Identity Crisis in Fight Club
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The movie Fight Club is a study in the psychological underpinnings behind the amount of violence or pain, internal or external, a person will endure when trying to find a sense of identity within himself. Fight Club takes a group of people looking for their identities. They may be searching for identities to get over personal crises in their lives, but they will fail to find what they are looking for, in a true sense. Through its characters, the film epitomizes the psychological issues surrounding identity crises as they relate to issues such as trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame, intimacy vs. isolation, and integrity vs. despair. Bibliography lists 7 sources. JVfiteclu.rtf
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The Birds / Nature's Retribution
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A 5 page paper discussing the movie 'The Birds,' by Alfred Hitchcock. This movie, like most of Hitchcock's presents many disturbing images that seem to be aimed at some deviant behavior on the part of the characters. In 'The Birds' this deviant behavior is essentially the evil of man and his ignorance, and abuse, of nature. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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How Pip Confuses Appearance For Reality in David Lean’s Film Adaptation of 'Great Expectations'
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A 5 page paper which considers how appearances are confused with reality by the main character of Pip in David Lean’s 1946 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, Great Expectations. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Film vs. Prose: Cheever’s “The Swimmer”
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A five page paper comparing John Cheever’s short story with the 1968 Frank Perry film made from it. The paper concludes that the film suffers from an inability to transfer an interior work into a visual medium. No additional sources.
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Bram Stoker's Dracula and F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu
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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the film Nosferatu, with Stoker's novel Dracula, on which it is based. Mood, themes, plot and characterization are discussed as well as each work's contribution to the proliferation of the vampire myth. No additional sources cited.
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Family Survival in “To Live” and “Eat Drink Man Woman”
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This paper compares and contrasts the two films in terms of the favorable family aspects depicted in the films, the different ways the families are destroyed or threatened, the different styles of expressing intimacy and death, and the different ways of suggesting there is hope for the traditional family. Bibliography lists 4 sources. JVChinaf.rtf
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The Edge: Man Against Nature
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A 7-page review of The Edge, Lee Tamahori’s 1997 film, written by David Mamet and released by 20th Century Fox. Although the film promotes the man against man argument, that is a subtheme of man versus himself. The paper posits that Bob is the alter ego of Charles and that the authors use symbolism like wilderness, bear and rabbit to provide challenges so that a new Charles can emerge. Bibliography lists 7 sources. JVTheEdg.rtf.
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I Know Where the Caged Bird Sings: Comparison Between the Novel and the Movie
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This 5 page paper provides a comparison between Maya Angelou's novel and the television movie that was based on her book. This paper outlines some of the major differences between the text of the book and the elements of the movie and determines the benefits/weaknesses as a result of these changes. No additional sources cited.
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Jack: 21 Grams of MPD
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Paper posits that 21 Grams is a metaphor for saving Jack from multiple personality disorder (MPD), thereby saving his soul. How Jack is saved is by killing off his other souls (destroying others) with his Jesus truck (faith). Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Examination of Three Historic Films
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A 10 page paper in which cinematic questions are answered in relationship to three historic films. "Birth of a Nation" demonstrates how editing creates tension and arouses the viewer’s emotions. "Citizen Kane" looks at the "continuity" of reality in film. Film styles, techniques, and theories are examined in "Casablanca." No reference sources listed.
Filename: BBhistfilm.doc

"The Joy Luck Club": The Movie and the Book
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A 6 page paper which discusses the differences between the movie and the book "The Joy Luck Club" written by Amy Tan. The paper discusses how Hollywood often has a way of playing up the spectacular aspects of the United States, while playing down the immigrants who came here. Hollywood often portrays all other countries, from which the immigrants come, as something horrible that should be escaped from. And, while the movie and the book being discussed are incredibly close, there are aspect which illustrate this condition of Hollywood portrayals. No additional sources cited.
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A COMPARISON/CONTRAST OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND BRIDGET JONES DIARY
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This 6 page paper discusses the similarities between Jane Austen's book, Pride and Prejudice and Helen Fieldings book, Bridget Jones Diary. Examples, quotes included. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MBjones.rtf

A Hierarchical Analysis of Television
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This 15 page paper puts television programming into a hierarchy by genre. Various issues are discussed inclusive of race and class. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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The Film Ordinary People & Carl Rogers
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A 5 page research paper/essay that discusses the film Ordinary People, directed by Robert Redford for Paramount in 1980, which presents a dysfunctional family that is traumatized by guilt and grief. Conrad Jarrett is an adolescent who tries to commit suicide following the death of his brother, Buck, in a boating accident. Conrad cannot overcome his intense feeling of guilt for having survived the accident that killed his brother. Conrad is eventually able to heal due to the intervention of a therapist, Dr. Berger, the context of the movie suggests that Dr. Berger’s intervention can be viewed as adhering to the therapeutic and theoretical perspective of Carl Rogers. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khorcrog.rtf

THE GRADUATE: FILM STYLE VERSUS FILM NARRATIVE
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This 8 page paper discusses the use of camera technique, especially that of wide to narrow angles and focused to unfocused shots. Two scenes from The Graduate analyzed for style and narrative effect. Motif, theme in regard to camera use discussed and exampled. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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'Amadeus'/ The Movie
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A 6 page discussion of the film "Amadeus" -- highlighting based upon research-- which facts the writer found to be inconsistent regarding Mozart's life and Salieri. Bibliography lists 3 sources. Also can be categorized under 'Music.'
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