YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Influence of Border Films
Essays 1951 - 1980
care center. The woman who runs this other day care center tries to foil all efforts of Charlie and his buddies. But, as would be ...
won in 1998. While "Geris Game" was clearly an innovative technical film, it did not win this award based on this aspect alone. Wh...
with pleasure, which is why they "love the life of enjoyment" (Aristotle). Considering this stance, the next development in the m...
influence in the life of his father and a contributing factor in the suicide of his mother. Therefore, the reader comes to underst...
dunk below the surface. There is no surprise on her face. There is no horror on her face. What is happening? The...
the ordinary man can screw those in authority then he should do it. One of the themes of Double Indemnity is shown in that it is...
Joseph the presentation of their early beginnings is told merely through the fact we see Mary pregnant and we watch the struggling...
times appears to be a prune. In one memorable scene, as the plot thickens, George is standing in the middle of a waving...
of his life. He realizes that he has been living in an emotional vacuum, operating more as a robot than a human being, and he subs...
light of day can become obscured in the dark just as the best and brightest intentions can be compromised by allure of corruption....
another toots a miniature horn through his nose. When they arrive at the station, the boys join the rest of their peers, who are...
this when Edward Nortons character slowly develops the alter ego played by Brad Pitt. Edward Nortons character wants nothing to do...
Japan should become more westernized so that it could prosper economically and protect its territorial independence. Suddenly, a ...
was no evidence of peeling paint on anything. Schools like Welton do exist in the United States. They are generally very clos...
as the crime film genre became more sophisticated, the line between good/evil oftentimes became blurred. De Palma elected to take...
dime to look like an model. In fact, in reality, it was not too long ago when it was discovered that models were selling their egg...
(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...
the most louche, laidback villains in screen history" (Brooke, 2005, PG) emphasises Thornhills naivety as far as espionage and mur...
After the robbery goes bad, the gang regroups in an abandoned warehouse. Here they learn that the reason their job went bad was du...
darkies" (Leab 99). Focusing on the Atlanta plantation of Gerald and Ellen OHara, Gone With the Wind represented life for souther...
legacy of screwball comedy. Both Ninotchka and Roman Holiday encompass themes that are more sophisticated than the typical screwb...
of a horror film, and the crucifixion of Jesus is without question one of the most horrific episodes in world history. There are ...
own terms, as an interpretation for a modern mass audience of a compelling story that gives shape to some of the deepest-rooted hu...
style, but did not really have the time to focus on its development until he suffered from a back injury and spent numerous months...
hide those Jews that were being persecuted by Hitlers war machine. He used his unsuccessful businesses as fronts to move various f...
considered a right" (230). In four French films in particular, Arnaud Desplechins Comment Je Me Suis Disput?... (Ma Vie Sexuelle)...
large urban environment, humanity is even more vulnerable to the cruel and capricious winds of fate than at any other time in hist...
(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...
poetry, philosophy and other topics. The club...would be completely unacceptable to the conservative school, which discourages stu...
Fitts (Chris Cooper) and his wife Barbara (Allison Janney). Fitts is even more emotional remote from his teenage son than Lester i...