Movie Ratings: Justifiable Societal Restrictions or Censorship
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A 10 page discussion of the controversy surrounding movie rating systems. The author contends that rather than being a form of censorship as critiques contend, movie ratings are a justifiable component of regulating the viewing content of certain age groups. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPmovRat.rtf

Movie Remakes/Changing Role of Women
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A 5 page research paper that compares three movies to their modern remakes as a means to investigating the changing role of women in society. The writer argues that the societal perspective on women has been drastically altered. The focus has turned away from 1950's perception of women as living completely within the domestic sphere and incorporates a more expansive view of the roles that women can play in the modern world. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khmovrem.wps

Movies and History
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A 5 page essay that discusses how two films, Jabberwocky (1977) and First Knight (1995) portray life during the Middle Ages. The writer argues that even though Jabberwocky is a comedy, it is more authentic in its vision of the past then the other film. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khmovhis.wps

Music in the World of Technology
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A 6 page research paper that examines the relationship between music and technology. The writer demonstrates how this constitutes a profound cultural change that is not only increasing the availability of music for listening, but also serves to encourages individuals to learn and compose music—to interact with it on a fundamental level. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: 99techmu.wps

My Own Private Idaho
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This 8 page paper provides an analytical view of the film My Own Private Idaho, with a focus on the representations in the film that relate to the concept of an open text. This paper outlines the major elements in the film and provides a comparison between the classic realist view of the text and the conceptualization of an open text, as related in film theory. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MHmypri_wps

Myths About the U.S. in Vietnam as Revealed in Film / Analyzed
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This 5 page research paper examines how films created myths concerning the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Specifically discussed are films such as Apocalypse Now (1979) and Full Metal Jacket (1987), and the myths they created and exposed for audiences. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Vietmyth.wps

Narration in the Context of Cognitive Film Theory
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This 35 page paper explores both cognitive film theory and the theory of film narration separately as concepts and then together as applied to film. Several films are looked at as examples such as Citizen Kane, A Christmas Story, Clockwatchers, Requiem for a Dream and American Psycho. Genre, particularly postmodernism, is discussed in the context of cognitive film theory. Emotion is also explored in depth. Strengths and weaknesses of the narrative are also discussed. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: SA205flm.rtf

Narrative Style of "Citizen Kane" and "Pulp Fiction"
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A 6 page paper which examines the narrative styles of the films "Citizen Kane" and "Pulp Fiction," comparing and contrasting the styles. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RApulp.rtf

Narratives and the Fundamental Shape of History.
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(5 pp) This tutorial uses five films to examine the use of narrative in history: Kurosawa's Rashomon, Lang's Kriemheld's Revenge, Pudovkin's The End of St. Petersburg, Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers, and the Bunuel and Dali work, Un Chien Adalou.
Filename: BBsflmhx.doc

Nell: Loss of an Identical Twin
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A 6 page paper which examines the film "Nell" in relationship to the loss of an identical twin. While not much research has been done on this subject, the character of Nell serves to provide many clues to what an identical twin may experience at the loss of a twin. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAnell.rtf

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