Table of Contents

Films Shown in and out of Class

Student Essays on Films
Film Summaries, Film Casts, Film Makers on IMDB.com
Introductions
All the President's Men (1976) directed by Alan J. Paluka
Pedro Almodóvar
Amadeus (1984) directed by Milos Foreman
American Beauty (1994) directed by Sam Mendes
Animation
Apocalypse Now (1979) Francis Ford Coppola
La Belle et la Bête (The Beauty and the Beast)(1946) directed by Jean Cocteau
A Beautiful Mind (2001) directed by Ron Howard
The Birth of a Nation (1915) directed by D. W. Griffith
Blazing Saddles (1974) directed by Mel Brooks
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) directed by Arthur Penn
Marlon Brando
Brazil (1985) directed by Terry Gilliam
Brokeback Mountain (2005) directed by Ang Lee
Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin) (1925) co-directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein & Grigori Aleksandrov
Cameras
Catch Me if You Can (2002) directed by Steven Spielberg
Charlie Chaplin
Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog) (1929) directed by Luis Bu񵥬
Cinderella Man (2005) directed by Ron Howard
Citizen Kane (1941) directed by Orson Welles
Color
Color and Sound
Comedy
Cool Hand Luke (1967) Stuart Rosenberg
Courage under Fire (1996) directed by Edward Zwick
Crash (2004) directed by Paul Haggis
David Croneberg
Tom Cruise
Culture
Curious George (2006) directed by Matthew O'Callaghan
Domino (2005) directed by Tony Scott
The Dreamers (2003) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb (2005) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Duck Soup (1933) directed by Leo McCarey
Easy Rider (1969) directed by Dennis Hopper
8 1/2 (1963) directed by Federico Fellini
Elizabethtown (2005) directed by Cameron Crowe
Erin Brockovich (2000) directed by Steven Soderberg
The Exorcist (1973) directed by William Friedkin
Forrest Gump (1994) directed by Robert Zemeckis
The Glory Road (2006 ) directed by James Gartner
The Gold Rush (1925) directed by Charlie Chaplin
Gone with the Wind (1939) directed by Victor Fleming
Good Night and Good Luck (2005), directed by George Clooney
The Graduate (1967) directed by Mike Nichols
Greed (1924) directed by Erich von Stroheim
Tom Hanks
High Noon (1950) directed by Fred Fred Zinnemann
Alfred Hitchcock
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) directed by Don Siegel
Jaws (1975) directed by Steven Spieberg
Jump Cuts
Jurassic Park (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg
King Kong (1933) directed by Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack
King Kong (2005) directed by Peter Jackson
Stanley Kubrick
Labyrinth (1986) directed by Jim Henson
The Last Samauri (2003) directed by Edward Swick
Legends of the Fall (1994) directed by Edward Zwick
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) (2004), directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Loose Change (2006), directed by Dylan Avery
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) directed by Rob Marshall
Mission Impossible II (2006) directed by John Woo
Monty Python Flying Circus Selected Skits (1969-74) directed by Ian McNaughton
Naked Lunch(1991) directed by David Croneberg
Napoléon excerpts (1927) directed by Abel Gance
Natural Born Killers (1994) directed by Oliver Stone
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, a Symphony of the Horrors) (1922) directed by F. W. Murnau
Notorious (1946) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
On the Waterfront (1954) directed by Elia Kazan
Ostre sledované vlaky (Closely Watched Trains) (1966) directed by Jirí Menzel
Pearl Harbor (2001) directed by Michael Bay
Phantom of the Opera (2004) directed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Raging Bull (1980) directed by Martin Scorsese
Rashômon (1950) directed by Akira Kurosawa
Rebel without a Cause (1955) directed by Nicholar Ray
Remember the Titans (2000) directed by Boaz Yakin
Rent (2005) directed by Chris Columbus
Road to Perdition (2002) directed by Sam Mendes
Romance
Schindler's List (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg
Science Fiction
Scotland, PA (2001) directed by Billy Morrissette
Ridley Scott
Silent Movies
Singin' in the Rain (1952) directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
Something's Gotta Give (2003) directed by Nancy Meyers
The Stepford Wives (1975) directed by Byron Forbes Mendes
Stop Motion
Super Size Me (2004), directed by Morgan Spurlock
Quentin Tarrantino
Technology
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005), directed by Robert Greenwald
Orson Welles
Wild at Heart (1990) directed by David Lynch
John Woo and Hong Kong New Wave
Glossary of Film Terms

Introductions
Introductions
Historical Cinema: Problems Inherent in the System [Bonnie and Clyde, Glory, JFK, Nixon, Ten Commandments
Michael Belcher
Films Integral to My Cinematic Education [The Birth of a Nation and Citizen Kane]
..Stephanie Cain
Teaching Foreigners via Cinematic History [The Birth of a Nation, Forrest Gump, High Noon, and Rashômon]
..Stephanie Cain
Ground Breakers [King Kong (1933), 2001: A Space Odyssey, and The Wizard of Oz]
..Chad Cooper
Valuable Aspects in the History of Cinema Appear Throughout the Years [Birth of a Nation, Duck Soup, Greed, Monty Python, and Rashômon]
..Ashley Davis
Taking Creative License [Braveheart, Untouchables, In the Time of Butterflies]
.. Rachel Dismang
Importance of Cinema History [Birth of a Nation, Greed, King Kong (1933)]
..Kelli Fitzpatrick
Many Movies, Many Experiences [La Belle et la Bête, Birth of a Nation, King Kong 1933]
..Kelli Fitzpatrick
The Loss of a ?Reel? Good Thing [Aliens, Bonnie and Clyde, Cross of Iron, E.T., The Godfather, The Jazz Singer, King Kong (1933) (2005), Psycho (1960) (1998), Terminator, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Woodstock]
..Marilyn Kennon
The Importance of the History of Cinema [Birth of a Nation, Gone With the Wind, Monty Python]
..Amy Hiett
The Cinematic Importance of Birth of a Nation, King Kong [1933] [2005], and Bonnie and Clyde
..Jamie Lemonds
Film as an Art [Birth of a Nation, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Psycho, The Wizard of Oz]
..Nathan Miller
Valuable Content from Cinema [La Belle et la Bête, Duck Soup, Gold Rush]
..Amanda Saunders
Behind the Acting [La Belle et la Bête, Bonnie and Clyde Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]
..Drew Vincent
Cinematic Ripples [Citizen Kane, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Nosferatu]
..Sandra Way
The Great Rise of Features [Birth of a Nation, Queen Elizabeth]
..Matthew Whitted
Cannot Understand [La Belle et la Bête, Birth of a Nation, Bronenosets Potyomkin (The Battleship Potemkin), Citizen Kane, Duck Soup, 8 ?, The Gold Rush, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers]
..Ryan Williams
Three Different, but Alike [Bonnie and Clyde, Citizen Kane, Napoléon]
.Kristin Windsor
Table of Contents--Introductions

All the President's Men?Good Night and Good Luck
Raising Questions--Journalism and Social Responsibility in the Movies
..Jesse Gilstrap
Table of Contents--All the President's Men

Pedro Almodóvar
Almodóvar: Mixing Comedy and Tragedy
..Jacob Nearny
Table of Contents--Pedro Almod󶡲

Amadeus
A Real Genius
..Alaina Schroth
Table of Contents--Amadeus

American Beauty
American Beauty: The American Tragedy?
Kelli Fitzpatrick
Table of Contents--American Beauty

Animation
Making Animated Movies ever more Animated
..Derrick Bolhofner
Table of Contents--Animation

Apocalypse Now
Apocalyptic Precision: A Look at Apocalypse Now
..Ben Huffman
Table of Contents--Apocalypse Now

La Belle et la Bête (The Beauty and the Beast) (See also Introductions.)
Tale as Old as Time
..Christie Clatterbuck
Beauty and the Gods
..Laura Weiter
Who Needs High-Tech Effects?
..Amy Woford
La Belle et la Bête?Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom versus The Beast
..Brittiany Adams
Table of Contents--La Belle et la Bête (The Beauty and the Beast)

A Beautiful Mind
Beautiful Movie
..Adam Cecil
Table of Contents--A Beautiful Mind

