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Leonard Peltier Murder Case

The LPDC states that the AIM members came to oppose the Guardians Of the Oglala Nation (GOONS) (LPDC, Quick Facts, 2004). The GOON...

1984 Film This is Spinal Tap and Social Assumptions

uncompromising manner that demands to be interpreted as truth (This is Spinal Tap PG). It is the perfect device for Rob Reiner to...

Steven Spielberg's Film Jaws and its Impact

dunk below the surface. There is no surprise on her face. There is no horror on her face. What is happening? The...

Late Spring, Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

from Japanese director Yasujiro Ozus 1949 masterpiece Late Spring, there are two cutaway shots that feature a beautiful vase. Thes...

Questions on Kozintsev's "Hamlet" (1964)

This paper offers analysis of film clips from Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev's "Hamlet" (1964). Three pages in length, two sour...

Director Chris Marker

This paper discusses the work of French film director Chris Marker. The writer address his cinematic style, his topics and his psy...

The Letter by Somerset Maugham and Characterization

to kiss her, but naturally, Proudlock was convicted of murder (PG). She received a death sentence but the the European community ...

Perspective and Color in Gary Ross' Film Pleasantville

swell. Then, he starts to notice that the books dont have words, the basketball team always wins their games, and no one questions...

Steven Spielberg's Leadership Skills

to the big screen as had been started earlier by Lucas. In order to pull off large projects, communication is key. However, let i...

The Siege Film by Edward Zwick

a bus bombing incident and after the attacks intensify in violence and frequency, he becomes convinced these are not isolated inci...

Alfred Hitchcock and His Auteur Style

theorists and directors," note that "Hitchcocks films are deeply infused with anxiety, guilt, and existential angst, which they tr...

Brazilian Film/Behind the Sun

backlands that appears to be totally worthless. The feud dictates a continuous cycle of murder. The shirt of a victim is hung out ...

Hitchcock's Rebecca

Danvers seems almost supernatural in her ability to simply appear, starling the current Mrs. De Winter, who is played by Joan Font...

This is Sparta

Warner Bros. marketed the movie very smartly, relying on its stunning visuals and unique look to entice viewers to the theater; it...

Thirteen Conversations about One Thing: Revealing Conversations on Change and Hope

happiness. However, as Mickey would soon discover, his newfound wealth brought unwelcome changes and obstacles he could have neve...

Exploring Vienna and Talking of Possibilities

enthralling" (1995). The film is a romance, but it avoids the trap of being formulaic; often films of this kind rely "more upon ac...

Corpse's Role in the Movies of Alfred Hitchcock

"should be allowed to people who are considered superior human beings" (Alfred Hitchcocks "Rope"). Their definition of a "superio...

Themes of Fantasy and Reality in Woody Allen's Film The Purple Rose of Cairo

her favorite actor in it, Tom Baxter. After the movie is over she finds herself unable to go home to face the reality of a man who...

Beatrice and Hero in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

love for her. It 8s also worth noting, that despite the clear and eloquent words, t no point in the pay do we see Hero and Claudio...

Oliver Stone's Film Nixon

own personality but also by the circumstances of the time. Stone does succeed in introducing at least some of these circumstances...

Randall Wallace's Film We Were Soldiers and the Depiction of the Vietnam War

coming home, and making sure ones buddies did the same. This movie does not use a lot of special effects so one is not distracted...

Director Michael Almereyda's Version of Hamlet

as being spoiled and self-centered. Furthermore, the directors decision to turn a number of Hamlets soliloquies into interior mono...

Cronenberg: "A History of Violence"

in films today. The protagonist at the heart of Allens films is conflicted, neurotic, and a bumbler who usually manages, somehow, ...

1940s Black Cinema

fell considerably short of avoiding stereotypes. For example, one review, that is typical of those produced by white critics, de...

Hitchcock’s Auteur Vision: “Rear Window”

they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. In The Birds, for instance, Melanie (Tippi Hedren) pursues Mitch (Rod Taylor), a m...

Comparing Film Versions of Twelfth Night

which is at the "heart of this piece, cannot stand such a strong dose of reality" (Brode 98). There is artificiality in abundanc...

Pro-Filmic Aspects of the Christening Scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather

organ and the heavily accented voice of the priest, which allow for "not only contrasting the pious words of the protagonists with...

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

the reader imagines and sees through the eyes of the character is a world with shocking parallels to modern humanitys own question...

Film Bonnie and Clyde and the Uses of Color and Light

In eight pages this research paper examines how the director created imagery in the film Bonnie and Clyde through the employment o...

3 Postmodern Works Analyzed

In six pages this research paper compares how postmodern perspectives manifest themselves in director Peter Greenaway's film The C...