YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :American Interpretations of Film Noir
Essays 271 - 300
Burnham and his mid-life angst., a compelling subplot provides a telling commentary on the manner in which homosexuality is percei...
relationship between a city or Nations government and a person is much like that of a parent/child relationship. The state nurture...
enjoy his vacation but pushes aside that vacation to help his friend find retribution for the murder of his father. There are mome...
counterculture. Thus, by setting his film there (he filmed most of it on location), Lester was tapping into the one spot in the co...
was developing. But, when her husband was taken it was very hard for her to do nothing. She constantly ended up battling with the ...
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...
such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...
in explicit language and vivid descriptions of sexuality that were shocking within the conservative cultural context of the period...
to the settlement of the American frontier, Drums Along the Mohawk. It is the story of farmer Gil Martin and his privileged bride...
of Boston and Philadelphia. Rather, the film endeavors to expose the man behind the myth. It discusses his life essentially in c...
sociologist, Erving Goffman and Elaine Pagels, a historian of religion. The concept of otherness as a proponent of discriminator...
troubled home life. To escape, Ricky retreated into his own world of drugs and voyeurism. Simply stated, American Beauty was an ...
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...
A 6 page essay reviewing both the film and print versions of this popular tale. Both the negative and positive aspects of America...
culture in the discontentment of one mans desire to live more of his life than merely being a cookie cutout of average people. Le...
human. Analyzing how Kubrick utilizes the Vietnam War as a means by which to expose violence, sexism and racism inherent to Ameri...
that mirrors such interpretation as brought about by the likes of popular culture, but it has also been quite successful at reachi...
Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon - worked to make the institutions of a "free society" available to that half of the nation to which ci...
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...
In six pages this essay examines Hollywood Shuffle, Glory, and Gone with the Wind in order to analyze how African Americans have b...
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...
American values were the primary motivation of the U.S. participation in the southeast Asia conflict. Author Richard Slotkin expl...
In eight pages this paper discusses films Evita and Selena in a consideration of the depiction of Hispanic women in U.S. cinema. ...
In five pages this paper examines how the 1950s are represented in the drive-in, 'hot rods,' and early rock and roll music feature...
This paper examines the problems involved in transferring novels from print to the big screen in twenty seven pages and includes s...
Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...
In twelve pages the communication patterns exhibited in the French film Cousin, Cousine and its American counterpart Cousins are c...