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Anthropological Analysis of the 1992 Movie City of Joy

In five pages gender roles, subculture, cultural change, and ethnocentrism concepts are considered in this anthropological analysi...

Film Industry and 3 Movies of Change

In five pages this paper examines how the movies such as 1915's The Birth of a Nation, 1920's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and 192...

'Platoon' vs. 'Apocalypse Now'

In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...

Lessons About War In The Film, Saving Private Ryan

This paper examines Stephen Speilberg's 1998 WWII film, Saving Private Ryan. The author discusses what lessons can be taken from ...

Fictional Film Account on the War in the Persian Gulf

In five pages this report examines the creative possibilities represented by Forty Three Days Later, a fictional film about the Pe...

A Critical Analysis of the Film, Hamburger Hill

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...

Roots of Avant Garde's Visual Arts

In eight pages the roots of avant garde regarding film are argued to be in the visual arts as opposed to the narrative cinematic t...

Crime and Punishment in 'New Jack City.' and 'Unforgiven', and 'Do The Right Thing'

This is a paper consisting of 3 pages that attempts to determine is legal and cultural justice are represented in these films. Th...

1989 Film Do the Right Thing by Director Spike Lee

In six pages this film is analyzed in terms of the blackness concept. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography....

Inner City Life in Cinema

The ways in which life in the inner cities are portrayed are contrasted and compared in an examination of the films La Haine by Ka...

Raging Bull, Breathless, and Spectator's Construct of Femininity According to Narrative and Style

In nine pages these films by Martin Scorsese and Jean Luc Godard are examined in terms of how femininity is presented to the spect...

Woodrow Wilson's Designs on D.W. Griffith's 'Birth of a Nation'

In an argumentative essay consisting of 6 pages it is asserted that Wilson believed this racist film would serve to combat imperia...

American Film and Hispanic Women

In eight pages this paper discusses films Evita and Selena in a consideration of the depiction of Hispanic women in U.S. cinema. ...

Women in the French Cinema of Jean Luc Godard and Louis Malle

In ten sources this paper examines women's roles in the films by these French auteurs with mise en scene among the topics of discu...

Overview of Postmodern Cinema

In twelve pages this paper analyzes postmodern cinema's characteristic elements in a consideration of such films as Pulp Fiction, ...

Andrei Tarkovsky's Cinematic Poetry

This in-depth research paper puts forth the argument that the films of director Andrei Tarkovsky are best seen as cinematic poetry...

Analysis About U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War and the Creation of Myths

American values were the primary motivation of the U.S. participation in the southeast Asia conflict. Author Richard Slotkin expl...

Movies on the Vietnam War

Stones "Born on the 4th of July" (1989), Barry Levinsons "Good Morning,Vietnam" (1987), and Hal Ashbys "Coming Home" (1978). A goo...

A Comparison and Contrasting Analysis of Sholem Aleichem's 'Fiddler on the Roof' (a.k.a. 'Tevye') and 'Tevye the Dairyman'

only one of 21 collected stories. However, it was the force of Tevyes energetic personality which made him appear dominant in the...

Play and Film Versions of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

This paper consists of six pages in which comparisons are made between Oedipus and Ibsen's heroine Nora Helmer along with a compar...

Artistic vs. Commercial Film

This paper addresses the many differences between artistic and commercial films. The author discusses differences in plots, chara...

Film Distribution and Production

This paper examines various aspects of the film industry, such as economic, legal, and technical production and distribution issue...

Home Entertainment and Films

In eight pages this examination of the home entertainment industry focuses on films with a discussion of sales markets and video r...

UA Film Company Overview

said The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum (Greenwald 64). There are some similarities between todays stars demanding larg...

Character Analysis/Singin' In The Rain

This essay offers a character analysis of the two major characters from the film classic Singin' In The Rain, specifically Don Lo...

Strategic Cinematic Marketing

In eight pages this paper examines innovative marketing strategies for films with The Blair Witch Project as a recent example of a...

Film What Dreams May Come and the Psychology of Sigmund Freud

by Robin Williams, is in search of his wife within the backdrop of what he perceives to be the afterlife. Indeed, Freuds dream of...

The Apostle, Wise Blood, and Cinematic Faith

In ten pages this paper examines the types of faith represented in these films along with a comparison with Flannery O'Connor's no...

American Art or Independent Films and the Hollywood Studio System

In five pages this paper presents the argument that American independent or artistic films are not supported by Hollywood's studio...

Cinema and Heroes

typically be defined as a teacher, lawyer, politician, farmer, or family man who represents American ideas relative to collective...