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

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An Analysis of Obsession in Laura, a Film (611 words, 2 pages)

Obsessive BehaviorWhile many films seem to portray a multitude of different themes throughout the picture, Laura successfully depicts one theme Obsession. Based in the dark and dreary years after World War Two, the characters lives seem to be boring and without purpose. The only character that is able to withstand ... Read More

An Analysis of Image, Text, and Story in 12 Years a Slave (930 words, 4 pages)

Image, Text, and Story in 12 Years a Slave One of the powerful things about literature is that it allows thereader to create an image through words, and the power of film similarlyderives from the image the audience is given. A brutal example of thisdifference is in 12 Years as ... Read More

A Review of the Story, Nicholas and Alexandra (807 words, 3 pages)

Nicholas and Alexandra tells the story of the fall of the Russian Romanov monarchy from absolutism to a communist government. The film chronicles each major historical event during this time period. Nicholas and Alexandra made a series of blunders, such as Alexandra letting the corrupt monk Rasputin cure their hemophilic ... Read More

A Review of a Movie Easy Rider by Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Terry Southern (834 words, 4 pages)

Movie ReviewThe movie I am reviewing is the 1969 film Easy Rider. Written by Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Terry Southern this movie is an American classic. It was also produced by Peter Fonda and directed by Dennis Hopper, who were the movies two main characters. With a run time ... Read More

Snapping of Fingers as a Symbol in West Side Story (482 words, 2 pages)

Snapping of Fingers as a Symbol in West Side StoryThe prologue in both the theatrical and cinematic productions of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheims musical West Side Story is one of the most famous sequences in modern theater and film. The opening sets the stage for the feud between rival ... Read More

Humor and Violence in Hammerstein’s Musical Oklahoma! (620 words, 2 pages)

Humor and Violence in Oklahoma! While branded as a fairly conventional comedy, Richard Rodgers andOscar Hammerstein's musical Oklahoma! also employs a fairly dark tone inorder to convey a sense of drama. Specifically the character of Jud, thegloomy and troubled farm hand, embodies this sense of darkness. Hischaracterization is the exact ... Read More

Reflection of NINE for IX Film; Venus Williams (476 words, 2 pages)

NINE for IX Film ReflectionThe NINE for IX film is an EPSN series of episodes about Title IX and the progress women have made in honor of the 40th anniversary of the law. Title IX is prohibits sex discrimination in education programs and activities. This law requires gender equality for ... Read More

An Overview of the Japanese Animation or Anime (3713 words, 13 pages)

Japan and its people are open-minded to many things which have led to very bizarre actions such as cartoon porn and hentai being able to be purchased in bookstores and convenience stores throughout the country. This show how censorship and cartoons are treated compared to America. In America cartoons are ... Read More

A Review of the Movie, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2280 words, 7 pages)

The Ethylene Treated Grapes of Wrath In American culture, there's a constant conflict between those on thetop and those on the bottom in every facet of industry. Throughout thecountry's history, this can't be more true in any other industry except foragriculture. For centuries its been the public's perception that farmerswork ... Read More

An Overview of Bill Condon’s Interpretation of the 1980s Musical Through Dreamgirls (1264 words, 4 pages)

Supreme InfluenceDreamgirls is Bill Condons interpretation of the 1981 Broadway musical, based on the real-life RB group, the Supremes. In this film, we are immediately introduced to Lorrell Robinson, Deena Jones, and Effie White, three girls performing music in a talent showcase. Despite warm reception, they do not win the ... Read More

Artificial Intelligence in Ridley Scott’s Directed Movie, Alien (1062 words, 3 pages)

BirthStoried and decorated director Ridley Scott orchestrated the creation of the original modern alien movie, appropriately titled Alien. The film begins with the crew of commercial starship Nostromo waking up from their sustained stasis chambers, on the way back to the home frontier of Earth. MOTHER, the Nostromos artificial intelligence ... Read More

The Antisocial Personality Disorder in the Movie Cruel Intentions (1752 words, 6 pages)

ASPD in Cruel Intentions1. Introduction. The movie Cruel Intentions is centered on two upper class step-siblings and a bet they make. The brother, a prolific womanizer named Sebastian, and his step-sister, Kathryn, agree that if Sebastian can successfully seduce the new headmasters daughter they will have sex, but if he ... Read More

A Review of the Fiction and Psychological Thriller, Donnie Darko (695 words, 3 pages)

Donnie Darko is a science fiction and psychological thriller written and directed by Richard Kelly. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, a brilliant but troubled high school student. This five-minute film clip reveals how Donnie is saved from death when a sleepwalking episode removes him from his bedroom, where a jet ... Read More

An Analysis of the American Dream and Drugs in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (845 words, 2 pages)

Fear and Loathing in Las VegasHunter S. Thompsons Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is an incredible display of an almost-autobiographical, drug filled road trip and back between L.A. and Las Vegas. Journalist Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo are headed to Las Vegas to report on a motorcycle ... Read More

An Analysis of Manhattan by Woody Allen (380 words, 1 pages)

Introduction of Video ProductionManhattanManhattan is a romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen about the life of a twice-divorced television writer, Isaac, who is dating a teenage girl but is also in love with his best friends mistress. The film begins with a series of pictures of Manhattan while Isaac ... Read More

