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Comparing Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” with the 1995 Movie
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This 5 page report discusses Jane Austen’s last novel “Persuasion” and the 1995 movie adaptation of the book. The characters of “Persuasion” (or any other Jane Austen novel) are almost always constantly talking. They chatter, they gossip, and speculate on every aspect of the world around them. It is in this fact that the “Persuasion” is the most radically different. Anne is not a talker and neither is the object of her affection, Captain Wentworth. Perhaps because of the multi-media experience of film, this is conveyed with far greater emphasis in the 1995 movie of “Persuasion” directed by Roger Mitchell. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Comparing Russka and Seven Years in Tibet
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A 7 page analysis of Heinrich Harrer's Seven Years in Tibet and Edward Rutherfurd's Russka in regards to how an agrarian, non-industrial society relates to the world differently than do industrialized Western societies. No additional sources cited.
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Comparing the Western Movie Genre with the “Mariachi” Movie Genre
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This 5 page report discusses the film genre of the Western and the Mariachi movie. The “mariachi film genre” has become something of a sub-category of a sub-category -- a spaghetti western made with jalapenos and tortillas rather than pasta and Chianti, in other words, a taco western rather than spaghetti. But it should be noted, tacos are actually a lot closer to the “old West” than pasta! Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Comparing Two “Romeo and Juliet” Movies
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This 3 page report discusses two 20th century movies based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” that are easily remembered and compared because of their distinctive style and presentation. In 1968, Franco Zeffirelli created a lush costume extravaganza that told the Romeo and Juliet story (in the U.S., it was released in 1974. In 1996, Australian director Baz Luhrmann presented a much more stylized interpretation titled William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Characteristics of both movies are presented. Bibliography lists one source.
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Comparing Two John Ford Films
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A 5 page research paper that compares two films by director John Ford, 'The Searchers' and 'Young Mr. Lincoln.' The writer argues that while these two films are very different, each film reflects Ford's perspective on the significance of the American frontier and how this environment interacts with what is normally thought of as 'civilization.' Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Comparing Two Versions of Mice and Men
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A 5 page comparison between two film versions of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men – a 1981 made-for-television version of the story starring Randy Quaid in the role of Lenny and Robert Blake as George, and a 1992 remake for theatre release starring Gary Sinise as George and John Malkovich as Lenny. The writer argues that the 1992 version is slightly superior to the 1981 TV version. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Comparison Between Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's "Don Quixote" and Clint Eastwood's Film, "Unforgiven"
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A 3 page paper which compares the novel and the film in terms of the stature of the sidekick (Sancho Panza vs. Ned Logan and the Schofield Kid), the stature of the adversary (Enchanter and Samson Carrasco vs. Little Bill Daggett and W.W. Beauchamp, and the stature of the leading lady (Lady Dulcinea vs. Delilah). Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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COMPARISON CONTRAST OF DOUBLE INDEMNITY AND CHINATOWN
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This 6 page paper discusses the similarities and differences in the movies Chinatown and Double Indemnity as regards the use of noir elements. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Comparison of Realism in De Sica’s “Bicycle Thieves” and Eisenstein’s “The Battleship Potemkin”
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This is a 5 page paper discussing realism as found in De Sica’s “Bicycle Thieves” and Eisenstein’s “The Battleship Potemkin”. Vittorio de Sica’s film “Bicycle Thieves” (1948) and Sergei Eisenstein’s “The Battleship Potemkin” (1925) both use various elements of realism in order to portray stories which relate to the realistic lives lived by ordinary citizens during times of turmoil. De Sica’s film takes a personal story of one man in his attempt to live in a time of crime and poverty in Fascist Italy. De Sica’s elements of realism include not only the story of an ordinary man but also the director uses real locations and ordinary people for the roles as opposed to sets and actors, quite a departure from the fantasy films common to the time. Eisenstein in “The Battleship Potemkin” also used many ordinary people and sailors in his film but was careful not to focus on any one individual as he told of the horrid living conditions on the ship and the resulting revolution of the masses of people against the evil force of the government. In addition to using non-actors in much of the film, Eisenstein also uses quite vivid and graphic images in an intellectual montage in order to shock his viewers into the horrors and reality depicted in the film. Bibliography list 5 sources.
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COMPARISONS BETWEEN DAVID LEAN AND STEVEN SPIELBERG
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This paper discusses the cinematic style and content of films directed by David Lean and Steven Spielberg, and compares and contrasts the two men's works. The paper attempts to demonstrate how Mr. Lean's cinematic style, as reflected in his movies, Great Expectations, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia influenced Mr. Spielberg's later works including Schindler's List. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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