Clockwork Orange Film/novel When he wrote A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess created his own world set in London during a future time when gangs and violence are rampant on the streets. This style of literature stressed the overly pessimistic view of human nature and violence as well as the evil ways of human behavior. Going even deeper, this novel attempts to confront the subject of

Motion Picture The Motion Picture: Then and Now First presented in 1867, the motion picture was introduced as the “wheel of life” or “zoopraxiscope.” William Lincoln is credited for this invention, which consisted of moving drawings or photographs watched through a slit in a camera (“Who Invented Cinema”). Since 1867 the motion picture has become technologically advanced and is able

Reality Tv Whether we watch a group of people live together in a house (big brother), or watch them build the house (the Block), reality television exposes that little peeping tom is all of us. Reality TV satisfies that instinct of perving into others lives, and the reality of reality television is that as humans we enjoy this. Reality TV is not much different from normal programs, like

Sex in Today’s Media and Entertainment Sex in Today’s Media and Entertainment Throughout history, people’s morals have determined the decisions they’ve made with their lives. In today’s society, it seems that morals are playing less and less of a role in people’s actions everyday. Promiscuity is on the rise. In our liberal media, sex is everywhere. It has taken over our television,

Dead Poets Society Carpe Diem vs. The Four Pillars Excellence, honor, tradition, and discipline: these were the four pillars that students of Welton Academy were to live by and strive for; Mr. Keating’s philosophy of Carpe Diem seems to contradict all four of these pillars. Mr. Nolan would certainly argue that Mr. Keating teaching the boys to “walk their own way” was a direct assault o

Talk Shows Talk Shows: The Real WWF In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly overwhelmed every inch of space on daytime television. Many of us have seen and heard the often recycled topics found on veteran shows such as Ricki Lake, Maury, and Jerry Springer, and anyone who watches talk shows on a regular basis knows that not only do these talk shows provide us w

Technology In Film Technology in Film Film has meant many different things to many different types of people. Cultures have been forever changed due to certain films being made. One of the things that has maintained films to stay appealing to audiences are the continuing advances in technology that keep films interesting, as well as challenge filmmakers to constantly develop new idea

Cool Hand Luke “Cool Hand Luke” First off, let me start by saying that I thoroughly enjoyed this film. The story was great and I felt right at home with all the characters. This was the first time I had the opportunity to see “Cool Hand Luke,” and I can see now why this movie is a classic. There were many scenes in this movie that I could relate to (maybe not directly) at some point

Mammet American culture in the twentieth century changed from family values and hard workers of previous generations to greed and status by the nineteen eighties. In the nineteen eighties college students were more interested in getting rich quick and the status they could achieve rather than working hard to live moderately (Whitley 8). It was during this time that phrases such as ‘If

Born On The 4th Of July Film Report for Born on the 4th of July Born on the 4th of July was a biography of Ron Kovic and shows all the changes in which he and many other soldiers went through before, during and after the war. Too many young men like Ron, when they signed up for the war they did not realize what it completely entailed. Ron and many others went through drastic change

Hoop Dreams Hoop Dreams Hoop dreams in a one of a kind documentary that examines the psychological effect that athletics can have on a child at an early age. The film was centered around two very talented basketball players, Arthur Agee and William Gates, as they attended high school and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. Throughout the film, the director shows all areas of their life; pe

Bowling For Columbine Bowling for Columbine In his documentary titled Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore takes an in-depth look at American culture in regards to its fascination with guns and violence. In his search for the cause of this phenomenon, Moore finds out that there really is no single independent variable. What he does find out is that different people blame all differen

Televisions Negative Effects On Children Have you ever wondered how television affects your children' As children grow and develop they can be easily influenced by what they see and hear on television. Television is the biggest source of entertainment in the United States today, but it is also the greatest educator towards children. Television has many negative effects on children from t

Television History And Future Television History and Future There are many inventions of communication, that have influenced people through the years. There are inventions that produce information for society, but none captures the past or present more vividly then televisi

Overview Of Spike TV The success of male driven magazines like Maxim, FHM, and Stuff ultimately led to the creation of Spike TV. Like these publications, Spike has programming devoted to gadgets, movies, cars, and video games. However, these things alone do not attract men to buy magazines or watch TV shows. On the cover of every issue of Maxim, FHM, or Stuff is a scantily clad, large

LOST This September a new show premiered on ABC to critical acclaim and currently has the potential to become a bonafide hit. This show, LOST, describes the daily lives of a group of approximately forty people who have survived a plane crash in the south pacific. These passengers find themselves stranded on a strange island, which appears to be inhabited by an unknown creature (or cr

