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Night and Fog Film Analysis

Therefore, the various reasons that led to the Holocaust are the key pointers of the general motives or causes of the events that occur in the movie.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

A Perfect World – Film Analysis

In fact, the very title of the film hints at the religious context of the plot: A Perfect World can be seen as a metaphor for Heaven, and the characters' journey can be interpreted as [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1222

Pablo Picasso: Art Is the Lie

It is both the means of expression and of impression; it reproduces and creates new, it is both the reason and result.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 922

Chinatown and The Talented Mr. Ripley Films Comparison

Overall, it is possible to say that Roman Polanski and Anthony Minghella examine such a theme as the existence of injustice in the community. This is one of the differences that should not be overlooked.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Goldsworthy’s and Christo Landscape Art Comparison

He uses photographs and films to record his works to show how different objects are arranged in a landscape. This allows him to show the energy within and outside various objects he uses in his [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 852

Vincent van Gogh Artistic Works

This picture is one of the first works that attracted the attention of artists and critics to van Gogh. The painter is able to use different shades of grey and yellow in order to illustrate [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

The Pool’ Pictures Balance in Photography

Because of the unique combination of urban background and the green elements, as well as the presence of such details as the cast iron, the change in the pictures of the pool not only shows [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 849

“Like a Virgin” by Madonna

There is also evidence of her readiness to be engaged in the relationship in the lyrics as she sings she is "sad and blue". It is also possible to state that Madonna has facilitated the [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1089

Religious Symbolism in Renaissance Paintings

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Although the art pieces created by Masaccio, del Castagno and Lippi may seem completely different, with the common thread of Christianity as the only thing that links them, a close analysis of the messages behind [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1242

“Erin Brockovich” Movie Ethical Dilemma

The response of the company when it became apparent that the chromium was causing cancer was to hide the evidence regarding their operations and its connection to the increased rates of cancer.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 616

Film Studies: “One Fine Spring Day”

When finishing watching the film, the viewer gets an understanding of the inevitability of the decline of feelings and accompanying suffering following the outburst of happiness people experience at the beginning of the relationships.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 509

War Horse Film Analysis

The fierce battle front in German led to the death of Nicholls while the war horses were captured by the Germans.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589

A Goldsmith in His Shop by Petrus Christus Painting

The nature and appearance of the painting provide evidence of the artist's adherence to the European Renaissance, especially the Northern Renaissance in the 14th to 16th centuries.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1702

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Film Analysis

The drugs presented in "Fear and loathing in Las Vegas" are of various types, cigarettes and alcohol are legal, grass is legal only in some countries, and the rest of the drugs are illegal everywhere [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 559

The Wizard of Oz

The girl's farmhouse gets into a tornado and is carried to the Munchkinland located in the world of Oz where Dorothy and Toto meet Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1118

“The Railroad” by Édouard Manet

It should be mentioned that at the time when this painting was created, Manet was criticized by many people for the lack of clarity and compositional unity in this picture.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

All the King’s Men Film Analysis

The first half of the movie dwells on the ills and rampart corruption that surrounds Louisiana County governance as highlighted in the second chapter of the book. Just like other politicians, Stark sinks into corruption [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 749

Horror Film Studies: “Let the Right One In”

However, he does not have the backing of his parents on how to deal with the issue. In essence, if Oskar had the necessary guidance and love from his parents, he would have revealed to [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 606

“The Vow”

Paige's nurses and doctors failed to support her needs after she was discharged from the hospital. He also uses the best caring practices in order to support Paige's needs.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

Andy Warhol’s Pop Art

This art work represents the classics of the genre of pop art. Poetry as a part of art works would be likely to turn pop art into postmodernism and add depth to the subject matter [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

Tarantino’s Films Comparison: Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction

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It is possible to consider a number of thematic and stylistic devices to understand the essence of Tarantino's surrealism that is manifested in his characters' inability to live a real life and to be real [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 842

Christianity in “the Avengers”

Certain scenes in the movie show some members of the rescue team sacrificing themselves in order to save everyone else and stop the evil force from subjugating the earth. One of the greatest values of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1372

“Some Mother’s Son” and “The Boxer”

Unlike Some Mother's Son, which introduces a unique dilemma and promotes an entirely different image of a woman as a nurturer and a fighter, therefore, subverting the traditional stereotype of women being helpless damsels in [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2230

Billy Holiday in “Lady Sings the Blues”

Of course, the main purpose of this film is to elucidate some facts from the controversial biography of the singer and warm the peoples interest in jazz music up, using the famous name as the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1142

Noir Films Comparison: “Memento” and “Point Blank”

The creation of John Boorman called "Point Blank" and the work of Christopher Nolan called "Memento" share the elements of film noir, so they can be compared and contrasted according to the plot and events [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 865

Italian Sculptures of 16th Century

The literal meaning of Arethusa is "the waterer" and the tale on which this sculpture of Alpheus and Arethusa is based, has its origin in a river.
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1668

Live Nation Entertainment

There is the ability to predict occupancy of the attractions. The key to success is massive investment into the industry and companies.
  • Subjects: Music Industry
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 593

Community of Graphic Novelists

The conflict of nature vs.nurture would later on become the trademark of the works made by the members of the African American painters community and its key tradition.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 621

“500 Days of Summer” by Mark Waters

As he turns to introduce himself, he realizes that her name is Autumn, which is a sign of his continuation and ultimate moving on in life.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 573

Sculpture: Elgin Marbles

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The main issue discussed by the supporters and the protesters of the deed of Lord Elgin is whether the marbles should stay in the British Museum or be sent back to their motherland in Greece.
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 846

Film Studies: Peter Pan

Darling is a strong believer in the fact that animals can be used to take care of children. Darling does not subscribe to the idea that a dog should take care of their kids.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 588

Dance: Alonzo King Lines Ballet

Choreography is one of the strongest aspects of the performance. The entire attention is drawn to the dancers and the dance.
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1089

Chicano Folklore: Mexican Folk Dance

Some musicians have also supported this subgenre in different parts of the world. This genre also portrays the realities and experiences of many Mexican Americans in the country.
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 572

Propaganda Techniques in Movies: Light, Camera, Action

Despite using rather simplistic propaganda techniques and devices, such as Beautiful People and Flag-Waving, the movie manages to get the key idea of the major flaws at the very core of the current healthcare system [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 590

Film Studies: “Invincible” by Werner Herzog

In that story, he witnessed himself; the people of one Peruvian village had no notion of the ocean that existed on the other side of the Andes. The film's plot is the exploration of truth [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 541

Film Studies: “Jesus Camp” by Rachel Grady

The acclaimed documentary called "Jesus Camp" that was released in 2006 and filmed in 2005 divided the United States and its audience into the people that perceive "Jesus Camp" as a revealing creation that debunks [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

Designing Tolstoy Adaptation Film

The adaptation will be designed to follow the main character's emotional and psychological development through the course of his adulthood and the impacts of his lethal disease on him and the people around.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 504

Chicano Music in American-Mexican Culture

Some great musicians such as Jeffrey Pierce used their cultural heritage to produce the best Chicano songs. Their songs highlighted the experiences and hopes of many Latinos in the country.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

Cabramatta’s Culture and Art

Indeed, seeing that turtle and tortoise shells have been used as the raw material for various types of medicine for quite a while in China and Vietnam, as well as the fact that the Chinese [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1404

“Fall of the Romanov Dynasty” by Esther Shub

The film of Esther Shub Fall of the Romanov Dynasty is one of the exemplary compilation films where archival footage is used in a specific manner. The film dwells upon the last years of the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 569

Film Studies: Groundhog Day

To a great extent, this film can be compared to the mythic journeys that lead to the moral transformation of a person; the only difference is that the film-makers rely on such a narrative device [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

Art Fairs’ Increasing of Number and Significance

Apart from that, the increasing availability of information about cultural and artistic life is one of the factors that contribute to the growing number of art fairs in various regions of the world.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1403

Paintings: Andrew Wyeth Exhibition

The validity of this idea can be illustrated in regards to both: the spatial/representational aspects of the exhibition in question, and the discursive appropriateness of the actual selection of Wyeth's paintings.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1157

Film Studies: Types of Montage

If there is a movement going on in the scene, the shots are directed in a way that the continuity of the movement never stops, the effect of the motion is flowing, it serves to [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

Modern Arts Development in the USA

The research explores how the social status, the cultivation of esthetics, and attendance of artistic events affect the inherent attitudes of the cultural policies in the USA.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1107

Film Studies: “Avatar” by James Cameron

The film called "Avatar" created by James Cameron and released at the end of 2009 has quickly won the favor of millions of viewers all around the world.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

The Film “Boyz n the Hood”

In the course of the trials, sufferings, and confrontations that young men experience, we can witness some of the social and financial setbacks that confronted many African Americans in the past and presently.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1092

Steven Spielberg’s Films Analysis

This calls for the director to secure a better script leading to the total departure from the established sequence, strategies, and tactics that the audience observed in the previous films.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2884

The Comedy Film “Bad Teacher”

A bad teacher is a comedy that features Elizabeth Halsey as the main character. Therefore, it is easy for a viewer to relate to the lives of the characters.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 571

The Song “One Love” by Nas

Unlike other effective communities, where responsibility for the care of children is shared in the network, this pattern is missing in black ghettos.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 633

The Film “For Colored Girls” by Tyler Perry

On the other hand, the problems they face are all related to self-identification, empowerment, vulnerability, wrongs of the society, i.e, the problems make the women members of the society which is imperfect.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 842

Drama “Riders to the Sea” by John Synge

This is because in Synge's play it is specifically the array of the explored ideas about the sheer tragedy of people falling victims to the forces of nature, and not the exposure of the characters' [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1402

