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Essays 241 - 270
in their lives when they are accustoming themselves to their impeding morality and the problems that come with old age. Catherine ...
love for their children. However, it quickly becomes evident that there is trouble in this paradise, as Alice has a problem, as sh...
"at heart, I was always a silent movie man" (Twatio 14). One reason why early silent films appear odd or stilted to modern audie...
Schwartz towards the woman he is longing for; the disappointed gaze of his wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz). When a person is presumably ...
of Boston and Philadelphia. Rather, the film endeavors to expose the man behind the myth. It discusses his life essentially in c...
a shock for white audiences. Poitier invested his character with dignity and strength, and although later that tactic no longer re...
kind of money people like Lester makes. He has all these schemes and dreams and he ultimately learns they are pointless, just as L...
in explicit language and vivid descriptions of sexuality that were shocking within the conservative cultural context of the period...
such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...
Burnham and his mid-life angst., a compelling subplot provides a telling commentary on the manner in which homosexuality is percei...
culture in the discontentment of one mans desire to live more of his life than merely being a cookie cutout of average people. Le...
bed, or even beginning to become amorous might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not ...
someone was sick, or out of a job, or when things were going wrong, they asked God for help (Rodriguez). At home, "God the Father ...
how dependent upon technology the average citizen has become in everyday life. The fact that God initially contacted Bruce via hi...
A 6 page essay reviewing both the film and print versions of this popular tale. Both the negative and positive aspects of America...
An analysis of the city's role in The American Friend, a 1977 film by director Wim Wenders, is presented in seven pages. There is...
troubled home life. To escape, Ricky retreated into his own world of drugs and voyeurism. Simply stated, American Beauty was an ...
relationship between a city or Nations government and a person is much like that of a parent/child relationship. The state nurture...
In six pages this essay examines Hollywood Shuffle, Glory, and Gone with the Wind in order to analyze how African Americans have b...
is particularly evident in the spread of American culture seemingly to the far corners of the globe (Eslake 61). On practically e...
In a paper consisting of eight pages the African American gangster and gangs depicted in Boyz 'N the Hood and Hoodlum are contrast...
This paper takes an Afro-Centric perspective in discussing the film, Sankosa, and its impact on modern-day African-Americans. Thi...
This paper examines the relevance of the film, Sankosa, and others like it that focus on African-Americans holding onto their heri...
In eight pages this paper discusses films Evita and Selena in a consideration of the depiction of Hispanic women in U.S. cinema. ...
This paper examines the problems involved in transferring novels from print to the big screen in twenty seven pages and includes s...
Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon - worked to make the institutions of a "free society" available to that half of the nation to which ci...
American values were the primary motivation of the U.S. participation in the southeast Asia conflict. Author Richard Slotkin expl...
to the settlement of the American frontier, Drums Along the Mohawk. It is the story of farmer Gil Martin and his privileged bride...
Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...
In five pages this paper examines how the 1950s are represented in the drive-in, 'hot rods,' and early rock and roll music feature...