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Irish Filmmaker Neil Jordan

puzzle understand that they are nearly always involved in the penetration of a seemingly depthless surface of one person. However...

John Woo's Film The Killer

In five pages this paper reviews the 1989 film by director John Woo entitled The Killer and considers the influence of Western mav...

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...

Defining the Upper Class According to G. William Domhoff

In seven pages this paper discusses G. William Domhoff's definition of the upper class within the contexts of national groups and ...

Burlesque and Fear in Films Dr. Strangelove and The China Syndrome

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares these films by directors Stanley Kubrick and James Bridges in terms of their portra...

James Cameron's Science Fiction Films Terminator and Terminator 2

In five pages this paper examines the changes director Cameron made in the second Terminator film and also considers the overall s...

Blurring of Gender in the Films of Pedro Almodovar

In five pages this paper analyzes how this acclaimed Spanish director successfully achieves 'gender blurring' in his films. The b...

An Analysis of Heroism and the Journey in Star Wars

An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...

Narrative Structure in the Horror Classic, Halloween

This paper addresses the narrative structure of the 1978 horror classic, Halloween by director John Carpenter. The author discuss...

Analysis of Titanic

In five pages this argumentative paper analyzes the 1997 epic film by director James Cameron based upon its infamous 1912 sinking....

Analysis of the Film Fatal Attraction

In five pages this analysis considers how director Adrian Lyne's Fatal Attraction represents a changing suspense and horror film g...

Andrei Tarkovsky's Cinematic Poetry

This in-depth research paper puts forth the argument that the films of director Andrei Tarkovsky are best seen as cinematic poetry...

Visual Themes in Cameron Crowe's 2001 Film Vanilla Sky

is until he has suffered pain and unhappiness, concepts that are foreign to David, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth....

Cinematic Narrative in Pulp Fiction and Citizen Kane

We note he grows to be a gregarious individual who seems driven to succeed in unusual ways, always seeking some adventure and some...

JFK Assassination as Explained by Filmmaker Oliver Stone

In seven pages this paper discusses the failure of director Oliver Stone to explain the assassination of John F. Kennedy in his fl...

Review of the 1997 Film Gattaca

the genetic attributes of their offspring in advance and their wishes are accomplished under laboratory conditions through the gen...

Boxers and Boxing in the Films When We Were Kings and Raging Bull

conscientiously misanthropic" (pp. 55). "Raging Bull" was about the life of a man who actually had something of a heart and was de...

Silence of the Lambs Novel and Cinematic Versions

remained amazingly faithful to the book, in his commitment to retaining its essence, there were some changes that needed to be mad...

Woody Allen's Films and Women

(1975) but in the 1977 movie "Annie Hall" he was truly embraced and celebrated by the mainstream public. In many ways, it was "Ann...

Sir Carol Reed's Film The Third Man

a job writing for a volunteer medical unit he runs. Harry, however, is dead by the time Holly arrives (Ebert, 2002); he has, in fa...

Searches in 2 Films by Orson Welles

series of flashback scenes, it becomes apparent that Kane, though quite wealthy, does not know who he is anymore. Having risen fro...

Film Review of The Believer

meetings that he attends, he reminds those present to focus on harassing Jews. As one might surmise, Danny definitely has conflic...

French Director Jean Renoir

his daughters fiance, Anatole. They are observed by two young men, Henri and Rodolphe, who propose to seduce the women in the part...

The Film The Heiress Analyzed

lush as one of the contemporary Merchant-Ivory or Emma Thompson movie adaptations of other literary classics that offer a view int...

Timing and Disguise in 'The Odyssey' Stories

his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...

Historical Changes Made to the Film Braveheart

Gibson. From a simple understanding of history and the constant struggle between Scotland and England, as Scotland fought to rem...

Literary Adaptation and Howard Hawks

In eight pages this report considers how director Howard Hawks was able to masterfully combine film and literature. Five sources ...

Filmmaker D.W. Griffith's Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation

because of the Civil War, and many of whom were still alive when the film was produced" (The Birth of a Nation PG). The director ...

Film Melodrama

press appealed more in gender terms to male audiences(Neale, 63). In fact, Neale seems to think that the majority of the m...

Filmmaker Tim Burton

In seven pages this eccentric and innovative film director is examined in terms of craft, cinematic output, and human insights. Si...