... 1920's, westerns like Victor Flemming's The Virginian and John Fords Stagecoach would set the elements and typify the straightforward heroic tales that would dominate the classic stage of the genre until the 1950's. In the 1950's, a number of westerns pushed the genre beyond the realm of simple stories, but ... . As the film moves on and the seven gunfighters are introduced we see that there is going to be bigger and more gunfights than in a classic western where there is a hero and maybe a sidekick and the villain. The added number of characters and spectacle shows we are in the refineme...

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... life in 1959, and then Stephen Sommers re-created the film in 1999. Both films obviously tell the classic story of the mummy and its curse, but several differences exist. Sommers takes a classic horror movie and molds into more of an action adventure movie with moments of suspense. The Fisher version ... The Sommers film had to address the task of bringing the story of the Mummy to a modern audience. The 1959 version is seen as a classic horror film, but based on today's standards the movie simply is not thrilling enough to be considered horror. Sommers addresses this problem with the a...

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... of love and the role that it plays in people's lives, it uses a unique approach to the classic "Love Story". The movie came out in 1990 and was considered to be a romantic comedy. It was written by J.F. Lawton and directed by Garry Marshall. This film starts out with ... world today, everybody knows not to mix business with pleasure. Although this movie was a little wild compared to all of the others in its time pretty woman truely has become a classic american love storey. It shows us the reality that love will come and you never know when or where. Love is something that is a part of...

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... he creates evil monsters that reek havoc on the island. Many horror conventions were seen throughout the film. Finally, classic western conventions exist in the film. One such convention is that of the classic hero, seen through the ability to solve situations through his own ingenuity. An example of this can be seen ... what is needed. Carmen finds a way for herself and her brother to get out of the submarine through her own inventive skill. Another example of the classic hero can be seen through the characteristic of never being mean or small minded. This is seen when Juni sees his arch...

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... murdered without being murdered.""(671) Unfortunately, due to many of these aspects, the postmodern generation seems to be immune to violence and the classic horror genre. Classical horror films have become ineffective to the postmodern generation. Original horror movies do not promote fear in one's conscience, ... great horror movie should challenge our intelligence as well. The postmodern generation has become more resistant, as well as more reluctant to the classic horror films. Classic horror has become a standardised image in our minds; movies such as Psycho, Halloween, and many more...

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In order for a film to be considered a classic, it needs an original idea, a relatable plot, and the ability to withstand the test of time. The Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes, is a landmark classic film of the century. It has a concept that is something that hadn't been done before, it is relatable for all viewers, and it is still considered a must-watch film ... today. Since classic literature is constantly analyzed through critical lenses, classic films should be too. The Breakfast Club is a film that can be very well analyzed through both the cultural and the feminist critical len...

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... man what is going on, I heard you were looking into watching a movie. Those two that were recommended are superb. Wizard of Oz is old fashioned classic adventure of a girl searching for her place in life and Old Yeller is a blooded adventure movie, of a boy and his dog. They are both great ... when they we're young? Or simply because it is a wonderful movie? Or because it has hints of some buried universal message? This makes Wizard of Oz a classic for the ages. The Wizard of Oz has a wonderful mix of comedy and music, special effects and excitement, but us being humans and still watching...

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What makes a classical Hollywood film a "classic?" Many films employ such explicit and characteristic styles that there is never any question of their intended genre. If one sees a lot of explosions and fight sequences it can easily ... making it impossible to identify classical Hollywood cinema merely as occurring during a specific time range (Bordwell and Thompson 441). How then does one understand how to classify a film as being a classic? The best way to identify classical cinema is to understand a classical film as having an overwhelming commitment to the telling of a story (Bordwell a...

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... The Man Who Knew Too Much that Hitchcock started making thrillers on a regular basis. That film marked the first is a secession of six thrillers which would become known as the classic "thriller sextet". Following the 1938 release of The Lady Vanishes, Hitchcock was voted to be the best director of that year by New York film critics (23). Throughout the 1940 ... one of the best in movie history. Although none of his movies did or would ever compare to the success of Psycho, his next release The Birds (1963), is another classic example of Hitchcock's true genius. Inspired by a unusual oc...

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... still controls their gaze. Since most of the filmmakers are men Moving onto the analysis of the active/male and the passive/female and how this is essentially exists in a classic film narrative. Using the Oedipal complex, Freud found a way which he can elucidate a child's acquisition of "normal" adult sexuality. Freud was mainly concerned with the male child's Oedipal phase, which ... according to Jacques Lacan, is the latter stage of the mirror phase. In the classic example of the Oedipal phase, the male child, at first, is bonded to his mother imagines he and his mother are unity. But...

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Adaptation is not a new phenomenon. Taking a literary classic and transforming it into a completely different medium has been the choice of many directors, artists other authors and so on, for a great many years. Whilst there is nothing quite like ... medium, the most offensive of all adaptive techniques. The Jane Campion film Portrait of a Lady is the perfect example of an enormously diverse response to a cinematic adaptation of a very popular, classic novel. Campion herself is a very well respected director, so it is by no surprise that she thought she could afford to attach her own perce...

