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Battle Scenes: Saving Private Ryan and The Return of the King
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A 3 page paper which examines the significance of battle scenes in the films Saving Private Ryan and The Return of the King. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAbtlr.rtf

Beethoven/Immortal Beloved
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A 4 page discussion of the 1994 film Immortal Beloved (directed by Bernard Rose for Columbia Pictures), which speculates on the personal life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The primary focus of the paper however is on two scenes from the film, one that features Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and another which features the "Ode to Joy." The writer offers a brief musical analysis of both works within the context of the film. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khbeeimb.rtf

Being a Man in the 1999 Film Boys Don’t Cry
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In five pages this paper discusses how this film’s theme of how masculine identity is defined can be applied to courses in public health and psychology. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
Filename: TGbdchealth.rtf

Benigni's 'Life is Beautiful'
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A five page review of Roberto Benigni's 1998 film about the Holocaust. The review analyzes the wide variation in critical response to the film, and concludes that it affirms a message popular audiences need to hear: that life has meaning, and love prevails. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBbeauti.rtf

Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal” as Play, Screenplay, Film
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A five page paper looking at the way the concept for Ingmar Bergman’s classic film grew from a series of monologues originally envisioned as a training vehicle for a children’s acting class to one of the most haunting philosophical films ever made. The paper focuses on the way Bergman used the personification of Death -- not present in the original play -- to illuminate the meaning of human life on earth. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: KBseal.wps

Best Foreign Film of 1950 -- Roshomon
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This 5 page report discusses Akira Kurosawa's movie "Roshomon" and gives a summary of the movie and the reasons it has remained a compelling film even after nearly fifty years.
Filename: BWrosho

Best Foreign Film of 1980 -- “Moskva Slezam ne Verit ”
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This 14 page report discusses “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” the winner of the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Film in 1980. The movie presents the sort of tale that has been told for centuries. A small town girl goes to the big city, gets pregnant, is all alone in the world, has her baby and struggles on, only to fall in love with yet another man who treats her like garbage. Her’s is the major story despite the fact that two other young women also have their stories told in the movie. The movie is also compared to a similar but much less impressive American movie -- “Where the Heart Is.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWmoscow.rtf

Bette Davis & American Culture
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A 7 page research paper that examines several of the roles portrayed by actress Bette Davis. In a society that practically worshiped females in traditional roles as wives and mothers, who were always devoted and selfless, Bette Davis offered an alternative paradigm, a career woman who placed her own agenda, her needs and desires, above all else. In pursing these roles, Davis helped American society to accept the notion that some women could follow a different drummer, one with an aggressive beat. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khbette.rtf

Bill Lumbergh, the World’s Worst Manager
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This 3 page paper discusses why Bill Lumbergh, a character in the film “Office Space,” may well be the world’s worst manager as well as its most ineffective leader. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVLumbrg.rtf

Birth of a Nation & The Battleship Potemkin
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A 4 page research paper that examines American director D. W. Griffith's 1915 film Birth of a Nation and Russian director Sergei Eisenstein's 1924 film The Battleship Potemkin, which depict crucial periods during their respective nations' histories. The writer argues that these films rationalize the social and political status quo in each of the director's countries at the time the films were produced. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khboanbp.rtf