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Contemporary Cinema and the Use of Cyborgs

twentieth century, people are all chimeras, or mythic hybrids of machine and organism, or cyborgs (Haraway, 1991). In Western sci...

Producing and Distributing Short Films

mistakes will occur. A novice director frequently has difficulty keeping a "clear head" in regards to the scenes as they unfold ...

Film Industry of South Africa

of money used to market them, and they are distributed to theaters via a well-understood network of distributors. These condition...

The Multi-Phobic 'What About Bob?'

again and make everyone else in my life think you are wonderful and Im a shmuck. But Im not a shmuck Bob, and Im not going to let...

Historical Revisionist Oliver Stone's Films Born on the Fourth of July and Platoon

come to overestimate his own value as a singular entity amidst an enormous universe. There is no doubt that Stones intention when...

Techniques of Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock

The cuts are approximately equal in length. Finally Thornhill asks if hes supposed to meet someone and the stranger replies...

Critics of Michael Moore's Films

the facts themselves wrong, but that he manipulated them to mislead people (Nyhan). In one instance, Moore apparently "do...

Film, Identity, and Language

has remade her into a woman who is now his equal, at least in terms of speech, and since she is "suitable" he finds her intriguing...

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...

Popular Culture, Gender Constructs, and 'New Femininities'

and behaviours, and seen as being in direct opposition to "femininity", which is equally constrained in its parameters, and define...

Communication in Film Dead Poets Society

formula that proposes to plot the poems value on a graph, Keating denounces it and commands his students to rip the offending page...

Film Gone With the Wind and Black Representation

darkies" (Leab 99). Focusing on the Atlanta plantation of Gerald and Ellen OHara, Gone With the Wind represented life for souther...

Ethical Views of the Movie Saving Private Ryan

the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...

Novel and Film Versions of The English Patient

physical gestures clearly demonstrate her anguish as she drops her head to the table, leaving the audience only to imagine the pai...

Films of Actor Bruce Lee

style, but did not really have the time to focus on its development until he suffered from a back injury and spent numerous months...

Film Documentaries and Traumatic or Moral Dilemma Representations

hide those Jews that were being persecuted by Hitlers war machine. He used his unsuccessful businesses as fronts to move various f...

Elements That Make Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ a Movie Worth Viewing

of a horror film, and the crucifixion of Jesus is without question one of the most horrific episodes in world history. There are ...

Films My Brilliant Career, Annie Hall, Educating Rita, and The Piano and the Portrayal of Strong Women

This paper examines women's roles and status and how they are portrayed in a comparative analysis of these films consisting of eig...

1995 Film By John Singleton, Higher Learning

In five pages this report examines the 3rd film effort by director John Singleton in a discussion of content, prejudice, and issue...

Feminism, Cinema, and Women in the Films Sunset Boulevard and Breakfast at Tiffany's

form of entertainment. Thus is the case with their somewhat lighthearted, yet very socially revealing portrait of the womens move...

Film Rainman and Communication Between Siblings

In five pages this research proposal tutorial examines the film Rainman in terms of how autism compromises the communication of th...

Changes in Idolatry from the Old Testament to the Modern Era

In six pages idolatry definition changes are examined in a consideration of past to present with contemporary rock star ideology c...

Woody Allen's Film Manhattan and Social Politics

In six pages this paper examines the social politics depicted in this 1979 film starring and directed by Woody Allen. Three sou...

Second World War and Vietnam War on Film

In six pages this paper examines how the Second World War and Vietnam War are portrayed in the films Sands of Iwo Jima, Hamburger ...

Social Implications of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

An analysis of the social implications of the novel and film versions of Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit are e...

Jean Paul Sartre, Taxi Driver Film, and Existentialism

In five pages existentialism is examined and then discussed within the context of Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver and Jean Paul...

Throne of Blood Film by Akia Kurosawa

In five pages this paper examines Kurosawa's film within the context of the Noh traditions of theater it features. There are no o...

1958 Film Touch of Evil by Director Orson Welles

drug-trafficking case. Heston, covered in unconvincing dark makeup and no audible Mexican accent, assists Welles in the car bomb c...

Cinematic Portrayals of Human Rights Offenses

In five pages this paper examines how public awareness of human rights' offenses was heightened by the shocking abuses featured in...

Film Noir and McCarthyism

and the even larger political responses of the Truman administration created a realm in which the primary purpose was to protect t...