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“The Good Woman of Bangkok” -- O’Rourke’s 1991 “Non-Fiction” Film
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This 10 page report discusses the 1991 documentary movie, The Good Woman of Bangkok, which was both written and directed by Australian Dennis O’Rourke. It is a sad and often horrifying story about the life of a 25-year-old woman who becomes a prostitute in Bangkok. Issues related to ethnographic representation are considered, as well as O’Rourke’s subjective point of view. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWorourk.rtf

“The Great Gatsby”: Comparing Book To Movie
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5 pages in length. When one compares the book version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” to its movie counterpart, it is quite easy to point out the significant similarities, inasmuch as there was no way for the film director to stray too far from the author’s primary theme and still remain true to the story’s message; as such, the contrasts that one might experience between the two media forms appear to be nothing more than superficial differences that typically separate film from literature. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCgatbk.doc

“The Great Gatsby”: The Film
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A 3 page paper which examines the theme of wealthy lifestyles as seen in the 1974 film, “The Great Gatsby.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAgatflm.rtf

“The Heart of Darkness”: Film and Novel
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An 11 page paper which compares and contrasts the novel “The Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad and the film version of the same name, directed by and produced in 1994. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.
Filename: RAhrt3.rtf

“The Hunt for Red October” / Comparison of the Book to the Movie
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In 8 pages the author compares the book version of 'The Hunt for Red October' to the movie version, while examining how the medium effects the text or the content of communication. The 'Hunt for Red October' was a book by Tom Clancy before it became a movie starring Sean Connery and Alex Baldwin. When comparing the book to the movie version it is interesting to note how the medium effects the text or the content of communication. Reading a book and watching the movie gives two different views of the same thing. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Huntred.wps

“The Killing Fields”
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A 3 page analysis of the film “The Killing Fields.” Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: RAkllld.rtf

“The Little Shop of Horrors”
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This 3 page paper is a descriptive, interpretative and evaluative critique of the play “The Little Shop of Horrors.” Bibliography lists 1 sources.
Filename: HVShpHor.rtf

“The Maltese Falcon”: Money
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A 5 page paper which examines the theme of money, and how it affects people and society, as seen in the novel “The Maltese Falcon” by Hammett and the film of the same name. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.
Filename: RAmltf.rtf

“The Matrix” -- Looking at the Sociological Aspects of the Movie
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This 5 page report discusses the 1999 movie, “The Matrix,” from the viewpoint of determining what is and what is not reality. If one is awakened from what they have assumed to be reality into a new realm, what is to guarantee that the new “reality” truly is real? The movie itself may also be viewed as cultural production in which the most common sociological features of the modern United States -- race, gender, class -- may be considered in terms of what characters, their backgrounds, ethnicity, gender, and attitudes say about the social realities of both the world outside the “matrix” of the movie and the actual social matrix of life in 21st century America. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWmatsoc.doc

“The Matrix” an Exercise in Social Psychology
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This 7 page report discusses the 1999 movie, “The Matrix,” from the aspect of social psychology. Interestingly, the field of social psychology almost always refers to some specific “matrix”-- the persuasion matrix, the influence matrix, the contingency matrix (and more) -- in which a person interacts with others and through which he or she defines themselves. Could it be possible that the primary purpose of the blockbuster “The Matrix” was to explore the interconnectedness that exists among all those varying types and levels of social and psychological “matrix?” No other sources listed.
Filename: BWsocmat.rtf