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his epic ethnographic film entitled Nanook of the North. At the time, nobody knew of the impact that it would have on the entire industry of filmmaking. One of the innovators of the ethnographic film, Flaherty took his camera into places that no one…

Fiction may seem confusing and slow to some viewers. It is not until you fully understand the director’s manipulations with time frames that you fully appreciate this film. This film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino is packed with action scenes…

very controversial for many years. Today, the typical occupational field of female service members is mainly administrative or medical but filmmakers are attempting to show otherwise. In the 1997 hit movie “G.I. Jane,” directed by Ridley Scott,…

Wheel when they recorded a Dylanesque pop hit, "Stuck in the Middle With You", in April of 1974. The single reached number five on the charts - little did they know that eighteen years later it would become a cult favorite. In 1992 Quentin…

hate about you and Ferris Buelers day off deal with certain issues relating to youths of today’s society. In some cases the films confirm our attitudes and values towards youth and others challenge them. Film techniques such as the use of dialogue, sound…

life when he realizes the difference between the superficial problems of childhood and the real world of adulthood. Some boys learn the nuances of being a man at an early age, while others don’t quite understand the truth of maturity until after…

really about all I can say about Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg's new World War II epic. I'm afraid I won't be able to do justice to this movie in my review. My senses are still numb from experiencing the film. Not watching, experiencing.…

and I am a professional motion picture censor who has been assigned to review and censor Martin Scorsese’s film, “GoodFellas.” The purpose of my review is to decide what material might be considered offensive and also to deem what material is inappropri…

considering plot and story, I will stick to the convention of using plot for the film's contents - what we are presented on the screen - and story for the whole of the events we are presented and the events or facts that are relevant to them.…

our society labels as Taboo. The sort of topics looked down upon range from prostitution to age of consent. Most will agree that taboo issues are not morally correct. But there are some things that are taboo which need a little more thought before…