Essays Tagged: "Robert Zemeckis"

No Future? An essay comparing future in Back to the Future and THX1138

advances that will take the world into the next century and beyond. George Lucas' film THX 1138 and Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future are both examples of movies that portray technology and the adva ... technology. The technology that the people worked so hard to create and control, now controls them.Robert Zemeckis shows a much nicer and happier future in Back to the Future. Technology is still ver ...

(6 pages) 95 0 4.6 Feb/1997

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

Run Forest, Run.... Forest Gump

But why exactly feather? "Forrest Gump" was released by Paramount Pictures in 1994 and directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay by Eric Roth, based on the Winston Groom novel. The picture won si ...

(4 pages) 94 1 3.0 Apr/2004

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

Review of Polar Express with tom hanks

Chris Van Allsburg's beloved 32-page book. While I like to think that I still have an inner child, Robert Zemeckis's latest cinematic stunt gave me the wrong kind of chills. Using motion-capture CGI ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Nov/2004

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

"Forrest Gump": Themes, Techniques and Meanings

, challenging the conformities and principals that most people are accustomed to. The contrast that Robert Zemeckis, director of the film, is attempting to convey through the character of Forrest Gump ... to the evil in people, and consequently; he is able to find the best in each person he encounters. Robert Zemeckis directed the film in such a way to emphasize the notion that simple is better which ...

(10 pages) 99 1 4.7 Jul/2006

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

The essay about physical journey in the film "Cast Away" by Isaac Sohn

l journey is someone or something moves from one place to another. The film, Cast Away, directed by Robert Zemeckis, shows concepts of physical journey by using the character Chuck Noland who trapped ... d who trapped in an isolated and uninhabited island as a result of a plane crash. Through the film, Robert Zemeckis shows that physical journeys are often arduous by nature, a person can feel isolated ...

(2 pages) 43 0 3.0 Mar/2007

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

Science or More? The Debate of the Decade

ve two point of views: a religion point of view and a science one. In the movie Contact directed by Robert Zemeckis this major topic is discussed. The movie contact shows both sides and how both sides ... McConaughey). Ellie is a scientist , so she is obviously represents scientific views of the movie. Robert Zemeckis shows science in this movie as a method for understanding the world. He shows that t ...

(2 pages) 1103 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Back to the Future Analysis Question: Choose a Blockbuster prior to 1995. Using a minimum of 500 words, provide a compelling argument as to why you believe this film has become a blockbuster.

. Back to the future was created on a relatively small $19 million budget. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by 5 people, among them Steven Spielberg. The film lasts for 116minutes ... 7-Eleven and the phone company AT&T. All in all, back to the future contained 24 paid Director Robert Zemmicks was criticized for this extreme amount of product placement, so there was none in ba ...

(2 pages) 14 0 0.0 Oct/2009

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

Oscar Paper. Review of a movie that won the Ocsar in the past.

cture of the year with the audience trying to figure out the controversy of the film. The director, Robert Zemeckis was credited for his role in making the movie as entertaining and real in comparison ... nston Groom. The novel was adapted for the movie by American screenwriter Eric Roth and directed by Robert Zemeckis. The movie portrayed a soldier sitting on a bus stop bench, filmed in Chippewa Squar ...

(2 pages) 0 0 0.0 May/2013

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

Literature Device Paper

ing us. Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere." (pg 1591. 27-29)Example from Pop Culture:In the Robert Zemeckis movie Castaway, Apostrophe plays a frequent role throughout the majority of the movi ... ing his unfortunate situation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP2P8mhif-gWorks CitedCast Away. Dir. Robert Zemeckis. Perf. Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt. 2000. Film.Donne, John. "The Sun Rising". The Longman ...

(4 pages) 2 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers