'Apocalypse Now' vs 'Platoon'
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts how Vietnam War films Apocalypse Now and Platoon approach history by examining their use of visual images and manipulative techniques to tell their stories. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Apocplat.wps

'Birth of a Nation' in Light of Woodrow Wilson's Designs
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A 6 page argumentative essay that Woodrow Wilson was supportive of D.W. Griffith's racist film because the nation needed a reminder of its recent past—to fight internal imperialism. The author discusses the film in both artistic and thematic terms, and how at least part of Griffith's intent supported Wilson's view for the future of America Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Brthnatn.wps

'Blue-Beard' at Covent Garden
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A ten page history of the era during the nineteenth century when theater and spectacle merged, as epitomized by the use of horses in a production of 'Blue-Beard' at London's Covent Garden. The role of well-known actor and producer John Philip Kemble is discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KBcovent.wps

'Bound For Glory' - Analyzed
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This 4 page research paper examines Bound For Glory, the 1976 autobiographical film based on the life and music of folk singer Woody Guthrie. Specifically discussed are the film's opening and closing scenes, asks and answers five questions pertaining to the film, and considers a particularly thought-provoking aspect of the film.
Filename: Glory.wps

'Crossroads' - Analyzed
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This 4 page research paper examines the 1986 film, Crossroads. Specifically discussed are the film's opening and closing scenes, asks and answers five questions pertaining to the film, and considers a particularly thought-provoking aspect of the film.
Filename: Crosroad.wps

'Do The Right Thing', 'Unforgiven' and 'New Jack City / Crime & Punishment
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A 3 page paper comparing crime and punishment in films Do The Right Thing, Unforgiven and New Jack City to determine whether or not each represents justice from a legal or cultural respective. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Dounow.wps

'Edward Scissorhands' & The Handicapped
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A 5 page paper discussing the attention paid to the issue of prejudices and attitudes on relationship to disabilities and handicaps. Edward Scissorhands was different from others therefore making him strange and considerably disabled in the eyes of the people he came in contact with. There was sympathy, pity, indifference, attraction, repulsion, understanding, fear, and prejudice that surrounding Edward in the neighborhood he found himself in. The emotions of the people around him, and his emotions as well, are very commonly attached to any disabled person in the real world.
Filename: Edward.wps

'Eyes on the Prize'/ Parts 2-5
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A 6 page summation of parts 2 through 5 of the documentary series 'Eyes on the Prize,' a six-part television series, which was conceived by produce Henry Hampton as a means to capture the spirit of the civil rights movement. The writer uses the source book that accompanies the series as the source for the summations. No other sources cited.
Filename: 00eotp.rtf

'Hamlet' and 'Dr. Faustus'
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This 3 page paper compares and contrasts the ways in which Shakespeare and Marlowe comment on a moral theme in their plays. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVHamFau.rtf

'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' vs 'The Creature From the Black Lagoon'
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the 1956 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the 1954 film, Creature From the Black Lagoon with the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers to demonstrate how the films reflect the fears and apprehensions of the ‘50s that no longer exist in the same form in the 1970s. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: 50sfilms.rtf

'Jaws' & 'Star Wars' / Contextual Approach to Media Criticism
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This 8 page research paper offers a historical analysis of how the phenomenal box-office success of blockbuster films Jaws and Star Wars forever changed the film-making industry. Specifically discussed are the impact upon popular culture, economics, technological innovations, influence exerted by directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, merchandising, and mass appeal. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Starjaws.wps

'Mambo Kings' - Analyzed
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This 4 page research paper examines the 1992 musical film, Mambo Kings. Specifically discussed are The Mambo Kings' opening and closing scenes, asks and answers five questions pertaining to the film, and considers a particularly thought-provoking aspect of the film.
Filename: Mambo.wps

'My Own Private Idaho' / Formal & Stylistic Characteristics
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A 6 page paper analyzing Gus Van Sant's use of mise-en-scene and editing cinematic techniques in his 1991 film, My Own Private Idaho, to convey of narrative and thematic expression. This critical analysis is then compared with how film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson would evaluate the film. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Pridaho.wps

'night Mother, Tragic but not Tragedy
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A 4 page essay that argues that Marsha Norman's play 'night, Mother fails to fit the definition of Greek tragedy. This examination of the play reveals that it is not Greek tragedy, merely tragic, because Jessie's final act accomplishes no purpose. It is merely her final abdication of personal responsibility. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khnornm.rtf

'Out of the Past': Classical Hollywood Narrative and Film Noir
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A 5 page paper which discusses the 1947 film, by Tourneur, 'Out of the Past,' as it relates to classical Hollywood and film noir. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAoutp~2.wps

'Patch Adams'
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5 pages in length. Hunter 'Patch' Adams saw beyond society's brusque and compassionless approach to medicine in a mighty attempt to change the system. After spending self-imposed time in a mental institution, he came to realize why people were not getting better and were, in fact, oftentimes getting worse. The lack of humanistic care made glaringly apparent by the medical community's unemotional arms-length attitude was precisely what Adams sought to correct, believing that a world without the ability to touch the individual along with healing the disease is no world with which he wanted to associate. Against the odds of the powers that be, Adams continued his endeavor to change the very essence of health care by employing the sociological perspective of symbolic interactionism as a means by which to apply a humane and holistic approach to medicine. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCpatch1.rtf

'Selena' - Analyzed
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This 4 page research paper examines the 1997 biographical film covering the short life and career of Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez. Specifically discussed are Selena's opening and closing scenes, asks and answers five questions pertaining to the film, and considers a particularly thought-provoking aspect of the film.
Filename: Selena.wps

'Short Cuts:' Book and Film
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A 5 page paper comparing one of Raymond Carver's stories to its counterpart in Robert Altman's film of the same name. The film has been hailed as an example of creative genius, but it appears to be little more than a big-screen version of daytime TV. The story discussed is Carver's 'Jerry and Betty and Sam,' in which (book) Al becomes (film) Gene. Both react to crises in their lives by having affairs, alienating their families and generally spending far too much energy in their own self-absorption. The paper acknowledges critical acclaim but reserves praise. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSshortCuts.rtf

'The Green Berets' vs. 'Casualties of War' / Analyzed
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This 6 page research paper examines two different war films made in two different decades, The Green Berets (1968) and Casualties of War (1989). Specifically discussed are how the two films reflect the decades in which each were made, the world at the time, changes in audience tastes, etc. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Warfilm.doc

'The Long Walk Home' And '4 Little Girls'
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This 5 page report discusses these two movies in the context of the historical theme of racism in America in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Both serve as historical documents of one aspect of America's recent past. No sources cited.
Filename: Film4g.wps

'The Sweet Herafter' - Movie By Egoyan, Novel By Banks
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This 6 page report discusses the 1997 movie 'The Sweet Hereafter' that tells the horrendous story of a school bus accident that kills 14 of a small town's children. The bus driver, who survives talks about meeting up with the children again in the 'sweet hereafter.' The writer presents some possibilities as to what she meant by that statement. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Sweether.wps

'The Thin Blue Line' vs. 'Brother's Keeper' / Filmmakers' Techniques
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This 7 page essay examines the documentary filmmakers' techniques and approach to their subjects in the films "The Thin Blue Line" (1988), "Brother's Keeper" (1992) and "Let's Get Lost" (1989). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Bluebro.wps

'The Usual Suspects' & 'The Odyssey'
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This 5 page essay discusses the 1995 movie 'The Usual Suspects' and compares Kevin Spacey's character 'Verbal Kint' with Odysseus of 'The Odyssey.' The premise the writer takes is that, in many ways, the stories are almost the same. The writer also shows that there has to be a bit of a scoundrel in every good guy and good in every scoundrel. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Suspody.wps

'Thousand Pieces of Gold' - Analyzed
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This 4 page research paper examines the 1991 film of nineteenth century Asian prejudice in America, Thousand Pieces of Gold. Specifically discussed are the film's opening and closing scenes, asks and answers five questions pertaining to the film, and considers a particularly thought-provoking aspect of the film.
Filename: Thousand.wps