The Birth of a Nation (See also Introductions, La Belle et la Bête, Cameras, Culture, and Silent Movies.)
Growing With Film
..Stephanie Cain
The Birth of a Nation: An Historical Landmark
..Adam Cecil
Birth of a Nation: A Great Historical Epic
..Ashley Davis
Birth of a Nation: Hollywood's Ideas on Race Relations
.Amy Hiet
The Many ?Firsts? of Birth of a Nation
..Amy Hiett
The First Full Film, It Had It All
..Marilyn Kennon
One Nation Divisible
..Crystal Parrish
The Birth of a Nation?s Real Meaning
..Matthew Whitted
Birth of a Nation--Crash
A Glance at Our Nation's Cultural Assimilation through Film
..Marilyn Kennon
Birth of a Nation?Jaws
Cinematic Bombshells
..Nathan Miller
Birth of a Nation?Monty Python
Learning about Different Cultures
..Amy Hiett
Table of Contents--The Birth of a Nation

Blazing Saddles
Of Course Cowboys Fart
..John Couris
Table of Contents--Blazing Saddles

Bonnie and Clyde (See also Introductions, Cameras, Color, Culture, and Technology.)
Bonnie and Clyde: Quintessential Antiheroes
..Brittiany Adams
For Love of the Bad Guys
..Elizabeth Barrett
Bonnie and Clyde: Continually Shocking Audiences
..Danielle Cain
Bonnie and Clyde: Saving the Best for Last
..Adam Cecil
Original Gangsters
Chad Cooper
Shot through the Heart
..John Couris
Bonnie and Clyde: One of the Best
..Melissa Englert
Why So Violent?
..Adam Morton
Bonnie and Clyde: Making Huge Leaps and Bounds
..Chad Stewart
The Life and Times of Bonnie and Clyde
..Amy Wolford
Bonnie and Clyde?Citizen Kane
The Most Valuable Films in an Historical Context
..Adam Cecil
Bonnie and Clyde?Natural Born Killers
Bonnie and Clyde: Natural Born Killers
..Laura Weiter
Table of Contents?-Bonnie and Clyde

Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando: Acting Colossus and Hollywood Rebel
..Brittiany Adams
Table of Contents?-Marlon Brando

Brazil (See also Science Fiction.)
Brazil: Terry Gilliam's Troubled Masterpiece
..Ben Huffman
Table of Contents?-Brazil

Brokeback Mountain
A Masterpiece in the Making
..Christie Clatterbuck
The Women Are the Hearts of Brokeback Mountain
..Kelli Fitzpatrick
Home on the Range
..Jonathan Hozapfel
?Mountain? of Drama
..Kristin Windsor
Table of Contents?-Brokeback Mountain

Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin) (See also Introductions, Culture, and Jump Cuts.)
Table of Contents--Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin)

Cameras
The History of Cameras [Birth of a Nation, The Blair Witch Project, and Bonnie and Clyde]
..John Couris
Table of Contents--Cameras

Catch Me if You Can
Master of Disguise
.. Alaina Schroth
Table of Contents--Catch Me if You Can

Charlie Chaplin
Body Language Is Here to Stay: Comedic Charlie Chaplin and the Art of Pantomime
..Crystal Parrish
Charlie Chaplin: From Nothing to Something
..Kristin Windsor
Charlie Chaplin-Orson Welles
Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles: Major Contributors to Cinematic History
.. Derrick Bolhofner
Table of Contents?Charlie Chaplin

Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog)
The Eye of the Beholder
..John Couris
Un chien Anda-what?
..Laura Weiter
Table of Contents-Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog)

Cinderella Man
A Fairytale Title
..Christie Clatterbuck
Table of Contents-Cinderella Mane

Citizen Kane (See also Introductions, Bonnie and Clyde, Culture,Nosferatu, and Orson Welles.)
Citizen Kane: Inventive and Experimental
..Derrick Bolhofner
The Great American Dream?
..Amy Hiett
Raising Kane
..Adam Morton
Citizen Kane?Nosferatu
Camera Angling in Nosferatu and Citizen Kane
.. Amanda Saunders
The Vampire and the Citizen
..Amy Wolford
Citizen Kane--On the Waterfront
Two Significant Movies
..Brittany Adams
Table of Contents-Citizen Kane

