Essays Tagged: "Oliver Stone"
An analysis of the character Le Ly in Oliver Stone's "Heaven and Earth"
"The Spoils of War"In Oliver Stone's Heaven and Earth, Le Ly is born into a time of tranquility, in which the people of he ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Bulletproof
hicle.This incident is not a scene from a DeNiro/Pacino mobster movie. Nor is it an episode from an Oliver Stone or Quentin Tarrantino film. In fact, it is not a scene from any movie, although the sto ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers
The Unholy Crusade, a look into Oliver Stone's War film, Platoon.
. Its extension reaches the boundaries ofsuch cultural mainstreams as movies, television, andmusic. Oliver Stone's 1986 war film Platoon is an exampleof the religious subtleties and overtones that app ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Bullet Conspriracies: Did Lee Harvey Oswald kill JFK?
s the correct one without actually being able to go back in time to the day of the tragic event.II. Oliver Stone's "JFK"I do not think that Oliver Stone's film, "JFK," accurately depicts what occurred ... the film was made to keep the American people on their toes and rile them up a bit. And if this was Oliver Stone's true intention, he definitely succeeded in his goal. He renewed interest into the Joh ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
A Critical analysis of The film Platoon.
ng this time, but only the soldier's who fought in that war knew the true madness that was Vietnam. Oliver Stone began writing Platoon because the Vietnam War was "a pocket of our history nobody under ... ic insight as well.Platoon is an Orion Pictures production, filmed in 1986. Written and directed by Oliver Stone it tells the gruesome story of a Vietnam War not known by the American public. Tom Beri ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
This is an essay on the film "Born on the fourth of July".
ntry, just asmuch as he did as a boy. What makes this movie the bestVietnam war movie ever made, is Oliver Stone with histechnical genius, Ron Kovic's awe-inspiring story, and theharsh reality that is ... histechnical genius, Ron Kovic's awe-inspiring story, and theharsh reality that is brought to light.Oliver Stone is himself a Vietnam veteran, so he knowsthe reality of it. As I recently watched this ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
"It's A Wonderful Life" and Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers."
morals and values of Americans are depicted well in both Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life" and Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers." Although they both are trying to illustrate the same thing (A ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Comparison Essay.
What are the traits between Frank Capra's America and Oliver Stone's America? America is said to be strong willed, enterprising, materialistic, nationalis ... ife by Frank Capra, one that has been around for some time. Natural Born Killers, a 1990's movie by Oliver Stone, is a much more modern movie that also comments on the inherent values of the American ... efs and in how people chose to live their lives in society. Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life and Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers both use the themes of media and a sense of "something missing" ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Film Review: Platoon, "Fighting for a Different Cause"
war, the men in your platoon are like your teammates because you are all fighting on the same side. Oliver Stone's Platoon uses the soldiers of the Vietnam War to reveal the conflict between good and ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
New Hollywood Cinema (Scarface)
s, money, sex and flash cars are characteristic of this genre. The feature film Scarface written by Oliver Stone, directed by Brian De Palma is a 1983 Hollywood gangster film which tells the tail of t ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Gangster Films
s such as violence, drugs, money, and sex are seen a lot in this genre.The film Scarface written by Oliver Stone, directed by Brian De Palma is a 1983 Hollywood gangster film which tells the tail of t ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Platoon, film review
ng this time, but only the soldier's who fought in that war knew the true madness that was Vietnam. Oliver Stone began writing Platoon because the Vietnam War was "a pocket of our history nobody under ... ic insight as well.Platoon is an Orion Pictures production, filmed in 1986. Written and directed by Oliver Stone it tells the gruesome story of a Vietnam War not known by the American public. Tom Beri ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Oliver Stone's Alexander
Oliver Stone's Alexander chronicles the life of Alexander the Great, who prematurely became king and ... ed by Gary Stretch, and Hephaistion, Alexander's lifelong friend and companion played by Jared Leto.Oliver Stone used specific lightning techniques to show the current mood of a scene in the movie. Du ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Scarface: The American Dream Gone Bad
he classic film, which is not easily forgotten. Scarface, written and produced by Brian DePalma and Oliver Stone, has always been dubbed as being controversial and non-traditional, since its release i ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Did watching the movie 'Alexander the Great' 2004 teach you anything you didn't know before? If so, what? Make a personal comment on the film.
"Alexander the Great" is a film released in 2004 directed by Oliver Stone and starring Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell, Val Kilmer and Jared Leto. ... d starring Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell, Val Kilmer and Jared Leto.In my opinion, Oliver Stone's movie, Alexander was a 3-hour waste of time if you were watching it for entertainment ... was completely all true historically apart from one or two small things and I learnt a lot from it. Oliver Stone even consulted an Oxford professor of history: Robin Lane Fox to help with making his m ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
"The Collectors" by David Baldacci
er because the building was cold. He found DeHaven dead on the floor and he then passed out himself.Oliver Stone, known as John Car, was a maintenance man for a small cemetery at Lafayette Park where ... ist and Jerry hated him. Annabelle was seeking revenge.Ruben, another member of the Camel Club, and Oliver Stone go to the hospital to check on the condition of their friend Caleb and they can't belie ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club 1 Over the weekend, I watched The Breakfast Club directed by Oliver Stone. It had a great cast, which included famous actors such as Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estev ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club Over the weekend, I watched The Breakfast Club directed by Oliver Stone. It had a great cast, which included famous actors such as Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estev ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Natural Born Killers - Prison Escape Sequence
Born Killers in Terms of Mise en Scène and Cinematography.Natural Born Killers is directed by Oliver Stone, and is based on a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino. The film has an alternative narrati ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Analysis of Platoon
Rhetorical Analysis of "Platoon"A Vietnam veteran in Oliver Stone directed the movie Platoon. His first-hand experience of the war allowed him to tell a ... crafted vision that offers an intimate look at the lives of the soldiers involved in the conflict. Oliver Stone uses many different techniques to tell his story, which I believe is an anti-war messag ... r his life only to be murdered in front of his fellow soldiers and them unable to help him.Director Oliver Stone did a splendid job in constructing his anti-war message throughout the movie. He used a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers