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Essays 751 - 780
the mother is the only person that could be a witness against her ex husband. Both she and Kimble are aware of the danger, but Kim...
another toots a miniature horn through his nose. When they arrive at the station, the boys join the rest of their peers, who are...
this when Edward Nortons character slowly develops the alter ego played by Brad Pitt. Edward Nortons character wants nothing to do...
Japan should become more westernized so that it could prosper economically and protect its territorial independence. Suddenly, a ...
was no evidence of peeling paint on anything. Schools like Welton do exist in the United States. They are generally very clos...
(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...
legacy of screwball comedy. Both Ninotchka and Roman Holiday encompass themes that are more sophisticated than the typical screwb...
own terms, as an interpretation for a modern mass audience of a compelling story that gives shape to some of the deepest-rooted hu...
the senate and the man these black officials believed had won the election. Gore is seen repeatedly banging his gavel to restore ...
as the crime film genre became more sophisticated, the line between good/evil oftentimes became blurred. De Palma elected to take...
considered a right" (230). In four French films in particular, Arnaud Desplechins Comment Je Me Suis Disput?... (Ma Vie Sexuelle)...
Fitts (Chris Cooper) and his wife Barbara (Allison Janney). Fitts is even more emotional remote from his teenage son than Lester i...
72). Morrow and the two children were killed instantly. While tighter safety precautions were immediately instituted by the film i...
rings. At the door is Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers), an African American woman who has come to apply for a job as cook and hous...
- but his dominating persona was not very favorable to colleagues (though he could be friendly and helpful on certain occasions) (...
military prestige and marriage to a well-to-do Caucasian, was little more than a savage who was ultimately enslaved by primal pass...
large urban environment, humanity is even more vulnerable to the cruel and capricious winds of fate than at any other time in hist...
(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...
poetry, philosophy and other topics. The club...would be completely unacceptable to the conservative school, which discourages stu...
a story about finding ones passion in life. This is evident in the following as Orleans makes note of the obsession concerning orc...
he wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible" (Bodnar). While there is also this sort of romantic ideal in Saving Private ...
bearing the legend "Spade and Archer." In both films, the editing is subtle and seems to blend together effortlessly, creating a c...
is just surplus" (Ebert) But the "surplus" is everything that a "normal" person experiences. While there is a definite charm to t...
is: Platos account of how Socrates defended himself. When he is condemned to death in spire of his eloquence, he accepts it with d...
examined, one could perhaps argue that this is the one film wherein music was almost non-existent. Ethan Coen, in relationship to ...
scholar Terrence Des Pres remarked that Jewish resistance might not have been a huge revolt; these movements were instead several ...
him: Father Barry (Karl Malden) is a tough priest who urges him to testify about what he knows; Johnnie Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) is ...
showing that her concerns are animalistic as well. From this beginning, she grows into a person of worth and awareness. Miyazaki ...
Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...
conflict in both "Heart of Darkness" and "Apocalypse Now." In the book, it occurs between the main characters. In the movie, it ...