Color
The Glories of Technicolor [Bonnie and Clyde, Gone With the Wind, and Nosferatu]
..Amy Hiet
Magic of Color [Greed, Nosferatu, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Phantom of the Opera, Pleasantville, and Sin City]
..Laura Weiter
Table of Contents--Color

Color and Sound
The Importance of Color and Sound to Cinema History [The Gold Rush, Good Night and Good Luck, Napoléon, Nosferatu (Symphony of Horrors), and The Wizard of Oz]
..Maggie McKay
Table of Contents--Color and Sound

Comedy
Laughter: The Best Medicine [Duck Soup-Gold Rush-Monty Python]
..Elizabeth Barrett
Where Have All the Comedies Gone? [At the Circus, Big Momma?s House 2, Date Movie, Duck Soup, Gold Rush, Just Friends, Room Service, Scary Movie (4)
..Melissa Englert
Table of Contents--Comedy

Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke: A Classic Prison Film
..Chad Cooper
Table of Contents--Cool Hand Luke

Courage under Fire--Rashômon
Film Flashbacks and The Unreliability of Eyewitness Testimony
Brittiany Adams
Table of Contents--Courage under Fire

Crash (See also Birth of a Nation.)
Crash: A Complex and Convincing Movie
..Danielle Cain
Table of Contents--Crash

David Cronenberg
Cronenberg?s Cultural Criticism
..Jacob Carl Nerney
Table of Contents--David Croneberg

Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks
The Star of the Show
..Danielle Cain
Table of Contents--Tom Cruise

Culture
Judging Cultures by Their Films: Anthropologists Say, ?Bad Idea? [Battleship Potemkin, Birth of a Nation, Bonnie and Clyde, High Noon, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, King Kong (1933)]
..Michael Belcher
Seeing Worlds Through Others? Eyes [American Graffiti, The Apartment, Babe, Bambi, Birth of a Nation, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Elephant Man, Fahrenheit 9/11, The French Connection, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Great Train Robbery, High Noon, Hoop Dreams, The Incredibles, Intolerance, It's a Wonderful Life, Jaws, Loose Charge, The Man Who Wasn't There, Monsters, Inc., Munich, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Nosferatu (1922), The Philadelphia Story, The Prince of Egypt, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rashômon, Schindler's List, The Searchers, The 7-Up Series, Star Wars, Tarzan (1999), To Kill a Mockingbird, United 93, Waking Life, War of the Worlds (2005), Wings of Desire, The Wizard of Oz]
...Jesse Gilstrap
Table of Contents--Culture

Curious George
Curiosity Killed the Monkey
..Adam Morton
Table of Contents--Curious George

Domino
Based on a True Story?Sort of
..Jonathan Hozapfel
Table of Contents-Domino

The Dreamers
Daydream Believer
..Jonathan Hozapfel
Table of Contents-The Dreamers

Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb (See also Stanley Kubrick and Science Fiction.)
Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb: A Scary Comedy
..Chad Cooper
Table of Contents-Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb

Duck Soup (See also Introductions, Comedy, Gold Rush, Monty Python)
Duck, Duck, Soup
..Elizabeth Barrett
Duck Soup; or, Government Is just a Circus
..Michael Belcher
What Makes Screen Comedy?
..Jesse Gilstrap
A Great Marx Brothers Comedy
..Maria Ratliff
Duck Soup: A Classic for Generations to Come
..Amanda Saunders
The Marx Brothers at Their Best
..Matthew Whitted
Table of Contents--Duck Soup

Easy Rider
Opening the Flood Gates with Easy Rider
..Ben Huffman
Table of Contents--Easy Rider

8 1/2
8 1/2: Remember, This Is a Comedy
..Michael Belcher
Just Another Midlife Crisis
..Amy Hiett
8 1/2: Fellini's Backdrop for His Cultural Intentions
..Ben Huffman
Fellini and a Return to Film as an Art Form
..Jacob Carl Nearney
Table of Contents-8 1/2

Elizabethtown
My Old Kentucky Home
..Jonathan Hozapfel
Table of Contents-Elizabethtown

Erin Brockovich
The Real Erin Brockovich
..Alaina Schroth
Table of Contents-Erin Brockovich

