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This paper will examine the critical responses to three films, which derive from both immediate and reflective criticism. The films to be discussed are Kenneth Branagh's "Henry V", Federico Fellini's "La Strada" and Fritz Lang's "Metropolis". It will be argued that central to the criticism of the three directors and their films are the sense in which each is regarded as an "auteur". All three cinematic texts produce meaning through the tension between the director's personality and the material with which he is working. It is this pervasive domination by the director of the cinematic text through manipulation of the 'mise en scene' that defines these works as that of "auteurs".

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In this paper, the author compares Steven Spielberg's films "Saving Private Ryan" and "Munich." The basis for the comparison is Spielberg's personal cinematic style as a director. Spielberg is able to integrate the visual setting in both films as realistic, but not necessarily for sheer visual impact. Instead, he lets the scene tell the story. Additionally, the conclusions of both films allowed the viewer to resolve the themes of the movies themselves, another trademark of Spielberg.

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" It was easier to immediately reject Saving Private Ryan because of its category than it was to reject Munich. At least Munich was interesting. Upon hearing the titles of both films, Munich (at least in this reviewer's case) was far more intriguing than Private Ryan. This critic's automatic rejection scenario was immediately initiated upon hearing of Private Ryan, while being intrigued by hearing of Munich."

Tags:Steven, Spielberg, film, Munich, Saving, Private, Ryan

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The films by director Spike Lee are not trivial, mindless films that require suspension of disbelief. His films provide the viewer with an insightful social commentary on contemporary race relations. This paper is an analysis of Spike Lee's directorial style. Lee's directorial style, stylistic tendencies, stories, and work as a whole are explored in this paper by comparing his films "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X".

Tags:spike, lee, films

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In this paper, the immoral nature of Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl is brought forth in Hitler's Nazi Party, but the technical and stylistic of the film were major influences on 20th century cinema. With moving cameras, aerial photography, and the use of the telephoto lens to alter and bring movement to Hitler's rise to power, Riefenstahl made great advances in the art of filmmaking are important for film history.

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Tags:nazi, film, party

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"The overall color scheme of "Full Metal Jacket" involves a shift toward the green in art direction and toward the blue in terms of lighting. The green is seen in the tinge of the walls of the barracks, in the uniforms, and in the choices made throughout the movie for the surroundings (the green of the foliage at Paris Island, what is left of the green in the war zone of Vietnam, the sickly cast to the war scenes, the green of military bases everywhere, and so on).

The blue shift in the light and the prevalence of green places a distance between viewer and action. These are cold colors, and the blue adds a sense of documentary to scenes like the opening where the soldiers are getting their haircuts. Blue is emphasized in the night scenes, with a blue filter adding an ominous and mysterious tinge to the action. Blue makes the inter..."

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This paper looks at the role that the media plays in portraying and delivering news with special reference to the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Towers. The author argues that the way the media depicts news creates a situation in which reality becomes indistinguishable from film making. The media's use of techniques such as slow motion, repetition, development of characters and formation of anticipation in the audience in delivering news, is so similar to the way films are made, that to discern between boundaries of the media and real life becomes impossible.

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"The Spectacle of horror, which took place on September 11th 2001, has left daunting unforgettable memories in the minds of all on lookers. The events of that day influenced so many individuals because of the vast reach of the media in our day-to-day lives. What happened on September 11th 2001 leaves many believing that real life has become indistinguishable from the movies. The increase in media control has taken off with in the cultural industry over the last 30 years. Televisions became mainstreamed into the family home in the 1970's with the invention of colour TV. These days more then 11 million Canadians have cable television. The mega trend of corporate capitalism in the post-industrial world has 7.5 million households online. Hollywood and American cinema account for the 2nd largest product surplus in North America. Ironically before the September 11th 2001 tragedies top grossing industry was the Airline Industry. Both the film and airline industries have seen drastic declines in profits since September 11th 2001."

Tags:cultural, industry, media, role, terrorism, war, cinema, movie

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A look at the novel by Anthony Burgess and the film representation by Stanley Kubrick. The author discusses Burgess?s moral message, unique use of language, and plot structure in comparison to Kubrick?s use of cinematography, visual symbolism, and plot alteration. The author argues that Kubrick?s film is successful in representing Burgess?s narrative.

