YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Influence of Border Films
Essays 1951 - 1980
when he first sees her after the transformation, she comes to him out of a green, glowing light that seems otherworldly. The fil...
a shock for white audiences. Poitier invested his character with dignity and strength, and although later that tactic no longer re...
of the play, which is the fact that Toms continues to love his sister, miss her and long for a different past, as he pursues a dif...
their love becomes the stuff of legend in their neighborhood (Legend of Paul and Paula). West German films/The Marriage of Maria...
highly effective technique and demonstrates the versatility of consumer magazine advertising" (PPA Marketing, 2006). More recentl...
the face of her addiction (Simon, 1994). No matter what he does its wrong "because of Alices defensiveness, which perceives concer...
of Boston and Philadelphia. Rather, the film endeavors to expose the man behind the myth. It discusses his life essentially in c...
somewhat difficult; she appears to be one of those writers who will not use one word where she can cram in three. In addition, she...
can be trusted; it is the ultimate in paranoid societies. By keeping its citizens fearful and mistrustful of each other, the gover...
the bug, and that Harry cannot find it unless he steps out of context to consider the way in which the film itself is made (Levin)...
three. In addition, she seems to have been vaccinated with a thesaurus: why use "mimetic" when "copying" will do? Her pretentious ...
involves also looking ahead to the necessity of rights for future robots such as the robot in I, Robot. In the film...
is just surplus" (Ebert) But the "surplus" is everything that a "normal" person experiences. While there is a definite charm to t...
is: Platos account of how Socrates defended himself. When he is condemned to death in spire of his eloquence, he accepts it with d...
a story about finding ones passion in life. This is evident in the following as Orleans makes note of the obsession concerning orc...
he wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible" (Bodnar). While there is also this sort of romantic ideal in Saving Private ...
bearing the legend "Spade and Archer." In both films, the editing is subtle and seems to blend together effortlessly, creating a c...
is Torres mother; Do?a Maria is a frail woman but apparently stronger of character than her daughter. Since they are going to live...
scholar Terrence Des Pres remarked that Jewish resistance might not have been a huge revolt; these movements were instead several ...
him: Father Barry (Karl Malden) is a tough priest who urges him to testify about what he knows; Johnnie Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) is ...
his habitual good-natured grin when he is arrested. For this damage to municipal property, Luke is sentenced to two-years labor on...
Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...
help, that friend, for they are capable of doing things alone. This clearly links together with being a loner. None of these indiv...
his dashboard. There is a common thread between the two men, but Hanson reacts to the fantasy he has constructed, not the reality,...
are seen in environments "that could not physically exist in the real world, a world where terrains and vehicles are created by co...
on his phone, and settles down to wait, telling him there is nothing else anyone can do. He almost says But youre Erin Brockovich,...
that each person compose a ghost story (Gilbert and Gubar 239). Marys story was transformed into the novel Frankenstein; Or, the ...
examined, one could perhaps argue that this is the one film wherein music was almost non-existent. Ethan Coen, in relationship to ...
to the settlement of the American frontier, Drums Along the Mohawk. It is the story of farmer Gil Martin and his privileged bride...
whats wrong, one character yells, "HES SLOW!" But Ned knows a secret: the horse will run through almost anything for a sardine! He...