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An Exploration of the Much Contested Notions on Gender and Identity in the Film “Boys Don’t Cry” (2590 words, 4 pages)

The word 'queer' has made an interesting journey, since although most people realize that the adjective was originally just a synonym for strange or abnormal, recently, it is rarely used in that context. Now, queer is intended as an umbrella term that argues for no fixed meanings in relation to ... Read More

A Film Analysis of Exotica Directed by Atom Egoyan (1338 words, 2 pages)

Exotica Exotica is a beguiling mystery by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, in which people and their relationships are not what they seem. The film delves deeply into the world of pain and obsession, painting for us a canvas in which the characters and their stories are never static or cold, ... Read More

An Analysis of Existentialism in Film (4090 words, 5 pages)

EXISTENTIALISM IN FILM I could not say where or how existentialist themes first emerged in film. Often times, critics will point to the work of Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini as early examples. Indeed, these two men are titans in their art, and they will be discussed in this essay. ... Read More

A Biography of Renny Harlin, a Finnish Filmmaker (422 words, 1 pages)

Born on March 15th, 1959 in Riihimaki, Finland, Renny Harlin has established himself as one of Hollywood's most well-known filmmakers, both as a director and a producer with extraordinary vision whose work covers drama, comedy, action and suspense in both film and television. After directing the low budget, low-fare movie ... Read More

An Analysis of Double Indemnity, a Film Noir (513 words, 1 pages)

Double Indemnity Film Noir Double Indemnity is the classic example of the film noir style and also set some standards for movies to come. This paper will provide examples and show that following movies realized the success of this flick. Film noir is not necessarily a type of genre but ... Read More

An Analysis of Psycho, a Film by Alfred Hitchcock (817 words, 1 pages)

Alfred Hitchcocks name is synonymous with suspense. He has produced many films and short television serials that go down in history as the bench mark for directors since his time that have used him as an example. To many he is the master of suspense, no one before or after ... Read More

An Analysis of the Dead Poets Society, a Film (432 words, 1 pages)

The Dead Poets Society Keating, an English professor, whose lessons go far beyond the classroom.He teaches his students to follow their own hearts and minds instead of the ideas taught at their strict boarding school. Several of Keating's students take his lessons to heart and develop the once lived Dead ... Read More

An Analysis of Dead Again, a Film by Kenneth Branagh (775 words, 1 pages)

Dead Again, directed by Kenneth Branagh, is a film full of mystery, fascinating puzzles, romance, wit, with plenty of twists and turns. The film starts with headlines screaming Murder! Roman Strauss is on death row for the conviction of the murder of his wife, Margaret. Forty-five years later a mute ... Read More

A Review of Hamlet, a Film Based Off a Play by William Shakespeare (716 words, 1 pages)

HAMLET (2000) A film review by Rating (out of ) How brave is it for a director to have the late Hamlet's ghost appear in front of a Pepsi vending machine? Or have the lead character telling Ophelia to "Get thee to a nunnery" via a phone answering machine? Or, ... Read More

An Overview of a Film on Syphilis in Society (640 words, 1 pages)

First and foremost I think that the government is the people who has influenced this experiment the most. Obviously because the are they ones who funded the project. They are the ones that started the idea that supposedly that syphilis was a black people disease. And that they react with ... Read More

A Comparison of Casablanca, a Classic Film and 1984 by George Orwell (913 words, 3 pages)

Comparing 'Casablanca' to '1984'- How can a hero survive in a world gone mad? Both Casablanca, the classic 1940s film, and hailed as the greatest movie ever by some, and 1984, a piece of classic literature by George Orwell, also seen as being one of the most important novels of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Mean Streets by Martin Scorsese (5245 words, 7 pages)

"You don't make up for your sins in church - you do it on the streets, you do it at home. The rest is bullcensored, and you know it." (Charlie) Of all the film-makers dicussed here, none exploded with quite such volatile energy on the American screen as Martin Scorsese, ... Read More

An Analysis of Citizen Kane Written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewics Filmed by Gregg Toland (475 words, 1 pages)

CITIZEN KANE Directed, produced and starring Orson Welles, Citizen Kane is famous for the many remarkable scenes, cinematic and narrative techniques which help to revolutionized the film industry. Written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, filmed by Gregg Toland, Kane is brilliantly crafted remembrances of Mr. Bernsteins investigations. Kane draws ... Read More

Analyzing Two Main Characters in the Film “Burnt” (679 words, 1 pages)

In analyzing the two main charactersKotov and Mitiathere are many distinctions and similarities between the two, insomuch that they were both burnt by the sun. The film takes place in 1936 Russia, nineteen years after the Communist Revolution and well into Stalins purges. The film centers on Colonel Kotov, a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Bride and Prejudice by Gurinder Chadha (502 words, 1 pages)

When Bend It Like Beckham became an unexpectedly massive global sensation, director Gurinder Chadha must have rubbed her eyes, pinched herself hard, and wondered when she was going to wake up. So it was understandable that, on introducing her new movie, she asked the audience to forget Beckham and watch ... Read More

