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Essays 1831 - 1860

Artwork in the Films Basquiat and Crumb

he is the one telling us of his past and his art. He tells us that one time he took some drug that was supposedly LSD but he think...

We'll Always Have Paris

The writer analyzes the 1942 classic film Casablanca, and argues that Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, is the archetypal re...

Stanley Kubrick's 1960 Film Spartacus

most of the country. Thought the Roman legions are shown to be quite disorganized and are at the end of their empires zenith, they...

Essays on Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, Video, and TV

at a blackboard writing words. As soon as he completes the "d" in the last word the tape is over. The running time for the tape is...

Cinematic Structure and Coding of the Film Gone with the Wind

in structuralist models, researchers often examine the underlying structures which occur beneath the actions or speech of the indi...

Michael Ondaatje's The Skin of the Lion and the Film Monsoon Wedding in Terms of Ethnicity and Gender Representation

7). In the third section of the novel, Patrick, the boy from the first section is now twenty-one years old and arrives in Toronto....

2001 A Space Odyssey Film by Director Stanley Kubrick

opening sequence has been found buried beneath the surface of the moon. While Floyd and his colleagues are standing in front of th...

Macon in The Accidental Tourist and OCD

safe with American restaurant choices, avoiding human contact, and the like. What is interesting about this story is tha...

Gadgets Used by 007 James Bond

(Q Branch, 2002). There is the dagger pen which, "When clicking on this pens head in Moonraker, instead of a nib being revealed, y...

The Godfather and The Sopranos Italian American Stereotypes

that mirrors such interpretation as brought about by the likes of popular culture, but it has also been quite successful at reachi...

Jean Renoir's Movies

also during this period when Renoir adopted what would become his trademark style of filmmaking, by using a core ensemble cast of ...

Second World War Navajo Code Talkers Honoring Falls Short in John Woo's 2002 Film Windtalkers

The film opens with panoramic shot of Monument Valley, which is the home of the Navajo tribe (Doherty 36). The lulling serenity of...

Roberto Benigni's Film Life is Beautiful

and laughter will come into play in the second section of the film. Film is an emotional medium. And, like it or...

Steven Spielberg's The Amistad and its Historical Accuracy

Portuguese registry. The Portuguese slavers want their property back, and the Coast Guard who caught the ship wants their rights t...

Simone de Beauvoir, Emma Goldman, Foucault's Power Structure, and the Film The Matrix

who is a software programmer by day and a hacker known as Neo by night. Becoming increasingly disillusioned with his life, Neo se...

Psychological Analysis of the Film Leaving Las Vegas

1996, p. 3), which she accepts as a way of demonstrating her unconditional support of him and his intention to literally drink him...

1939 Film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington by Director Frank Capra

MGM and Warner Brothers, it had to rely on a limited group of performers. One of the most appealing was a tall, gangly young acto...

Cinematic Analysis of Pierrot le Fou

ethnology, he developed an affinity for film which he would then continue to spend his life committed to (Biography of Jean-Luc Go...

Cinematic and Literary Representations of Vanity

necromantic books are heavenly!" (Marlowe, Act 1, Li 40-50). Having made his decision to...

German Films Verzweiflung and Angst Essen Seele Auf and Political Themes

begins to notice how Emmi takes on attitudes attributable to racial intolerance, as well. "While the theme of racial prejudice is...

Flaming Creatures, a Film by Jack Smith

clowning" (Hoberman, 1997, p. 42). In his critical history on underground film, Parker Tyler refers to Smiths acting as "sloughing...

The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari Film and Expressionist Painting

some style to the films. "One group of filmmakers who were experimenting with cinematic technique were those who emerged from B...

Analysis of Literary and Film Versions of The Color Purple

a young girl who has only her inherent strength and her faith in God to help her survive. She is not especially intelligent, nor i...

The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Alfred Hitchcock's Rope and Education

who do not know how to live life and are brainwashed by books and academia" (Chan). In essence, the professor understands the more...

Adler's Theories and the Film Affliction

of his father. At one point he goes to see his father and sees that his mother is dead while his father, too drunk to notice, sits...

Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria and Existentialism

typical abused prostitute. Her boyfriend treats her badly and in fact the films opening shocks as he throws her into the water whe...

Vanishing Point Film and Existentialism

on the Today show, but most will die before that time. The speedometer on the car can indeed represent life and how or why one can...

Fried Green Tomatoes Novel and Film Comparison

tidbits that enabled the readers to journey back in time. The film alters this setting somewhat with a present-day Evelyn Couch s...

Corpse's Role in the Movies of Alfred Hitchcock

"should be allowed to people who are considered superior human beings" (Alfred Hitchcocks "Rope"). Their definition of a "superio...

Films A Place in the Sun, Double Indemnity, Suspicion and the Interaction Between Money, Love, and Murder

these nonverbal cues that reveal more than the spoken dialogue. Alfred Hitchcocks reputation as the cinemas "Master of Suspense" ...