Unity and Beauty: Audrey Fox Art

Though the medium of the three works is different, the works share lots of features in common. The background of the three works is blue.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 556

The Play “Sh** & Champaign” by D’Arcy Drollinger

Additionally, the use of lighting is effective because it enables the viewers to trace the movements of actors. It is possible to say that each of the actors was able to cope with his/her role.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 550

Drama Play “Yellow” by Del Shores

First, the design of the scene that looks like a real interior of a house helps people place themselves in the position of the main characters. They prompted the audience to imagine the life of [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

“Little Shop of Horrors” by Howard Ashman

The ASUSF College Players' adaptation is one more interpretation of the musical's theme and idea which can be discussed as the struggle with the enemy and negative consequences of the attempts to put one person's [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

Comic Play “Ubu Roi” by Alfred Jarry

The adaptation of the play demonstrated in the USF College of Education is characterized by the appropriate atmosphere to emphasize the idea of the play's absurdity.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

Moon – Solo Dance by Yang LiPing

It could be defined as a large stage ethnic primitive genre if it was not for the complexity of the hidden innuendoes that the interpretation of the dance suggests.
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 567

Ani Kasten and Her Ceramic Art

It is necessary to note that it is not easy to see the major message of the artist when looking at her works.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 565

Film Studies: “Rain Man” by Barry Levinson

On learning that the money is to be directed to a mental institution, which takes care of his unknown brother, Charlie decides to kidnap the brother and obtain the wealth.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 917

Theatre’s Appreciation: “Ubi Roi” by Alfred Jarry

It is possible for me to argue that the atmosphere was effectively expressed through sound effects, which enabled the audience to sense the feelings of the major characters and understand the dynamics of the narrative.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

Bollywood Film Industry Specifics

From the late 1990s, the film industry became the chief competitor of the Hollywood film industry. Attracted by the increasing number of members of the middle class in Asia, international investors are currently flocking to [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1089

Exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

The collection, which is the subject of the current research, is presented with the purpose of familiarization of the public with the culture of Ancient Greece.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1082

The Film “Persona” by Ingmar Bergman

It is possible to say that in this way, she protests against the absurdity and cruelty of the world. One should bear in mind that Elisabet is an actress, and she has to live through [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

Music and Rebellion in the Era of Commercialization

However, music is only a tool, and it as used not only by corporate monsters to define the future trends for teenagers and adolescents, but also by the artists, who are willing to introduce people [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1104

Phenomenon of the Successful Singers

At first, it might seem that the change made to the music industry is radical the present-day live shows have little to do with the talk shows of the 50s and 60s in terms of [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 847

Film Studies “Fly, Penguin”

The decision by the HRC of Korea to commission the film "Fly, Penguin" shows how the country has failed to support the rights of different citizens.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 898

The Movie “Memories of Murder”

To a great extent, this ending contradicts the conventional canons of detective stories in which the names of the main villain are usually disclosed.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

Suffering in the Painting Autumn of Ashes by Tim Lowly

A new experience is an aspect of suffering in the story of Tim Lowly. However, from the experience of Tim Lowly and Sherrie, I have realized that suffering is a long-term condition, and thus, it [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 640

Film Studies: “Class Action” by Michael Apted

Strategic management refers to the high-level of management that is involved in the decision-making process, implementation of goals and objectives, and in the allocation of resources in the organization.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 614

Film Studies: “Double Suicide” by Masahiro Shinoda

The story portrayed in the movie is set in Japan of the 18th century and follows the lives of two lovers, which are destined to be separated by many factors. The camera often shows the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 433

Perception of Beauty in the Artistic Field

Numerous artists have tried to find the answer to what beauty is and managed to come up with an important finding that beauty is something all people long for. The song is related to physical [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 541

Chinese Film: “The King of Masks” by Wu Tianming

It creates the impetus for introspection and evaluation of values that manifest in society. Indeed, The King of Masks is a formidable film due to its inclination about recurrent issues that often precipitate contention in [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1096

Film Studies: “The Truman Show” by Peter Weir

This genre was relatively new to the audience of 1998; this is why the film "The Truman Show" appeared, it reflected the common fascination towards the reality television in the society of that time.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

Metropolitan Museum’s Historical Objects

The paintings and design of the plate show pictures of boats, buildings, and animals, an aspect that creates an impression in the mind of a person, who comes across the object that the people of [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1173

Film Studies: “A Street Car Named Desire”

In the very beginning of the film, we learn that Blanche has lost her husband and that it was an enormous shock for her, as she loved the man, and never knew why he committed [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 556

Rodeo Records Company History

To focus on the history of Rodeo Records, it is necessary to refer to the aspects of the company's development and specific operations, features of the labels and music produced, and personalities of the represented [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 866

Damien Hirst’s Life and Works

Damien has managed to be successful in a dynamic and competitive global art scene because he understands the value of beauty and morality through his works.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1418