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Films of John Ford, 2003.
Analyzes themes and style in Ford's films.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 79.95
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Focuses on three films: "The Grapes of Wrath", "My Darling Clementine", and "Rio Grande". Discusses the common issue of family, including personal and greater families. Describes the similar use of traditional American music, stark black-and-white images, and sparse dialog.
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"his paper analyzes John Ford's themes and styles in three of his most distinctive films, The Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine, and Rio Grande. These three all focus on different aspects of one issue that reoccurs throughout his films, the issue of..."
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John Ford's Film "The Searchers", 2005.
This paper discusses the masculine hero of the American West as presented in John Ford's classic film "The Searchers".
1,060 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 37.95
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This paper explains that the John Ford classic western "The Searchers" focuses on the relationships and motivations of Ethan Edwards, played by John Wayne known for his super-masculine characters, and Martin, a young, part-Cherokee man, who is accompanying Ethan. The author points out that this relationship between surrogate father and son shaped the young man's view of what manhood truly encompasses. The paper stress that the use of this relationship in the film allows the trait of masculinity to be witnessed through its early development and permits the viewer to decide the positive and negative aspects of masculinity's eventual, albeit extreme, culmination.
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"Eventually, Ethan comes to fully surpass his brother Aaron as patriarch of the household. The family comes to see him as the protector, or "man of the house." When a posse arrives hunting for what appear to be cattle rustlers, Ethan forbids his brother to go along, shouldering the responsibility himself. As he leaves, Aaron's wife embraces Ethan, for which she receives a kiss on the forehead. At this instance they undeniably appear to be man and wife. Later, when the family senses danger of an attack, Ben, the young man of the house, says, "I wish Uncle Ethan was here," despite the fact his father is present and holding a gun. By the traditional ideals of masculinity, being the head of a household is a cornerstone of being considered a man, so Ethan's usurping of his brother's position suggests his natural prowess at playing the masculine role."
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John Ford?s ?The Searchers?, 2002.
The paper analyzes John Ford?s movie ?The Searchers? (1956) by using the ideas of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey from her famous essay, ?Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema?.
1,815 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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The paper explains Mulvey believes that the dichotomy between narrative and spectacle echoes the division between men and women such that men control and forward narrative and women exist as spectacle or objects of visual pleasure at which to look. The author points out many examples where John Ford?s ?The Searchers? sometimes simultaneous adherence to and subversion of Mulvey?s observation and theory. The author finds that the film itself suggests the link between the pleasure of sight and power.
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"In examining the film with Mulvey?s structure in mind, what are we to make of the fact that the female characters in the film are infrequently spectacles? Mulvey writes that, ?Traditionally, the woman displayed has functioned on two levels: as erotic object for the characters within the screen story, and as erotic object for the spectator within the auditorium, with a shifting tension between the looks on either side of the screen.? Although the whole movie is about Ethan Edwards? obsession with avenging the rape and murders of female kin, as well as rescuing one of them, the camera barely lingers on the women. Their relevance is not as visual objects of pleasure either for the camera?s masculine gaze or for the male characters (which presents a stark contrast to the work of Hitchcock that Mulvey dissects as empirical evidence for the structure she describes)."
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John Ford, 1990.
Discusses John Ford from the perspective of auteur theory. Focuses on how Ford worked with a regular coterie of writers and analyzes the films "Stagecoach", "Searchers", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", Fort "Apache", "The Quiet Man" and others.
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"The auteur theory developed by French film critics beginning in the 1950s is partly a convenient way of categorizing and analyzing films, collecting titles as the body of work of the director. More than this, though, the theory holds that it is the director more than anyone else who is responsible for the completed film, since he or she is the one who determines visual style and other matters in the course of production. The theory finds that the director expresses meaning through visual style and that analyzing the visual style of a given director reveals consistent thematic concerns, similarities in character development, and other repeated and recognizable signs of a single intelligence at work. At the same time, though, film remains a collaborative medium, and it would seem that directors would be influenced by their..."
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D.W. Griffith, John Ford, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock and Ingmar Bergman, 1999.
Examines these five directors' major films, contributions to cinema, innovations, styles and techniques.
