Essays Tagged: "A Delicate Balance (film)"
Norma Desmond: A Star or Black Hole
"Norma Desmond: A Star or a Black Hole" Though she claims to be a radiant "star" throughout Billy Wilder' ... hough she claims to be a radiant "star" throughout Billy Wilder's eccentric film noir, Sunset Boulevard, legendary Norma Desmond is more easily compared to a different celestial body: a black hole, bu ... o a different celestial body: a black hole, but we'll just call it Hollywood. She, like Hollywood, has the ability to draw in all kinds of people towards her "beaming" presence, and then swallows them ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Comparing Borkman and When We Dead Awaken
John Gabriel Borkman, Synopsis:John Gabriel Borkman is a former bank-manager who, sixteen years before the ... kman is a former bank-manager who, sixteen years before the play begins, has been imprisoned for financial fraud. He believes he was innocent. He had used the customers' money to invest in an industri ... innocent. He had used the customers' money to invest in an industrial empire, and before he could pay back all the loans, he was reported by his friend Hinkel, who was in love with Ella Rentheim, Bor ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers