YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Influence of Border Films
Essays 2491 - 2520
can stand it, the message is uplifting: every single human being is precious, even those who are oppressed and victimized. This pa...
graphic novel, a genre that Hollywood has embraced eagerly, hoping to duplicate the shocking and enormous success of 300. This pap...
fool has a wondrous capability of truly providing many different elements of human nature to the audience. They can be ridiculous ...
viable action hero-as Walt Kowalski, a retired Detroit autoworker trying to come to terms with the changes in his neighborhood and...
vision of the universe. From the early Reservoir Dogs to the stylish Pulp Fiction, Tarantino has challenged both viewers and the ...
fact is not as clear in the film. The film is allowed the benefit of constant juxtapositions out of place and time. The book depen...
primarily morals or values, but rather self-interest and the realization that he would have allowed the attraction he feels for th...
seems that Hearst brought in representatives to look and find flaws that would give him power. One article states how, "The lawyer...
dealers in the nearby town. Hyenkov refuses to be intimidated by Satellite and head butts him, knocking him to the ground, making ...
government (or any government, really), Communist China has to create the illusion that the system is the best for its people. Thi...
lesser creatures than men. In relationship to medical science, which involves Gilmans story a great deal, one author notes how, "I...
funeral, which is for seven-year-old Daniel Nicholson. Edward Walker, played by William Hurt, the apparent leader of this colony, ...
that Phil has always been a jerk, even in his youth, as first of all, he dismissed ordinary people, such as Ned, as beneath him an...
Odysseus and Polyphemus (or Cyclops), the protagonist and antagonist in "The Odyssey." Like Odysseus, Todd is banished from his w...
wealth, status, and material possessions (clothes and cars), because all other "normal" avenues to the top are unavailable to them...
desperation to find a job; losing her court cause in which Ed Masry represents her; the way she cajoles Masry into giving her a jo...
Goodman, who starred in four Coen films). Its dramatic KKK historical motif serves as a backdrop for what plays like a cartoon wi...
Danvers seems almost supernatural in her ability to simply appear, starling the current Mrs. De Winter, who is played by Joan Font...
of a directors wish to go into a more exciting creative direction by deviating from his formulaic musical comedies and instead mak...
psychology, and mentoring assisted educators like Professor Lambeau and his college roommate and counselor Sean McGuire (Robin Wil...
the lower class has now become the primary population. The upper class has since been sequestered to their living quarters far ab...
without being overly garish and they appear to be relatively true to the historical time period. These elements, which are related...
or even the last thing, that may cross their minds and this is more of what Denby argues in his article. Denby notes...
of the "X" are very creative: sometimes its a sign, in one case its the straps on the back of Cescas dress. But its also an obviou...
enthralling" (1995). The film is a romance, but it avoids the trap of being formulaic; often films of this kind rely "more upon ac...
when the teams losing streak continues. There is one boy in the high school, Jimmy (Maris Valainis) who is a superb player, with...
very essence of what it means to be a human being, demonstrating how and why a person acts the way she does, how she attributes mo...
Warner Bros. marketed the movie very smartly, relying on its stunning visuals and unique look to entice viewers to the theater; it...
the idea that as father and son they belong together and belong to the same family group, but at the same time, as individuals, th...
adding to aid of gloom. As this suggests, in Frankenstein, the X factor is primarily shown overtly, using aspects of the cinemat...