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these nonverbal cues that reveal more than the spoken dialogue. Alfred Hitchcocks reputation as the cinemas "Master of Suspense" ...

Peter Cloos, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alexander Kluge, Maximiliane Mainka, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rup?, Vol...

Comics and cartoons which appeared in daily newspapers and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s were considered originally to be an ex...

some style to the films. "One group of filmmakers who were experimenting with cinematic technique were those who emerged from B...

libidinal desire and an internal examination, which tends to idealize self (Naiman 333). The one factor which unites the two symb...

work in the dress shop but her internal conflict grows steadily as she delves into a relationship with one of her classmates. It ...

Charlie Babbitt The character of Charlie Babbitt is established early in Fleischers novel and Bass and Morrows screenplay of the ...

true to the book? When Szpilman took pen to paper, he seemingly did so to relay the events of his life. Realizing that he had sur...

a woman from his past perhaps. But, those familiar with the film know better. This opening scene is also one, instilled by the w...

1996, p. 3), which she accepts as a way of demonstrating her unconditional support of him and his intention to literally drink him...

Portuguese registry. The Portuguese slavers want their property back, and the Coast Guard who caught the ship wants their rights t...

a young girl who has only her inherent strength and her faith in God to help her survive. She is not especially intelligent, nor i...

clowning" (Hoberman, 1997, p. 42). In his critical history on underground film, Parker Tyler refers to Smiths acting as "sloughing...

The film opens with panoramic shot of Monument Valley, which is the home of the Navajo tribe (Doherty 36). The lulling serenity of...

and laughter will come into play in the second section of the film. Film is an emotional medium. And, like it or...

who is a software programmer by day and a hacker known as Neo by night. Becoming increasingly disillusioned with his life, Neo se...

MGM and Warner Brothers, it had to rely on a limited group of performers. One of the most appealing was a tall, gangly young acto...

ethnology, he developed an affinity for film which he would then continue to spend his life committed to (Biography of Jean-Luc Go...

necromantic books are heavenly!" (Marlowe, Act 1, Li 40-50). Having made his decision to...

begins to notice how Emmi takes on attitudes attributable to racial intolerance, as well. "While the theme of racial prejudice is...

Indian proxies, and traitors to each side were hanged, it was known that "regular troops on both sides almost universally observed...

admit he hasnt, but soon remedies that by accompanying Kirby and his men on a mission to defend their firebase from the Vietcong s...

screen is transitory at best. This movie asks the question: Is love merely going through the motions? Is beauty a trap? Are women ...

the film to perfection. He suggested that the German people should take matters into their own hands and reclaim their country by ...

impostor of a friend. The heroines role, of course, is defined not only by her own inner convictions but also by those with whom ...

however, such as "The Verdict" try to show the benefits of due process within the legal system. [The concept of the "role of law"...

is no truly artistic use of the camera aside from working towards presenting us perhaps with the perspective of every day life. Th...

a bus bombing incident and after the attacks intensify in violence and frequency, he becomes convinced these are not isolated inci...

the hospital commissary where Rudy is studying for the bar exam. In the book, Kelly and Rudy have met previously. Rudy comments ...

evidence of the mixed critical reaction to this film, The Tampa Tribune critic Bob Ross disagrees, calling Big Fat Liar "a showbiz...