Is It Possible to Justify Preventive War? (2774 words, 9 pages)

Pre-Crime It Works! shout billboards in Minority Report as an obsessing motto attempting to win the hearts and minds of DCs citizens. In Spielbergs movie, based upon Philip K. Dick novel Minority Report, (1956), a Pre-Crime unit prevents homicides by arresting the would-be perpetrators before they commit the crime. This ... Read More

Brothers Who Influence From One Another and Their Mothers in Sonny’s Blues by Baldwin and the Film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape by Lasse Hallstrom (1375 words, 5 pages)

Whichever family a person is put into is what makes them, who they are later on in life, will influence each persons life. However, in each family there are countless disputes and learning times within them, some may be hard and others may be easy. People need to persevere through ... Read More

An Analysis of Dr. Jack MacKee in The Doctor (754 words, 3 pages)

A vast majority of people who get hospitalized are treated poorly and have a very unpleasant experience due to a lack of sympathy and healthcare professionalism within the workplace.When you get diagnosed with cancer, it is the worst. A lot of healthcare professionals such as doctorsmay be considered arrogant and ... Read More

Easy Escape Through Media and Books; The Truman Show (1384 words, 5 pages)

Media Easy Escape Or Distorted RealityAlmost every piece of media an individual takes in creates an idea in their head. Televisions, and books are often a way for people to escape from their lives to a life that is more entertaining. In the movie The Truman Show, directed by Peter ... Read More

An Analysis of Creators in Look at Me by Jennifer Egan and The Truman Show by Peter Weir (1345 words, 4 pages)

Genuine About Their Stars Or Putting On a FacadePeople often have their priority of getting rich and care less about who they get it from or how they get it. Thomas is the creator of ExtraOrdinary.com in Jennifer Egans novel, Look at Me. He recruited Charlotte Swenson for the website ... Read More

An Analysis of Camera Shots in The Wizard of Oz (821 words, 3 pages)

Camera Shots in The Wizard Of OzCamera shots in The Wizard of Oz greatly improved the overall quality of the film in many ways. For example in the scenes where Dorthy lands in Oz, Dorothy meets the munchkins and in the scene where Dorothy clicks her heels to return home. ... Read More

A Comparison of Film and a Novel The Shootist, John Waynes Last Film (1031 words, 4 pages)

John Wayne The ShootistThe Shootist was John Waynes last film and some say it was the perfect film for him to end his career on. Steven Albert addresses The Shootist in this weeks reading from a point of retrospective hindsight. Knowing now what the viewer did not know at the ... Read More

A Comparison of Mattie Ross in the Film True Grit in 1969 and in 2010 (1392 words, 4 pages)

Mattie Ross Then and NowIt is no secret that as time goes on characters in various pieces grow and change. Some of these characters change for the better, while some of them change for the worse. In recent years, many film makers and producers have begun re-vamping old classics with ... Read More

The Issue, the Causes and the Cure of HIV and AIDS (1757 words, 7 pages)

For years people have talked about the absolute horrors of HIV and AIDS. Most people are not fully educated on the virus and syndrome, but they do know one thing stay away from it. There are so many theories and questions about these illnesses that it is often times difficult ... Read More

An Analysis of Luke in A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back (669 words, 2 pages)

Luke is ChangedIn the films, A New hope, and The Empire Strikes Back, Luke consciously follows his fathers footsteps he becomes a great star piolet, a cunning warriorand a great friend (Lucus A New Hope 30). Luke becomes a great star piolet. At the end of A New Hope, Luke ... Read More

A Biography of George Lucas and a Brief History of Star Wars Trilogy (2423 words, 7 pages)

Seeming vs. BeingYou simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead-George Lucas. Before young Lucas became obsessed with the movie camera, he wanted to be a race car driver, but a near fatal accident just days before ... Read More

An Analysis of Luke’s Anger in The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Trilogy (780 words, 3 pages)

Luke shines his angerIn the film, The Empire Strikes Back, Luke unconsciously follows in his fathers footsteps by being tainted by anger in his training with Yoda, in the cave on Dagobah and in the carbon freezing chamber in Cloud City. Luke is first tainted by anger in his training ... Read More

A Review of Noah an American Biblical Epic Movie by Aril Handle (918 words, 3 pages)

IntroductionNoah 2014 is an American biblical epic movie that written by Aril Handle, and co-written and directed by Darren Aronofsky. The movie was inspired by the story of Noahs Ark written in the book of genesis. Russell Crowe, the star film star has featured as Noah alongside with Jennifer Connelly, ... Read More

The History and Disadvantages of Biological Warfare (1491 words, 5 pages)

Biological warfare has existed for centuries. Most people generally believe that biological warfare is not something that needs to be currently worried about. While this may be the case on a nation scale, you should never let your guard down. Many infectious diseases that are commonly used in biological warfare ... Read More

An Analysis of Luke’s Voluntary Descent in Star Wars (733 words, 2 pages)

at-one-mentIn Lukes voluntary descent in to the archetypal setting of the heart of darkness, the Emperors throne room on the second Death Star, Lukes surrenders, complete the of at-one-ment with his father. Luke first surrenders to the Empire on the death star. After Luke feels the presence of Vader on ... Read More

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