Film Essays and Term Papers
The Movie Industry AnalysisThe Movie Industry is one of the most exciting and informative business in the world, a business where the revenue of a single feature film can approach or exceed $1 billion. In 1994, U.S. consumers spent over $6 billion on movie tickets and another $34 billion on cable TV and video purchases and ...
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Reservoir Dogs"," the exhilarating debut film of 29-year old writer/director Quentin Tarantino, is a ballet of macho posturing, gun-pointing, and the creative uses of every four-letter word imaginable. Its testosterone level is off every chart, and it happily wallows in its own juvenile love of criminals, ...
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BlaxploitationIn today’s culturally diverse, politically correct society, it is hard to believe that at one time racism was not only accepted as the norm, but enjoyed for its entertainment value. Individuals of African descent in North America today take the large, diverse pool of opportunities offered by the ...
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The Last WaveSOC 118 ""-Peter Weir dir.(1977)
In the film, , the director is trying to communicate the
idea of a culture within a culture or sub culture. The dominant culture in the
film is the white members of society living in Australia. The subculture in the
film is the Aborigines who were natives to the ...
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Exotica - Character Analysis"I wanted to make a movie about believable people doing believable things in an unbelievable way." stated Atom Egoyan of his recent film The Adjuster. The Canadian director has recently been acclaimed for his imagination and originality, which is more than evident in his latest work Exotica. In ...
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A Comparison Of Framing, LightThe folowing essay is a comparison of the films Citizen Kane
(1941) dircted by Orson Welles and Josef Von Sternberg's The Scarlet
Empress. (1934) Specifically it will concentrate on how the two directors
use set design, framing and lighting to comment upon the psychology of their principle ...
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Louise Brooks“There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only !”
The flapper’s icon, was a talented silent film star of the Jazz Age. Her rise as a personality and as a film star was in keeping with the central phenomenon of the flapper era. Her trademark haircut, the “black helmet” was worn by ...
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Knocked UpMy extra credit is on the film Knocked up. In this film it is clear that pregnancy has now been successfully transfigured by the culture industry, adept at turning a minor identity into a popular fad. The discourse of pregnancy is working through celebrity culture, mass media, public policy, and ...
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A Clockwork Orange vs Classical ConditioningIn the film, “A Clockwork Orange” is a 1971 statistical science fiction film made in England. This film was produced, directed, and written by Stanley Kubrick. “A Clockwork Orange” is about a young boy Alex and his group of friends who enjoy causing harm and pain to others. He one night gets ...
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ScienceCamera Shots
A camera shot is the amount of space that is seen in one shot or frame. Camera shots are used to demonstrate different aspects of a film's setting, characters and themes. As a result, camera shots are very important in shaping meaning in a film. Reviewing the examples on the right ...
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9/11 Forgotten Heroes Documentary - Rhetorical AnalysisLaurie Seidl
English 250
Angela Sebastian
10/19/12
A Lie from the U.S. Government
Richard Ray Perez was the director and producer of "9/11 Forgotten Heroes, which stated that our country says we will always remember 9/11 and those who were all involved in the accident, specifically those ...
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American PsychoFilm Essay
American Psycho is an interesting film for many reasons, and one of them links in with what genre it actually fits in. American Psycho has elements of a black comedy, but also elements of horror.A black comedy is humour that makes light of otherwise serious situations. It is also ...
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The Hunger GamesThe Hunger Games
The movie "The Hunger Games" shows through the filmic codes and conventions that the future could in fact be bleak and dystopic. Because this film does in fact relate to real life problems and ideals and shows what society could turn out like without some drastic changes.
The ...
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The Great Debaters ReviewFILM REVIEW
BY JOSEPH JOJO
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ST XAVIER'S COLLEGE MUMBAI
THE GREAT DEBATERS
DENZEL ...
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Leon The Movie Review EssaySet in modern day New York, Leon (Jean Reno) is a professional hit man who carries out contracts for Italian boss Tony (Danny Aiello) who in turn acts as a father-figure and manipulator. Leon is truly exceptional at his job with an ability to move without sound, kill without emotion and disappear ...
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The Shiningis about a white middle class dysfunctional family that suffers from natural and supernatural stresses in an isolated Rocky mountain hotel. .The father, a former teacher turned writer, is portrayed as a habitual drinker, wife- and child-abuser, with a kind of evil streak The mother is shown ...
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12 Angry MenCharacterization plays a major part in most movies, this is what gives
the audience insights into a characters personality. The film
relies more heavily on the use of characterization than any other movie I can
think of. Due to the lack of special effects and because the film takes place
almost ...
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David CronenbergPeople can interpret different things in different ways. Some people look at the Eiffel
Tower and say that it is a work of genius. Others may look at it as if it were the ugliest thing in
Europe. Two opposing views creates controversy. People look at the work of the well known
director, , ...
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Dustin HoffmanAfter watching several of 's films, I have concluded
that he is a great actor with a lot of talent. He can play a lot of
different types of roles and characters. His acting is very convincing.
The film's I‘ve watched starring are: “The Graduate,” “
Little Big Man,” “Kramer Vs. Kramer,” ...
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The Godfather: Gangster GenreCrime stories in this genre often highlight or glorify the rise and fall of a particular criminal, gang, bank robber, murderer or lawbreakers in personal power struggles or conflict with law and order figures, an underling or competitive colleague, or a rival gang. Headline-grabbing situations, ...
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