Essays Tagged: "Willem Dafoe"

The Unholy Crusade, a look into Oliver Stone's War film, Platoon.

ne of the major symbols involved that of the charactersBarnes and Elias, played by Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe,respectively. Their characters symbolized the Biblicalpersonalities of Cain and Abel. A ...

(3 pages) 90 0 3.0 Dec/1996

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

Power Corrupts

the racial bigotry in Jessep County, Mississippi. Two FBI agents, Anderson (Gene Hackman) and Ward (Willem Dafoe) investigate the mystery murder of three civil rights workers by breaching the conspira ...

(4 pages) 76 2 4.7 Jun/2004

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

Film Analysis of Platoon (1986)

ge Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger) kills an innocent Vietnamese woman. This triggers Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe) to snap and the two get into a scuffle. Once the fight is over and the platoon returns ... rld, but also an enemy within themselves.Works CitedPlatoon. Dir. Oliver Stone. Perf. Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen. Hemdale Film, 1986. Film.PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. <http://w ...

(8 pages) 2 0 0.0 Oct/2014

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