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Film Dramatizations of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

In six pages this research paper discusses 2 cinematic interpretations of The Canterbury Tales and argues that how filmmakers fail...

Chaucer's Alter-Ego in the House of Fame.

An observational essay dealing with the protagonist of Chaucer's House of Fame, Geffrey. The author asserts that the work is a pa...

The Rover by Aprha Behn

In seven pages this comedy from the 17th century is examined with the argument presented that darker libertine ideals belie the se...

Novel and Cinematic Versions of A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

In four pages the novel and its film adaptation are thematically compared in terms of cinematic changes that were made. Six sourc...

Challenging Society's Values and the Works of George Bernard Shaw

In twelve pages this paper discusses how Shaw challenged prevailing social values in his comedies Man and Superman, Pygmalion, The...

Analysis of Scream and Psycho Horror Movies

In eight pages the changes that occurred in the horror cinematic genre between 1960 and 1996 are examined in a contrast and compar...

Hollywood Babylon of Filmmaker Kenneth Anger

In five pages this paper discusses the cinematic style of nonnarrative abstract developed by Kenneth Anger, underground filmmaker....

Politics in the Book and Film Primary Colors

In six pages this paper examines politics in the United States and how it is portrayed in the novel and cinematic versions of Prim...

Literature v. Film in William Shakespeare's As You Like It and While You Were Sleeping

In four pages comparisons between the two heroines are made with emphasis upon plot, theme, and characterization in a consideratio...

Cinematic Contributions of Director Howard Hawks

In ten pages this paper examines Hawks' big screen contributions with an emphasis upon his screwball comedy classics Ball of Fire,...

Eraserhead Film by David Lynch

Experimental films are discussed in this research paper consisting of six pages with Lynch's feature debut the focus of considerat...

Roots of Avant Garde's Visual Arts

In eight pages the roots of avant garde regarding film are argued to be in the visual arts as opposed to the narrative cinematic t...

1968 Film Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli

In three pages this paper examines the filmmaker's various cinematic techniques and include elements such as utilizing teenage act...

Apocolypse Now Film by Director Francis Ford Coppola

In five pages this paper considers the film's parallels with Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and also discusses influences of T...

Love That Does Not Last in the Films of Woody Allen

no matter how precious we may believe ours to actually be. Some of Allens films are more consistently filled with the idea of l...

Stylistic and Formal Characteristics of Gus Van Sant's 'My Own Private Idaho'

Such cinematic techniques as mise-en-scene are discussed in a paper consisting of 6 pages as thematic and narrative expression are...

Cinema and Aristotelian Considerations

In a paper consisting of five pages the cinematic adaptations of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Much Ado About Nothing, and Sween...

Movies and How the Dracula Character Has Evolved

Transylvanian aristocrat remained unchallenged for nearly twenty-seven years, and it was not until 1958, when the British actor Ch...

Analysis of the Italian Realist Film The Bicycle Thief

In five pages a cinematic analysis of Vittorio de Sica's 1948 film includes camera uses, production techniques and evaluates the e...

Medieval Civilization and Christianity

In six pages Dante's 'Divine Comedy,' 'Beowulf,' 'Song of Roland,' and Augustine's 'Confessions' are examined in terms of gaining ...

Federico Fellini's Film, La Dolce Vita

This paper examines the Fellini film, La Dolce Vita. The author discusses camera shots and angels, as well as design, decor, comp...

Kenneth Branagh's Production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

In five pages this paper discusses how love, characters, and Feste's role are presented in this Kenneth Branagh production of Twel...

Privacy Invasion by the Media

In five pages this paper examines how privacy is intruded upon by the media in the name of news with cinematic examples provided t...

Jean Luc Godard's Unconventional Cinematic Style

of capitalism, he looked for a medium which would best provide a creative outlet, as well as indulge in his interest in philosophy...

Consideration of Cinematic Art

In nine pages two stylistic modes Hollywood's classical narrative realism and modernist or avant garde are examined in terms of ho...

Art of Cinema from 1948 to 1965

In nine pages the ways in which cinematic art changed surprisingly little during this time period despite some avant garde detours...

Horror Film Industry Impact of Alfred Hitchcock

In six pages the horror film industry contributions of the cinematic 'Master of Suspense' and their impact are examined. Seven so...

Tenets and Conventions of the Romantic Film Comedy

"screwball" romantic comedies, a man and woman of differing social standing and temperaments. In Frank Capras classic 1934 film, ...

The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt

The significance of this German play as representative of the black comedy genre is examined in five pages. Three sources are cit...

Films My Darling Clementine and Now Voyager and Their Representations of Class and Gender

In ten pages these cinematic melodramas of the Forties are examined in a discussion of meaning construction through class and gend...