Essays Tagged: "Hours"

"The hours" by Michael Cunningham.

nd tightly together--eventually--on the screen, as inspired by Michael Cunningham's 1998 novel, The Hours, which was in turn inspired by Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway.The film opens with Virginia Woo ... . Now, Clarissa nurses him and cares for him as his demise draws ever near.* positive elements: The Hours' positive themes are wrapped around choices and the things that influence them. They aren't bl ...

(4 pages) 98 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Hours" by Stephen Daldry.

different point of view as they view the world and their relationship.I believe that the title "The Hours" of the movie means each woman in the movie is equally trapped in the incessant grind of the h ... movie is equally trapped in the incessant grind of the hours, but for a different reason. It is the hours of their lives that they made the choices and they have to live with the consequences of those ...

(4 pages) 34 0 3.0 Jan/2006

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

The Hours: Novel vs. Film

The Hours, written by Michael Cunningham, is an award winning novel that was adapted for the big screen ... aloofly just strays from the novel quite a bit.One of the most obvious and recurrent themes of The Hours is suicide. All three women have a brush with suicide in some way. Although both the film and ... e than made up for it; but ultimately, the novel was more stylish in its arrangement.Works CitedThe Hours- Michael CunninghamThe Hours (film)- Steven Daldry

(3 pages) 2935 0 0.0 Aug/2008

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