Tag: Film
Affliction Film Essay
Affliction, based on the novel by Russell Banks, was very interesting, mysterious, and kept you guessing up until it was over. The actors/actresses portrayed...
A Birth Of A Nation – The Bicycle Thieves
In that paper, I will try to compare two films which are A Birth of a Nation directed by D. W. Griffith and The...
Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange
Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange was a deeply disturbing depiction of human nature that shed light onto dark thoughts in the character's soul. Alex seems...
Fail Safe and Dr. Strangelove
In Fail Safe and Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Sidney Lumet and Stanley Kubrick question the...
Gummo: A Review
Pieces of a puzzle slowly fitting together, to reveal a picture. This is an accurate description of how the film, Gummo by Harmony Korine...
The Fallen Angel: Analysis Of The Final Scenes Of Blade Runner
Director Ridley Scott's Postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot be destroyed, because it's destruction leads to...
Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye As A Genre Revisionist Film
The period of American cinema between 1965 and 1975 produced many films that almost completely restructured classical Hollywoods accepted genre conventions. A fine example...
The movie, The Breakfast Club
The high school experience is something that will forever dominate the psyche of most American adults. It was an unforgettable time of fun, rebel-rousing,...
Bram Stokers Dracula
Lords of the darkness, Darkling Dancers, Nosferatu, Vrikolakas. And the list goes on like this. The vampire concept is thought by the most to...
A Ridley Scott film – Blade Runner
This film, I believe, deserves a higher status than that of cult, and is much more than just an acceptable homage to Philip K...
The Cave and the Matrix
Movie critics and philosophers alike agree that the movie The Matrix is indeed based upon certain Platonic themes from Book VII of The Republic....
Different Genres By Michael J. Mizov Fear
Fear in Different Genres By Michael J. Mizov Fear is defined as a condition between anxiety and terror either natural and well-grounded or unreasoned...
Admiral Kurtz In Apocalypase Now
Apocalypse Now is a film about madness. In this film, Willard, played by Charlie Sheen, is sent through madness, reminiscent of Dantes' journey through...
Cinema, the Art of the Index
Thus far, most discussions of cinema in the digital age have focused on the possibilities of interactive narrative. It is not hard to understand...
Lucas: King of Film
Whether it be through his epic Star Wars saga, or through the exalted special effects crew he pioneered, Industrial Light and Magic, he continues...
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...
Stanley Kubrick Lives Essay
The theory of authorship as applied to film directors is a subject that is argued extensively throughout the film world. The auteur theory was...
The City Hunter
The City Hunter is an action comedy movie starring international superstar Jackie Chan. This movie was made in Hong Kong in the early 90s....
Blade Runner: Man vs. Nature
Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is a brilliant, cult classic Science Fiction/Film Noir that takes a look at the future of man in 2019 California....
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, one of the most important filmmakers
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau is one of the most important filmmakers of the cinema during Weimar Republic period. He is often grouped with Fritz Lang...
2001: A Space Odyssey
I am going to be talking about Stanley Kubricks 2001: a space odyssey, focusing (obviously) on the music, but also the sound. I will...
Snuff Films Essay
Also known as "white heat" films and "the real thing," the snuff film myth lives on like Bigfoot, despite the fact that no law...
Differences in Film and Literature
Today there are many differences between stories and film adaptations. When people read a book like Lord of The Rings they use one of...
Dave Barry’s Complete Guide To Guys
Wait, are you telling me that Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys addresses women's issues? If "women's issues" include understanding why guys spit, scratch...
David Lynch’s Blue Velvet
David Lynch's Blue Velvet is an exploration of things above and below the surface. This surface is really a borderline between not only idyllic...
Film Analysis of Gallipoli
Gallipoli, as the title suggests, is a portrayal of the historical event in which thousands of Australian soldiers went off to fight for their...
Critique Of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer, and directed by Robert Weine. It was produced in 1919 by...
Bruce Almighty is Irresistible
There is a guilty pleasure one gets from watching characters we identify with struggle on screen, and we begin to think to ourselves that...
Movie: The Grapes Of Wrath – The people and the Depression
In the movie The grapes of Wrath, the Joads undergo the hit of the depression, they have to leave their farm. They go to...
Brazils Current Film Industry
In this paper I will discuss Brazil and it's current film industry. I will elucidate its role in the Brazilian economy, and also what...
Muhammad Ali – Movie
Fierce with his fists, fast on his feet and quick with a quip, boxer, Muhammad Ali became one of the sporting icons of the...
Cinema Combat: Braveheart vs. Full Metal Jacket
War is an ever-present entity in the world of cinema. The films Braveheart and Full Metal Jacket show strikingly similar, yet different aspects of...
The History of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Roman Army was a masterpiece in itself. There was no other army like it, and was impenentrable. This was probably because of the...
Can A Computer Lie
One of the "characters" in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey (directed by Stanley Kubrick) is a computer called HAL 9000. In addition...
Kubrick Lives Essay
The theory of authorship as applied to film directors is a subject that is argued extensively throughout the film world. The auteur theory was...
How Steven Spielburg had effect on other directors
He has been writing movies and screenplays since he was 10 years old. Many other directors only start writing when they go into college...
The Crucible by a Hollywood studio
As I watched "The Crucible" taking shape as a movie over much of the past year, the sheer depth of time that it represents...
Cinema and Films
Many young people today are learning about their world through electronic means radio, television, video movies, computer games, virtual reality games and the Internet....
Citizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal of William Randolph Hearst
Many have called Citizen Kane the greatest cinematic achievement of all time. It is indeed a true masterpiece of acting, screen writing, and directing....
The Patriot Film
Martin, a veteran of the French and Indian War, thinks of himself as a battle-weary peacenik (his eldest son joins the army against his...
The Great Gatsby Movie Review
The 1974 adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel the Great Gatsby is directed by Jack Clayton and screenwriten by Francis Ford Coppola, with Robert...
Babette’s Feast Essay
The first part of the film describes how Babette settles into this small town. But the main story builds twelve years after her arrival....
The movie, Pierre Delacroix
The days of blackface minstrel troupes may seem like ancient history to most Americans, but Spike Lee wants to refresh our memory. Spike Lee...
Formalist Criticism of Shine
Directed by Scott Hicks, the drama Shine is a formalist masterpiece. Writing the piece as a fiction film gave the author license to alter...
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
A gem that has several very visible flaws; yet, with these flaws, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" shines as the best from the Disney...
Cinema and Film
Many young people today are learning about their world through electronic means radio, television, video movies, computer games, virtual reality games and the Internet....
How has the American Dream been translated into popular film
The American Dream is an often mentioned and well-known term used to describe the ideology of the United States of America. Despite the common...
Was the film ‘The Battle of the Somme’ an accurate overview of the War
The film 'The Battle of the Somme' was a documentary made by the British government. It was released during to the World War I...
Do The Right Thing
Director and actor Spike Lee presents his "truth" about race relations in his movie Do the Right Thing. The film exhibits the spectacle of...
Admiral Kurtz In Apocalypase Now
Apocalypse Now is a film about madness. In this film, Willard, played by Charlie Sheen, is sent through madness, reminiscent of Dantes' journey through...
