Essays on Film Page 44

Abstract Theater, once a form of entertainment, is also a profitable industry today. Innovations such as special effects made theater performances more realistic and appealing to audiences. Furthermore, it widened the genres within the scope of the theater. Although performances became costlier to produce, audiences were so impressed that they willing to pay to be…

A company must have a clear vision for success in order to succeed: a realization of what has worked for the company in the past, an understanding of the standing of the company today, and a vision for where the company will be heading tomorrow. Delta Air Lines is the epitome of a company that…

The Twilight Zone was notoriously known for reflecting social and political issues in an entertaining and imaginative allegories. Debuting in 1959 and airing until 1964, this anthological series often left viewers contemplating their own thoughts through the stories creator Rod Serling painted out for them. One episode in particular, directed by Douglas Heyes, was notorious…

Whale Rider, the movie, showcases Joseph Campbell’s Four Functions of Myth, namely mystical myth, cosmological myth, social myth, and psychological myth. In this film, Pai reimagines the Maori tribe’s creation myth and, in doing so, rediscovers her own identity while also preserving the fading culture. The mystical myth featured in Whale Rider is when the…

When turning on the television, radio, or simply opening the local newspaper, we are bombarded with news of arrests, murders, homicides, serial killers, and other such tragedies. It is a rare occasion to go throughout a day in this barbaric world and not hear any of these things. It has been discovered that 10% of…

  Legal Alien by Pat Mora is a poem about people, who find themselves trapped between two different worlds. It is written from the perspective of Mexican immigrants, who live in America.  The author shows the feelings of people, who have lost their motherland but were not accepted by the new country they have arrived. Pat…

Annie Hall, released in 1977, is considered Woody Allen’s greatest movie. It tells the story of a failed romance and stars Woody Allen himself and Diane Keaton, representing Allen’s personal experiences. Unlike his other films, which are typically comedic, Annie Hall takes a different approach by exploring love, the necessity of effort in relationships, and…

Are you thinking about watching the film Titanic, but are worried it is just a boring reenactment of the sinking of the Titanic? Let me put your worries to rest by telling you this movie is an invigorating, heart wrenching, and thrilling film that will surely go down in history as a classic. If you…

            As the back of the DVD box accurately states, teenager Juno McGuff “takes a nine-month detour into adulthood” when she accidentally becomes pregnant.  This detour forms an important, unusual part of her dialectical maturation through Erik Erikson’s adolescent stage.  The crisis at this point in Erikson’s (1994) schema is the identity crisis, in which…

An Analysis on Multiple Personality Disorder in novels American Psycho and Tell Me Your Dreams Identity issue is a central theme in the novels of Bret Easton Ellis and Sidney Sheldon. Ellis’ novel American Psycho portrays a charming Patrick Bateman who cannot identify the real world from his fantasy and Sheldon’s Tell Me Your Dream…