Unexpected Messengers: Cinematic Portrayals of Text in The Joyless Street

Arts & media   |   Film studies   |   Summaries   |   06/03/2008   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : «A significant yet easily overlooked element of G.W. Pabst's film The Joyless Street is the cinematic representation of text. In the film various crucial developments in the narrative are determined by characters' reactions to information conveyed...»

Synopsis abstract : «The Joyless Street opens with slow-moving figures in the dark, shuffling along Melchiorstrasse they have nothing to look forward to.. The flimsy piece of paper pretends to be no more than the announcement of a possible business transaction.. The...»

Spiders or Virgins: Portrayals of Women in the Noir Films Laura, Out of the Past, and Double Indemnity

Arts & media   |   Film studies   |   Summaries   |   04/11/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «In her article "Women in Film Noir" Janey Place states that women characters in noir films are divided into two archetypes: "the spider woman, the evil seductress who tempts man and brings about his destruction" and "the virgin, the mother, the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The character Laura's. Lydecker's apology. The rendezvous of Laura and Shelby . Laura's introduction as an innocent young woman . Neff's second visit . The close up of the solitary Lola. Kathie attempt to convince Jeff that she did not...»

France's Lost Jewel

Arts & media   |   Film studies   |   Summaries   |   05/03/2007   |   .doc   |   2 pages
Document abstract : «Unlike Great Britain, France's colonial wars tended to involve a great deal of violence on the part of the colonizers. Britain generally extricated itself from its colonies with relatively little immediate violence involving British soldiers. The...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The use of torture by French paratroopers and soldiers. The movies lack of support for Mathieu's hypothesis. Conclusion....»

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