3,825 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 9 sources, $ 135.95
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"This paper is a discussion of the works of five of the greatest directors in international cinema. D. W. Griffith, John Ford, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, and Ingmar Bergman have each had enormous influence in their art because of their individual vision and striking approach to filmmaking.
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"This paper is a discussion of the works of five of the greatest directors in international cinema. D. W. Griffith, John Ford, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, and Ingmar Bergman have each had enormous influence in their art because of their individual vision and striking approach to filmmaking. Their visual concerns have been dramatically different, but the commitment of each has led them to create powerful, effective films that continue to affect the work of filmmakers in every genre and every nation today. All five have made significant contributions toward turning filmmaking into an art, while developing different aspects of cinema and varying genres, and all five can be considered great artists.
David Wark Griffith was born in Kentucky on January 22, 1875. He began his career as an actor in small touring ..."
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"Hippolytus" ( Euripides ), "King Lear" ( Shakespeare ) and " 'tis Pity She's A Whore" ( John Ford ), 1999.
Compares the treatment of the themes of illegitimacy and incest in three plays, focusing on "Hippolytus".
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This study will explore the themes ofillegitimacy/legitimacy and incest in three plays, Euripides's Hippolytus, Shakespeare's King Lear, and John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
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"This study will explore the themes ofillegitimacy/legitimacy and incest in three plays, Euripides's Hippolytus, Shakespeare's King Lear, and John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. The study will focus on Hippolytus and the several illegitimate children in that play, followed by comparisons of that play with the latter two. The argument of the study will be that the issues of illegitimacy and incest have more to do with love rather than sex, or even with morality, and, therefore, investigation of those issues will focus on the roles which illegitimacy and incest play in the expression of love and in the obstacles to love.
Hippolytus is the illegitimate son of Theseus, but an obsessively virtuous man who incurs the wrath of Aphrodite because of his rejection of her and his alliance with Artemis, a ..."
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Ford and Post-Ford, 2002.
The Federal state's approach to the welfare state in the Fordist and post-Fordist periods in Canada.
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This paper discusses the federal state's approach to the welfare state during the Fordist and post-Fordist periods. It shows how the state intervened and regulated the economy from the end of the Second World War to the 1980s, when deficit mania led to a dismantling of the overseeing state. This led to cutbacks in all social programs.
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John Cheever and John Updike, 1994.
A description and comparison of their short stories including narration, style and views on American society.
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"John Cheever and John Updike have both been cited as writers of American suburbia, and indeed they do delve into that area of American life in their works. The writers are very different in their style, tone, and the subject matter they tackle, however, and should not be mistaken for one another by any careful reader. They come from different generations as well, and yet Cheever's suburbia, holds the promise of a new form of the American dream, but, is treated by the author as the thing that destroys it. Updike's suburbia is treated more as a simple fact of modern life, although his characters find it difficult living up to the expectations of suburban life. An examination of several stories by each writer can show some of the ways each approaches their subject matter, their stylistic concerns, and their differences as writers."
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John Dewey and John Locke On Experience, 1999.
Compares their views on nature and the meaning of human experience. Discusses ideas, perception, knowledge, scientific inquiry and mind-body relationship.
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"Differing notions of experience divide philosophers John Dewey and John Locke. The views of both have meaning in terms of such human endeavors as scientific inquiry and relate to scientific meaning.
Locke's view of experience sees the world as preexisting and the mind as learning from experience. Locke believes that the mind at birth is a tabula rasa, a blank slate, and it is only through experience that knowledge is gained. Any knowledge possessed by the individual would be knowledge gained through experience. In the beginning, however, the individual has no experience. In the Garden of Eden, when Eve has experience of reaching for the extended red apple, it is a new one, the outcome of which will teach her a lesson she could not have gained otherwise. She has been told not to perform this action, and yet ..."
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Individualism in "Stagecoach" and "The 39 Steps", 2008.
An analysis of the themes of individuality, pro-social violence, and affirmation of the American democratic system in two classic Hollywood films: John Ford's "Stagecoach" and Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps."
