… dramatically after the revolution. Before Batista’s dictatorship was overthrown, Cuban cinema faced many difficulties. The United States had a very strong influence on the films being made, as many of the movies were actually filmed in the in the…

… about a higher power that is controlling people as far back as I have studied. This idea is the main point in both Cube and The Matrix. The directors of these movies use both theatrical ideas, and different film techniques to relay this concept.…

… Flew Over The Cuckoo?s Nest with Jack Nicholson. The movie is a good example of Total Institution. In the movie One Flew Over The Cuckoo?s Nest the patients were removed from society and, the Head Nurse made them change the way that they went upon…

… society that we live in today is mostly reflected by the media. The media includes, television, radio, film, and many sorts of advertisements. The clothing we wear, our hair styles, the choice of food we eat all are influenced the culture…

… - a rather obvious statement, but its director, Kevin Costner, has created something far removed from the popular western of the 50's and 60's. Westerns have not been a fashionable genre for some time, so Costner had problems getting his project off…

… for this project was "Dances With Wolves". I chose this movie because it is one of my favorite western-type movies. This movie starts out with Lt. John Dunbar, played by Kevin Costner, runs away from a field hospital where they are going to amputate…

… portrayal of the noble class in France. Set in the late eighteenth century just before the revolution, Les Liaisons Dangereuses weaves a web of cold, calculated betrayal of the most immoral kind. It is a mannered, elegant tale in which the languorous…

… Boys, a private college prep school for boys where discipline is the most important goal and any demonstration of a free thought is strictly prohibited. The movie focuses in on a small group of boys. They have been sent to this preparatory school,…

… whose lessons go far beyond the classroom.He teaches his students to follow their own hearts and minds instead of the ideas taught at their strict boarding school. Several of Keating's students take his lessons to heart and develop the…

… 'Dead Poets Society' where parallels can be drawn between Mr Keating and Jesus. An obvious parallel is Keating and Jesus both have saviour roles. Jesus Christ saviour of the world; John Keating saviour of the boys. Keating is an instructor of English…