes that the cul...
tight close-up (Dirks, 1996). There is a menacing "No Trespassing" sign outside an old gate, and after panning up over a chain-li...
Music Town. With $9,000 of store receipts in his pocket, Lucas goes to Atlantic City in hopes of parlaying that into enough money...
Battle of Summit Springs, a reenactment that showcased Cody rescuing poor white damsel Indian captives in distress (Buscombe 286)....
would become his own trademark. This film, along with Obsession (1976), further developed De Palmas expressive use of cinematogra...