Blaxploitation Films Essays and Term Papers
229 Essays on Blaxploitation Films. Documents 76 - 100
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Taxi Driver: A Modern Version of the Western Film
There have been many genres of film that are included in American film history; one of which is the Western. In the mid 1900’s Western films were at their peak and Saturday afternoons would be spent watching cowboys and Indians battle until the end while watching comfortably from a movie theatre. Knowing this, it’s not hard to understand why film makers later on would base plots and characters off of these mystifying films. The
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Film Noir
Film noir is a film style and mood primarily associated with crime films, that portrays its principal characters in a nihilistic and existentialist world. Film noir is primarily derived from the hard-boiled style of crime fiction of the Depression era (many films noir were adaptations of such novels) and the gritty style of 1930s horror fiction. Film noir is first clearly seen in films released in the early 1940s. "Noirs" were historically made in black
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Bias in Twelve Angry Men (film)
‘It’s very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth.’ [Juror 8, page 53] Perhaps this best sums up the basis of ‘Twelve Angry Men’ by Reginald Rose. This play is about a young delinquent on trial for the murder of his abusive father. The jury must find him guilty if there is no reasonable doubt, and in turn, sentence
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The Spectacle of Violence in a Post-Chc Film
The Spectacle of Violence in a Post-cHc Film During the era of classic Hollywood cinema, oftentimes the violence that was part of a film’s narrative was often downplayed or even eliminated from the actual script and substituted by means of implication or through verbal narration. This was largely in part because of The Production Code which was enforced in 1934, which forced filmmakers to censor blatantly violent scenes. But later in that century, when American
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Requiem for a Dream Film Response
In Requiem For A Dream, the story revolves around four main characters: Harry, Marion, Tyrone, and Sara. All four of these individuals are shown as expressing what is generally believed to be deviant behavior, and a couple of theories that explain how these characters are deviant include labeling theory and conflict theory. Anomie theory also plays into their stories. Sara Goldfarb is shown to be affected by labeling theory by the fact that she becomes
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To What Extent Do the Conventions and Codes of Film Noir Used in Double Indemnity Reflect the Social, Economic and Cultural Content of the Period?
Double indemnity was made just after the war, during a period of time where men felt insecure, as women had become more powerful and independent. This is represented in the film by a negative portrayal of Phyllis. A common type of woman featuring in noir films is the femme fatale, which challenges the most traditional role of the woman and the nuclear family. She refuses to play the role of devoted wife and loving mother
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The Maroon as Metaphor for Resistance in Latin American Film
Third World Film Professor: Andrew Millington Student: James Cheek Date Due: May 3, 2004 FINAL PAPER: The Maroon as Metaphor for Resistance in Latin American Film Cultural surrender is more than a matter of rejecting one’s father and mother culture. It means that one accepts a new definition as a person. The culturally dependent person is a mere spectator, a receptacle for the creativities of others. To demand freedom from slavery only to use that
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The Decline of the American Horror Film
Decline of American Horror Films American horror films have undergone several series of change in the past 50 years. The claim most often directed against modern horror is that it is somehow “sick”. Some viewers declare its preoccupation with violence and sexuality is excessive and politically incorrect. However, the horror films of the 1960’s redefined and distinguished American horror with racial undertones as in Romero’s “Night of The Living Dead,” and indirectly addressing social and
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The Heroic Journey in Film - Shrek
The Heroic Journey in Film- Shrek “… Once upon a time, there was a lovely princess. But she had an enchantment upon her of a fearful sort which could only be broken by love’s first kiss. She was locked away in a castle guarded by a terrible fire-breathing dragon. Many brave knights had attempted to free her from this dreadful prison, but none prevailed. She waited in the dragon’s keep, in the highest room of
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A Short Film
[Camera pans in on a caterpillar nest. Nest is covered in sprinkles for no apparent reason. Steve Irwin type narrator is standing beside the nest] Narrator: Here we get our first exciting glimpse into the mysterious world of the caterpillar. These nests are like training centers where the baby caterpillars grow and learn. All young caterpillars are called Ernesto, this causes terrible confusion but it keeps the caterpillars from mobilizing a force and rising against
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Blacks in the Film
In studying and understanding the politics and artistic ideologies of film, not in the popular "Hollywood" tradition, films of different cultures must be examined to explore the political and social history of the struggles for cultural identity. The film becomes a means of consciousness and of creating political awareness. Films of revolution and social change cross all cultural boundaries and bring to the screen revolutionary movements in developing and underdeveloped countries. The power of film
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Pi: Transcendence Through Film
God Is In The T.V. No system can understand a system of equal or greater design. A human being can study the human brain and know how it works; electrical impulses are sent between nerve endings which then communicate with the rest of the body, but no man knows why the brain works. It is the same way a computer cannot understand why it computes. It is able to read binary code and process information
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Rosemary’s Baby - Film Review
Rosemary’s Baby Film review by Mischel Figusch Director: Roman Polanski Cast overview: Mia Farrow .... Rosemary Woodhouse John Cassavetes .... Guy Woodhouse Ruth Gordon .... Minnie Castevet Sidney Blackmer .... Roman Castevet Maurice Evans .... Edward 'Hutch' Hutchins Ralph Bellamy .... Dr. Abraham Sapirstein Victoria Vetri .... Terry Gionoffrio (as Angela Dorian) Patsy Kelly .... Laura-Louise Elisha Cook Jr. .... Mr. Nicklas (as Elisha Cook) Emmaline Henry .... Elise Dunstan Charles Grodin .... Dr. C.C.