'Top Girls' By Caryl Churchill
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5 pages in length. Caryl Churchill's Top Girls set a precedent unlike any other feminist theatre production had heretofore accomplished; as such, this unparalleled approach created a combination of difficulties as well as unusual opportunities for the playwright while preparing the original production. With the critical acclaim inherent to this type of theatrical breakthrough, it is not surprising to find that Churchill's original production was paramount to the growing awareness of escalating gender issues in the early 1980s. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TLCTpGrl.rtf

'When Harry Met Sally' -- Social Penetration Theory
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The theory is discussed as exemplified by the lead characters in the movie When Harry Met Sally. The stages of development that Harry and Sally go through in their relationship are illustrated in this 7 page paper. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Socpen.wps

“A Beautiful Mind”
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A 5 page paper discussing this story of the life of 1994 Nobel Prize winner John Forbes Nash, Jr. Nash is a mathematical genius whose promising career is nearly destroyed by the emergence of schizophrenia. The film instructs and informs, but it mostly conveys a message of hope. John maintains the hope that he will be able to construct and maintain a normal life for himself and his family; Alicia never truly loses the hope she has that the family will be healed of its stressors. All the while, the audience is held captive by the progress of John’s thoughts as we learn real facts about schizophrenia and about 1994’s Nobel Prize winner. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSbeautyMind.rtf

“A Chinese Ghost Story” as a Post Modern Artefact
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This 6 page paper considers how and why the well known film “A Chinese Ghost Story” directed by Ching Siu-Tung, based on a novel by Songling Pu, can be seen as a post-modern artefact. The paper examines the film and its’ make up and how the post modernist models can apply to the movie. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEchigst.rtf

“A critique of Sex in the City with reference to gender roles, humour and female characterisation in the series”
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A five page paper which looks at HBO’s Sex in the City in terms of the way in which the female characters are presented and the treatment of gender roles and humour in the series.
Filename: JLsexcity.wps

“A queer reading of ‘Never the Sinner’”
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A paper which contrasts traditional and queer readings of literary texts, and looks at John Logan’s ‘Never the Sinner’ from the perspective of the latter, in terms of the way in which the characters are presented and Logan’s interpretation of their motivations.
Filename: JLqueerread.wps

“A Raisin in the Sun”
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A 5 page overview of this play first performed on Broadway in 1959. The author emphasizes the familial relationships which unfold in the play. The contention is presented that a black female serves as the primary head of the fictional family presented in the film just as black females often serve as the heads of real life families today and yesterday. The lesson that eventually emerges, however, is that the love and strength of the family’s matriarch can ultimately pay off in the maturation of other family members.
Filename: PPraisin.rtf

“A Raisin in the Sun” and “Fences"
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A 5 page paper which analyzes, comparing and contrasting, two plays: Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” and August Wilson’s “Fences.” Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RAraf.rtf

“A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry
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A 5 page paper which examines how Lorraine Hansberry’s novel “A Raisin in the Sun” possesses themes of manhood and materialism. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAraisn.rtf

“A Room of One’s Own” and “Mrs. Warren’s Profession”
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A 5 page paper which examines different elements and perspectives in Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” and Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession.” Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: RAwlfshw.rtf

“Affliction” and Adlerian Treatment
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A 4 page paper which examines the movie “Affliction” and discusses psychological therapy using Adlerian theories. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
Filename: RAafflct.rtf

“All About My Mother”
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A 7 page paper which examines a mis en scene from the Spanish film “All About My Mother.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAallmy.rtf

“AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL” AND ITS MEANING
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This paper explores the meaning behind the lyrics of "America the Beautiful," written by poet Katherine Lee Bates during the late 19th century. Also included is a little history of the song, as well as its competition against the "Star Spangled Banner" to become America's national anthem. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MTambeau.rtf

“American History X": Sociological Analysis
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A 4 page paper which analyzes the film “American History X” from a sociological perspective. No sources cited.
Filename: RAamx.rtf

“Animal Farm” and Revolution
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A 5 page paper which examines George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” as it involves a failed revolution. The film “Gandhi” is discussed in terms of possible approaches to a successful revolution. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAanml.rtf

“Anticivilzation Emotions” and Modern Horror Movies
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This 3 page report discusses the concepts writer Stephen King outlines in his 1981 essay titled “Why We Crave Horror Movies.” Bibliography lists only the primary source.
Filename: BWwhyhor.rtf