"Intercultural film analysis" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 30 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    PTSD: A Film Analysis

    • 624 Words
    • 3 Pages

    PTSD is portrayed significantly throughout this film and shows the raw accuracy of how it can affect people in multiple ways. Rae had PTSD because she had been sexually molested by her stepfather; because of this catastrophic event‚ it produced psychological suffering throughout her life. Ronnie had PTSD‚ which was created by any tremendous noise. Regrettably‚ the film does not give an insight as to why this disorder had evolved‚ but the viewer can infer what may have occurred in his life. Lazarus

    Premium

    • 624 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Phillip Noyce’s 2014 social science fiction film‚ ’The Giver’‚ explores the contrasting societal structures of utopia and dystopia. The story‚ based on the 1993 novel of the same name‚ centres around Jonas‚ a young man‚ who lives in a ’seemingly idyllic’ community free from suffering and difference. When Jonas is assigned the position of ’Receiver of Memory’ he begins to discover the true pain and pleasure of life that he has been sheltered from. To show the differences between utopian and dystopian

    Premium The Giver Jonas Dystopia

    • 665 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Dracula Film Analysis

    • 1380 Words
    • 6 Pages

    of Dracula are one dimensional and the silent figures are given no human qualities. Christopher Lee who was famously given very little lines for his portrayal said in an interview with Total Film‚ “all they do is write a story and try and fit the character in somewhere‚ which is very clear when you see the films. They gave me nothing to do! I pleaded with Hammer to let me use some of the lines that Bram Stoker had written. Occasionally‚ I sneaked one in.” More recent adaptations tend to have a more

    Premium Dracula Vampire Bram Stoker

    • 1380 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Religulous Religulous is a documentary film starring comedian Bill Maher. The title comes from a combination of the words “religious” and “ridiculous”. The movie addresses the views of many different believers from various religious backgrounds. The similarities between the gospels and fairytales may not be evident to the everyday believer. Maher questions the different beliefs and their credibility within the specific religion. Homosexuality‚ religion in politics‚ and religious fundamentalism and

    Premium Religion Christianity God

    • 451 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Better Essays

    Cabaret Film Analysis

    • 996 Words
    • 4 Pages

    foreshows events that occur outside of the Klub. His power over the dancing girls is demonstrated through his actions on stage‚ groping and slapping their bodies. Reoccurring scenes of him winking‚ smiling and nodding are cleverly placed throughout the film to accentuate his role as an all knowing‚ all seeing character. The Emcee’s glamorous makeup and costuming further emphasises the illusion of the cabaret world. He interacts with the audience questioning “where are your troubles now? Forgotten! I told

    Premium Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler Nazism

    • 996 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Salem Witch Trials are possibly the most notable examples of the persecution of witchcraft in the New World. In the 1996 film‚ The Crucible‚ based on the 1953 play by Arthur Miller‚ it portrays the trials from the point of view of a small community that’s disintegrated by frenzy and lunacy. In the film‚ it emphasizes the role of a group of girls being led by Abigail Williams‚ and illustrates how society was so strict for women‚ even as young as kids‚ that it caused a form of hysterical fear of

    Premium

    • 574 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    director of the film is Paul Mcguigan‚ who decided to take some creative liberty on the story. This new spin on the classic tale‚ is shown through the eyes of Igor Victor’s hunchback assistant played by Daniel Radcliffe. Which is highly interesting because

    Premium Frankenstein Mary Shelley James Whale

    • 688 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    A Horror Film Analysis

    • 582 Words
    • 3 Pages

    into making a horror film. Horror films are projected to create a psychological sense of fear; however‚ humans tend to enjoy and crave the heart-pumping adrenaline rush of terror. Some believe it is the calling of curiosity while others think it is the section of insanity that imbedded itself into our mind. Trepidations are not a trend that has set forth in the twenty first century; we humans hunger after the thrill of terror ever since Roman times. In addition‚ horror films closely relate to events

    Premium Horror film Film Horror and terror

    • 582 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Halloween Film Analysis

    • 576 Words
    • 3 Pages

    down the video to show some things that makes the film contradictory and to point things out that really do not serve any purpose in the film like the troll rocks. This kind of critiquing falls under Deconstruction which states that ‚ “A deconstructionist might read…in manner somewhat similar to the New Critic’s‚ but with even more focus on puns and paradoxes and on the poems resistance to organic unity” (Mays 2336). They show a contradiction in the film which the lead character has to “save the day

    Premium Macbeth Three Witches Duncan I of Scotland

    • 576 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Witness Film Analysis

    • 893 Words
    • 4 Pages

    In society today‚ mentally ill people are often discriminated against and isolated due to their ‘differences’. Many films and documentaries have been produced to address and create an understanding regarding the pain and suffering‚ felt by those affected by mental illness. Witness‚ directed by Michael Buckley‚ a young independent filmmaker‚ explores the life of the key protagonist‚ John Harrowell‚ forced to live the majority of his life within the walls of a mental institution. Through the use of

    Premium Family Emotion Death

    • 893 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 50