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"Kubrick's adaptation of Burgess? novel would obviously be viewed as incomplete to someone who read the novel prior to watching the movie. However, Kubrick's film comes complete with all the elements needed to create a full literary tale, making it successfully stand on its own as an individual work of art. The fact that Kubrick paid attention to much of the detail, such as symmetry, shapes, and other symbolism, further validates the film in being considered by serious critics as a thought-provoking piece of work, and a reliable account of Burgess? intentions concerning free will."

Tags:fiction, film

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This paper explores horror actor Peter Cushing's ancestral ties with Sir Henry Irving, the great English stage actor and Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, in the context of the English stage and Irving's tours of America, from 1881 to 1889. It examines Bram Stoker's work in April of 1912, that used a new medium of artistic expression and brought Stoker his posthumous fame--the motion picture industry which catapulted Stoker's Gothic novel to the darkest realms of cinematic exploitation and created a new cultural icon in the form of a blood-sucking, malevolent human monster known as Count Dracula.

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"While Ellen Terry and Henry Irving enjoyed some days of quiet and peace in the privacy of their drawing-rooms and staterooms, the rest of the (touring) company, the tons of scenery, the hundreds of costumes, the 1,200 wigs, the small-part actors, the supers and Bram Stoker, were sailing to America in a slow boat called The City of Rome." Although this quote from Madeleine Bingham's 1978 biography Henry Irving and the Victorian Theatre seems at first glance rather superficial, two specific points deserve closer examination--first, Henry Irving, the legendary British thespian, the Sir Laurence Olivier of his time, who dominated the English stage for more than thirty years and was the first actor to be knighted 1, and actress Ellen Terry, his longtime leading lady, must have thought of themselves as blue-blood royalty, due to sailing to America from Liverpool in October of 1883 aboard the luxurious steamship Britannic on their first U.S. tour; and second, as the remainder of the company trudged along on that "slow boat" The City of Rome, Irving's business manager, the Dublin-born Bram Stoker, apparently was not considered as deserving of better quarters during the long voyage across the Atlantic to the theatrical citadel of New York City. However, this may have been in Stoker's favor, for it is quite possible while separated from Irving's manic desire for control that Stoker retreated to his conjoined cabin ( No. 100, a few steps from the promenade bar 2 ) and took pen in hand to scribble in a "dogeared notebook (with) hieroglyphical entries in thick, half-obliterated pencil," 3 more notes concerning his ten years of research into the occultic sciences."

Tags:dracula, henry, irving, peter, sir, stoker, count

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This paper presents an analysis of Poe's influence on Stanley Kubrick's cinematic adaptation of Nabokov's novel.

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"From this wicked confessional on Humbert Humbert, the protagonist/ doppleganger of Vladimir Nabokov's 1961 novel Lolita, we can begin to explore the question as to the true identity of Lolita, the child nymphet, the Odysseyian siren, the uncorrupted maiden "chaste as morning dew" who destroyed Humbert's mind and life. According to Humbert the diarist."

Tags:exposition, film, novelists, russian

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The following paper is a critical analysis of Sam Mendes' 'American Beauty', a cinematic portrayal of suburbanite squalor. The writer gives a brief breakdown of the plot, comments on the acting and characters and examines the themes in this movie. The writer asserts that the movie is not aimed at children, rather it is a movie in which many notions about what goes on behind picket fences in suburbia are dispelled.

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"A recent article about American Beauty contained this quote:"It is a rainy afternoon. In an average-sized town in middle-class suburbia, a man tries to come to grips with his drug-addicted son, strange neighbors, and catatonic wife. Sound familiar? If you think so, you may have been reminded of the movie American Beauty" (Wilmington)."

Tags:annette, bakula, bening, bentley, birch, class, film, gallagher, homosexual, homosexuality, kevin, mena, mendes, middle, peter, sam, scott, spacey, suburb, suburban, suburbanite, suvari, thora, wes