Essays and Research Papers on Film & Television

A 5 page research paper that looks toward 'High Noon' and 'Crimson Tide,' as the writer explains how these movies portray heroes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper that explores the methods and effects of the interactive computer digital photography of Hungarian-born photographer Tamas Waliczky. Works discussed include "Focus", "Landscape", "Sculptures", "The Garden", "The Forest" and "The Way". Bibliography lists 4 sources.

6 pages in length. There exist myriad influences that can prompt a person into sidestepping what is considered to be normal behavior. Susanna Kaysen's "Girl, Interrupted" strives to answer the long-standing and elusive question: What is normal? When Kaysen was eighteen years old, even then at such a young age she realized ...

A 5 page paper which examines and illustrates the classic Hollywood style of filmmaking as it involves narrative and central format. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which considers who were the first motion picture stars, how they became stars and the reasons why they became stars. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

6 pages in length. In humanity's quest to embrace the concept of Utopia, Niccol's treatment of the human condition would typically inspire one to envision a world where people live life in accordance with the rule of reason; however, the writer's intent was quite the opposite. Utilizing "Gattaca" as a metaphor for Utopia ...

6 pages in length. The writer discusses the mythical element of the movie "What Dreams May Come," as well as associates such with Freud and ancient mythology. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

(5pp) Blade Runner", based loosely on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is considered the archetypical cyberpunk movie. Few other movies have matched it; some that are considered cyberpunk or marginally so are Alien and its sequels, Freejack. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 11 page paper considers the theory and practice of the Third Cinema and the relationship to the documentary mode. This paper introduces the Third Cinema and then provides this as a basis from which to relate the process of documentary film development. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts Ken Kesey's 1962 novel, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" with Milos Forman's 1975 film adaptation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page report discusses the 1989 blockbuster movie “Batman” starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. However, this report compares the actual characters of Batman and the Joker and considers the ways in which they are actually very similar, even though one is evil and the other is good. What should also be considered are the many ways in which ...

This 5 page report discusses a number of the sociological aspects of group interaction and relationships in the 1967 movie “Cool Hand Luke” starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy, directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Throughout the movie, the audience understands how an apparently average man can find himself in the midst of a situation in which his personal power and control is ...

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the movie version of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" with the book, which was written by Tom Robbins. No additional sources cited.

8 pages in length. Slavery has shaped what Toni Morrison calls "the interior life" of slaves and former slaves, meaning the way in which an individual feels about himself, herself, the world, other people – with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of ...

A 6 page paper. The story of Anna and the King has a long history dating back to 1870 when Anna Leonowens published her first book. This paper discusses the 1999 film version and the book by Elizabeth Hand, entitled Anna and the King: Novelization based on the movie script. The paper discusses whether the ...

(5pp) This is the American dream, turned nightmare, the story of a simple, flawed man who spends an entire lifetime trying to become the man he sees reflected in his loved ones' eyes. Over fifty years fall away and Miller's work is as fresh as the day it was written, as challenging, as frightening, ...

This 11 page paper looks at Representative Mark Foley as head of the task force and their role in the quelling of violence in society. One case, used as an example, is the killing of a Florida teacher by a thirteen year old honor student. Violence and its relationship to media is ...

A 3-page paper that presents the opinion that Michael Moore's 1989 "docudrama" entitled Roger and Me distorts the facts surrounding the closing of General Motors' Flint, Michigan plant through the biased presentation and sarcastic narration. Included is a discussion of how this "colored journalism" takes away from the impact of the film's one subtly ...

A 2 page paper which reviews and provides critical analysis of the 1952 film, "Singin' in the Rain." Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 2 page paper which reviews and provides critical analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 film, "North by Northwest." Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 2 page paper which reviews and provides critical analysis of Martin Scorsese's 1980 film, "Raging Bull." Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 2 page paper which reviews and provides critical analysis of Orson Welles' 1941 film, "Citizen Kane." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 2 page paper which reviews and provides critical analysis of John Carpenter's 1978 film, "Halloween." Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page paper which compares how Eddie Murphy's 1996 film remake of "The Nutty Professor" interprets the Robert Louis Stevenson story, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by examining point-of-view, character identification, and considers the possible reasons for the tenacity of the Jekyll and Hyde paradigm in fiction. Bibliography lists 1 ...

This 15 page report discusses the history and impact of drag performances on the American theater. One of the reasons that drag performance, whether in a drag queen show or in the “legitimate” theater, titillates, amuses, and shocks people is that it plays with gender’s most honored and traditional beliefs and celebrates the confusion of social and sexual identities. Drag is ...