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HOLES IN MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY

In his 1952 article, in which he used the mathematics of diversification, he pointed out, through a variety of formulas, that inve...

William Shakespeare's As You Like It and Aphra Behn's Rover

but she keeps her emotions in check so that she can carry off her masquerade as a man. When Rosalind confronts the Dukes accusat...

Independence Day/Film Review

in low Earth orbit would cause tidal waves, which is never mentioned, and one of the criticisms leveled at the film. There are oth...

Literature and Life

literature a great deal, and connects with the literature, this is incredibly true. In Gilmans "The Yellow Wallpaper" the story re...

The Film Chinatown by Director Roman Polanski

Six pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown. This paper considers the ...

Impressionist Genre's Beginning and End with Claude Monet Georges Seurat

1926) According to Waldron (1991) legend has it that Monet discovered his grocery purchase had been wrapped in a Japanese wood-bl...

Film Noir and McCarthyism

and the even larger political responses of the Truman administration created a realm in which the primary purpose was to protect t...

Umberto Ecos' Myth of Superman and Bruce Willis's Film Die Hard

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which the film echos the Superman myth as described by Ecos are considered with box o...

New Direction of the Horror Film Genre and the 1999 Movie The Sixth Sense

Hoping to succeed this time, the good doctor gives his complete attention to Cole, even if it means neglecting his wife, Anna (Oli...

The Fly Film by David Cronenberg

In eight pages this 1986 film is examined in terms of the horror genre and how it has always warned against the social changes res...

1960s' and the Development of the British Farce

In twenty five pages this paper examines the 1960s' development of a genre known as the British farce in an analysis that includes...

Evil in Alfred Hitchcock's Films Rope and North by Northwest

the most louche, laidback villains in screen history" (Brooke, 2005, PG) emphasises Thornhills naivety as far as espionage and mur...

Film Review of Diary of a Mad Black Woman

whom he has already fathered two children. Charles literally drags Helen to the front door and throws her out of the house (IMDb,...

Analyzing 'Technology and Politics in the Blade Runner Dystopia' by Judith Kerman

In five pages this paper considers Kerman's thoughtful commentary and assessment of the 'Blade Runner' film and its contribution t...

Horror Films and How They Have Evolved

Project" serves as an excellent example of a film-maker taking full advantage of the inherent fear of all modern humans regarding ...

Race and the War Film Genre

holding fast under the stress of combat, thereby propagandizing the need for unity. In "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1936), ...

Analysis of the Film Fatal Attraction

In five pages this analysis considers how director Adrian Lyne's Fatal Attraction represents a changing suspense and horror film g...

Vampire Movies and How They Have Evolved

conversations -- yet as McNally & Florescu (1994) describe, it remains eminently readable even in an "age of novelettes and journa...

Analysis of Scream and Psycho Horror Movies

In eight pages the changes that occurred in the horror cinematic genre between 1960 and 1996 are examined in a contrast and compar...

Comparison of 'Mariachi' and Western Film Genres

In five pages the 'mariachi' and Western film genres are contrasted and compared. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Models, Miniatures, and the Battle for Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back

Many of his early Star Wars films feature several shots of models and miniatures that convey realism as impressively and in less t...

Film Genre Known as 'The Musical'

diegetic music and spoken/sung dialogue (Altman 297-298). This film genre has historically consisted of three evocative forms. F...

All About Eve Cinematic Analysis

provides evidence of repressed female sexuality, and reveals how the traditional patriarchy was threatened as a result of these ch...

Combat Films and Full Metal Jacket by Director Stanley Kubrick

closer together and provide cohesiveness to the group through a single-mindedness of purpose (Gehring 93). At no time does the gr...

Singin' in the Rain Film Genre Analysis

it is about a silent film star, Don Lockwood (played by Kelly) making the transition to sound pictures, a leap that not all popula...

Horror Genre and Death Line by Gary Sherman, The Wicker Man by Robin Hardy, and The Innocents by Jack Clayton

the content of these three films and place them in the context of the time considering the placement and the culture of the time. ...

Cinematic Auteur M. Night Shyamalan

director was, quite literally, involved in every possible aspect of filmmaking, from raising money to hiring actors to helping to ...

The Film Chicago and Rick Altman's Guidelines

necessarily a love triangle, more like opportunists trying to manipulate each other. Both of the women attempt to seduce Flynn an...

Cronenberg: "A History of Violence"

in films today. The protagonist at the heart of Allens films is conflicted, neurotic, and a bumbler who usually manages, somehow, ...

Horror Film Genre

The horror films of the 1960s and 70s served to continue the challenge to the legitimacy of capitalist, patriarchal rule. The evol...