The Exorcist
The Exorcist: The Reality of the Inexplicable
..Ben Huffman
The Exorcist: Sparking Questions of Good versus Evil
..Maria Ratliff
Table of Contents-The Exorcist

Forrest Gump (See also Introductions.)
Forrest Gump: One of the Best Films of All Times
..Danielle Cain
Table of Contents-Forrest Gump

The Glory Road
The Rocky Road to the Future
..Adam Morton
Table of Contents-Glory Road

The Gold Rush (See also Introductions, Color and Sound, Comedy, Duck Soup, and Monty Python.)
A Rush for Comedy and Gold
..Elizabeth Barrett
Gold Rush: Silence Is Golden
..Amanda Saunders
The Gold Rush: A Golden Comic Classic
..Chad Stewart
The Gold Rush--The Great Dictator
From The Gold Rush to The Great Dictator
Jacob Carl Nearney
Gold Rush?Greed (See also Introductions and Color.)
Physical Comedy and Authenticity: The Gold Rush and Greed as Major Cinematic Contributions
..Crystal Parrish
Table of Contents-The Gold Rush

Gone With the Wind (See also Introductions, Color, and Romance.)
A Great Classic
..Amy Hiet
Table of Contents-Gone With the Wind

Good Night and Good Luck (See also All the President's Men and Color and Sound.)
Exposing McCarthyism
..Adam Morton
Murrow?s Good Night to Senator McCarthy
..Stephanie Cain
Table of Contents-Good Night and Good Luck

The Graduate
The Graduate: A Favorite Film
..Chad Cooper
Table of Contents-The Graduate

Greed (See also Introductions, Color, Gold Rush, and King Kong [1933]).
Greed: A Novel Evaporation
..Michael Belcher
Greed: The Lost Version
..Ashley Davis
Greed: Erich von Stroheim?s Mangled Masterpiece
..Crystal Parrish
The Vision for Perfection
..Crystal Parrish
Greed: Shining Cinematic Light
..Amanda Saunders
The Many Faces of Greed
..Matthew Whitted
Greed?King Kong (1933)
King Kong [1933] and Greed: Two Valuable Insights into Cinematic History
..Melissa Englert
Table of Contents-Greed

Tom Hanks (See Tom Cruise.)
Table of Contents-Tom Hanks

High Noon (See also Introductions and Culture.)
As Noon Approaches
..Elizabeth Barrett
John Wayne, Save Your Breath
..John Couris
Everything But Typical
..Melissa Englert
High Noon: Paying the High Price
..Chad Stewart
Table of Contents-High Noon

Alfred Hitchcock (See also Notorious.)
The King of Thrill
..Christie Clatterbuck
Alfred Hitchcock?King Kong (1933)?King Kong (2005)
Beyond the Special Effects
..Christie Clatterbuck
Table of Contents-Alfred Hitchcock

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (See also Introductions, Culture, and Science Fiction.)
The Warning Satire in Invasion of the Body Snatchers
.. Michael Belcher
It Is All Pretend
..John Couris
Alien Invasion
..Maria Ratliff
Mind and Body Snatchers
..Laura Weiter
Table of Contents--Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Jaws (See also Birth of a Nation and Culture.)
Table of Contents--Jaws

Jump Cuts
The Scary Jump Cuts [Battleship Potemkin, House on Haunted Hill, The Ring]
..Melissa Englert
Table of Contents--Jump Cuts

Jurassic Park (See also Science Fiction.)
When Dinosaurs Ruled
..Christie Clatterbuck
Table of Contents--Jurassic Park

King Kong (1933) (See also Introductions, Culture, Greed, Alfred Hitchcock, and Stop Motion.)
King Kong for the Older and Younger Generations
..Elizabeth Barrett
Blended Innovations in King Kong
..Derrick Bolhofner
The Power of Kong
..Christie Clatterbuck
King Kong: History in the Making
..Ashley Davis
Table of Contents-King Kong (1933)

King Kong (2005)
King Kong (1933) versus King Kong (2005) (See also Introductions and Technology.)
The Rebirth of King Kong
..Christie Clatterbuck
King Kong: Golden Simplicity versus Brassy Technology
..Melissa Englert
The King of the Cineplex
....Jesse Gilstrap
Not-So Special Effects
..Marilyn Kennon
A Review of the Kongs
..Chad Stewart
Table of Contents-King Kong (2005)

