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Analysis of Do the Right Thing

In five pages this research paper analyzes this 1989 movie by director Spike Lee in terms of the arguments presented within and it...

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...

Movie Versions and the Original Play Othello by William Shakespeare

In eight pages this paper discusses the theatrical portrayals of Othello, Desdemona, and Iago in comparison with the films by Well...

An Analysis of the Film, From Here to Eternity

This paper analyzes the movie, From Here to Eternity. The author addresses themes of melodrama and tension, as well as historical...

Citizen Kane from a Critical Perspective

One of the most innovative movies in cinematic history is Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. This paper examines Welles' techniques and w...

Director James Cameron's 1998 Film Titanic

In three pages this paper discusses this blockbuster movie about the sinking of the Titanic in terms of plot outline and analyzes ...

1993 Film Mrs. Doubtfire and Music

this instance, both the choice of music and its enthusiastic delivery helps to create an impression of the character. This is not...

A Review of the Film, Seven Years in Tibet

book since Harrer did not include his Nazi past in his autobiography. Harrer is totally self-centered at the beginning of the mo...

The Sweet Herafter

In this six page report the writer provides an overview of the movie and book renditions of the school bus accident that took the ...

An Analysis of the Films, The Sacrifice, Stalker, and Daughters of the Dust

tending to interpret the film through the medium of his or her own perceptions and world view. Each viewer walks away from the fi...

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...

Thelma and Louise Movie from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this paper discusses sociological concepts and gender roles' portrayal within the contexts of this 1991 film. Two s...

Film Critic Pauline Kael's Life and Influence

In seven pages this paper discusses New Yorker movie critic Pauline Kael's life, how her passion for cinema translated into a care...

Dune Film by Dino de Laurentiis and Perspective

In ten pages the symbolism and meaning evoked within the 1984 movie through sexual, performative, and queer angles are analyzed. ...

The Police as Portrayed in La Haine by Mattleu Kassowitz

This essay discusses the function and characterization of the police as they are portrayed in Mattleu Kassowitz's movie La Haine (...

Guilt of Hamlet in Mel Gibson's Film Adaptation

In 5 pages this paper analyzes how Hamlet's revenge transformed him into a man very much like his adversary Claudius as represente...

Cinema and Sexuality

crisis of Lester Burnham, a subplot provides a telling commentary on way that homosexuality has been perceived in this culture. Th...

Film Analysis of Claude Jutra's Mon Oncle Antoine

brutally and perhaps unfairly with death. The work is moving. Uncle Antoine, carefully acted by Jean Duceppe, is a pathetic char...

British Writer Dennis Potter and Son of Man TV Movie

In five pages Potter's controversial Son of Man TV movie based upon Jesus's life is examined in terms of the writer's objectives a...

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...

Movie Blade Runner

Cyberpunk literature focuses on these people, and often on how they turn the systems technological tools to their own ends. This i...

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...

Literature of Early America

In nine pages the religious messages of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of...

A Comparison of the 1950s Movies All About Eve and Showgirls

This 7 page essay explores female meladrama genre. 6 sources are listed....

Racial Representations in Hollywood's Horror Movies

In twelve pages this paper discusses how racial representations are structured in Hollywood films in a consideration of The Shinin...

Elia Kazan's 1961 Film, 'Splendor in the Grass'

This 8 page paper considers the movie and how it represents the works of screenwriter William Inge and director Elia Kazan. There...

Relationship Between Adolescence and Horror Films

In five pages this paper considers Aristotle's genre definition and the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud in this examinatio...