Beloved Beloved The setting, time, and main characters of the film Beloved all point to struggling aspects of African Americans and African American women in particular. Sethe, the mother, is determined to keep her children from slavery no matter what the cost. She knows what the life of slavery entails so she takes her children and escapes from their master. Within 29 days the m

Ignorant Hillbillies: The Representation Of Southern Culture By Television Abstract Television has been the window to the world for many people for a long time. Television creates images and representation of places and people. Television has succeeded in creating a negative image of southern culture and the southern people. Television has made southerners into ‘hillbillies’ who are

Master Of Psychological Suspense Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Psychological Suspense Alfred Hitchcock has earned the title of 'Master of Suspense' by creating films conveying on screen some of his own personal phobias. As child, Alfred Hitchcock had a run in with the police in which changed his prospective on author and, the law. At the age of 5, his father told Alfred to go to

Thelma & Louise/Steel Magnolias Webster’s College Dictionary defines feminism as “a doctrine advocating social, political, and economic rights for women equal to those of men; a movement for the attainment of suck rights” (Random House, 2000: 484). The act of doing whatever is necessary to attain equal treatment and the ability to live independently without a man in one’s life are defin

Three Is A Crowd: Kane, Leland, And Bernstein In Citizen Kane In every group of friends there exists certain templates. There can be found the outgoing ones, the dreamers, and eager-to-please pragmatists. This formula is latent in humanity, and is often reflected in literature and television. Orson Welles understood and used this in his masterpiece, Citizen Kane. Charles Kane (the ti

Through The Children: E.T. Directed by Spielberg from a screenplay by Melissa Mathison and produced by Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is the thrilling and deeply moving story of the special friendship that develops between Elliott, a very accepting and open-minded lonely young boy living in a suburban California community, and a wise visitor from another plane

Titanic And Communications Titanic The Movie and Communications The world is thrilled about the unsinkable ship and its liberated voyage from England to the United States. Not knowing the tragic end, the wealthy families of entrepreneurs to the underprivileged families of the common, took a mutual interest in traveling “the city on the sea,” The Titanic. To commemorate this April 15

Thomasina Clay Throughout history, we have watched a vass array of video’s on the African American experience this is a summary of those videos. One of the first video’s that we watched this semester was the middle passage on February 19, 2002. This video was an explanation of the original slave trade passage. The middle passage is also known as The Transatlantic Slave Trade, or the

Courage Courage, The Strength Within Definition= my definition of courage is a person that has the strengths needed to face their fears We all face difficulties in our lives like loosing some one you love, getting something stolen or having the school bully on your bad side. But what sets courageous people apart from cowards is fortitude. Having the fill to go out there and fa

Pi The Movie Pi the movie Pi is an independent mathematical sci-fi thriller that pushes the envelope of the most controversial ideas of life itself, broad religion versus mathematics and order. In this film a brilliant number theorist, Maximilian Cohen, teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an underlying meaning of an elusive numerical code that is said to bare the secr

American History X 1. Danny Vinyard, Derek Vinyard, and Remmy all joined the hate groups that became so powerful in their lives because many of the same reasons. Derek’s father had died when he was young which caused Derek to become racist. He was taken in by Camron, the head of a hate group that discriminated against all but whites. Camron was a father figure to Derek which is a maj

Cyrano In the stories “The Nose”, “Roxanne”, and “Cyrano De Bergerac” they all have their similarities and their differences at the same time. As all of these stories all basically have the same story line or the same meaning, they also all have different plots, setting, and characters. I also think that their psyical appearance affects their personal relationships in the stories. The Mo

Coyote Ugly Coyote Ugly, directed by David McNally and written by Gina Wendkos, promotes itself as a film that focuses on a group of young female, table-dancing bartenders --or "coyotes"-- who entertain and thrill their drunk clientele with their uninhibited and often choreographed moves. However, Coyote Ugly soon reveals its true main character, an endearing small-town girl, and offers

Tora! Tora! Tora! One of the toughest tasks for a director making a historical film is to stay true to the material and be historically accurate. Tora! Tora! Tora! is a classic film recounting the Japanese sneak attack on the United States Navy’s Pacific Headquarters in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The background of the attack is told; in quite even fashion no less, from b

Guilty By Suspicion Which should come first, your friend or your country' Honest people find they can take first one side and then the other - depending somewhat on which friend, and which country. But for the people in “Guilty by Suspicion” who were caught in the Hollywood witch-hunt, beginning in the late 1940s, the decision meant, in many cases, betraying your ideals, or losing your

