Lucille Ball has made significant and positive contributions to the country with her comedy. Many consider her America’s best female actress. Kathleen Brady, in fact, says, “Lucille Ball is one of the greatest performing artists America has produced” (ix). Throughout her career, Ball has not only been a comedienne, but also a superb businesswoman, an …
n of the ChristMarina P. PindarUniversidad Nacional de TucumnIntroductionThe purpose of this essay is to analyze a film review titled “Good and Evillocked in Violent Showdown” which was published by the New York Times on-line on February 25, 2004. This film review, whose author is A. O. Scottdeals with Mel Gibson’s last movie: The Passion …
Animal Farm is a movie that uses animals to make fun of humans. The movie starts out with a the highest animal, Old Major, the pig, telling all the animals they must unite and leave the humans, and that the humans should not boss them around anymore. However, before that can happen, Old Major is …
Andrew Marvell writes an elaborate poem that not only speaks to his coy mistressbut also to the reader. He suggests to his coy mistress that time is inevitablyticking and that he (the speaker) wishes for her to act upon his wish and have asexual relationship. Marvell simultaneously suggest to the reader that he/shemust act upon …
A Clockwork Orange: Violence and CorruptionAlex, the fifteen year old narrator of Anthony Burgess’s novel, A ClockworkOrange, lives in a society where violence reigns. This novel has a very directnature, and is often blunt to the point of offense, but this makes it morepowerful and helps to further its point. This point is that everyone …
YouTube, The Internet and the future of movies The Internet has transformed the music industry. Sales of CDs in retail music stores have been declining while sales of songs downloaded through the Internet to iPods and other portable music players are skyrocketing. And the music industry is still contending with millions of people illegally downloading …
Summary of the movie “Memento” The movie “Momento” staring Guy Pearce as Leonard was interesting as well as confusing in the same sense. The plot of the movie was recreated backwards to the way Leonard saw it and left many questionable gaps throughout. Leonard suffered a head injury because he went to go help his …
John Adams was a man who believed in the law, and in fair play. If the soldiers could not get a fair trial, were we any better than the British and their high handed ways. John Adams knew he had to be the one, only a known radical could defend the soldiers. In the end, …
May 2010 [pic] [pic] Foreword 1. The beginning of Hollywood 2. The name ”Hollywood” 3. The movie of S. Porter – “the father of the Story Film” 4. The Hollywood sign 5. The growing film industry 6. The new Hollywood 7. The beginning of the Academy Awards 8. The Golden Age of Hollywood 9. Hollywood …
Ethical Issues in The 2002 Steven Spielberg Movie Minority Report Technology is progressing every day. We have come so far in the past ten years. Imagine life in 2054, and what life will be like. That is what Philip K. Dick did in 1956 when he wrote the short story Minority Report, which was later …
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 …
Ferenc “Feri” Schatz was the son of Edmund and Charlotte Schatz. He had a brother and a sister. His brothers name was Bela and his sisters name was Elizabeth Schatz. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. In 1994 when the Nazis invaded his town they took him, his brother, his sister, and his parents to …
Film & Society Annie “Annie is a 1982 Academy Award nominated musical film based upon the popular 1977 stage musical of the same name. A 1999 made-for-television musical-comedy film from The Wonderful World of Disney based on the 1977 stage musical Annie and its 1982 film adaptation, which themselves were based on the 1924 Little …
Chuck Close Chuck Close A Portrait in Progress is an extremley interesting and educational short film that walks the viewer through the life of the esteemed artist, Chuck Close. The movie explains the feats that Close overcame as well as the ongoing stuggles from his disability. Furthermore, this film depicts the changes in Close’s artwork …
In J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye and Yann Martel ‘s Life of Pi both characters have non to the full frown up, although Pi is much more mature than Holden Caulfield, They both have non found that arrant repose that makes them experience complete. Holden looks for this through mercenary things such as …
An archetype is a pattern in literature representing human life. The archetypes from Antigone are the same ones that show in the very well known movie, “Star Wars”. Mentors and villains are two of the archetypes that are commonly found in both stories. There are various reoccurring archetypes in archetypes in historical works of literature, …
The Classical Hollywood Cinema era took place after the silent cinema era. This was roughly between the late 1920s and 1960s. The start of this “Golden Age of Hollywood,” began with the film, The Jazz Singer, which was released in 1927. It was the first movie to have used synchronized voices as a vitaphone talkie. …
Introdution Twilight Samurai is a movie that revolves around the live of a samurai, years before the Meiji Restoration. The main issues that the movie looked at include stereotype of samurais, genders and social class differences. Unlike many typical samurai-themed movies which involve fighting, woman and pride, the director of Twilight Samurai focused on the …
Exploring Film and Literary Angles: A Cross-Genre Critique on Cirilo Bautista’s Political Parable and Lualhati Bautista’s Dekada ‘70 Lualhati Bautista adapts her own best-selling novel Dekada 70, a political drama. It is directed by Chito S. Rono with the prominent stars: Vilma Santos, Christopher De Leon, Piolo Pascual, Marvin Agustin, Carlos Agassi, Danilo Barrios, and …
Summary of “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie The story Superman and me was written by Sherman Alexie. This short story is about the Sherman Alexie’s life as an Indian boy living on the Spokane Indian Reserve in eastern Washington State and how reading and writing greatly affected his life. This shorts story describes the …
Based on Stephen King’s novel “Two Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden”, “Secret Window”. Secret Window introduces us to Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp), and scruffy author who is isolated in a cabin somewhere in the woods, trying to use writing as a form of self-therapy to forget the infidelity of his soon-to-be ex-wife, Amy (Maria …
Steven SpielbergAs you may or may not know, Steven Spielberg is a famous director. Some his best movies are E.T. The Extra Terrestrial The Poltergeist Close Encounters of a Third Kind Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Steven says that Movies are my life. Steven first discovered his love for the camera as a …
By: Anonymous The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, is a powerful portrayal of four Chinese women and the lives of their children in America. The book discusses the conflicting cultures between the United States and China, and how men treat women throughout their lives. People living in the United States usually take for granted …
Consumer AppealAdvertisers of today have strategically combined commercials andtelevision shows in order to sell products. Gloria Steinem discusses a similaridea in her article, “Sex, Lies, and Advertising.” She repeatedly demonstrateshow advertisements, particularly in magazines, are complementary to the articlesaround them. In the same manner, so are commercials to television programs. They are both aimed at …
