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the River (1935), The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), King Solomons Mines (1937), Gunga Din (1939), Beau Geste (1939), and The Fo...

somewhat difficult; she appears to be one of those writers who will not use one word where she can cram in three. In addition, she...

water from a fire hydrant. The street scene also emphasizes the desperation of the era. A man stands next to a car that is covered...

a woman-suit out of women (using their skin)-the ultimate in objectification" (Vorndam). Lecter is initially contemptuous of Starl...

Many of his early Star Wars films feature several shots of models and miniatures that convey realism as impressively and in less t...

beyond the domestic sphere into virtually every profession and job category from which they were once barred, they have had to con...

upon this perpetual effort has been marred by those whose self-proposed mission is to make sure only certain people are privileged...

so as to ensure women pass. The discriminatory nature of this approach to officer training has long fueled the debate over whethe...

notes that this is the first film crew to be given permission to film extensively at the UN and this gives the movie a feeling of ...

(Manvell 37). While Pudovkin would occasionally use non-professional actors in the name of realism, he preferred relying on profe...

his five years at Biograph, Griffith took the raw elements of moviemaking as they had evolved up to that time -- lighting, continu...

1956 account of Vincent Van Gogh leaves that question open in his sympathetic portrayal of the artist" (TCM, 2003). When watchi...

woman. She has the ability to ruin peoples lives. This gives her a great deal of power and it corrupts absolutely. As Judge Danfor...

finds that he has a natural talent for it. It is as if the emotional side of him which has been forced to remain silent finally ha...

given a task to perform and in doing so derives some sort of personal meaning from it. He may meet with a great series of misfortu...

There are other types of westerns though as well. Some westerns depict life in Americas colonial times or may take place in terra...

Indeed, by looking at the role of the women in the movie it is a reflection of the social conditions. There is a reflection of the...

of tape and combines them to emphasize their meaning. It is a method by which through two unrelated shots we may create a third an...

of the classic noir characteristics, it also thumbed its nose at the use of flashbacks. There were no voice-over narrations, with ...

are similar to Emilys. The characters discussed are Carrie, from the film "Carrie," Norman Bates from the film "Psycho," Eleanor f...

(Rombes). Rafferty (1997) explains that the postmodern film is built on the film noir genre, but that a feature of postmodernism ...

children. Josie gets the job, but from the first day, she is subjected to snide sexual references. The women working at the mine ...

indication that the audience has that Travis is not quite normal, that is, that his combat experience has left him with mental sca...

as arrogant as they play up the fact they are noble and helping. In "The Ugly American" the authors note, "Hordes of United States...

has come forth with a version that wholly eclipses the standard. What can easily be argued is the fact that Branaghs film version...

and accumulating gambling debts he cannot possibly pay, the stage is set for a bloody confrontation when loan sharks come calling....

to the history of this powerfully great city, "Like the magic of a Russian fairy tale, St. Petersburg grew up with such fantastic ...

of hope and a future for the people, not a controlled government that decimates the people. Without really having been in ...

director was, quite literally, involved in every possible aspect of filmmaking, from raising money to hiring actors to helping to ...

foul he is that we suffer a twinge of guilt for siding with him so readily. But we tend to do it anyway. The "New York Times" rev...