Stanley Kubrick (See also Dr. Strangelove.)
The Chess-Player of Cinema
..Ben Huffman
Table of Contents--Stanley Kubrick

Labyrinth
Where Everything Seems Possible and Nothing Is What It Seems
..Amy Wolford
Table of Contents--Labyrinth

The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai: A Beautiful Movie
..Daniel Cain
Table of Contents--The Last Samurai

Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall and Prohibition
..Stephanie Cain
Table of Contents--Legends of the Fall

Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement
Trench Warfare in A Very Long Engagement
..Stephanie Cain
Table of Contents-Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement)

Loose Change
Loose Change: A Disturbing Documentary
..Danielle Cain
Table of Contents--Loose Change

Memoirs of a Geisha
The Dying Art: Memoirs of a Geisha
..Marilyn Kennon
Table of Contents-Memoirs of a Geisha

Mission Impossible II (See also Notorious and John Woo and the Hong Kong New Wave.)
Table of Contents--Mission Impossible II

Monty Python Skits
Monty Python (See also Birth of a Nation, Duck Soup, Gold Rush.)
The Comedy That Is Monty Python
..Amy Woford
Table of Contents--Monty Python Skits

Naked Lunch
Munching on Naked Lunch
.Adam Cecil
Table of Contents--Naked Lunch

Napoléon
Table of Contents--Napoléon

Natural Born Killers
See Bonnie and Clyde
Table of Contents--Natural Born Killers

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, a Symphony of the Horrors) (See also Introductions, Citizen Kane, Color, Color and Sound, and Culture.)
Origins of the Word Nosferatu
..Derrick Bolhofner
Getting Scared and Loving It
..Maria Ratliff
The Legend of Dracula
..Maria Ratliff
The Legendary Vampire Movie Nosferatu
..Maria Ratliff
Nosferatu versus Dracula
..Laura Weiter
Nosferatu, a Masterpiece of the Silent Screen
..Matthew Whitted
The Beginnings of Horror
..Amy Woford
Nosferatu--Blade
Nosferatu: Setting the Pace
..Chad Stewart
Nosferatu--Dracula
Battle of the Vampires
..Brittany Adams
Table of Contents--Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, a Symphony of the Horrors)

Notorious (See also Alfred Hitchcock.)
On the Edges of Their Seats: Time and Suspense in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious
..Crystal Parrish
Notorious--Mission Impossible II
Notorious: Mission Inspiration
..Crystal Parrish
Table of Contents--Notorious

On the Waterfront (See also Citizen Kane.)
Table of Contents--On the Waterfront

Ostre sledované vlaky (Closely Watched Trains)
Closely Watched Trains: A Movie about Revolution, but not Revolutionary
..Michael Belcher
Broadening Our Horizons
..John Couris
Closely Watched Trains: A Sexual Journey
..Maria Ratliff
Table of Contents--Ostre sledované vlaky (Closely Watched Trains)

Pearl Harbor
World War II Begins
..Alaina Schroth
Table of Contents--Pearl Harbor

Phantom of the Opera See also La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast)
Table of Contents--Phantom of the Opera

Vsevolod Pudovkin
Pudovkin: Second Greatest Soviet Director of Silent Film
..Ryan Williams
Table of Contents--Vsevolod Pudovkin

Raging Bull
Raging Bull: Instant Classic
..Chad Cooper
Table of Contents--Raging Bull

Rashômon (See also Introductions,, Courage under Fire, Culture.)
The Groundbreaking Movie Rashômon
..Derrick Bolhofner
Rashômon: Great Everywhere Except Its Own Country
..Ashley Davis
Rashômon: Influential in Psychology and Cinematography
..Ashley Davis
Kurosawa and the Japanese Post-War Renaissance
..Jacob Carl Nearney
Table of Contents--Rashômon

Rebel without a Cause
Teaching America to Rebel?
..Jamie Lemonds
Table of Contents--Rebel without a Cause

Remember the Titans
School Integration in Remember the Titans
..Stephanie Cain
Table of Contents--Remember the Titans

