Popular Cinema: Human/Machine Interaction
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8 pages in length. Popular cinema has consistently examined the theme of changing human/machine relations, with the past two decades reflecting a significant upsurge in the complexity and magnitude of such interaction. The student can readily assess the extent to which this can be witnessed by exploring such films as Blade Runner, Gattaca and The Matrix. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Popular Culture’s Treatment of the Aged -- The Example of Advertising
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This 7 page report discusses the ways in which popular culture marginalizes older people in the overall social stratification of America. One way to do that is to consider the ways in which older people are portrayed in the media and no single aspect of the media is more pervasive than advertising. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Post-Modernism In 'Natural Born Killers'
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This 7 page paper explores how director Oliver Stone and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino used post-modernism in the 1994 film, "Natural Born Killers." Bibliography lists 4+ sources.
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Postmodern Dance
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This 12 page paper provides an overview of postmodern dance with a focus on Trisha Brown and Bill T. Jones. Merce Cunningham's role in the form of dance is discussed as well. Postmodernism as a concept is also defined and discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Postmodern Style And The World Views Of Directors Danny Boyle And John McNaughton
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A 20 page paper which considers postmodernism and spirituality, whether there is a postmodern spirituality that differs from traditional and modern, its role in postmodern cinema, transcendence and the postmodern representation of violence. Specifically examined are six films by postmodernist directors Danny Boyle and John McNaughton. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
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Postmodernism in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” and “Reservoir Dogs”
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This 5 page report discusses two Tarantino movies “Pulp Fiction” (1994) and “Reservoir Dogs” (1992) in terms of their various postmodernist characteristics. In postmodern reality, identity becomes self-determined. Because there are few, if any, universal ideals linking human beings together, all that's left are “tribes:” identity groups based on race, ethnicity, gender, or whatever. In the case of the tribes created in Quentin Tarantino movies, crime and violence are the primary links for social and personal identity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Prejudice, Discrimination And Film
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Racism comes in many forms, from anti-Semitism to 'queer bashing' and racial prejudices such as segregation and discrimination. This 6 page paper asserts that The films, American History X, Higher Learning and Remember the Titans all focus on racial and, or, ethnic issues, specifically discrimination and 'retaliation' and explores the causes and consequences. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Pretty Woman and Mildred Pierce
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The film, Mildred Pierce, was released to movie theaters in 1945 and starred Joan Crawford in an adaptation of a book by James M. Cain. Ms. Crawford won an academy award for her performance, however, the film was not received particularly well by critics. Fifty years later another film, Pretty Woman, was released and starred Julia Roberts. This 10 page paper asserts that the overriding similarity is a matter of semantics in that the character of Pretty Woman was a prostitute that is hired as a companion to satisfy the needs of a businessman/client and Mildred Pierce is a mother who "prostitutes herself" to satisfy the needs of her daughter. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Pride and Prejudice: Novel and Film
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A 5 page paper which compares scenes from the novel and the film version of "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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Primary Colors / Politics In The Movies And Books
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A 6 page examination of the effects of such popular works as 'Primary Colors' on the role of politics in this country. Presents the dilemma of sorting reality from fiction in books, in movies and in politics in general Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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