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Philip Marlowe and The Long Goodbye

toward the Rolls Royce. He probably thought it was corny" (Chandler, 1992, p. 4). We learn a lot about Marlowe from what he says...

Money Theme in The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

In Dashiell Hammetts novel, "The Maltese Falcon," many people are given such an opportunity, and the story is filled with corrupt ...

The 2004 Film Miracle and an Application of Leadership Analysis

subject of Gavin OConnors 2004 film, Miracle. As portrayed by Kurt Russell, Brooks is presented as a no-nonsense disciplinarian w...

Play It, Sam

rest of the film details the relationships among the three principles, as well as the crafty Police Prefect, Louis Renault (Claude...

Analyzing the Film Adaptation of The Rainmaker by John Grisham

tradition of good vs. evil, the inexperienced novice is cast in the role of David facing off against Goliath, the legal dream team...

Yousry Nasrallah's Film On Boys, Girls and the Veil

accurately termed "head scarf." In allowing the Egyptian men and women who are featured in the film to speak for themselves, the d...

Film Reflections of Confucianism

ethics with virtue ethics. Confucian ethics generally embrace the idea of righteousness and goes to the notion that people should...

Cinematic Comparison of Smoke Signals and Simon Burch

saved Thomass life) and to explore the meaning their culture has for each of them (Berardinelli, 1998). Its also notable, Berardi...

Sound Use by Martin Scorsese in Goodfellas

is But a Dream" by the Harptones and "Speedo" by the Cadillacs, combine seamlessly with additional orchestration to convey a "let ...

Film Adaptation of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and the Mood Function of Music

scene begins Laura Wingfield (Karen Allen) and her gentleman caller Jim OConnor (James Naughton) are looking at Lauras "glass mena...

Comparing Novel and Film Versions of The Color Purple

evolves because the men in the film are misogynist or because it is something that is a part of Celie, is unclear. Still, it seems...

La Jetee Film by Chris Marker

how mans recollections "are motionless fragments marked by the surroundings" (La Jet?e); inasmuch as the storys underlying current...

Storytelling and the Film Adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?'

as "a fantastic figure: he is Death, he is the elf-Knight of the ballads, he is the imagination, he is a Dream" (Easterly 543). As...

Citizen Kane, Cinematic Art

reporter investigating this issue and interviewing the various people who new Kane. From the newsreel, the audience learns that ...

Cinematic Interpretations of Hamlet

decision for Olivier to choose to embark on this project. At the age of forty, Olivier thought he was too old to play the Danish p...

Case Studies in Film Journalism

of film. That would alert the readers to the fact that the criticism is biased. Finally, we have to wonder if opinions really ...

How A Civil Action Demonstrates a Need for Social Action

1998, p. 67). The case is not anything new. It is based on a true situation and there are other cases of cancer clusters being tie...

Cinematic Auteur M. Night Shyamalan

director was, quite literally, involved in every possible aspect of filmmaking, from raising money to hiring actors to helping to ...

Proposal and Annotated Bibliography for To Kill A Mockingbird

This research proposal begins with a three page proposal for a project that will consider the influence and impact of Harper Lee's...

To Kill a Mockingbird, Race Relations

This research paper/essay provides analysis and summation of six sources that pertain to the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill A Moc...

Mi Vida Loca, An Overview

This essay presents a comprehensive discussion of Allison Anders' 1993 film Mi Vida Loca, a movie that focuses on a group of young...

Style and Substance: Analyzing the Film Scarface (1983)

Brian De Palma's film Scarface is analyzed in terms of aesthetics, narrative, cultural and historical contexts in 5 pages. The bi...

"Troy" and "The Iliad" - A Comparison

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at "The Iliad" and the 2004 film, "Troy". The changes in the latter are explained throu...

Profit in the Film Industry - An Economic Analysis

In a paper of sixteen pages, the writer looks at profit in the film industry. The live action industry is compared to the animatio...

How Osteoporosis Affects the Elderly

This essay discusses osteoporosis - what it is, risks, and incidence. It does so in the context of a film entitled Fire in the Dar...

The Motivations of Aspiring Actors

The writer discusses some of the influences which may motivate young people to become actors fore stage or film. External and int...

Thematic, Plot, and Narrative Pattern Analysis of Films War of the Worlds, Close Encounters of theThird Kind, and Men in Black

as relatively nonthreatening throughout the course of the film, which actually makes it even more sinister. The theme of go...

COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGERY AND ITS IMPACT ON FILM ANIMATION

the 1980s, animation techniques came in two versions: Drawn and model (also known as stop-motion) (Mitchell, 2002). Cel animation ...

Ivan the Terrible, Directed by Sergei Eisenstein

his cheek, he has a look that mixes fear and trepidation with determination. With this, Eisenstein introduces the idea that the Ts...

Eight Men Out, Book and Film

widely considered to be one of the greatest teams in baseball history. However, eight of the teams stars lost their brilliance in ...