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Film - A Study in Characterization

pregnancy, and more specifically, pregnancy out of wedlock. However, each film represents a dramatically different take on the iss...

Thematic, Plot, and Narrative Pattern Analysis of Films War of the Worlds, Close Encounters of theThird Kind, and Men in Black

as relatively nonthreatening throughout the course of the film, which actually makes it even more sinister. The theme of go...

Movies on the Vietnam War

Stones "Born on the 4th of July" (1989), Barry Levinsons "Good Morning,Vietnam" (1987), and Hal Ashbys "Coming Home" (1978). A goo...

Blazing Saddles Film, Racism, and Jewish Representation

In five pages this paper discusses the 1974 film by Mel Brooks in terms of Jewish exclusion and racism. Eight sources are cited i...

Elia Kazan's 1947 Film Gentleman's Agreement and the Concept of Jewish 'Otherness'

In five pages this film is examined in terms of how it portrays the theme of Jewish 'otherness' in regards to the treatment of Jew...

Prostitution in the Films Mildred Pierce and Pretty Woman

In ten pages this paper discusses how the female heroines in each of these films prostituted themselves for various reasons. Four...

Films Prince of the City, Serpico, and the 'Code of Silence'

In five pages this paper examines how these films and the books they were based on feature the 'code of silence' in an assessment ...

A Clockwork Orange and The Shining Films by Auteur Director Stanley Kubrick

Symphony, to underscore elements of the theme and create contrast between the beauty of the classical music and the turbulence of ...

'Platoon' vs. 'Apocalypse Now'

In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...

Lessons About War In The Film, Saving Private Ryan

This paper examines Stephen Speilberg's 1998 WWII film, Saving Private Ryan. The author discusses what lessons can be taken from ...

Fictional Film Account on the War in the Persian Gulf

In five pages this report examines the creative possibilities represented by Forty Three Days Later, a fictional film about the Pe...

A Critical Analysis of the Film, Hamburger Hill

This paper examines the issue of whether or not the film, Hamburger Hill, is an accurate depiction of the life of a soldier in the...

Roots of Avant Garde's Visual Arts

In eight pages the roots of avant garde regarding film are argued to be in the visual arts as opposed to the narrative cinematic t...

Crime and Punishment in 'New Jack City.' and 'Unforgiven', and 'Do The Right Thing'

This is a paper consisting of 3 pages that attempts to determine is legal and cultural justice are represented in these films. Th...

1989 Film Do the Right Thing by Director Spike Lee

In six pages this film is analyzed in terms of the blackness concept. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography....

Inner City Life in Cinema

The ways in which life in the inner cities are portrayed are contrasted and compared in an examination of the films La Haine by Ka...

Raging Bull, Breathless, and Spectator's Construct of Femininity According to Narrative and Style

In nine pages these films by Martin Scorsese and Jean Luc Godard are examined in terms of how femininity is presented to the spect...

Analysis of Titanic

In five pages this argumentative paper analyzes the 1997 epic film by director James Cameron based upon its infamous 1912 sinking....

Titanic Film Analysis

In this paper consisting of five pages the ways in which scenes were reinforced by camera angles throughout the film are discussed...

An Analysis of Heroism and the Journey in Star Wars

An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...

Contextual Approach to Media Criticism in 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws'

This is an historical research paper of 8 pages that discusses the impact these films had on popular culture, economics, technolog...

Rainman Film and Communication

In five pages various elements of communication are examined within the context of the film Rainman and the sibling characters pla...

Mississippi Burning Film and Deviance

In five pages Alan Parker's film is considered within the context of the three types of deviance it portrays such as the townspeop...

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...

Society and Technology in Blade Runner

The issue of the 'right to happiness' is discussed within the context of the Blade Runner film and its presentation of freedoms, s...

Total Recall and Blade Runner

In two comparative papers in which one is two pages in length and the other is three pages the similarities between these two film...

Criminal Justice and the Lethal Weapon Films

In five pages this report examines how these films justify the criminal justice system in America. There are no other sources lis...

A Production Analysis of Citizen Kane

This research report looks at camera angles used as well as characterization in this classic film. A comprehensive analysis is pr...

Comparing and Contrasting Patterns of Communication in Films Cousin, Cousine, and Cousins

In twelve pages the communication patterns exhibited in the French film Cousin, Cousine and its American counterpart Cousins are c...

Racism in The Long Walk Home and 4 Little Girls

A five page paper exploring the them of racism as it existed in the decade preceeding the Civil Rights Movement. These films serv...