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'The Sweet Herafter' - Movie By Egoyan, Novel By Banks
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This 6 page report discusses the 1997 movie 'The Sweet Hereafter' that tells the horrendous story of a school bus accident that kills 14 of a small town's children. The bus driver, who survives talks about meeting up with the children again in the 'sweet hereafter.' The writer presents some possibilities as to what she meant by that statement. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Sweether.wps

'The Thin Blue Line' vs. 'Brother's Keeper' / Filmmakers' Techniques
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This 7 page essay examines the documentary filmmakers' techniques and approach to their subjects in the films "The Thin Blue Line" (1988), "Brother's Keeper" (1992) and "Let's Get Lost" (1989). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Bluebro.wps

'The Usual Suspects' & 'The Odyssey'
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This 5 page essay discusses the 1995 movie 'The Usual Suspects' and compares Kevin Spacey's character 'Verbal Kint' with Odysseus of 'The Odyssey.' The premise the writer takes is that, in many ways, the stories are almost the same. The writer also shows that there has to be a bit of a scoundrel in every good guy and good in every scoundrel. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Suspody.wps

'Thousand Pieces of Gold' - Analyzed
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This 4 page research paper examines the 1991 film of nineteenth century Asian prejudice in America, Thousand Pieces of Gold. Specifically discussed are the film's opening and closing scenes, asks and answers five questions pertaining to the film, and considers a particularly thought-provoking aspect of the film.
Filename: Thousand.wps

'Top Girls' By Caryl Churchill
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5 pages in length. Caryl Churchill's Top Girls set a precedent unlike any other feminist theatre production had heretofore accomplished; as such, this unparalleled approach created a combination of difficulties as well as unusual opportunities for the playwright while preparing the original production. With the critical acclaim inherent to this type of theatrical breakthrough, it is not surprising to find that Churchill's original production was paramount to the growing awareness of escalating gender issues in the early 1980s. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TLCTpGrl.rtf

'When Harry Met Sally' -- Social Penetration Theory
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The theory is discussed as exemplified by the lead characters in the movie When Harry Met Sally. The stages of development that Harry and Sally go through in their relationship are illustrated in this 7 page paper. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Socpen.doc

“A Beautiful Mind”
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A 5 page paper discussing this story of the life of 1994 Nobel Prize winner John Forbes Nash, Jr. Nash is a mathematical genius whose promising career is nearly destroyed by the emergence of schizophrenia. The film instructs and informs, but it mostly conveys a message of hope. John maintains the hope that he will be able to construct and maintain a normal life for himself and his family; Alicia never truly loses the hope she has that the family will be healed of its stressors. All the while, the audience is held captive by the progress of John’s thoughts as we learn real facts about schizophrenia and about 1994’s Nobel Prize winner. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSbeautyMind.rtf

“A Chinese Ghost Story” as a Post Modern Artefact
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This 6 page paper considers how and why the well known film “A Chinese Ghost Story” directed by Ching Siu-Tung, based on a novel by Songling Pu, can be seen as a post-modern artefact. The paper examines the film and its’ make up and how the post modernist models can apply to the movie. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEchigst.rtf

“A critique of Sex in the City with reference to gender roles, humour and female characterisation in the series”
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A five page paper which looks at HBO’s Sex in the City in terms of the way in which the female characters are presented and the treatment of gender roles and humour in the series.
Filename: JLsexcity.wps

“A queer reading of ‘Never the Sinner’”
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A paper which contrasts traditional and queer readings of literary texts, and looks at John Logan’s ‘Never the Sinner’ from the perspective of the latter, in terms of the way in which the characters are presented and Logan’s interpretation of their motivations.
Filename: JLqueerread.wps