Film Vs. Film People of Color in Cinema Film Critique School of Rock versus the Warriors. In analyzing movies in the context of how films portray distinct groups of people it becomes easy to fall into the typical analytical approach of seeking out films that use non-white groups in a way that is stereotypical and outwardly degrading, perhaps out of ignorance or exploitation for prom

Angelina Jolie An Icon To Gay/lesbian Films' Over the last century, queer roles have transcended through numerous changes in Hollywood. On the forefront of Hollywood during the 1930’s, queer roles in film were looked upon as transgressions against society and humanity. At this particular point in history, the studios took great liberty at hiding behind the newly formed Motion Picture Pro

Dream Worlds II According to the movie, Dream Worlds II which emphasizes desire, sex, and power in music video, women in music television inhabit a fantasy land or “Dream World” where the norms of femininity are nymphomania and dependence on and subservience to men. In this dream world, women outnumber men, attraction is instant, and sex happens spontaneously and without courtship. All m

Gladiator The movie that I chose to watch that had a strong social theme was Gladiator. The movie was written and directed by Ridley Scott. Gladiator tells the story of Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius, played by Russell Crowe. Maximum defeats the rebellious Germans in battle, and Caesar asks him to become Protector of Rome during a transition back to the Republic. Maximus does n

Crimes And Misdemeanors The film Crimes and Misdemeanors, By Woody Allen is a film with a variety of characters who portray different perspectives. With the main theme of the film being truth, whether it is morally right or wrong, is a subject that most of the characters can’t grasp on to. The characters that seem to be the most truthful have the most to hide, where as the characters tha

Communication Theories In American Beauty Communication Theories within American Beauty The movie American Beauty is about a family who is coming apart at the seams. It uses many of the theories that we have touched on in this class but mostly the Interactional View. This theory is more prevalent then others because the core principles of it focus on the family as a system, rather

Reality-Based Entertainment In the past five years, the entertainment industry has been more and more focused on the idea of reality-based entertainment. This vast desire for seemingly live television has made a great impact upon major network television stations. Shows such as MTV’s Real World and CBS’s Survivor are great indicators of society’s obsession with drama in a “live” situatio

Roger and Me Roger and Me The Modes Moore Employs Roger and Me is the story of Michael Moore’s quest to right the wrong done to Flint, Michigan by Roger Smith, CEO of General Motors. GM factories closed down in Flint, resulting in unemployment for of thousands of workers. These laid off auto workers are products of generations of auto workers. GM has been a Flint way of life since the fa

Cencorship “Censorship, is it ever justified'” Censorship in many ways consists of any attempt to suppress information, points of view, or method of expression. There are however circumstances when censorship is needed in order to maintain the status quo and/or to control the development of a society. In a society such as ours today, censorship is needed to protect us from our selv

Single Shot Analysis-Citizen Kane Single Shot Analysis In the movie Citizen Kane the scene where Mr. Kane has just lost the election there are many stylistic elements that are used show this scene. The mise-en-scene in this particular shot is very important. In the profilming space it is set up where you can tell an election has just been thrown, even if you hadn’t watched the movi

Becoming American: The Chinese Expereince Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, reaction paper Race is a group of people united or classified together on a basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution. As you continue on reading I’m going to tell you a little about people of the Chinese race and their struggle to become American. Many of these people not

Primal Fear Primal Fear is a movie about the vicious murder of a renowned Archbishop by an altar boy. The prominent community figure, the Archbishop, was stabbed brutally dozens of times, and the altar boy played by Edward Norton was found to have committed the murder. The defense (Richard Gene) used the insanity defense because later in the movie it appeared as if Edward Norton was suff

Public Broadcasting In Canada A nation’s identity is formed and sustained by the culture of its people. In Canada, the most influential form of cultural exposure is through television. By establishing a strong public broadcasting system, Canada is able to differentiate itself from other countries. Public television provides access for all, the representation of diverse social i

The Revisionist Western In the late Sixties and early seventies, there was a revisionist movement in Hollywood. This revision of genre’s included the western genre. In this essay, I will analyze the differences between the classic Western, and the revisionist westerns. The movies which are considered to be revisionist westerns that I will be reviewing are the following: Butch Cassidy and

Social Stratification In Bowling For Columbine With “Bowling for Columbine”, Michael Moore explores many facets of society in an effort to determine what the United States’ obsession is with guns. He is looking and looking and trying to analyze what factors play a role in producing the crippling fear that drives Americans to own guns and commit violent firearm crimes, but it hits him r