Rent
La Vie boh譥 in Modern Cinema
..Marilyn Kennon
Table of Contents--Rent

Road to Perdition
Road to Perdition: A Truly Remarkable Film
..Danielle Cain
Table of Contents--Road to Perdition

Romance
Live Those Romance Movies [An Affair to Remember, Gone With the Wind, Love Affair, and Sleepless in Seattle]
..Rachel Dismang
Table of Contents--Romance

Schindler's List (See also Culture.)
Using Black and White during the Rule of Color
..Amy Hiet
Table of Contents--Schlinder's List

Science Fiction
The History of Sci-fi [ Armageddon, Barbarella, Blade Runner, Brazil, Buck Rogers, Dark City, Deep Impact, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Empire Strikes Back, Fahrenheit 451, Fantastic Voyage, Flash Gordon, Die Frau im Mond, Gattaca, Johnny Mnemonic, Jurassic Park, Lord of the Flies, The Matrix, Metropolis, Planet of the Apes, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars, Total Recall, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Le Voyage dans La Lune]
..John Couris
The Wonders of Science Fiction [Destination Moon, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Space Children, Star Wars, The Thing]
..Brook Deines
Attack of the Science Fiction Film! [Close Encounters, The Day The Earth Stood Still, ET, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Metropolis, Minority Report, 1984 (1984), A Scanner Darkly, Solaris, Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey, V for Vendetta, X-Men]
..Jesse Gilstrap
Sci Fi: Both Primitive and Innovative [Coma, Gattaca, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Island, Metropolis, The Stepford Wives (1975)]
..Laura Weiter
Table of Contents--Science Fiction

Scotland, PA
McBeth versus Macbeth
..Alaina Schroth
Table of Contents--Scotland, PA

Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott: Pioneer
..Jonathan Holzapfel
Table of Contents--Ridley Scott

Silent Movies
History of the Cinema: The Silent [The Birth of a Nation, Cabiria, The Great Train Robbery, Life of an American Fireman, Queen Elizabeth, Quo Vadis?, Raja Harishchandra, and A Trip to the Moon]
..Ashley Davis
Silent Films Power
..Matthew Whitted
Table of Contents--Silent Movies

Singin' in the Rain
Hollywood?s Musical Autobiography
..Marilyn Kennon
Table of Contents--Singin' in the Rain

Something's Gotta Give
A Movie to Love
..Kristin Windsor
Table of Contents--Somethin's Gotta Give

The Stepford Wives (1975)
Table of Contents--Stepford Wives (See also Science Fiction.)

Stop Motion
An Old Favorite Returns [Adventures of Wallace and Gromit, Animal World, The Black Scorpion, Caveman, Clash of the Titans, The Corpse Bride, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Flesh Gordon, The Giant Behemoth, The Howling, Jack the Giant Killer, Jason and the Argonauts, King Kong (1933), Mighty Joe Young, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Son of Kong, The Thing, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Twilight Zone: The Movie, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth]
..Elizabeth Barrett
Table of Contents--Stop Motion

Super Size Me
McDonalds?Blech!
..Kristin Windsor
Table of Contents-Super Size Me

Quentin Tarrantino
Genre of Violence
..Chad Cooper
Table of Contents-Quentin Tarrantino

Technology
The Loss of a ?Reel? Good Thing [Aliens, Bonnie and Clyde, Cross of Iron, The Jazz Singer, King Kong (1933) (2006), Psycho (1960) (1998), Terminator, The Toll of the Sea, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Woodstock, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Woodstock]
..Marilyn Kennon
Table of Contents-Super Size Me

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
David and Goliath
..Kristin Windsor
Table of Contents-Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

Orson Welles (See also Charlie Chaplin and Citizen Kane.)
The Pioneer of Modern Cinema
..Adam Cecil
Table of Contents-Orson Welles

Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart: A Ground-Breaking Film
..Ben Huffman
Table of Contents-Wild at Heart

John Woo and Hong Kong New Wave
John Woo and Hong Kong New Wave
..Jacob Carl Nearney
Table of Contents-John Woo and Hong Kong New Wave

Glossary of Film Terms
. .Gregory Campbell

Table of Contents--Glossary of Film Terms

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