An Analysis of the Black Community in America in the Film The Birth of a Nation by David Wark Griffith (1031 words, 2 pages)

Circular Imaging The American society has oppressed the black culture and society since the first slave was dragged onto American soil. Hollywood first embraced this oppressed image and depicted it on film. Early depictions of blacks on film (commonly played by whites in blackface) fulfilled the white stereotype of black ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Billy Elliot by Stephen Daldry (4010 words, 5 pages)

Billy Elliot Segment 1 The film starts with a close up shot of Billy playing the CD player. This is followed by the song "I was dancing when I was 12 dance myself right up through the roof." As audience, we see the visual images of Billy jumping up and ... Read More

An Analysis of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, a Film (777 words, 1 pages)

After watching "Final Fantasy The Spirits Within" on DVD, I can assuredly say that I was very impressed. This feature length animated story used the latest technology in modeling, designcreation of characters and sets, lighting, special effects and motion tracking, all for the purpose of creating a very new kind ... Read More

An Analysis of the 1967 Film, The Taming of the Shrew by Franco Zefferelli (879 words, 2 pages)

Shakespeares play, The Taming of the Shrew, continues to be enjoyed over 500 years since it was composed. It remains popular because aspects of the play keep changing to suit the current society. The film The Taming of the Shrew, by Franco Zefferelli, has been modified to suit the 1960s. ... Read More

An Analysis of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a Film by Robert Zemeckis (943 words, 2 pages)

Throughout the history of the cinema, there have been many films which have revolutionized the media. However, there are some cases where films are so entertaining, many forget just how revolutionary it actually was. This is what happened to Robert Zemeckis Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The film has become such ... Read More

An Introduction to the History of the Universal Monster Films (2079 words, 3 pages)

The "Wolf Man" Cometh. A Retrospective by Daniel Noble The Universal monster films of the late 1930s and early 1940s, were quite a unique phenomenon. Although popular with audiences upon their initial release, they did not reach the height of their commercial appeal until the 1950s, when they reappeared on ... Read More

A Comparison of Film the Birth of Nation and 1915 Film (674 words, 1 pages)

The Birth of a Nation Does the Portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan In this controversial 1915 film compare to documented history of the organization? D.W. Griffith was raised in South Carolina by his father who was an ex-confederate soldier. Griffith was raised to believe that fathers views on the ... Read More

An Analysis of a Pioneer in Entertainment Film: Walt Disney (1038 words, 2 pages)

A Pioneer in Entertainment Film Walt Disney During a 43-year Hollywood career, which spanned the development of the motion picture medium as a modern American art, Walter Elias Disney was a pioneer and innovator, and the possessor of one of the most fertile imaginations the world has ever known. His ... Read More

An Analysis of Citizen Kane, a Film by Orson Welles (1180 words, 2 pages)

The classic masterpiece, Citizen Kane (1941), is probably the world's most famous and highly rated film, with its many remarkable scenes, cinematic and narrative techniques and innovations. The director, star, and producer were all the same individual - Orson Welles (in his film debut at age 25), who collaborated with ... Read More

A Comparison of the Films, Enemy of the State and Don’t Say a Word (935 words, 2 pages)

A comparison of genre expectations and conventions, and their effect on the audience in sections from "Enemy of the State" and "Don't Say a Word" These sections of film are both where the protagonist is contacted by the "Bad Guys" for the first time- in "Don't Say a Word", the ... Read More

An Examination of the 1999 Film, The Story of Us (1028 words, 2 pages)

Mathew Manos 62502 Prof. F. Conn The Story of Us The Story of Us, starring Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer, is the close and humorous examination of Ben and Katie Jordan's marriage. After 15 years, the couple is wrestling with a universal irony why are the qualities that made them ... Read More

A Film Study of Last of the Mohicans (1207 words, 2 pages)

Assessment Task Film Study "Last of the Mohicans" Question "To what extent is the film 'The Last of the Mohicans' an accurate portrayal of historical events?" "The last of the Mohicans", the film, was based on a novel by James Fenemore Cooper. It is a fictional story set in an ... Read More

An Overview of the Film Sleepless in Seattle (1393 words, 2 pages)

There are those who will claim that "Sleepless in Seattle" is too corny, with sugar-coated cuteness filling in for the lack of a strong plot. And, while they have a point, there's something that the cynics are missing -- it's meant to be this way. By its own admission, this ... Read More

An Analysis of the Voyeurism in the Film Rear Window (513 words, 1 pages)

In "Rear Window", the voyeurism is readily apparent even in the first few minutes of the film. As it is revealed, Jefferies is a photographer. A photographer is the essence of a voyeur, as in the course of the job it is routine to peer into the life of something, ... Read More

A Review of the Film Jews by Steven Spielberg (979 words, 2 pages)

Steven Spielberg grips the audience by using an up temp range of music and camera shots to make Jaws as heart stopping and thrilling as we all know it is. Jaws the film is set in 1975 and tells the tale and daunting adventure of when a shark enters the ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013