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Monster Film and Crime

are completely realistic and very believable. They are individuals who have no real direction in their lives. They are lonely, and...

Golden Age of Hollywood and Exploitation

between studio systems and exhibitors, alliances established through vertical integration. One of the most important inclusions i...

Portrayal of Time in Works by Terence Davies and T.S. Eliot

his films. In so doing we look at one line from the film and two lines from Eliots poem. Lily states, "I thought that I could ma...

Citizen Kane's Film Techniques

daytime and snow is falling. "Charlie" (Charles Foster Kane) is playing outside, and the camera stops on him. He rolls a snowbal...

Film Sliding Doors, Determinism, and Free Will

is, there is both free will and determinism. The idea that free will and determinism are one in the same is rare, but it seems ...

The Matrix and Meaning

and rejected, as older paradigms seem to fit closer with an individuals concept of reality. On the other hand, sometimes exploring...

Untitled Film Stills of Cindy Sherman from 1977 to 1980

she is thinking or what has occurred. Surrounded by a halo of light, Shermans face is a "shadowed" mask and it is this melodramati...

Russian Film and Sexual Politics

and destiny must have been in the air. Certainly the idea of freedom and destiny, of purpose and potential are embodied in the cha...

Anti Semitism and Adolf Hitler

the ideals are those that encourage seeing others in a light that is negative and threatening. Hitler made use of such realities. ...

Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy and the Film Radio

progressive needs of safety and security, love and belonging and the need for esteem (Boeree, 2004). If, at any time, individuals ...

Analysis of Tom Tykwer's 1999 Film Run Lola Run

as an imitation of reality, "it holds a mirror up to nature" (Durant, 1961, p. 59). Aristotle notes that human beings find pleasur...

Remember the Titans and Cultures

why. There is one black student who is very bitter and much of that bitterness is because of oppression of his race. For the most ...

Director Spike Lee's Film 'Do the Right Thing'

the place and burns it to the ground (Albright, 2003). Ambiguity Is the Point One of the reasons why the film remains controvers...

Remember the Titans Film and Coach Boone's Leadership

to know one another. The tactic worked and real friendships were formed between black and white team members. Of course, this did ...

1964 Film Fail Safe and the Character of the President

man who feels he must do everything himself. He is seeking the advice of others, and balancing that advice with perhaps gut feelin...

Tim Burton's Big Fish Film Narrative

and makes sense in our world (Fournier, 2005). Then, we check the narrative fidelity and compare it to whether or not it matches o...

Amelie, A Film Review

understand the main thrust of the film without subtitles, as it follows Amelie from childhood to adulthood, showing the main event...

Elia Kazan and Method Acting

be a disaster. Everybody knows of actors who have made a great living playing themselves-John Wayne comes to mind-but theyre rare....

Goodfellas, the Media, and Sociology

time period and the Mafia subculture into which the boy is being indoctrinated. Another scene that contrasts Henrys family life w...

“PHILADELPHIA” AND WEB OF CAUSATION

Examines the movie "Philadelphia" and, discusses how, through the web of causation model, the main character might have been spare...

Erin Brockovich, from an Ethical Perspective

directed by Steven Soderbergh, the film Erin Brockovich is based on a true story, which dramatizes the catastrophic health consequ...

Raiders of the Lost Ark/Cinematography

the traitorous guide getting ready to shoot him in the back. The camera shifts to Indys hand, which is holding a whip, as he swift...

Orwellian Overtones in V for Vendetta

People, in theory at least, travel about at their leisure and enjoy what seems to be certain freedoms. On closer inspection, howe...

Oscar and Lucinda and Biography of Filmmaker Gillian Armstrong

Great Britain. Nevertheless, Armstrong patiently honed her craft by taking any directing gig she could from music videos to docum...

THE MEANING BEHIND "SUPER SIZE ME"

Discusses the concept of fast food leading to health problems in the movie "Super Size Me." There is 1 source listed in the biblio...

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds' Hero Lieutenant Aldo Raine

lessons in humanity. Nazis aint got no humanity. Theyre the foot soldiers of a Jew hatin, mass murderin maniac, and they need to ...

How to Watch Films

the color palette, the costumes; all of these come together to produce the picture that the director wants us to see. This is why ...

Hotel Rwanda/Not on Our Watch

Oliver, who placed guard at the entrance gate to the hotel. The student researching this topic should note that as far as this w...

Rain Man and Psychological Analysis

caused by poor parenting. Having an older autistic sibling may have inhibited the Charlie and Raymonds father, as he may have beli...

DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE AND THE DICHOTOMY OF GLOBALIZATION

manufacture and export of items. This is not a new concept when it comes to globalization - if we examine anything and...