YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Cinematic Violence
Essays 331 - 360
their advertising campaigns asserted) more stars than there are in the heavens" (The Thin Man, 1995). Mordden (1988) asks, "What, ...
yield a very different analysis. In the film, Jake is unemployed. The family lives off the dole but it seems that whatever money...
narrative style. With Sleepless there is a sense of desperation as lives are changing. In LAvventura there is a real desperate sit...
to tell what might appear on first glance to be a tired old story. First, there is the scintillating color that enables the film ...
story, mise-en-scene, editing, and music, they collectively provide a common theme that speaks of the uniqueness of the feminist e...
parodies American consumer culture as evidenced by the hilarious scene when grilled cheese sandwiches and coleslaw are ordered for...
of confines. The overall metaphor of this movie is the symbol of the rose. At one point a neighbor asks how the roses are grown s...
box office. Welles was a product of his time and though he had tremendous creativity when it came to camera angles and budgets,...
surprise twist at the end - the camera, representing the subjective perspective of the audience, is "run over" by a car rather tha...
(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...
depicts the aliens as beings who represent communism and the fear of being consumed by such "thought." The aliens in this film ...
the long view where we can see the entire dance. This is often seen in present day films about dance where it seems the performers...
theater, they rolled a cannon ball down a wooden trough that then fell onto a large drumhead (Brunelle, 1999). In films, sound eff...
harrowing to watch, with Nash suffering several climactic breakdowns and brief moments of lucidity and temporary remission. The u...
Even today, if we look at the extent to which Chinese cultural ideology has made its way to the West via art and...
as reflecting reality depicting unusual events or situations, but presenting real conflicts and issues that reflect this history o...
film La Maternelle (The Nursery School) begins with the story of Rose, who has been forced by the men in her life - her fathers ba...
would become his own trademark. This film, along with Obsession (1976), further developed De Palmas expressive use of cinematogra...
provides evidence of repressed female sexuality, and reveals how the traditional patriarchy was threatened as a result of these ch...
history of the Civil War and the Reconstruction. In essence, Griffith is recounting the tales told to him by his father, who was a...
with an ethical foundation. Out from all the bloodshed and terror of such despicable crimes comes the most obvious of questions: ...
universality of Islam, tending to believe it is a "grim and stern faith, given to forcible conversions, appalling treatment of wom...
Zimbabwe experience considerably increased incidence of domestic abuse than do women in the United States. Protection for these w...
one another is based upon many issues that are presently occurring in the attackers life; also pertinent to the situation is wheth...
no-parent families, emotionally absent parents, working parents - all these situations contribute to the lack of a childs moral an...
of Toledo. Bypassing Spanish Christian survivors that were huddled in the mountains of northwest Spain, Muslim armies pushed on an...
survive attendance. However, at this point, it is easy to dismiss this information as regrettable, but not applicable to most situ...
childs natural means of expression, namely play, is used as a therapeutic method to assist him/her in coping with emotional stress...
their vastly segregated social and economic status, leaving the door wide open for resentment and intolerance, which effectively t...
sweeping" (Livio) laws in the nation. Going a step further, officials have mandated that the legal system enforce these stringent...