Thelma Ritter Essays

  • Real Elements In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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    In the story Of Mice and Men, four living things are killed. Two are shot in the back of the head, and the other two are killed by somebody else’s bare hands. As strange as it sounds, the killings were solutions for some characters and complications for others. In this story by John Steinbeck, there are many different realism elements that are relevant. These elements include a few specifics like the rejection of the idealized, larger-than-life hero of romantic literature, the avoidance of the exotic

  • Donald Zinkoff Character Analysis

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    5.Characters Donald Zinkoff is the main character of the story, he is six years old at the beginning of the story as he is at First Grade. As this book tells us the evolution of Zinkoff over the years, at the end of the book, he is eleven or twelve years old because he is at sixth grade. In addition, he has a physical problem that makes him vomit unexpectedly. Also, he does not get exceptional marks at school, although he really loves going to school and he is not sensational at sports. As a consequence

  • Thelma And Louise Research Paper

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    I thought it was a powerful movie for women.  What makes Thelma and Louise unique is that it involved two women as the main characters.  Previously, these types of movies were made with two men “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” or a man and woman with “Bonnie and Clyde”.  Thelma and Louise asserted control over their lives and bodies.  Instead of fighting back at the end as most men in movies are shown to do, Thelma and Louise went out on their own way and decided not to be punished for their

  • The Seven Samurai Movies

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    " Movies are used to educate people on past events, current happenings things to happen. It is a form of communication which good writers employ their creativity skills tell a story. Some are just fictions well packaged and delivered to viewers. Choosing best movies comes with some form of difficulty as it is been said that opinion are like noses and each has one. But sometimes there is a concensus about particullar movie being the best. In the list are some of the best Japan action movies of all

  • Thelma And Louise Essay

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    Upon the 1991 release of Ridley Scott’s film, Thelma and Louise, it quickly coined the title of being a “man hating film.” Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) are two best friends who were initially going on a girl’s trip, but the two suddenly find themselves on the run after Louise kills a man in order to defend Thelma. The film’s use of acting and mise en scène heavily demonstrate the development of these characters as they unravel from quiet traditional lives to their ultimate demise

  • Rocky: Movie Analysis

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    Rocky, A movie about how a simple man who is down on his luck, receives a life changing opportunity. The main character finds love, with a local shy girl. The story is a rags to riches tale, that takes place in a time period where the good in the world was often lost. The movie Rocky will inspire hope to any individual, who is down on their luck or an outcast to society. The film production was even an rejected my many. The main actor, Sylvester Stallone, had to write his own script and was the

  • Fences Film Analysis

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    Best Picture Award Fences Fences should be nominated as the best picture of the year for a lot of reasons. Best Picture of the year is elected if everything in the movie is perfect like the soundtrack, camera angles, or of course the acting. There were three things that made Fences the best movie such as the dramatic scenes to create a draw into the movie. Another important part that the Fences movie portrayed is the camera angles that give it a engaging effect. But the setting is what creates the

  • Oprah Winfrey Research Paper

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    SOUTH AFRICA: CHARLIZE THERON Charlize Theron is a well-known actress born in rural Benoni, South Africa, on August 7, 1975. She is best-known for her roles in movies such as “Monster” and “Mad Max”. The Afrikaans-speaking family lived on a working farm, and although Theron spent her childhood tending livestock, her passion for dance became evident early on. She then moved to America when she was 18, to pursue a career in modelling and acting. The Theron household was an unstable one, and as her

  • How Freedom And Security Of The Open Road Doesn T Apply To Women

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    “Thelma and Louise” (1991) is a dramatic, action-adventure film directed by Ridley Scott. The movie demonstrates how the freedom and security of the open road doesn’t apply to women, and that this open road myth narrowly applies to white men. Due to their gender, they aren’t expected or allowed to go on a road trip, they are victimized by crime, and sexual assault during the trip, and the male characters are sexist and objectifying throughout their journey. Although the myth of the open road suggests

  • Post-War Paranoia In Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

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    “We’ve become a nation of peeping toms,” states James Stewart’s nurse, played by Thelma Ritter, in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film Rear Window. Ritter’s comment ironically foreshadows events later in the film, but simultaneously provides a critique of the voyeuristic nature of cinema itself. Rear Window’s marketing campaign and public reception both center on the notion of ‘peeping,’ but present differing standpoints on Hitchcock’s exhibition and apparent promotion of the morbid curiosity at the root

  • Conflict In Rear Window

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    look at what is put in front of us. Patrick Stewart’s character symbolises all cinema goers, a human being brazenly watching the life of an alien. One of the first shots we see in the film is the opening of Jeff’s curtains by his nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter). This

  • Alfred Hitchcock Humour Essay

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    Alfred Hitchcock’s British birth, upbringing, and early career were certainly an enormously influential aspect of his life and, consequently, impacted his films. The dark humor that is deeply inculcated in British culture became one of the most recognizable traits of Hitchcock’s personality and thus, of course, found its way into his films. Even in the darkest moments of Hitchcock’s films, there is either an underlying sense of comedy or a blatantly obvious joke that Hitchcock shares with the audience

  • Alfred Hitchcock Auteur

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    Alfred Hitchcock is an eminent auteur who is renowned for pioneering the genre of suspense thriller that earned him the title ‘Master of Suspense’. An auteur is a director who is the ‘author’ of their own film pre/during/post production and has a distinctive style of their own that sets them apart from the rest. Hitchcock’s distinctive filmography blends with his own unique techniques and elements that revolutionised the genre of psychological thriller and the cinematic experience of his era. This

  • The Auteur In Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

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    Auteur is the french word for author and is a term given to those far and few between who were responsible for handling and directing most of, if not all post and prior production of a film, including techniques, advertising, and choice of cast. So much so that they are considered to be the "author" of the film. Alfred Hitchcock has no doubt left an indelible and engraved mark on all of cinematography as one of the most successful and influential auteurs of all time, as seen through the wide range