Hitchcock After distinguishing himself as one of the premiere directors in England, Hitchcock made the move to Hollywood. The first project he was to start on was meant to be based on the sinking of the Titanic and the second was on Daphne DuMaurier’s Novel, Rebecca. The Titanic project fell through and the DuMaurier novel became the basis of his first American Film. Rebecca has beco

Roseanne Essay # 1 \'Roseanne\' is the story of a lower class family in Lanford, IL struggling with life\'s essential problems: Marriage, Children, Money and Parent\'s in Law. As a classic sitcom, the story circles around the Connor family - DJ, Darlene, Becky, Roseanne and Dan. Dan does dry-wall for a living but eventually owns his own motorcycle shop while Roseanne is a waitress a

Fahrenheit 911 Fahrenheit 911 As the president of the United States one should feel honored and privileged to represent and guide such a great country. In doing so, he or she should feel required to give one hundred and one percent of their commitment to lead this country in the right direction. Hard work and dedication is what this country needs from a president and is what gets thi

Reality TV Reality television is the basic idea of taking every day people and putting them in a situation or a game where a camera follows them around and records almost every move. Reality TV plays a big part in the psychology department, especially social psychology. But let’s start with a brief history of how it all started. A new genre was introduced to television when entrepren

Hitchcock Blackmail was Hitchcock’s first film to ever use dialog audio. Hitchcock made two versions of this film, one with and one without sound. The film introduces for the first time many Hitchcock themes, such as the deviant woman, the transfer of guilt, and the perversity of couples’ relationships. It was also quite a shocking film to the audience of the 1930’s to be exposed to sex

O Brother Where Art Thou O Brother, Where Art Thou'” contains such great actors as George Clooney as Ulysses Everett McGill, John Turturro as Pete, Tim Blake Nelson as Delmar, and John Goodman as Big Dan T. This Comedy is set in the 1920’s and follows Clooney and his friends throughout Southern Mississippi during the great depression. In the span of five days this film depicts the lives

Amistad The movie Amistad is a 4 star film because I believe it is historically accurate, very effective in showing the way slaves were treated, and the way slavery and the American judicial system worked during the Antebellum period. The movie was also a good watch, and was entertaining and educational at the same time. The movie also proved to be realistic, entertaining, and believable

Adventures Of Thomas Thumb I recently watched a film at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, which was titled “The Secret Adventures of Thomas Thumb”. When I first heard the title, I thought that it would be some type of cartoon or animation. The film in fact was a mix between real actors and clay models. Thomas Thumb is the the result of an accident at an experimental sperm donation

Brotherhood Of The Wolf Brotherhood Of The Wolf (Le Pacte De Loupes) “Brotherhood Of The Wolf” is a movie that I would recommend any horror movie enthusiast to see. I think that the movie “Brotherhood Of The Wolf” is an exemplary combination of horror and action, and that its success as a movie comes from both the martial arts action, and the mysterious beast that travels the countrys

Ghett Civilization I’ve had the unique opportunity to get into and observe the famed Ghett civilization. I’ve learned so much from these peculiar people. Their history has changed so much of what we thought to be true about the universe. On the latest expidetion to mars astronauts found an entrance to a tunnel that was marked with something no one could ever had expected, a discovery tha

The Matrix The Matrix is a science-fiction film that included a variety of different themes such as: paranoia, conspiracy and the loss of privacy and the decreased value of humans over technology. In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malicious cyber-intelligence, while t

We Were Soldiers “We Were Soldiers” Many good films have been made about the American/Vietnamese conflict from the movie Apocalypse Now’ too many serious documentaries about the harsh reality of the war. We Were Soldiers’ is not one of them. It is not one of them because it does not just show the killing and all of the more grotesque parts of war. This movie portrays friendship, l

Forest Gump “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” Forrest Gump is the portrayal of a man that has been alienated from society, not because he is unintelligent or dimwitted, but rather because he is not restricted by the conventional ideals which are embedded within his culture; thus, challenging the conformities and principals that most people are acc

Murnau German Cinema and Murnau Murnau made his first appearance as a movie director with The Blue Boy, a film after Oscar Wilde\'s story about a Gainsborough-painting. The expressionist film Nosferatu was his artistic breakthrough in Germany, while The Last Laugh attracted the attention of Hollywood producers like William Fox. Faust was one of Murnau\'s last films, shot in German

The Effect of TV on Children The Effect of TV on Children “The average child watches three and a half hours of Television a day”, says Daniel Levy, pediatrician for American Academy of Pediatrics (pg.32). Unfortunately American children spend more time watching television than they do engaging in other activities. Television has contributed somewhat in the development of our c

