Film And Movies Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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An Analysis of the Characters in a Film About Sal, His Family, and His Pizzeria (383 words, 1 pages)

Sals Pizzeria clearly operates as a colonial outpost in urban America because it is located in a place inhabited by people who are very different from its owners. The owners, Sal and his sons, travel from their neighborhood to Bed Stuy and serve a community of folks who are very ... Read More

Nora Darling in the Movie She’s Gotta Have It by Spike Lee (979 words, 3 pages)

Spike Lees film Shes Gotta Have It tells the story of a young woman named Nora Darling and her very unique sexual life. Lee creates a character whose sexual drive and ever changing mind if very different from most women in movies and real life. She often jumps from man ... Read More

The Strong Themes of Race and Family Values in Jungle Fever, a Movie Directed by Spike Lee (856 words, 3 pages)

Jungle Fever is an intense movie that tells the story of two people of different races who develop sexual interests for one another and become the talk of the town when they form an interracial relationship. This controversial topic storms up some strong themes of race and family values throughout ... Read More

The Hypocrisy of the NCAA in He Got Game, a Movie by Spike Lee (293 words, 1 pages)

Spike Lees reasoning behind creating He Got Game was to show the whole hypocrisy of the NCAA, how they really pimp what they call student athletes (Aftab, 232). These athletes that he refers to, including the character Jesus from the film, are pimped by being told theyll receive massive amount ... Read More

Lee’s Concern With Imitation in His Movie School Daze (452 words, 2 pages)

I completely agree with Bakers idea that Spike Lee is concerned with imitation in his movie School Daze. A large portion of the film is dedicated to pointing out the several ways in which some for the students of color were trying to imitate a white persona. They implemented methods ... Read More

Racism in America in the Film Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee (1415 words, 4 pages)

Do the Right Thing is a film directed by Spike Lee in 1989 about the problems of racism in America. It is inspired by a girl named Tawana Brawley who said she had been abducted and raped by a group of men- some carrying police badges (Aftab 95). Despite the ... Read More

The Flaws and Brilliance of the Sundance Film Festival (348 words, 1 pages)

Shades of GlobalizationSundance film festival was founded in the 1980s for the independent film scene. Sundance film festival has helped launch the careers of many successful big names in Hollywood who had yet to crack the big budget film industry prior to the festival. Robert Redford was the founder of ... Read More

The Theme of Globalization in the Movies Office Tigers and Life on Earth (423 words, 2 pages)

Office Tigers Life on EarthThe theme of globalization and a global market are clear in these two movies. In Office Tigers, we see a company that provides business outsourcing train and develop the Indian workforce. This shows globalization because it is an Indian company doing business for companies that are ... Read More

Genre Theory and the Musical Genre in the Film, The Sound of Music by Robert Wise (1094 words, 4 pages)

Genre theory is the learning of films, the genre is contingent on diverse factors such as the audience's expectations, and the story line. Genre theory is a shortcut on how the film is characterized or what pieces are relevant to the film. Genre theory is like a commentary of the ... Read More

The Concept of Unexpected Detours in Our Inner Journeys in Into the Wild by Shaun Penn and The Journey Home by John Stanmeyer (558 words, 2 pages)

Unexpected detours that occur throughout an inner journey offer avenues for changing ones perspective and gaining new knowledge that enriches the individual. The 2007 film Into the Wild by Shaun Penn and 2003 article The Journey Home by John Stanmeyer explores this concept by depicting the significant reward that individuals ... Read More

The Role of Soundtrack in the Film The Mission (1093 words, 4 pages)

In any film, the soundtrack plays a crucial role. However, few viewers appreciate its value. This essay will discuss the uses of music in the film The Mission, a work much renowned for its soundtrack featuring a few key themes and elements while telling the gripping tale of the Spanish ... Read More

A Review of Exotica, a Movie by Atom Egoyan (543 words, 2 pages)

Paper on ExoticaThe movie Exotica was released in 1994 and it is dramatic mystery. The movie is full of random flashbacks and the timeline is slightly flawed to make you think other things are going to happen. But here is my overall synopsis of the movie. The club DJs name ... Read More

The Effects of Schizophrenia on the Life and Character of John Nash in A Beautiful Mind, a Film by Ron Howard (389 words, 2 pages)

A Beautiful Mind was a wonderful film about a man, John Nash, victimized by schizophrenia. Nash was a brilliant mathematician, and even with the debilitating illness he was persistent enough to become successful later in life. The change in the character is clear as he first starts out as a ... Read More

A Personal Review of the Historical Movie 300 (789 words, 4 pages)

The topic I will be discussing is the movie 300. Those of you who havent seen the movie should be informed that it is the imaginative recreation of the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C when 300 Spartans laid out their lives against the full force of the Persian army ... Read More

A Personal Review of a Movie Based on Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno (555 words, 2 pages)

In his writing, Dante tends to include small hints throughout, to clue the reader into something they may not necessarily pick up without reading the text thoroughly. One detail I have noticed to reappear many times in several cantos of The Inferno is the concept of nakedness. He seems to ... Read More

Classical Allusions and the Characterization of Leo Vincey in the Movie, She (2464 words, 9 pages)

The characterization of Leo Vincey in SheIn Classical themes there are a wide garden variety of comely and handsome men to choose to characterize characters in literature from later periods including very popular choices from Homeric epics Hector (Hektor) and Achilles (Akhilleus). Despite the plethora of choices, H. Rider Haggard ... Read More

The Mystery of Nick Dunne in Gone Girl, a Psychological Thriller by David Fincher (1310 words, 5 pages)

Focus Paper Gone GirlThe chances an overhyped film would measure up to its praise were zero to none until I saw the psychological thriller Gone Girl. I was more than happy to find that the film deserved all the praise it was getting and more. Directed by David Fincher, Gone ... Read More

A Review of the Story of a Temporary Home for the Struggling Teens and People in Short Term 12, an Independent Film by Destin Cretton (298 words, 1 pages)

Short Term 12Short Term 12 directed by Destin Cretton is easily the best independent film, if not film period, I have seen. It tells the story of a temporary home for at risk and struggling teens, and the people who work there. From the acting, to the cinematography this film ... Read More

The Classic Romance Comedy Narrative in the Movies You’ve Got Mail and Little Shop Around the Corner (803 words, 3 pages)

Little Shop Around the Corner, You've Got MailBoth Youve got Mail and Little Shop Around the Corner follow the classic romance comedy narrative. However, their similarities in characters and storyline clearer illustrate that Youve got mail is a remake of Little Shop around the corner, not just two movies of ... Read More

A Discussion on the Impacts of the Foundation of Leonardo DiCaprio (992 words, 4 pages)

Hottest Movie of the YearLeonardo DiCaprio is mostly known for being an outstanding and versatile actor yet he also expresses passion for environmental issues. During DiCaprios 2016 first ever Oscar best actor acceptance, he dedicated the core of his speech to the environmentmore specifically to global warming. DiCaprio made a ... Read More

The Importance of Professional Armies for Absolute Power in the Galactic Empire in Star Wars and the Roman Empire in History (3696 words, 13 pages)

The Galactic and the Roman Empire using professional armies as a keystone to total powerEmpiric Romes usage of professional armies which did not subscribe to the state-mandated religion or its interests are echoed by the Clone armies used by the Grand Army of the Republic, and furthermore specifically in Darth ... Read More

A Review of American Psycho, a Movie by Mary Harron (1547 words, 6 pages)

Nobody has it all because having it all is emptiness. It would be nave to assume that anyone is fulfilled because of their success, especially when it is all superficial. In Mary Harron's movie titled American Psycho (2000), an interesting film adaptation of the novel titled American Psycho, Patrick Bateman ... Read More

A Psychoanalytic Review of Benny and Joon, a Movie by Jeremiah S. Chechik (736 words, 2 pages)

Benny and Joon Psych AnalysisBenny and Joon is a heartwarming story of a woman with a disorder, Joon, who is cared for by her brother, Benny. The movie displays their relationship and the struggles they face due to Joons disorder. It also displays the development of a relationship between Joon ... Read More

A Report on the Cover of Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, a Memoir by Julie Powell (372 words, 1 pages)

The cover of Julie Julia My Year of Cooking Dangerously features the promotional poster used for the fairly recent, 2009 film based on the novel. From the start I believe an edition of the book with the promotional poster as the cover was released to help sell the book to ... Read More

An Analysis of James Cameron’s Titanic: The Theme of Good Versus Evil (1688 words, 6 pages)

Mise En scene The TitanicIn James Camerons academy award winning film The Titanic1997, themes of good versus evil awry when Jack and Rose fall in love aboard the sinking ship, and complications of social stratification becomes apparent both in the musical scoring by James Horner and the epic scenes in ... Read More

A Comparison between the Four Boys in the Movie Stand By Me, a Drama Film by Rob Reiner: Gordie Lachance, Vern Tesso, Chris Chambers, and Teddy Duchamp (1592 words, 5 pages)

In the small town of Oregon named Castle Rock, housed four boys who go on an adventure to discover a lost body. Three days before Labor Day of 1959 Gordie Lachance, Vern Tesso, Chris Chambers, and Teddy Duchamp decide to reap the glory in which bringing the missing body of ... Read More

The Humanity Lost in the Prejudice of Racism and Supremacy in American History X, a Film by Tony Kaye (1000 words, 3 pages)

In his first inaugural speech, President Abraham Lincoln ended with these forebodingly compelling words I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from ... Read More

The Importance of Rhetoric in the Film The King’s Speech and the Speeches by Martin Luther King Junior, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy (959 words, 3 pages)

During the film, The Kings Speech, Lionel Logue plays five different roles. Logue is a father (plays with his children in his office), husband (talks with his wife by the radio), therapist (sits with Bertie every day to help him overcome his stammer), family member (becomes close enough with Bertie ... Read More

The Issues of the Treatment of the Aboriginal People of Australia in the Films Walkabout and Rabbit Proof Fence (3806 words, 13 pages)

All countries have their shame. As individuals, and nations, we all have our dark secrets we refuse to speak of, but few are as well hidden as the way the indigenous people of Australia have been treated by white settlers since the colonization of the continent 1788. Alongside this history, ... Read More

An Evaluation of Les Miserables, a Musical Drama Film by Tom Hooper (963 words, 3 pages)

For this evaluation, I decided to go out of my usual movie genre, and explore a new style of movie. Les Misrables, directed by Tom Hooper, was a production made in 2012 that took place in France, but used the English language. Although I usually stray away from musicals, I ... Read More

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