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Saints and Soldiers, A Discussion

This essay pertains to "Saints and Soldiers," a 2003 film directed by Ryan Little. The writer provides a brief summary of the plot...

A Review of The Laramie Project and Indian Killer

the white race is far superior to all others. Reprogramming such ingrained concepts is not something that will ever be carried th...

Coen Brothers' Film O Brother Where Art Thou? and Marxist Themes

McGill spins a yarn about buried ill-gotten gains ($1.2 million) that he promises to share (Berardinelli). In their journey, the...

Setting and Theme in The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko

right in their eyes for one who has died. They paint his face, sprinkle corn meal and pollen, and thus give him a very fitting wra...

Brian De Palma's Scarface

as the crime film genre became more sophisticated, the line between good/evil oftentimes became blurred. De Palma elected to take...

Critical Review of Monsieur Hire

relax and view the dance of the characters without thinking. In some way, a film allows the audience less freedom but the viewer i...

Analysis of the Death of a Salesman Film

He is someone who today would appear on the Jerry Springer Show. His life had always been dysfunctional and all he ever wanted was...

Big Budget Fantasy Film Project

In ten pages this report discuses the financing and creative aspects involved in transforming a 'dream' film proposal into reality...

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 (...

Authority and Rebellion in Thelma and Louise, Easy Rider, and Rebel Without a Cause

In five pages this paper examines men, social, and paternal types of rebelling against authority in an examination of this trio of...

Minority Struggles in 5 Films

The theme of minority struggles and violations of civil rights reflected in 5 films are the focus of this paper consisting of 5 pa...

Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' and Social Responsibility, Self Reliance, and Blindness Themes

In five pages this paper discusses social responsibility, self reliance, and blindness in this thematic analysis of 'Invisible Man...

1930 to 1949 British Film and the Connection Between Realism and Melodrama

In eight pages this paper examines the connection between realism and melodrama that existed in British cinema during this time pe...

Gender and The Crying Game

will acquire gender related behaviors. Yet, there is some case for biology in respect to feminism and masculinity and this is tied...

Working Women in “Nine to Five”

much more smoothly with the women in charge, is a much happier place (Canby, 1980). The film is uneven and the sequence where the...

Semiotic Analysis of “The Man with the Movie Camera” and “Potemkin”

film that we can interpret as a sign, with another signified added to it. It is thus a triple layer of meaning: the object itself,...

Alcoholism in the Film “When a Man Loves a Woman”

the face of her addiction (Simon, 1994). No matter what he does its wrong "because of Alices defensiveness, which perceives concer...

“Gattaca”: Analysis

and society would become even more fragmented than it already is. The question also arises: do we have the right to design our chi...

Antwone Fisher and Menace II Society

there is a certain allure to the way in which both Caine and O-Dog are portrayed. Cinema has since its inception been one of the...

Renaissance Themes

rather than singular pleasures. He had an obligation to answer grievances, to hear both sides of a story and to reach some type o...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Gender Relationships

In five pages this paper discusses the portrayal of men and women within the context of this work as it has been presented in the ...

Hand of Destiny

In five pages the hand of destiny as it reveals itself in William Shakespeare's Macbeth and tin the films The Man Who Shot Liberty...

Cynicism, Romance, and Annie Hall by Director Woody Allen

In six pages this paper examines the themes of cynicism and romance within the context of this 1977 Academy Award winning film Ann...

An Analysis of the Film, American Beauty

troubled home life. To escape, Ricky retreated into his own world of drugs and voyeurism. Simply stated, American Beauty was an ...

Comparing The Rainmaker Novel and Film

legal contemporaries, has grandiose dreams of landing for his firm "a client worth at least twenty million [and becoming] an insta...

An Examination of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

In five pages, the author's employment of voice, imagery, and gender themes are considered....

Latin America, China, and Changes Through Revolution or Reform

while the Nationalists were forced to retreat to the island of Formosa, now known as Taiwan. For Chairman Mao, revolution was onl...

Bleak Human Condition in Metamorphosis and In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka

In six pages this analysis of Kafka's works focuses on the themes of fate's ironies and the human condition....

Thematic Analysis of 'The Lamb' by William Blake

In three pages this paper discusses creation's divinity as an important theme of the poem 'The Lamb' by William Blake....

'The Day of Doom' by Michael Wigglesworth

In five pages this poem is analyzed in terms of primary themes as well as its social and religious connotations....