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screen is transitory at best. This movie asks the question: Is love merely going through the motions? Is beauty a trap? Are women ...
characterize Mexican tradition with the contemporary realism of complex family relationships. It is a cinematic postcard for fami...
more of art imitating life rather than the other way around. II. DISCUSSION The good old days of the colorful, romantic, s...
In five pages this paper presents the argument that American independent or artistic films are not supported by Hollywood's studio...
In eight pages the effects of alcoholism on Native Americans and the therapeutic impact of the film Smoke Signals are examined in ...
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...
a shock for white audiences. Poitier invested his character with dignity and strength, and although later that tactic no longer re...
of Boston and Philadelphia. Rather, the film endeavors to expose the man behind the myth. It discusses his life essentially in c...
to the settlement of the American frontier, Drums Along the Mohawk. It is the story of farmer Gil Martin and his privileged bride...
Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...
In six pages the antiabolitionist intent of Stowe's novel is compared with the African American stereotypes it was responsible for...
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...
such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...
kind of money people like Lester makes. He has all these schemes and dreams and he ultimately learns they are pointless, just as L...
someone was sick, or out of a job, or when things were going wrong, they asked God for help (Rodriguez). At home, "God the Father ...
how dependent upon technology the average citizen has become in everyday life. The fact that God initially contacted Bruce via hi...
track of who, precisely, in the American population is descended from slaves, and identification of race for government statistics...
in explicit language and vivid descriptions of sexuality that were shocking within the conservative cultural context of the period...
This paper discusses typology of individual adaptations as is evidenced in the 1999 film American Beauty. There are two sources i...
The ways in which the style and storyline of this film can be regarded as critiquing the superficiality of American culture and so...
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...
Burnham and his mid-life angst., a compelling subplot provides a telling commentary on the manner in which homosexuality is percei...
A 6 page essay reviewing both the film and print versions of this popular tale. Both the negative and positive aspects of America...
This 7 page paper compares Alexie's 1993 book with the Chris Eyre 1998 book that was inspired by the film and its representation o...
are not our leaders, but terrorists, such as the Unabomber and Timothy McVeigh. Within this mass of confusing images and media mes...
character and Brian, however, are that Brian did not go through a stage where he involved himself in an affair to ease the transit...
(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...