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A Brief Review of Ridley Scott’s 1979 Film “Alien” (614 words, 1 pages)

Ridley Scott's 1979 film "Alien" has been admired and discussed for years. The powerful yet fleeting image of the alien as well as its connection to the ship and crew is both fascinating and disturbing. While many critics have speculated as to the nature of "Alien" and its symbolism, few ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Pulp Fiction is Incredible (551 words, 1 pages)

PULP FICTION The film Pulp Fiction is incredible. The movie impresses me in so many ways. In 1995 it won an Oscar for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It surely deserved such an honor. Never before has a movie been made with such uniquely twisted displays of plot ... Read More

A Review of The Bride of Frankenstein, a 1935 American Horror Film by James Whale (683 words, 1 pages)

The Bride of Frankenstein "The Bride of Frankenstein" was made in 1935 as a continuation of "Frankenstein" of 1931. The film started with the camera panning toward the window, shooting the storm of lightning and thunder. It was the house of Lord Byron and with him were the poet Shelley ... Read More

A Review of Roland Emmerich’s Directed Film “The Patriot” (604 words, 1 pages)

The Patriot The film The Patriot, directed by Roland Emmerich, and starring Mel Gibson, is about the time of the American Revolutionary War. It opens right before the colonies are about to go to war with England. It is a story about a single father with six children named Benjamin ... Read More

An Analysis of Zerkalo (Mirror), a Film by Andrey Arsenevitch Tarkovsky (1511 words, 3 pages)

Live in the house-and the house will stand. I will call up any century, Go into it and build myself a house With shoulder blades like timber props I help up every day that made the past, With a surveyors chain I measure time And traveled through as if across ... Read More

An Analysis of Integrating Film and Television into Social Studies Instruction (1411 words, 3 pages)

Integrating Film and Television into Social Studies Instruction By their own accounts and those of their critics, the current generation of students is a video generation. They learned to read with Big Bird on "Sesame Street" and their view of the world has been largely formed and shaped through visual ... Read More

A Description of Zaza, the Lobby Card as a Film Based on a 1904 French Play By Francois Berton and Charles Simon (923 words, 2 pages)

Zaza, the lobby card I have chosen was a film based on a 1904 French play by Francois Berton and Charles Simon. Zaza was a successful film played by nearly every major actress of the day. To quote Paramount, It is a story of sawdust and tears, backstage rivalries, dramas ... Read More

A Review of Crooklyn, a 1994 Semi-Autobiographical Film by Spike Lee (327 words, 1 pages)

In the movie Crooklyn, inner city life was portrayed much different than what was expected. When the phrase the hood is heard, images of beaten up buildings, violence, and a sky-high crime rate come to mind. I anticipated a small neighborhood, dominated by African Americans living in poverty. Although the ... Read More

An Analysis of a Good Film’s Narrational Techniques Functional in Telling the Story According To Bordwell and Thompson (1751 words, 4 pages)

Bye Bye Berrymore According to Bordwell and Thompson, a good films narrational techniques are functional in telling the story. The most prominent of these techniques are mise-en-scene and cinematography. If used well they can constitute an aesthetically pleasing appeal, keeping the audiences attention, and sucking them into the story. In ... Read More

An Analysis of All the Pretty Horses, a 2000 American Romance Western Film by Billy Bob Thornton (634 words, 2 pages)

John Grady Cole, the last in a long line of west Texas ranchers, is, at sixteen, poised on the sorrowful, painful edge of manhood. When he realizes the only life he has ever known is disappearing into the past and that cowboys are as doomed as the Comanche who came ... Read More

A Report of Film About Zapatista Movement in Mexico (503 words, 1 pages)

This film went over the Zapatista movement in Mexico surrounding a large group of locals taking political change into their own hands. The movie touched on the last few decades of Mexican history, the goals and perspectives of the Zapatista itself, factors that triggered their uprising, as well as government ... Read More

An Analysis of Parker Posey Debuted Film in 1997 (381 words, 1 pages)

"The House of Yes" Please, May I Have Some More? When Parker Posey debuted this film in 1997, along with three others, she quickly became the sweetheart of independent films. No one else had the gift for adapting such a stiffly written, complexly neurotic character to the screen with such ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film “The Fourth World War” By Rick Rowley (367 words, 1 pages)

The Film "The Fourth World War" by Rick Rowley portrayed to us in a clear-cut manner, many real-life situations from around the globe. The sometimes-shocking footage presented gave viewers an insightful and concise understanding of real life occurrences that have become normal parts of life in other areas of the ... Read More

A Description of Kodak’s Decision To Stop Selling Traditional Film Cameras in North America (289 words, 1 pages)

Kodak's decision to stop selling traditional film cameras in North America marks the formal end of tradition. It's easier, smoother, more efficient and certainly more expensive today to take pictures on computer chips, converting memories into e-mailable electrons and pixels. These images can be stored, transmitted, printed at home, even ... Read More

A Review of Nicholas and Alexandra, a 1971 Film by Franklin J. Schaffner (636 words, 1 pages)

