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Cinematic Techniques and Narrative in The Graduate

by the same name and so was translated to the silver screen. When this is done it is always a touchy business. Much of the motivat...

The 1988 Movie 'Zan Boko'

to consider what defines "progress" and what is sacrificed in the name of progress. Kabor? has been criticized for his "heavy hand...

Films Yol and Raise the Red Lantern Uses of Prison Metaphors

of Yol. This story, instead of focusing on four wives as in the Zhang film, focuses on the choices that will be made by four commo...

Personal Identity in David Lynch's Film Blue Velvet

producers and directors have found that they have a truly unique power to significantly influence the attitudes and emotions of th...

Modes of Stardom

inspires awe within the general public that longs to become one of them, and miraculously change from ordinary to extraordinary. ...

Dan Cutler in the 1994 Film The White Mile

Dans personal and business personas are clearly linked in terms of his ethical belief system, and these impact the ethics of busin...

Economic Growth and Inventions

1836. The beginning of this coincides wit the revival of the economy and the return to prosperity. The end of this increase is see...

American Culture and the Film Manhattan by Director Woody Allen

Brando, the apples and pears of Cezanne...and Tracys face" (Chances 66). Throughout the film, Ike professes his belief that "It is...

Analysis of the Sound Characteristics in the Movie Uing Xiong (Hero)

of these men (Broken Sword, Sky, and Flying Snow). In essence, the central protagonist in the film takes it on himself to find an...

The Conceptual View of Poverty and its Impacts

of society (2003). Over time, through Roosevelts New Deal, and other changes, there was attention paid to those who could not affo...

The Contribution to American History and Jewish American History by Henry Kissinger

a man of great power and a man who apparently worked within all sorts of cultures, working with China and then with Vietnam, earni...

Comparative Analysis of the Film Stand By Me and the Texts The Giver and The Chocolate War

only way to do things, or that individuality is just as important as prosperity, then the whole structure falls apart. The secret ...

Female Relationships in The Color Purple

experiences with her stepfather, has a warped and hurtful view of her own sexuality. The very definition of love is foreign to her...

Once Were Warriors Cinematic Marxist Analysis

yield a very different analysis. In the film, Jake is unemployed. The family lives off the dole but it seems that whatever money...

Architecture and Film Connection

only when the heart is wakened in this picture that buildings are destroyed and the human element is reintroduced. A later film ...

Cinematic Analysis of Singin' in the Rain

part of the scene while also seeing the entire dance routine. In many films of dancing the direction may not be on the long sho...

Flawless Film and Character Polarization

except that they happen to live very close to one another in the same building and they are thrown together for a simple reason, t...

Plato's Allegory of the Cave and the Film Men in Black

humans cannot readily draw on the human collective conscious, or the knowledge that exists in the universe, they had a glimpse of ...

Analysis of the Movie Passion of the Christ

into detail about the beginnings of Christs teachings when people were beginning to see him as the son of God as it relates to all...

Film Review of To Kill a Mockingbird

of play. The summer is very representative of a simplistic and conservative community, giving us an ideal setting in a simpler tim...

Analysis of the Movie How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days

be funny, but it winds up just being painful, sad, and unpleasant to watch. Since Andies goal is to drive Ben away, she delibera...

1984 Film This is Spinal Tap and Social Assumptions

uncompromising manner that demands to be interpreted as truth (This is Spinal Tap PG). It is the perfect device for Rob Reiner to...

Visual Effects Showcased in Lars Von Trier's 1991 Film Zentropa

angles that one would not normally expect, such as shooting through water. There is an underwater shot of blood slowly spreading a...

Untitled Film Stills of Cindy Sherman from 1977 to 1980

she is thinking or what has occurred. Surrounded by a halo of light, Shermans face is a "shadowed" mask and it is this melodramati...

Movie Fight Club and Gender in Culture

this when Edward Nortons character slowly develops the alter ego played by Brad Pitt. Edward Nortons character wants nothing to do...

Russian Film and Sexual Politics

and destiny must have been in the air. Certainly the idea of freedom and destiny, of purpose and potential are embodied in the cha...

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 ...

Possible Scenarios for Settlement in Colonial America

settled the Chesapeake the reasons were not so simple or peaceful. One author provides us the following in relationship to the rea...

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...

Comparative Analysis of Animal Farm Novel and Movie

This paper contrasts and compares the narrative that appears in the film version of Animal Farm and that of the novel penned by Ge...