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John Q - Film Analysis
Daniel Jones Business Ethics Film Analysis Ms. Corso December 6, 2002 In my film analysis I will be discussing some of the fourteen principles of a satisfactory moral system and a good ethical decision. I will also discuss how some of the characters use the theory of care ethicist (care ethicist is to treat others as a human being fairly or equally) and virtue theorist (virtue theorist is doing the hard thing). My movie analysis
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Usefun Teaching with Films
Table of Contents Preface Table of Contents Introduction Theoretical Part 1 Film as a teaching tool 1.1 Why use film in the classroom 1.2 The advantages 1.3 But what happened to reading 1.4 Television above all 1.5 So why use it in the classroom 1.6 The entire film or only a scene 1.7 Good and bad intentions 1.8 When do we press play 1.9 Just don’t exaggerate 2 Teaching techniques 2.1 Silent Viewing 2.2 Freeze
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Digital Art in Film
Tyler Peterson Digital Art in Film Thanks again for compiling the website for the group Mike. Below is what I would like to appear on the website divided by questions. My works cited follows. I included links to youtube videos and embedded pictures into the document that are to appear in the appropriate section. Let me know if you need more pictures or have any questions/problems. I tried to make it as simple as possible.
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Culture of Film
At this point in my life I am finally able to appreciate many different films that in the past was not mature enough to understand. It has been a long journey getting to this point. My entire life nothing has made me as happy as going to see a movie in a theater with a big cherry coke. As a consumer I am open to seeing almost any film, because no matter what you see
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Film Noir
Film Noir and the Imaginary The Significance of the Telephone in Film Noir Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Telephone-Conversations as Turning Points of the Story III. The Significance of the Telephone in Sorry, Wrong Number IV. Conclusion Bibliography I. Introduction In the tangled networks of a great city, the telephone is the unseen link between a million lives. It is the servant of our common needs - the confidante of our inmost secrets. Life
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The Contemporary Hollywood Blockbuster Is Not So Much a Film as a Dev
“ I like ideas, especially movie ideas, that you can hold in your hand. If a person can tell me the idea in twenty-five words or less, its going to make a pretty good movie.” Steven Spielberg.’ For this essay I intend to discuss how Hollywood as an industry has used the marketing strategies of blockbuster films to significant advantage in film merchandising. Along with the use of mass merchandising as a form of
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Women, as Victims of Men, in Martin Scorses Films
Women, as Victims of Men, in Martin Scorsese Films My thesis for this paper is that director Martin Scorsese generally views women as victims of men. To illustrate this thesis, I will examine two of his well known films, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas. Raging Bull is not a film about boxing but about a man who is extremely jealous and suffers from sexual insecurity. For Jake LaMotta (Robert DeNiro), what happens during a fight is
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Text Shape Society - Respond with Reference to Film
All texts either challenge or reinforce the values and attitudes of its readers. This is an inevitable and unavoidable aspect of reading because values and attitudes can differ from one individual reader to another. This means there are no texts that solely reinforce or solely challenge the values and attitudes of all who read them because it is impossible to cater to the tastes of every reader. It is clear however that many texts are
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Action Films. Good or Bad ??
What place does violence have in the movies? Well, I believe that violence has a place in movies depending on the particular film and what the director of the film is trying to portray. If the director uses violence in his/her film and there isn't any reason behind it, then I would disagree and say that violence shouldn't be in THAT particular film. But in a movie like "Saving Private Ryan", Steven Spielburg replicates the
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Jungian) Image of the “beast” in Society/film/literature
From Cupid & Psyche to Cocteau’s film and finally to Disney’s portrayal of this classic theme, not much has changed in the idea of Beauty and the Beast. All versions of this story have stressed the importance of being good and have even dwelled on the importance of looking behind appearance to see a person’s true nature. In order to convey his ideas and themes, Cocteau uses the beast as a lurking figure whose lack
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Film Review: The Patriot
The movie The Patriot is based on the American Revolutionary War and shows the road to the independence. More specifically, this movie shows how Americans won independence from the British and how British troops were unable to defeat American militia. The fact is that minutemen, led in the film by a man named Benjamin Martin, used guerilla tactics to achieve an American victory. The Patriot does raise a question though: was this the reality of
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Film Report on "american Me": A Therapeutic Perspective
Film Report on “American Me”: A Therapeutic Perspective Taj Gunter: March 2008 “American Me” is a fictional film having a factual basis, starring and directed by Edward James Olmos. Released to the national theater circuit in 1992, “American Me” depicts the life of Rodolfo Cadena, a ranking Carnal (gang member) in the prison gang La Eme, also known as the Mexican Mafia. To therapeutically approach the salience and pervasiveness of gang membership, including its allure
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