The Issue of Hope and Redemption in Film Noir: Living Day-to-Day in the Present, or Living for the Future?

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Summaries   |   04/11/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «The Issue of Hope and Redemption in Film Noir: Living Day-to-Day in the Present, or Living for the Future? The films Out of the ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Director Abraham Polonsky's film Force of Evil . The character of Phyllis Dietrichson . Camera focus during Neff and Phyllis' talk on accident insurance. Conclusion. Works consulted....»

The murderers among us: Post-War German rubble films. The complexities of thematic and visual meaning

Arts & media   |   Film studies   |   Term papers   |   04/26/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « He is like Mertens before his redemption, a character of the dark and destruction to the hope of renewal not, the film also raises the whole issue of complicity ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. J. Fisher writes and the themes and context of the films . Bruckner's representation of the past that has to be overcome by the new generation. Merten's nihilism and histrionic behavior . Expressionist film: Frightening allegorical...»

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