YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Analysis of Three Classic Films From the Mid Twentieth Century
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featured performer in the action. It visually depicts why Americans have answered the call to Go West since the pioneer days. In...
the murder has no real basis in reality; the old man had never hurt him, and he has no desire to rob him: "Object there was none. ...
author points out, it would be impossible to spend as much time on each and every event and person mentioned in the Old Testament....
(Bacchus, 2007). The atomic age is the real villain here, because its radiation from the atomic testing in New Mexico that causes ...
(Brackett & Wilder, 1950). Its the narrator, who is telling his story from beyond the grave. He says he wants to tell the real ...
by Billy Wilder) is regarded as a classic example of film noir. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by James M. Cain by Raymon...
murder and he saves her-for another man (Ashlin). There are many other subplots in the film but the real story is of the love Quas...
not-so-classic sci-fi approach in the storytelling process allows the audience to wonder along with the main character, Neo, if it...
makes constitutes the "others" uniqueness. "The Other" inFilm The existence of "the other" has figured prominently throughout the...
is that so many people believe in ideals like Willys. In the end, what is show is that a man with so much potential ends up losing...
and understood in many different ways. We are not only given one perspective but two that work together in different and powerful ...
employed, whose most significant feature is to make the cut seem invisible. This is achieved through such devices as shot/reverse-...
his home, and is confronted by an angel who convinces him that Mary has told the truth. The next scenes dramatize the "birth of Je...
African author Chinua Achebe argues that the extended metaphor that Conrad uses to relate his principal theme is founded on the vi...
factor can be seen in both Sunset Boulevard and The Grifters. In Sunset, Joe Gillis is an out-of-work screenplay writer, who has t...
This film reviews pertains to director Richard Brooks' 1958 film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." The writer discusses the film in terms o...
This essay describes how comedy was achieved in two science fiction films, "Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home" and "Galaxy Quest." Th...
This essay pertains to a Vincente Minneli film from 1945, "The Clock," which starred his wife, Judy Garland. The writer discusses ...
The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch Project fits perfectly with the popular conception of what constitutes an independent fil...
This paper begins by presenting a brief summary of the plot to "Philadelphia," a 1994 film. The writer, then, present a sociologic...
This paper discusses 2 scenes from the film "Good Morning, America" and offers summation and analysis. Three pages in length, thre...
This paper provides an analysis of the film Se7en (Seven), in terms of form, cultural-historical background, and how the film is u...
This writer offers a detailed analysis of the Gotta Dance/Broadway Melody scene from the 1952 film Singin' In the Rain. These scen...
In five pages this paper presents a thematic analysis of this movie and examines how sound and dialogue contribute to the film's e...
The film Batman, released in 1989, is the focus of attention in this seven page paper that uses no additional sources. Characteriz...
projection of the idea or ideas (Cleland http://www.lander.edu/jcleland/HIST306/hist306guidelines% 20film%20rev.html). A basic sy...
Eyes Wide Shut was the last film Stanley Kubrick made. This paper offers an analysis and review of the film, including cinematic t...
This essay offers an analysis of the famous 1952 film musical, Singin' In the Rain, which stars Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynbods. Th...
just beginning his journey, understanding that is a necessity and that it holds danger: "MIDWAY upon the journey of our life I fou...
night light. It sits in bedrooms and living rooms but has become something one does in place of nothing. Rather than sitting and r...