'Nicholas and Alexandra' is an old-fashioned epic film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and released in 1971, it revolves around Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra and the elusive Rasputin (played by Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman and Tom Baker) before and during the events that led to the Russian Revolution. ... Read More

A Review of A Beautiful Mind, a 2001 American Biographical Drama Film (345 words, 1 pages)

A beautiful mind "A Beautiful Mind's" inarguably greatest strength is a beautiful performance by Russell Crowe, whose depiction of schizophrenic genius John Forbes Nash Jr. is continuously compelling--even through the most vexing moments of heavy sentimentality and unabashed melodrama. Based on the life of the Nobel Prize-winning mathematical theorist, Crowe's ... Read More

A Review of the Film “Hitler” (264 words, 1 pages)

Max Rothman is an art dealer whom has social status as his Jewish family seems to be well-established. He has lost his right arm after being a veteran in World War I and is struggling to grasp the power of words rather paintings. Adolf Hitler in the movie is portrayed ... Read More

An Analysis of the Portrayal of the Arrogance of Affluence in Jane Austen’s Novel Emma and the Film Adaptations Emma and Clueless (760 words, 1 pages)

Emma and Clueless Anyone who's had a wealthy friend agrees that money can go to one's head. This arrogance of affluence is clearly portrayed in Jane Austen's novel "Emma", as well as in the film adaptations "Emma and Clueless". Both the novel and the films display the strange behaviors of ... Read More

The Personal and Political Factors That Have Shaped the Films of the Chinese (1482 words, 3 pages)

In conclusion it can be said that personal and political factors have shaped the films of Chinese film-maker Zhang Yimou and caused him to come under the close surveillance of the Chinese censors. Zhangs family's opposition to the ruling Communist Party prevented him from being able to join the Youth ... Read More

A Biography and Life Work of Walt Disney, an American Animator and Film Producer (483 words, 2 pages)

Walt Disney American Animator and Film Producer 1901 - 1966 If you can dream it, you can do it. --Walt Disney -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. Disney is the creator of the world-famous cartoon character, Mickey Mouse. The small animation company started in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Tora! Tora! Tora! (1356 words, 2 pages)

Tora ! Tora ! Tora ! was the attack code name given to Japanese fighter pilots to use to signal the green light to commanders in prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It is also the title of one of the beset films Ive ever seen. Tora ! Tora ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Tibet: The End of Time (886 words, 2 pages)

Tibet The End of Time The video I watched last week was a video from Time Life that discussed the culture and history of Tibet, a vast yet remote land surrounded on all sides by the 5-mile high Himalayan Mountains. The video covered the overall religious beliefs of Tibet, as ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Million Dollar Baby (870 words, 2 pages)

At first, it is a fresh, assured, and evocative take on the classic boxing formula. A tired old trainer (Clint Eastwood as Frankie), abandoned by the prospect he hoped to take to the title bout, meets a scrappy but untrained would-be boxer. He initially refuses to train the kid, but ... Read More

The Idea of Point of View in the Film The Witness (531 words, 1 pages)

Witness Just as in paintings or drawings, the point of view of any work of art can drastically affect the way that artwork is interpreted, developed, and characterized. The film Witness utilizes the idea of point of view through use of various camera angles and shots to convey different meanings ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Cradle Will Rock by Tim Robbins (1227 words, 2 pages)

In the 1999 film Cradle Will Rock, writerdirector Tim Robbins uses familiar cinematic conventions and popular character actors to build a specific expectation in the minds of the audience. Doing this, he makes the plot itself (which defies most or all such expectations) seem more profound. Robbins' use of music--always ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Offensive Themes and Languages in Disney’s Films (879 words, 1 pages)

Raise your hand if the language used in the movie Aladdin offended you or how about the made-for-kiddies movie The Little Mermaid. Ok, something a little easier than these examples. Raise your hand if you were terribly offended by the language used in Glengarry Glen Ross. What do these three ... Read More

A Comparison of the Traditional and Film Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (970 words, 2 pages)

Out with the Old and in With the New The success of both the traditional and modern movie versions of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet are dictated by their settings. The traditional version of this legendary love story was filmed in 1968 and is set in the 1600s, placing the characters ... Read More

An Introduction to the Classic Horror Films; Terence Fisher (968 words, 2 pages)

The classic horror films all involve the textbook monster Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, and of course The Mummy. Terence Fisher tackled the project of bringing the white wrapped monster to life in 1959, and then Stephen Sommers re-created the film in 1999. Both films obviously tell the classic story ... Read More

An Analysis of the Evolution of the Film Industry (1299 words, 2 pages)

The Evolution of the Film Industry The progress of the film industry was remarkably fast in the first quarter of this century. I have chosen two films namely The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Greed (1924) for comparison and contrast to show how much the industry had evolved within ... Read More

An Analysis of The Chamber and A Look Into the Novel and Film (1611 words, 3 pages)

The Chamber A Look Into the Novel and Film Stories about crime prove to be a strong part of America's entertainment in this day. In The Chamber, John Grisham writes about a Klansman who is convicted of murder and a grandson who tries to save his grandfather is on death ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013