YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Consideration of Cinematic Art
Essays 541 - 570
definitely postmodern? In some ways, that appears to be true, but in other ways that may not be the case at all. 2001 began with...
In terms of the way in which...
the still city, which is bathed in ethereal morning light, the city is shrouded in fog. This is also symbolic, in that its white s...
In five pages this report considers how famous literary works such as Shakepeare's plays must be deconstructed in order to be cine...
remained amazingly faithful to the book, in his commitment to retaining its essence, there were some changes that needed to be mad...
horror film, according to director Elias Merhige, "The horror film transforms itself, adapting to our fears, to the things that we...
We note he grows to be a gregarious individual who seems driven to succeed in unusual ways, always seeking some adventure and some...
"right hand" man despite Iagos longer term of service (Null, 2002). Iago manages to incite a jealousy rage in Othello that results...
parodies American consumer culture as evidenced by the hilarious scene when grilled cheese sandwiches and coleslaw are ordered for...
story, mise-en-scene, editing, and music, they collectively provide a common theme that speaks of the uniqueness of the feminist e...
narrative style. With Sleepless there is a sense of desperation as lives are changing. In LAvventura there is a real desperate sit...
to tell what might appear on first glance to be a tired old story. First, there is the scintillating color that enables the film ...
the long view where we can see the entire dance. This is often seen in present day films about dance where it seems the performers...
theater, they rolled a cannon ball down a wooden trough that then fell onto a large drumhead (Brunelle, 1999). In films, sound eff...
is completely unique and no two are alike. Therefore, what takes place is a kind of power struggle between the subject and the ob...
their advertising campaigns asserted) more stars than there are in the heavens" (The Thin Man, 1995). Mordden (1988) asks, "What, ...
yield a very different analysis. In the film, Jake is unemployed. The family lives off the dole but it seems that whatever money...
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...
the beginning perhaps, a cop who felt that policeman could truly offer some form of social control that would eventually benefit a...
choice to live and abide by a certain set of unwritten expectations. The movie, Menage, directly challenges this idea. Powrie al...
that the alien is given a sexual orientation. In the second movie of this series the alien is a Queen whose main goal (besides des...
box office. Welles was a product of his time and though he had tremendous creativity when it came to camera angles and budgets,...
of confines. The overall metaphor of this movie is the symbol of the rose. At one point a neighbor asks how the roses are grown s...
tight close-up (Dirks, 1996). There is a menacing "No Trespassing" sign outside an old gate, and after panning up over a chain-li...
sexuality and innocence that made superstardom a foregone conclusion. The cinematic experience is one in which the spectator (the...
Music Town. With $9,000 of store receipts in his pocket, Lucas goes to Atlantic City in hopes of parlaying that into enough money...
Battle of Summit Springs, a reenactment that showcased Cody rescuing poor white damsel Indian captives in distress (Buscombe 286)....
surprise twist at the end - the camera, representing the subjective perspective of the audience, is "run over" by a car rather tha...
harrowing to watch, with Nash suffering several climactic breakdowns and brief moments of lucidity and temporary remission. The u...
(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...