The Patriot Who is “The Patriot” Webster defines patriot as “one who loves his or her country and supports its authority and interests,” with the synonym “loyalist”, and the antonym “traitor.” Webster defines loyalist as “one who is or remains loyal especially to a political cause, party government, or sovereign.” By these definitions, this movie should have been titled “The Loya

2001 A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey The following paper will analyze the movie, “2001: A Space Odyssey” by Stanley Kubrick” and “The Centinel” by Arthur C. Clarke. Although there are many themes present between the story and the film, the following are the most dominant. I will be discussing Scientific themes, Religious and Moral Themes, and Clarke’s development of the short s

The Disjunctive Corollary Of Organized Chaos In Full Metal Jacket To concentrate on a cinematic work is to be absorbed by it in that one is consumed by its context; the conscious perspective to internalize representations of reality is shifted to that of the eyes and ears of the camera. However, to be distracted by a cinematic work is to have these aforementioned abilities to rationaliz

A Contemporary Glass Menagerie Dysfunctional. Codependent. Enmeshed. Low self-esteem. Personal struggles of the twenty-first century or those of the past' In his play, The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams portrays a southern family of the 1940’s attempting to cope with life’s pressures, and each of their own conflicts, after they have been deserted by their father and husband. In at

Oceans 11 Oceans 11(2001) Oceans 11(1960) Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures Producer: Jerry Weintraund Producer: Lewis Milestone Director: Steven Soderbergh Director: Lewis Milestone Executive Producer: John Hardy Susan Ekins, and Bruce Ber

Tracking The Audience Reception Analysis -Reception analysis is the study of how audiences construct different meaning from media texts. -Researches believe that media texts only get meaning at the moment of reception. -Audiences produce the meaning of the text, not the media. -Reception analysis researchers are interested in the culturally shared meanings of media texts. *Groups of

Gilbert Grape Family Ties In the movie “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” it is clear to see that Gilbert’s unhappiness roots in his family. He never once smiles when the whole family is together eating, or planning arrangements for Arnie’s birthday party. During every dinner scene there is arguments between Gilbert and his family, or the whole family arguing with each other. At one point

Beauty And The Beast Beauty and The Beast: Feminism and Chauvinism Written by: Unregistered Beauty and the Beast is a wonderful children’s movie, its directed by: Gary Trousdale, and Kirk Wise, and produced by: Don Hahn. Disney is the main sponsor and gives the movie the best cast of artist and musicians. Who would except anything else from Disney, they are the best at children’s fi

A Changing Industry: Motion Picture Special Effects “Special visual effects have added to the allure of motion pictures since the early days of cinema. French director Georges Méliès is considered the most influential pioneer of special effects. His film in 1902 “A Trip to the Moon” combined live action with animation, demonstrating to audiences that cinema could create worlds, objects

Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich The main plot of the movie is that a gas and electric company “PGE” has been poisoning a nearby community. A secretary at a law firm realizes this and starts to investigate. The more that the secretary investigates, the more problems she runs into. By the end of the movie they have six hundred plaintiffs affected by the poison. They were successful in

Fences The Problem is Choice…. In the movie “ The Matrix”, the main character, Neo, discovers the world he’s been living in his entire life is nothing but a neural interactive simulation, otherwise known as the Matrix. He learns from the man that freed him, Morpheus, that reason for the matrix is so Machines that can use human’s bioelectric energy for a source of power, and to keep t

A True Love Story A True Love Story John Q is a movie about a heroic man who stops at nothing to save the life of his only son. This story is about an average family who even though does not have that much money; they make it up with plenty of love. John Q Archibald worked at a local power plant where he only worked 20 hours a week. His wife Denise Archibald, who just started a

Troy TROY In the epic movie Troy, Achilles plays a courageous warrior who fights relentlessly against the Trojans, defeating every battle and going against the god Apollo. In 1250 B.C., the two princes Paris and his older brother Hector of Troy took an expedition to Sparta, in order to celebrate peace. During the festivities Paris fell in love with Helen of Sparta, both of them decid

Erin Brockovich May 2, 2005 Erin Brockovich The main plot of the movie is that a gas and electric company “PGE” has been poisoning a nearby community. A secretary at a law firm realizes this and starts to investigate. The more that the secretary investigates, the more problems she runs into. By the end of the movie they have six hundred plaintiffs affected by the poison. They we

Advertisements: Shaping The Culture Advertisements: Shaping the Culture There is a four year old girl named Riley, who one day her grandmother over heard her say that she was fat. Her grandmother was taken back for a minute, and had no idea what to say to her. This got me thinking about how self conscious people have become about their bodies. This writer came to the conclusion that i