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Essays 421 - 450
(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...
be funny, but it winds up just being painful, sad, and unpleasant to watch. Since Andies goal is to drive Ben away, she delibera...
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...
admit he hasnt, but soon remedies that by accompanying Kirby and his men on a mission to defend their firebase from the Vietcong s...
who works with Nash sees him doing essentially crazy things and putting documents in drop boxes. He reports him to the superiors a...
commands the attention of the other students because he is so gifted. He doesnt really seem to be part of the group-Nash was a no...
was developing. But, when her husband was taken it was very hard for her to do nothing. She constantly ended up battling with the ...
thumbscrews" (California Newsreels). This particular film is clearly a film that is aimed at bringing light to the past, to the ...
talk, and Lora says that she wishes she had someone to look after Susie while shes working, auditioning and trying to get her big ...
but be of a military mind and take such realities as par for the course in warfare. There may be others who used the war to make t...
and if they felt justified in their actions. He decided to write a movie from their perspective" (Jet 54). Such information hel...
pianists hand that the "music seems almost to play itself" (Machlis 84). Therefore, it is probably not surprising that so many o...
position. This superstition is very important in both the novel and the film from the beginning and is clearly seen in Walmart. Sh...
people. They rely on critics to tell the public about the film. As such they will clearly keep in mind what the public is interest...
such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...
prices, too, were low, and in the Thirties Americans consumed more sugar per capita then they have done before or since... (Lovegr...
something that happens to all the boys in this region of the city. They are clearly victims of the impoverished city as they are d...
to deviance, one can not that most people remain controlled and those who do not remain controlled become deviant. But, in the fil...
smokes pot and the comedy arises through her being stoned all day. In relationship to these conditions the film offers ver...
he wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible" (Bodnar). While there is also this sort of romantic ideal in Saving Private ...
as though by filming this story in this manner the producer was trying to invite, so to speak, the audience into a theater, make t...
and precise technical skill" (Seven Samurai, 2007). He is the true hero in many ways for he is generous, sincere and stands a nobl...
This research paper/essay uses "Worse than War," a 2009 PBS documentary as its primary source, in order to address ten issues pert...
In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...
This paper examines Stephen Speilberg's 1998 WWII film, Saving Private Ryan. The author discusses what lessons can be taken from ...
Stones "Born on the 4th of July" (1989), Barry Levinsons "Good Morning,Vietnam" (1987), and Hal Ashbys "Coming Home" (1978). A goo...
This paper examines the issue of whether or not the film, Hamburger Hill, is an accurate depiction of the life of a soldier in the...
In eight pages this paper discusses the post Second World War neorealist cinema that was characterized by Roberto Rossellini in su...
In two pages this essay reviews the Gibson film adaptation and the writer includes a personal reaction....
This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...