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Hollywood Babylon of Filmmaker Kenneth Anger

In five pages this paper discusses the cinematic style of nonnarrative abstract developed by Kenneth Anger, underground filmmaker....

Films of Pedro Almodovar and Luis Bunuel

In three pages three essays compare these great filmmakers in a consideration of such themes as social deviance the 'Stockholm Syn...

Oliver Stone's Film Natural Born Killers and Postmodernism

In seven pages this paper discusses how in 1994's Natural Born Killers filmmaker Oliver Stone employed postmodernist techniques. ...

Analysis of David Lynch's Twin Peaks Film

for comic relief. Here its everyone... its all about these little moments of behavior. Its like sitting down and just watching peo...

Invasion of the Body Snatchers Science Fiction Film Review

In three pages this essay presents an analysis of Invasion of the Body Snatchers in a consideration of character development, cine...

Return of the Jedi Science Fiction Film Review

In three pages this paper examines how filmmaker techniques are applied to advancing the film's theme, development of plot, and to...

Night of the Living Dead Science Fiction Film Review

In three pages this essay presents an analysis of Night of the Living Dead in terms of the development of characters, camera angle...

The Haunting Science Fiction Film Review

In three pages this paper presents an analysis of this film in terms of the emotional punch it packs along with a consideration of...

Characteristics of Mexican Cinema

(Mexican Film Institute) and the British Film Institute, a major two-month season of Mexican Cinema presented at the National Fil...

John Woo's Film The Killer

In five pages this paper reviews the 1989 film by director John Woo entitled The Killer and considers the influence of Western mav...

Comparing Rudyard Kipling's Prose with John Huston's Cinematic Narrative in The Man Who Would Be King

In five pages the voices used in these very different ways of telling the same story are compared and contrasted in terms of artis...

Cinematic Version of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange and the Problems Faced by Director Stanley Kubrick

In eight pages this paper discusses the problems filmmaker Stanley Kubrick struggled with while making his big screen adaptation o...

Filmmaker Josef von Sternberg:

In six pages this report considers filmmaker Josef von Sternberg and emphasizes his cinematic collaborations with Marlene Dietrich...

Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's 'Kiki's Delivery Service' and 'My Neighbor Totoro'

In six pages this report considers these impressive animated films by one of Japan's most innovative filmmakers. Five sources are...

Film Director John Schlesinger

In five pages this research paper examines the cinematic career of filmmaker John Schlesinger in an artistic consideration of such...

Movies of Federico Fellini and Women's Roles

In six pages this research paper discusses the narratives in 3 movies by Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini in an analysis of the ...

'1791' and 'Amadeus'

post as court composer and imperial Kapellmeister). In the movie Salieris music is simpleminded - this could have never been the ...

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...

Cinematic Technique Known as 'the Long Take'

In six pages this paper examines how filmmakers such as Hou and Orson Welles have employed the long take cinematic technique in su...

Making a Movie Out of Henrik Ibsen's Play A Doll's House

should convey a sense of the strength that is reflected in Nora. The adornments and the furnishings are only accessories to the s...

Depiction of Reality by Woody Allen in Mighty Aphrodite, Purple Rose of Cairo, Zelig, and Annie Hall

In ten pages this paper discusses filmmaker Allen's portrayal of reality in four of his most critically acclaimed motion pictures....

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...

Cinematic Screwball Comedies and Their Evolution

In eighteen pages the screwball comedy is examined in terms of its history and evolution with a discussion of their intentions alo...

'Colored Journalism' in Michael Moore's 1989 Docudrama Roger and Me

a powerful and effective piece of cinematography, for in its subtlety and simplicity it displays the mark of excellence in tastefu...

Atom Egoyan's Film Felicia's Journey Adapted from the Novel by William Trevor

In five pages the film version of this novel is considered in terms of the changes and how the filmmaker elects to depict Trevor's...

Women's Roles in American Cinema Since 1967

bed, or even beginning to become amorous might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not ...

Film Adaptation/Shoeless Joe & Field of Dreams

(Stam 54). While these terms seem extreme, they convey the disappointment of the critic, or the general viewer, towards a film tha...

Cinematic Director Fatih Akin

as reflecting reality depicting unusual events or situations, but presenting real conflicts and issues that reflect this history o...

Condon's Film Gods and Monsters

However, Condon never allows the characterization to slip from deliberate parody into stereotyping; his characters are complex and...

Spike Lee’s ‘New York State of Mind’

lens but by the filmmakers imagination and based upon the unique New York experiences contained within a particular neighborhood e...