1,839 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper analyzes the two films, John Ford's "Stagecoach" and Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps." It shows how they both fit squarely into the category of the Classic Hollywood feature and both display many of the sensibilities of the American Western. The paper analyzes these two films and reveals the extent to which they adhere to strict Hollywood convention. It also exposes the ways in which both films diverge from expectations to claim their respective places in film history.
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"Aside from the callous presence of the Law and Order League, the American establishment is represented by Mrs. Mallory and Hatfield. Though Bernstein attempts to dismiss their unfavorable depiction as a critique on European classism, they are nonetheless as purely and distinctly American as anyone else on the coach. That Hatfield refuses to offer his silver cup to Dallas illustrates the ridiculous pretensions of establishment - in this case, even American democratic establishment of which both Hatfield and Mrs. Mallory are or once were a part. Bernstein claims that when the Ringo Kid kindly offers Dallas the canteen instead, this demonstrates Ringo's embodiment of "the true, native, and natural American democratic ideal." However, this kind of collective support seems a part of any political system as much as it does democracy, especially considering democracy's general insistence on individual strength and competition."
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The West in Film, 1996.
Compares films' depictions of West, values, gunfighting, 19th Cent. town life, directors' messages & styles. My Darling Clementine ( John Ford ) & High Noon ( Fred Zinnemann )
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John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946) includes historical characters and historical events, while Fred Zinnemann's High Noon (1952) is more a generic Western with an interesting slant on the history of the time in which the film was made. At heart, both films are about a clash between good and evil that ends with a gunfight in the street, with the forces of law against the representatives of disorder. While this may be a timeless battle repeated endlessly in films--not only Westerns, but certainly in the Western genre time and time again--how this battle is treated in the two films shows a very different view of the social order, of the role of the hero, and of the meaning of the battle itself. Ford takes a much more traditional view of his hero, Wyatt Earp, and he treats that character in the heroic mold even though the historical character and his brothers were not as admirable as..."
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Relationship between American Films and American Ideas, 2000.
Examines the relationship between the establishment of American films and American Ideas.
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This essay examines the relationship between the establishment of American films and American Ideas. It features the works of John Ford ("Birth of a Nation") and "The Iron Horse". In addition, the writer tackles the issue of the promotion of the American ideal in Europe and how this influenced immigration.
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"This new and exciting medium offered a new method of presenting ideas. While there were many movies concentrated around melodrama and the vaudeville tradition, the opportunity was there for film-makers to present their own vision of America. This relationship between film-makers and American history was compounded by the similarity of their development. As with America, film making began in the east. The major studios were to be found in New York with Chicago and its suburbs also being colonised by production companies. At first locating in the east had advantages. It was the centre of American civilisation and had access to labour and supplies and as such was perfect for studio based film making. However, at this time all but the most affluent studios were without adequate lighting systems and relied upon good light to film. This was a problem in the north and east due to seasonal changes in light conditions."
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Films: Tragedy of the Jacobean Era, 2002.
Looks at the Elizabethan and Jacobean Tragedies of the time.
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This paper looks at the Elizabethan and Jacobean Tragedies of the time and discusses key writers such as John Webster and John Ford. Looking at several of their works and discussing the history or the idea of the revenge play.
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Turner's "Frontier Thesis", 2007.
An analysis of John Ford's classic, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by comparing the film to William Turner's "Frontier Thesis".
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This paper discusses William Turner's "Frontier Thesis." The paper discusses Turner's idea of certain characteristics of people who live on the frontier, such as common traits of strength and brains, practicality and inventiveness. The paper then compares those characteristics described by Turner, to those found in John Ford's film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".
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"This is the West. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend," states the editor of the Shinbone Star towards the end of John Ford's classic, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." The legendary heroes of America's western frontier, represented in film or story, tend to embody certain attributes laid down in Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis." In this thesis Turner states that frontier life produced common traits of strength and brains, practicality and inventiveness, and a dominant individualism that either works for a good or an evil agenda and that all of these common characteristics are accompanied by a buoyant and exuberant lifestyle stemming from a certain amount of freedom of the self that only frontier life offered. Turner claims that all of these traits are developed in all frontier livers, historic or legendary. Turner's assumed common traits of frontier personalities mirror those found in the characters of Ford's "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
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