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Platoon, film review
... of college, joined the army, and volunteered for Vietnam. His idealism and view of war in general rapidly change during the course of ... portrayed as a caring, intelligent leader who escapes reality through the use of drugs. His nemesis, Sergeant Barnes, is ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Hollywood Goes to War
... of " United 93 ," there is no escaping the reality it depicts. It is not only the comfortably distant "nation" that is in danger, but each of ... the Academy-Award winning series of 1943 documentary films that explained the origins of World War II and Hitler's ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
A Look into the Human Mind. Sl
... so he does not have to face the reality of death and war. They are a way of shielding him so he can pretend everything ... ” (back cover). Vonnegut looks into the human mind of a man, traumatized by war experiences and poor relations with his father, and ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Sluaghterhouse-Five
... so he does not have to face the reality of death and war. They are a way of shielding him so he can pretend everything ... " (back cover). Vonnegut looks into the human mind of a man, traumatized by war experiences and poor relations with his father, and ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Cinema
... films as a great war film, I think that these films provide us with a much better picture of war. Maybe I am ... actual events of Pearl Harbour . The people that thought this should probably consider watching Tora! Tora! Tora! Since in reality it offers ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Genre Analysis/Social Genre: Rebel Without a Cause
... first of many crises faced by the male lead, stems from the incongruity of the current social norms and the reality of his ... of a new wave of films, which rebelled against the nostalgic pre-war idealism. Since the arrival of television, the average age of ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Film Critique of Selznick's films
... of reality. Various articles I read, that were dated after the war- said that this film was full of propaganda. An example of ... war and they stay strictly "friends." Another point more current literature on this film investigates, is the issue of reality ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
In what ways and to what effect did the British cinema of the second world war mobilize support for the war effort?
... (p.92). 9.Sue Aspinall, 'Women, Realism and Reality in British Films, 1943-53', in British ... war years, still prevented many of these topics from being discussed openly but suggestions of promiscuity were more prevalent in films towards the end of the war ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History
Representation of female character: To what extent can Disney be said to have moved with the times?
... result of ulterior motives, while in reality it is only a side effect of common societal norms and the very nature of animation. Devoid of ... than in the overtures of the macho Gaston. Pocahontas saves the life of Captain John Smith and averts a war, not by ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
A Review of the film 'Apocalypse Now' for historical accuracies.
... for a weapon, but in reality was only trying to protect her ... of the Vietnam War. This originates in the beginning scenes of the film, with its mixture of cinematography; music and hallucinatory images of the cruelty and destructiveness of the Vietnam War ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis