Essays and Research Papers on Film & Television

A 5 page paper which examines how the films "Rebel Without a Cause," "Easy Rider" and "Thelma and Louise" deal with the issue of rebellion against authority, whether it be paternal, social, or men. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page report discusses the future of digital television programs and the fact that digital television and programming for digital television has become one of the many technological conundrums of the early days of the 21st century. The current twist on the dilemma is even when digital television reaches a level of affordability for the mainstream consumer, will the ...

An 8 page paper which examines how Diane Keaton's characters deal with different ethnic cultures in the films, "The Godfather" and "Annie Hall," specifically considering how filmmakers Francis Ford Coppola and Woody Allen employ her two characters to provide insight into these cultures. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses the movie "Reds" and addresses how the movie was filled with content which helped to illustrate the time period represented. The paper also discusses the apparent reason for the production of the film. No additional sources cited.

5 pages in length. Provides an in-depth look at this famous 1952 musical starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. The paper provides a summary of the film as well as commenting on the overall theme and significant images.

This 5 page paper examines the early 1980's classic film starring Robert DiNiro and directed by Martin Scorcese. Some discussion on technical elements, visual effects and pictoral scheme is included but there is decided focus on emotional undertones. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 8 page paper which discusses the movie "Splendor in the Grass" and further illustrates the works of Elia Kazan, who directed the movie, and William Inge, who wrote the screenplay. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 7 page paper which discusses the movies "All About Eve" from 1950, and "Showgirls" from 1995 and examines how they fit into the female melodrama genre. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.

5 pages in length. La Vie Est Belle (Life Is Rosy) by Ngangura Mweze is a wonderfully funny story about love, social acceptance and the trouble people will go to achieve both in their lives. Director Mweze took a story line completely different from the typical African cinematic representation and offered the public ...

This 5 page report discusses the movie “Titanic” and interprets its major themes from the formalism approach. Literary formalism virtually always encompasses stories of epic proportions and certainly the story of Jack and Rose, situated against the background of one of the modern world’s most dramatic disasters, serves as an example of such. From the perspective of formalism, it is important to ...

A 12 page paper which examines how the Hollywood horror film genre portrays and structures racial representations, considering such cinematic examples as "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein," "I Walked With a Zombie," "Night of the Living Dead," and "The Shining." Bibliography lists 9 sources.

An 8 page discussion of the impact of alcoholism to Native Americans. Recommends that the family therapist become acquainted with the unique coping mechanisms which are in place in Native American families and suggests both the literature and the contemporary movie "Smoke Signals" as starting points for this quest. Relates statistics regarding alcoholism ...

A 7 page paper which discusses the play "Death of a Salesman" and the recent film "American Beauty" and illustrates how they help to demonstrate that the perfect American family is only a myth, never achieved. Bibliography lists 16 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at the authenticity of the 1948 and 1997 versions of this Shakespearean work and compares and contrasts them. Both are compared to the play as well. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which analyzes the television play "Eh Joe" by Samuel Beckett. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.

This five-page-paper presents an overview of immigrating to America based on the movie El Norte. Bibliography lists once source.

A 7 page paper which analyzes the dreams sequence of Federico Fellini's 1963 film, "8 1/2," considering them in the context in which they were produced. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This six-page-paper presents a comparison to the assimilation of the main characters to the white community by a black man and a Korean man. Using Spike Lee's movie, "Do The Right Thing" as well as Chang Rae Lee's novel, "Native Speaker" the writer discusses the attempts at assimilation as well as the final decision made by both men. Bibliography ...

A 5 page paper which discusses the political aspects of "The Damned," a film directed by Luchino Visconti and produced in 1969. The address of political turmoil can be seen, in its most obvious form, through the presence of the Nazis, but the political climate and underlying issues of concern also address the social political aspects of homosexuality. Bibliography ...

A 5 page paper which examines the political content and socio-political subtexts of Luchino Visconti's 1969 film, "The Damned." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper that examines the negative influence that television appears to be having on today's American children and young adults and explores some possible solutions to bridging the cultural gap between parents and children that has resulted. Included is a discussion on the noted elevated intelligence of today's children and the problem ...

A 5 page paper which examines the changes Howard Hawks had in his 1946 film adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, "The Big Sleep," particularly in terms of figurative language, the transformation from first-person narrative observations to third-person cinema, and how certain scenes had to be improvised and rewritten by screenwriter William Faulkner in the name of dramatic or ...

This five-page-paper presents an in-depth discussion on five movies who have a recurring themes of the violation of civil rights to minorities.Bibliogaphy lists five sources.

12 pages in length. The writer discusses Utopian qualities and social propaganda as they relate to the film "Big Daddy," by addressing Richard Dyer's paradigm, Jacques Ellul's sociological propaganda and Benedict Anderson's treatment of imagined communities. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which discusses how the movie "The Matrix" touches on aspects of metaphysics and epistemology. The movie is essentially a tale of metaphysics and epistemology for it takes the viewer on a journey of enlightenment regarding reality and one man's struggle to know. No additional sources cited.