Reservoir Dogs Reservoir Dogs is the breakout hit of Quentin Tarantino, and was highly influenced by this week’s in-class selection, Mean Streets. Reservoir Dogs was initially supposed to be made for $50,000 and shot in black and white until Tarantino’s producer begged him for two months to raise money for the film and came up with $1.2 million. It grossed $2.812 million (leesmovieinfo.c

Stand & Deliver Stand and Deliver The movie Stand and Deliver is about the public education system in not-so-good parts of Los Angeles. The movie actually takes place during the 1980’s. The movie starts as a new Hispanic teacher enters a school to teach a group of misfit kids about math. Despite giving up a higher paying career, he feels passionate that he can get through to these ki

Sex And Violence On Tv Sex and violence on television is now ludicrous. I do watch it and like it, but the fact that young children are watching the same thing I am is not right. My nephew is six (6) years old and watches the Power Rangers, a television show for children that is on early in the morning. It features teenagers who transform into machines that “fight” evil. Every time I

The Real World Past And Present The Real World Past and Present One of the first and successful reality shows on TV that proved to be a cultural, racial, sexual and eye catching series is the MTV’s ‘The Real World’. “Ten years ago a group of seven strangers met in a New York loft and started to bicker. Now all of television is trying to follow in MTV’s voyeuristic steps

Thirteen In the movie, Thirteen, the two main teenage characters really showed a brief aspect of what many teens around that age go through today. Tracy and Evie were very different from each other in the beginning but the movie shows how they grew very close and were heading in the wrong direction. Tracy was a “good girl” who was into her school work and her family. Her parents were d

Does Size Really Matter Does size really matter' Does this outfit make me look fat' These are some of the questions that we must put up with throughout life. Not because people really care about what they look like but because our culture tells people they should care. Most of they people we try to impress wouldn’t care if we didn’t comb our hair or put on our make-up. The people we

A Thin Blue Line A Thin Blue Line Documentary filmmakers I think are first responsible to themselves to produce a documentary that they are happy with. Second they are responsible to their audience t o produce an informative documentary. A Thin Blue Line was a good documentary I felt that it was very truthful, there was no voice over which, I, feel looses credibility and In a film lik

Does the Media Affect Politics' There is probably no greater influence on the American society than the media. Because of it, we have witnessed countless historical events: Inaugurations of presidents; man’s first steps on the moon; the assassination of John F. Kennedy; we even witnessed the second plane crashing into the World Trade Tower on September 11. Americans watch TV in the morni

Lord Of The Rings Movie Review An Epic Adventure Continues The Two Towers is the second installment in the epic fantasy saga, The Lord of the Rings. In this film we see the return of Frodo Baggins played by Elijah Wood and Sam (Sean Astin). We also have the return of Gandolf (Ian McKellen), Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom), and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies). The other tw

Dog and There Owners One great movie that was made in the early nineties was Reservoir Dogs. The story was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. During the movie there are great uses of photography, mise-en-scene, movement, editing, and the way the story was wrote. If you have every seen a Quentin Tarantino movie you might know that he like giving the story in a backwards fashion

Dr. Caligari The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a bizarre tale, with so many twists and turns that one may watch it a thousand times and still have different opinions concerning the analysis of the uncanny events. This strange tale of mind control, murder, and insanity is actually unfolded through the eyes of a man who is “considered” to be crazy; a twist that the audience does not learn un

The Fox The Hounds And The Sacred Cows The Fox the Hounds and the Sacred Cows “This isn’t the TV news business, this is the entertainment business.” As wrong and unethical as this sounds, the reading “The Fox the Hounds and the Sacred Cows” proved that exact fact. The entire passage showed the disgusting truth of Fox and how it is completely controlled and censored by one organizati

Why America Loves Reality TV Why America Loves Reality TV Even if you don’t watch reality television, it’s becoming increasingly hard to avoid. The salacious Temptation Island was featured on the cover of People Magazine. Big Brother aired five days a week and could be viewed on the web 24 hours a day. And the Survivor final dominated the front of the New York Post after gaining rati

Stage Door Why Keep “Stage Door” I found Stage Door a little dated for my usual movie taste. But the movie grew on me as the film continued. I learned a few things watching the film, about how females lived together just too hopefully be cast on a Broadway film and how some human emotional traits continue until this day. During the era when “Stage Door” was created, a different mind s