Essays Tagged: "Hollywood"

film industry..comparing hollywood and bollywood(indian film industry)

the world of fantasy and creation. There are many kinds of films that are being released nowadays. Hollywood is the American film industry. Next to Hollywood is Bollywood, which is Indian film indust ... Next to Hollywood is Bollywood, which is Indian film industry. In Bollywood films are made in Hindi.Hollywood and Bollywood are the two main locations where commercial and art films are made. Bollywoo ...

(2 pages) 231 4 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

Women in 1950's Hollywood Films-- the Hayse code and the changing roles of women.

ints of view and not the only points of view. In the nineteen-fifties a large part of the media was Hollywood. The nineteen-fifties was a period of transition in Hollywood. Among the most important tr ... es was a period of transition in Hollywood. Among the most important transitions that took place in Hollywood in and around that decade was in how women were represented in film.There have always been ...

(5 pages) 233 2 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

Stereotyped Librarians in Movies

ed, stuffy, and wore glasses. In most cases, librarians have proven to be sweet, fun-loving people. Hollywood created this negative connotation of librarians, which has been proved as a stereotype and ... her regard for a librarians intelligence in matters other than knowing where the books can be found.Hollywood has created quite a different view of librarians. Most librarians that have appeared in Ho ...

(3 pages) 51 1 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Hollywood's Attack on Religion, from the book Hollywood vs. America by Michael Medved

The section that I have chosen to analyze from the book Hollywood vs. America is "The Attack on Religion." In this part of the book, Michael Medved discusse ... "The Attack on Religion." In this part of the book, Michael Medved discusses the shift in attitude Hollywood has made toward religion, from acceptable to contemptible. He takes a look at the messages ... t in films, music and television in the last 15 to 20 years and analyzes their effects. In general, Hollywood depicts religion in an unfavorable manner, according to Medved. Moreover, Medved also argu ...

(6 pages) 67 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Ideologies shaped by Hollywood. Speaks of Marilyn Monroe

teachers act as spokespersons to spread a certain set of attitudes, beliefs and values. Similarly, Hollywood is also a very powerful modern day institution, where a star's image can reappropriate, sh ... ems as their 'reality'. A star's image is created through a range of representations churned out by Hollywood. Capitalism from the commercialisation of these images has made Hollywood the domineering ...

(6 pages) 161 1 4.3 Oct/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Actors

"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" - a film which symbolizes the Western genre while it expands its rules and traditions.

of the Italian origins of the filmmaker and the fact that his movies were shot in Europe instead of Hollywood. Despite the characteristic western tradition found in the movie, the movie is free of any ...

(5 pages) 249 4 4.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

An essay on a popular documentary film "Hearts and Minds" Studied in public administration and U.S. history. [Written in NYC on 11.02]

y made fun of Americans perception on the war during that time. The film would show a typical 1960s Hollywood Vietnam movie and then cut straight in to real footage of dead bodies being collected afte ...

(2 pages) 77 0 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Westward Expansion. Talks about people moving west and dealing what Natvies and the harsh weather.

Westward ExpansionHollywood's perspective of the western movement is full of daring heroes, crooked criminals, savage ... traveling from the small Yukon town of Dyea to Henderson Creek in Alaska. This is not a glamorized Hollywood tale, but rather a realistic statement on how harsh life in the west could be. According t ... anded for hundreds of years hunting buffalo and living their relatively peaceful lives. The typical Hollywood stereotype was that Indians were a mean and savage people that would kill anything that mo ...

(4 pages) 142 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Frankenstein.

f how this process could possibly go wrong.When I first saw the movie Frankenstein, I realized that Hollywood was still changing the classic novels. In their usual fashion, they changed the names of t ...

(3 pages) 64 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Moral Absolutes on Shakespeare "Julius Caesar".

Is there a person who is entirely good or entirely bad? No, humans are not like that. Life is not a Hollywood movie where there is a good guy and a bad guy. Humans are more complicated than that. Depe ...

(1 pages) 36 1 3.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The use of sex appeal in films.

d a perfect name for our spring film festival. Sex appeal and films of course, were both created by Hollywood. Since the time of the silent films until today, movies have shaped the way that we think ... hink of others, the world and ourselves.Our culture today is hugely influenced by the ideologies of Hollywood in terms of gender representation. The majority of movies today are embedded with the soci ...

(5 pages) 288 12 4.7 Jul/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

H.G. Wells the Time Machine vs. The Movie the Time Machine.

The book The Time Machine and Hollywood's version of H.G. Wells classic are two very different views of the same topic. The 1895 b ... e same topic. The 1895 book shows how well an author writes, while the 1950's movie shows how badly Hollywood can twist a time tested story. The Time Machine's two different faces are very spread in m ... ventually destroying the Morlock's underground tunnels. The details of the book and movie show that Hollywood never even looked at the book, yet tried to paint the Eloi and Morlocks as each other's ne ...

(3 pages) 67 1 3.8 Jul/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Hong Kong Films - Who will go see them?

million. And though Hong Kong remains the rare free-market region whose homemade films outgrow the Hollywood invaders, the locals' share has plummeted in four years from 80% to 54%. That has led to a ... t would not relax its quota system, which allows release of only 10 foreign films a year, including Hollywood big movies.Hong Kong producers see the mainland not only as a revenue wellspring but also ...

(13 pages) 69 0 4.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

This is an exposition essay using a lot of examples to talk about the crappy things president George W Bush has done.

d have made peoplerealize that he would not be the ideal man to run our country. He produced a gory Hollywoodslasher B movie. Then he went on to run for congress, with practically no political experie ...

(3 pages) 153 2 1.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans in the movie Little Big Man, compared to real life Native Americans

"Hollywood vs. Reality"Native Americans and Cowboys in moviesIn the movie "Little Big Man" there is a ... Cowboys in moviesIn the movie "Little Big Man" there is an interesting and unexpected twist on how Hollywood portrayed Native Americans and cowboys. They portrayed them as the righteous, and not the ... They portrayed them as the righteous, and not the usual savage cannibal crazy dancing Indians that Hollywood has made them look like. It stars Dustin Hoffman stranded in an overturned wagon with his ...

(3 pages) 95 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Twelve Angry Men: a critical review

elve Angry Men poses this question and provides an answer. And although it is obviously done with a Hollywood spin, the situation is fairly credible.In this scenario, the only thing that juror number ...

(8 pages) 128 1 4.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Parenthood

, and the laughter are what make being a parent tiresome yet fun all at the same time.One part that Hollywood forgets to portray is the sleepless nights. After becoming a parent, one will have many sl ...

(3 pages) 63 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

It's All Their Fault

needs to be pointed. What parents and organizations against movie violence need to realize is that Hollywood is just that, Hollywood. Movies, games and TV are forms of entertainment and are works of ... hen one child kills someone because they might have seen it in the movies, a huge uproar occurs and Hollywood is immediately criticized. The fact remains that most teenagers are smart enough to realiz ...

(7 pages) 65 0 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Elizabeth Taylor

t really feel that Elizabeth struggled in becoming an actress, because her parents were rich and in Hollywood with connections, which is just how Liz got to meet Mr. Marx, the studio executive of MGM ...

(2 pages) 49 2 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Analyis of the "The Son In The Afternoon," by John A. Williams

He also says, "When Ronnie was in the hospital the month before, Nora got me to run her way over to Hollywood every night to see him. I didn't like that worth a damn." These statements show how incred ...

(3 pages) 52 0 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers