Category: Film Analysis
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Influence of German Film Industry in 1919-1945
Since 1919, due to the inception of the expressionist movement, and its increasingly artistic take on the medium, the German film industry had started to have major impacts on not only German culture but also how film had been viewed worldwide, from a form of entertainment for lower class citizens to an art form to…
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Theme of Motherhood and Sisterhood in Pedro Almodovar’s Film ‘Volver”: Critical Essay
The feminine characters created by Almodovar are not mere inventions, they are constructed and inspired by the memory of his childhood surroundings and conversations overheard in his infancy between his mother, his sisters his grandmother and his neighbors. His infancy, his childhood and his youth were highly influenced by the women surrounding him. The purpose…
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Theme of Motherhood in the Film The Imitation of Life’: Critical Essay
Bea, a struggling widow who sells maple syrup to support herself and Jessie, her daughter. Bea Pullman and her daughter Jessie have had a hard time making ends meet since Bea’s husband died. When Delilah, an African American woman, shows up at Bea’s door, mistakenly thinking it’s the address of a potential housekeeping job, a…
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Theme of Violent Masculinity in the Film Tough Guise 2: Critical Essay
In the video Tough Guise 2, Jackson Katz explains the violent masculinity in domestic violence, video games, movies, manhood, and media. He also argues that men are not violent as most people think. In todays world, men and young boys are taught to man up and act tough. Violence is a man’s issue, therefore, men…
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Essay on Stereotypes in ‘Mean Girls’
The media is where half of the worlds population stays updated on news and trends, as well as to find and enjoy entertainment. Due to its massive influence, it has slowly affected how we view the world and the people living in it. Its as if our values, attitudes, and beliefs depended on the films,…
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Representing Violence in Roderick Ford’s ‘Giuseppe’ and Vicki Feaver’s ‘The Gun’
The juxtaposition between the surface presentation of violence in Giuseppe by Roderick Ford and The Gun by Vicki Feaver is immense, the writers explore the varying effects that violence brings within the individual poems. The Gun creates an excited and admiring approach towards violence whereas Giuseppe shows utter loathing and regret into events that unfolded…
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Essay on Mickey Mouse Racism
Jean Baudrillard is one of the greatest artists and postmodern theorists who has played a significant role in critiquing artistic themes. Similarly, Mickey Mouse is one of the most famous cartoon mice in the world and the face of the Walt Disney Company. It was designed to represent the optimism, energy, and innocence of its…
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Essay on Aladdin Racism
The lack of presentation in the media is incredibly alarming. Despite representation being necessary for the common good of society, this issue has yet to be addressed adequately. The issue of lack of representation spans the bound of race and culture. This analysis will specifically examine two of these phenomena. The first will be a…
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The Concept Of Comedy In The Movie Shakespeare In Love
The word Comedy from the textbook The Theatre Experience is defined as, in general, a play that is light in tone, is concerned with the issues that pointed out the excesses and folly human behavior, has a happy ending, and is designed to amuse (Wilson, 2014. Pg.178). The elements that the film showed are that…
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Similarities And Differences Of The Play And Film Romeo And Juliet
Introduction to the Adaptation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare continues to be one of the most influential and widely spread pieces of literature in history, even over 400 years after the play was written. The 16th Century play has had countless adaptations, interpretations, and works that have been inspired by…