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Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ

as director. This Catholic perspective is also quite evident in the fact that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the most prevalent c...

The Breakfast Club/A View of Adolescence

"poor little rich girl or the princess," and is drive to school by her father in a BMW (The Breakfast Club, 1995). Allison is the ...

The Function of the "Gaze" in "Vertigo"

dizziness and dislocation. For most of the first 45 minutes of the film, Scottie (James Stewart) gazes at Madeleine (Kim Novak) f...

Joseph Losey and the Blacklist

for being Communists were from Hollywood. Because so many producers and directors were from Europe, having fled the Nazis, it was ...

Arabs in True lies

between Faisil and Harrys other partner, Albert "Gib" Gibson. Nevertheless, this is an action movie and an action movie must hav...

Hollywood Worldviews by Brian Godawa

and intriguing guide that advises readers on how to watch movies from a Christian perspective. Godawas purpose is not to evaluate ...

Characterization and Production Values: Classical Hollywood

This research paper pertains to methods and features of characterization and its associated production values used during the age ...

Questions on Media, Power and Culture

This research paper covers a variety of topics that pertain to media in contemporary culture. Topics include social media, the Hol...

Danny Boyle

In five pages the work of this British filmmaker is explored in terms of whether or not they provide a radical alternative to Holl...

Post First World War Hollywood Studio Dominance

In twelve pages this paper considers the global cinematic dominance of the Hollywood studio system after the First World War. Nin...

Altman's The Player

This research paper discusses significant features of the Hollywood film industry as a business system by drawing on the movie The...

Jean Luc Godard's Unconventional Cinematic Style

of capitalism, he looked for a medium which would best provide a creative outlet, as well as indulge in his interest in philosophy...

Jews in Hollywood and An Empire of Their Own by Neal Gabler

In five pages this paper examines how the Hollywood studio system was created by Jewish business moguls as considered in this 1988...

African Americans As Depicted in Cinema II

In six pages this essay examines Hollywood Shuffle, Glory, and Gone with the Wind in order to analyze how African Americans have b...

Marilyn Monroe

In eighteen pages Marilyn Monroe's tragic life and career as a movie star and Hollywood legend are examined. Nine sources are cit...

Film Noir and Classical Hollywood Narrative 'Out of the Past'

This paper consists of 5 pages discusses how film noir and classical Hollywood were influenced by Tourner's 1947 film. There are ...

Style of Classic Hollywood

In five pages filmmaking in the style of classic Hollywood is examined with illustrations of basic format and narrative. Three so...

Hollywood Video and Blockbuster Video

In six pages these two video companies are examined in terms of how shifting focus by building its present business might prove ad...

Apocolypse Now

Coppola also uses the aspect of theater, which acknowledges that each member of the audience will bring with them, to the theater,...

Fashion Designer Madeleine Vionnet

This paper discusses the Hollywood and European impact of renowned fashion designer Madeleine Vionnet in five pages. Three source...

Davis' Celluloid Mirrors

This book review of a work by Ronald Davis is the subject of focus. Celluloid Mirrors examines Hollywood during the twentieth cent...

Chapter Eleven Bankruptcy and the Future of Planet Hollywood

In five pages this paper argues that in the future Planet Hollywood will rise form its Chapter Eleven bankruptcy ashes to enjoy ev...

Charles Chaplin in Movie Made America: A Cultural History Of American Movies by Robert Sklar

In five pages this paper discusses the Hollywood contributions of Charlie Chaplin as featured in this text by Robert Sklar. Four ...

Hollywood Elite and Titanic Film by Director James Cameron

something that is worth exploring. Values, such as marriage, are highly regarded. However, for the upper class, values include m...

Religious Attitudes Represented in Hollywood Films

Scott movie Blade Runner, the earth has become virtually uninhabitable by any sort of decent human being. Depicting Los Angeles i...

Elements of the Television Series and Film, MASH

was basically antiwar in its theme. FIRST SEASON The film was not much of a success, but the concept for the film intrigued those...

MGM and Universal's Cinematic Styles

their advertising campaigns asserted) more stars than there are in the heavens" (The Thin Man, 1995). Mordden (1988) asks, "What, ...

Hollywood Studio Systems and Their Decline

of production, from screenwriting to directing to distribution. The studio system played by particular rules. For example, the ...

Cinema Industry of Korea

prison for depicting a Communist official as "a warm human being" (Slide, 1989, p. 229). The Korean film industry has evolved ver...

Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge

Luhrmann, "In Moulin Rouge, our ultimate Red Curtain gesture, music and song is the device that releases us from a naturalistic wo...