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... , which is the central theme of this film. Though the story is told in a simple and gentle pace, its main characters are complex and colorful. Hasse is depicted as the classic working man - rough, tough and uncouth. However, as the story progresses, the audience is offered glimpses of the caring side of him as he struggles to care and provide for ... sacrifice the one thing you love the most in order to save yourself?" After an analysis of the various elements, Nobody Owns Me is a strong and compelling film that uses classic storytelling to draw the audience into the film. Though the fil...

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... feel for it. Vertov, Griffith, and Eisenstein were the innovators, they displayed the type of impact editing could really have. Griffith was one of Hollywood's first great directors. His timeless classic Birth of a Nation put his true editing skills on display for the first time. He was the first to edit for a story. Utilizing the technique of cross cutting, Griffith was ... able give his stories extra emphasis and flair. This helped to create the classic Hollywood style of editing for story. In his film Birth of a Nation, Griffith utilizes cross cutting near the final scene. As the tow...

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... on to become the most widely known and influential director in the history of world cinema with a significant body of work produced over 50 years. Alfred Hitchcock was always the classic auteur, his legacy included a number of films that lacked creative control or as I see it, an urge merely to make money. Hitchcock's typical themes and styles are hard to identify ... and created a relationship with the spectator of the film. I believe the plot to most of Hitchcock's films merely brakes down to the concept of looking or spying. Hitchcock's films were a classic illustration of the qualit...

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... townspeople is what makes separates this movie from the usual blockbusters of today that feel like they require sex, drugs, and violence in order to create a good film. "Chocolat" is a classic example of how rebellious acts should be done and how rebellious people should handle adversity. Almost every blockbuster hit that is seen advertised today has some type of violence, bad ... win many more awards than the other blockbuster movies of today simply because it presents its message in a more constructive and peaceful way. Those are the reasons why "Chocolat" is a classic example of how ...

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... create a story that impacts the responders, making them desire to watch it over again. The different mediums of production have different audiences, purposes and techniques, and for a story to become a classic in each element it must change to accommodate these differences. After all, who wants to watch a six hour long movie with a man intruding every few minutes to mention hats? However ... ...

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... walk between decent and outrageous morals. As a female director in an otherwise male-dominated 1950s Hollywood, perhaps Lupino's most arduous task was to make her films stand out from the classic Hollywood mode and her ambiguity and subject matter both aid in achieving this goal. Feminist critics can easily have ignored Ida Lupino's films because while controversial, they are not conducive ... achieve the happiness she deserves. Not only is her morality called into question, the spectatorship will naturally not be positive in the relationship to her character. Usually audiences, especia...

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... only done two prior movies. It wasn't until years later that people began to accept this movie as a type of cult classic. The movie has had multiple DVD releases and has been recognized as an action/comedy/sci-fi/horror classic. The Matrix has shocked audiences all around the world. Released first in the United States in 1999, The Matrix grossed an ... ...

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The film, M, directed by Fritz Lang, is an instant classic because of its innovation in sound. It was released in 1931. Another name for the film was, Murders Are Among Us. This film was also Fritz Lang's first "talkie". It ... stalking them. This movie sets a precedent for all other suspense films of its kind. With this movie, Lang practically introduces the world to a new genre of films, making M an instant classic, even today. ...

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... rowboat after we thought he had to be dead." (138) In which he states that people pay for the movies still because there is a chance they could return to the classic horror type film and scare us to death, which is what people like him, are hoping for. These multi sequel horror films may have decreased in the amount of scare ... teenage crowd. In the originals however the only music you heard was the freaky "horror" music played on a piano, or the chimes of the bells and whispering voices as the classic horror type music. Although the multi sequel horror movies may seem a bit monotonous...

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... excelling film about Romance. Franco Zeferilli has made a classic approach to portraying the film by using on set location, traditional costume so he could give the audience a classical version. In Contrast to Zeferilli's version Baz Luhrmann has made a "in ... ...

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... . He is becoming one of the "made men". Before he even knows it, he has lost Peg, his best friend, his trainer, and the respect of his mother. This is a classic theme, showing up in hundreds of films of it's time. The story of a young man who by money is turned into a greedy, self-righteous kingpin. We've heard it a million ... reveal the characters inner feelings and give us the satisfaction of watching the reunion of the subjects of conflict. I truly didn't understand until I watched "Body and Soul" the difference between classic films and modern films, and what the big hype was. I gue...

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... could from it. Another film that has had great impact on my life, whether it be viewed as good or bad, I leave for the reader to decide, is the Kubrickian classic "A Clockwork Orange". This dark comedy/satire//psychological science fiction film which ranks on the American Film Institutes top 100 list, with a ranking of 26, shed light into an always dark ... ", or get busy dyin"", suggests, it showed me how to face the everyday reality of a life faced with nothing but problems. Similar in it's effect on me to Paul Newman's classic "Cool Hand Luke", I realized after watching both films, th...

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... lacks the Dutch Verheoeven's abiding sense of mischief" (Peter Travis; Rolling Stones). The reboot sucks all the life from the original, the heart and soul that made it a cult classic for generations because it didn't have the courage to take the chance of an R rating because they'd make less cash. Ironically their downfall was that fans of the original knew ... ...

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... have had inherited Rotwang's god complex. Another famous film that was very heavily influenced by Metropolis is Blade Runner. Released in 1982, Blade Runner is highly regarded as a sci-fi classic. The major connections between this film and Metropolis lie in the fact that they are both set in futuristic dystopias and the significance of robots. So, as mentioned above, we ... ...

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