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Personal Identity in David Lynch's Film Blue Velvet

producers and directors have found that they have a truly unique power to significantly influence the attitudes and emotions of th...

Modes of Stardom

inspires awe within the general public that longs to become one of them, and miraculously change from ordinary to extraordinary. ...

Films Yol and Raise the Red Lantern Uses of Prison Metaphors

of Yol. This story, instead of focusing on four wives as in the Zhang film, focuses on the choices that will be made by four commo...

The Manchurian Candidate Conspiracy

his father did not approve (Maier, 1986). The article does not mention his relationship with individual family members beyond this...

Novel and Film Comparisons of Maya Angelou's I Know Where the Caged Bird Sings

In five pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of Angelou's novel and the TV movie adaptation in a discussion of strengt...

Guilt of Hamlet in Mel Gibson's Film Adaptation

In 5 pages this paper analyzes how Hamlet's revenge transformed him into a man very much like his adversary Claudius as represente...

Cinema and Sexuality

crisis of Lester Burnham, a subplot provides a telling commentary on way that homosexuality has been perceived in this culture. Th...

Film Analysis of Claude Jutra's Mon Oncle Antoine

brutally and perhaps unfairly with death. The work is moving. Uncle Antoine, carefully acted by Jean Duceppe, is a pathetic char...

An Analysis of the Films, The Sacrifice, Stalker, and Daughters of the Dust

tending to interpret the film through the medium of his or her own perceptions and world view. Each viewer walks away from the fi...

Literature of Early America

In nine pages the religious messages of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of...

The Police as Portrayed in La Haine by Mattleu Kassowitz

This essay discusses the function and characterization of the police as they are portrayed in Mattleu Kassowitz's movie La Haine (...

Elia Kazan's 1961 Film, 'Splendor in the Grass'

This 8 page paper considers the movie and how it represents the works of screenwriter William Inge and director Elia Kazan. There...

Dune Film by Dino de Laurentiis and Perspective

In ten pages the symbolism and meaning evoked within the 1984 movie through sexual, performative, and queer angles are analyzed. ...

Female Stereotypes in Post-Modern and Current Media

careerist (brunette), who slug it out on a veranda, in a lily pond, or during a mud slide .... A metaphor for the struggle between...

Music in Martin Scorsese's Film Casino

something. Traditionally, music in films have performed seven distinct functions (Bobker 101). At least six of these functions ap...

Dystopia and the Film The Matrix

an ideal, nonexistent political state and way of life" (Abrams, 1999). Science fiction became a popular genre which was best demon...

Filmgoing Experiences

of love. Scotty is a detective who is afraid of heights. Because of this he has left the police force to become a private detectiv...

Fantasy and Science Fiction Mythology Uses

troubles of Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira who have been living on a desolate planet. A rescue team finally arrives lead by ...

American Dream and Ernest Hemingway's Story 'A Clean Well Lighted Place' and John Ford's Film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

sometimes the only way to achieve peace. Doniphon admires the idealism of Stoddard and the two form an unlikely bond. The movie cl...

British Film and Art Cinema

In five pages the British movie When in London is used in a discussion of the definitions and elements of art cinema. Ten sources...

Politics by Aristotle and the Film Primary Colors

In five pages this paper discusses politics and man, vice, excellence, and ethics as depicted by Aristotle in Politics and compare...

Analysis of David Lynch's Twin Peaks Film

for comic relief. Here its everyone... its all about these little moments of behavior. Its like sitting down and just watching peo...

An Analysis of When Harry Met Sally

This seven page paper uses this movie as a platform for the discussion of he social penetration theory. Three sources are listed....

Metaphor in Il Postino Film

In three pages the movie is summarized but its metaphor usages is the primary focus. There are no other sources listed....

Popular American Mythological Hero Forrest Gump

In eight pages this paper examines the popular movie character in terms of the qualities he embodies as a popular mythological her...

The Sweet Herafter

In this six page report the writer provides an overview of the movie and book renditions of the school bus accident that took the ...

A Review of the Film, Seven Years in Tibet

book since Harrer did not include his Nazi past in his autobiography. Harrer is totally self-centered at the beginning of the mo...

An Analysis of the Film, From Here to Eternity

This paper analyzes the movie, From Here to Eternity. The author addresses themes of melodrama and tension, as well as historical...

Cinematic Depiction of African Americans

In fifteen pages this paper analyzes how African Americans in movies have evolved with the success of director Spike Lee among the...

Analysis of Do the Right Thing

In five pages this research paper analyzes this 1989 movie by director Spike Lee in terms of the arguments presented within and it...