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1973 Film Time Period Setting of American Graffiti

In five pages this paper examines how the 1950s are represented in the drive-in, 'hot rods,' and early rock and roll music feature...

Family Structure and James L. Brooks' Film Terms of Endearment

In eight pages this paper examines the 1983 movie in order to gain better insights into the family unit as a social group. There ...

Film Director Sam Peckinpah's Life and Work

In five pages plus an additional thesis and outline page this paper considers the controversial filmmaker's life and violent appro...

Fact or Fiction in the Life and Film Adaptations of Michael Collins

the boundaries of Eire. While Jordans film begins amidst the political turmoil of Ireland in 1916, with Jordan at the center of t...

Microbiological Comparison between Cook's Outbreak Film and Richard Preston's Hot Zone Novel

In four pages this paper contrasts and compares how the Marburg and Ebola viruses are depicted in this movie and book. Seven sour...

Cinema of the 3rd World

are a daily event, often being disregarded by many of the citizens as well as the general public, especially the wealthy public. O...

The Ethical Issues Raised in the Film Wall Street

character: Gekko cannot perceive of any moral way of doing things and instead relates his job, his life, and his pursuits to his ...

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...

Cinematic Depiction of African Americans

In fifteen pages this paper analyzes how African Americans in movies have evolved with the success of director Spike Lee among the...

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), ...

20th Century Cinema and Racism

In five pages this paper examines racism as it is represented in society and in the movies Higher Learning, A Raisin in the Sun, a...

Juvenile Delinquency, Rebel Without a Cause, and Sociology

social factors can be used as the best method to explain juvenile delinquency. Differential Association In 1939 Criminologist Edw...

Stephen King's Film The Green Mile from a Sociological Perspective

murdered children, the horrific scene caused the searchers to assume the worse. Their own thoughts of tragedy and terror took ove...

The Dear Hunter Film's Vietnam War Rhetoric and Reality

In five pages this paper examines the rhetoric and reality of the Vietnam War within the contexts of the book Hollywood's Vietnam ...

Crested Kimono Questions

In five pages this paper compares the image of Mother in Navajo and Japanese families as represented in Kinship and Gender and in ...

2000 Film Gladiator and its Accuracy

In five pages this research paper argues that the movie Gladiator was not accurate in its portrayal of history during that time pe...

Portrayals of Women in Sunset Boulevard and Breakfast at Tiffanys

A 6 page essay reviewing how women are portrayed in these classic movies. The plots are outlined and compared. Societal circums...

Cinematic Comparative Analysis of Rushmore and The Graduate

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the similarities and differences of these movies and how they represent the 'comin...

Maverick Filmmaker Sam Fuller

been said that his films were against anything that he perceived as "anti-American." According to von Busack (1997), after Fulle...

Critique of Stanley Kramer's Film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

In eight pages this paper critiques the 1967 film in terms of history and the social changes the movie was attempting to address r...

Ethnic Promotion, Spike Lee, and John Woo

In five pages these film directors are discussed in terms of the way they use their movies to promote their own ethnic backgrounds...

British Film and Art Cinema

In five pages the British movie When in London is used in a discussion of the definitions and elements of art cinema. Ten sources...

Child Development as Presented in Harry Potter, Pokemon and the Iron Giant

The writer argues that many things can be learned about child development by reading the Harry Potter books, and by viewing the mo...

JFK, a Critical Overview

Few movies have sparked more controversy than JFK, Oliver Stone's 1991 descent into conspiracy theory. This paper offers a critica...

Hollywood's 'Dream Factories' Powered by Special Effects

In five pages this paper examines special effects in films from a feminist point of view in a consideration of such movies as The ...

Female Stereotypes in Post-Modern and Current Media

careerist (brunette), who slug it out on a veranda, in a lily pond, or during a mud slide .... A metaphor for the struggle between...

Music in Martin Scorsese's Film Casino

something. Traditionally, music in films have performed seven distinct functions (Bobker 101). At least six of these functions ap...

British Cinema and 'Otherness'

In eight pages this paper examines how 1980s and 1990s' British movies depicted 'otherness' with such films as Cold Fish, Blood, a...

Motion Picture Industry and Future of Computer Graphics

In ten pages an evaluation of whether the creation of special effects through computer generated graphics is merely a passing tren...

Martin Scorsese's Film GoodFellas and the Subculture It Portrays

In five pages this paper examines normal and deviant types of behavior, socialization, symbols, values, folkways, and mores within...