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Review of the Post World War II Film The Bicycle Thief

In six pages this paper discusses the portrayal of the realities confronting Italy after the Second World War as featured in Vitto...

Kassowitz/La Haine, Character of Vinz

This research paper offers a character study that focuses on Vinz (played by Vincent Cassel) in Mattieu Kassowitz's film La Haine....

Conflict and Captain Benjamin Willard and Colonel Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now

This 8 page essay explores the conflict that characterizes the relationship between Willard and Kurt in Francis Ford Coppolas movi...

Casablanca Film's Propaganda and History

In five pages this 1943 film by director Michael Curtiz is examined in terms of both its Second World War period history and how i...

Early Film Industry and Economics

In fourteen pages this research paper considers the film industry in terms of the economic issues it struggled with during its fir...

Movie Versions and the Original Play Othello by William Shakespeare

In eight pages this paper discusses the theatrical portrayals of Othello, Desdemona, and Iago in comparison with the films by Well...

Charles Chaplin's The Gold Rush

In a paper consisting of 1 page what many regard as one of Chaplin's finest films is reviewed....

Gandhi Film Review

This film starring Ben Kingsley is discussed in an overview and reviewed in three pages....

World War II Film The Best Years of Our Lives

three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. William Wyler was chosen as director, and an award-winning cast was assembled. It should be no...

Cold War Era Films

In fifteen pages this paper examines how the Cold War is depicted in such films including Fail Safe, North By Northwest, Dr. Stran...

Neorealism of Italian Director Roberto Rossellini

In eight pages this paper discusses the post Second World War neorealist cinema that was characterized by Roberto Rossellini in su...

Mel Gibson's Hamlet

In two pages this essay reviews the Gibson film adaptation and the writer includes a personal reaction....

Movies on the Vietnam War

Stones "Born on the 4th of July" (1989), Barry Levinsons "Good Morning,Vietnam" (1987), and Hal Ashbys "Coming Home" (1978). A goo...

A Critical Analysis of the Film, Hamburger Hill

This paper examines the issue of whether or not the film, Hamburger Hill, is an accurate depiction of the life of a soldier in the...

'Platoon' vs. 'Apocalypse Now'

In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...

Lessons About War In The Film, Saving Private Ryan

This paper examines Stephen Speilberg's 1998 WWII film, Saving Private Ryan. The author discusses what lessons can be taken from ...

'Oedipus the King' and 'Chinatown'

no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...

Post War Society of Japan in the Film Kanoku Geemu, or Family Game

This paper consists of four pages and examines Japanese society after World War II within the context of the film Kanoku Geemu. T...

Short Essays on Europe Since 1870

In six pages post 1870 Europe is examined in a series of short essays with topics including Mussolini and Fascism, the foreign pol...

Review of Dai Richards' Film The 50 Years' War

in 1947, started with the single incident of granting Israel a portion of land which was held by the Palestinians. Historical e...

Asian Culture in Art and Film

way or another by the culture itself. Now, while there are numerous contemporary artists and also numerous styles this section ...

The Flight of Apollo 13. The Psychological Impacts of the Events on Members of the Flight and Ground Crews.

standards and then exemplifies those himself (2000). For example, in a coaching situation, a leader may mandate that a cross count...

'The Longest Day' Was it Accurate?

film was produced in much the way a battle is in terms of strategy and planning, thus making it a very intense and powerful film. ...

Cinematic Comparison of Oliver Stone's Platoon and John Wayne's The Green Berets

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

Purple Heart and Casablanca, Messages to the American Public in the Turbulent Years of World War II

foreign war" (Nachbar). In 1941, the House of Representatives the measure to continue the military draft passed by a single vote ...

Jean Renoir's Movies

also during this period when Renoir adopted what would become his trademark style of filmmaking, by using a core ensemble cast of ...

Analyzing the Barbarians at the Gate Film

ethics or lack thereof, surrounding the mystique of Wall Street. Although takeovers are not in themselves unethical, the methods ...

American Social Violence, Racism, Sexism, the Vietnam War, and Stanley Kubrick's Film Full Metal Jacket

human. Analyzing how Kubrick utilizes the Vietnam War as a means by which to expose violence, sexism and racism inherent to Ameri...

American Interpretations of Film Noir

of America had suffered through more than 15 years of deprivation in one form or another. The Great Depression that began with th...

Cinematic Comparison of Threads, The Day After, and Testament

(originally produced to be shown on PBS, but later received theatrical distribution), which starred Jane Alexander and focused upo...