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because it won a plethora of awards, the most notable being four different Academy Awards, the Best Picture, Best Actor, Jack Nicholson, Best Actress, Louise Fletcher and Best Director. This movie withstands the test of time and belongs in the AFL Top 100 Films list because of the many driving themes throughout the movie and because of the outstanding performances of actor Jack Nicholson and actress Louise Fletcher. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest elicits an emotional response through the…

Representations of hegemonic masculinity can be seen most prevalently in the media, as it is often emphasised and privileged over other forms of masculinity. Through combining studies of hegemonic masculinity and the representation of masculinity in films, advertising and magazines I will present a discussion on how the media usually conforms to and thus uphold the hegemonic view of masculinity, but also how it can challenge it. The majority of studies tend to focus on the United States or…

established the cornerstone of a new perspective of the West in the countercultural context. As John Ford used the literature for some of his productions, the counterculture gets some influences from the beat generation with authors and works such as Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957). The counterculture’s cultural products share the same fascination for the movement and express a general dissatisfaction towards the traditional community values. This new configuration fight against the…

The Dark Knight in my opinion one of the best movies ever made. The color, editing, sound effects, and acting are superb. Growing up a Batman and superhero fan you would even appreciate this film even more. I think it is the best Batman film made to date. If you have not seen I would highly suggest watching this film. The rest of this film will be an analysis of different dynamics of the Dark Knight. Batman (Christian Bale) is hoping to hand on his fighting obligations to D.A Harvey Dent…

guard) I’m free, I’m free (starts running around in a joyous form” (Forman). The movie tried to make up for the lacking in the deep symbolism that the book conveys, to do so they simply could have chose an actor with red hair not someone like Jack Nicholson with brown hair for example. The casting choices were mostly inadequate and could have been better if Hollywood had invested that extra couple of days to find the perfect match from the well composed…

It was fall of 2003 Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel was a therapist for Jack Nicholson also known as the Joker. So on January 2nd Joker and Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel were talking about Batman. Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel started to fall in love with the Joker. Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel started to realize that Batman stopped making Joker happy. So she thought it was wrong that she was falling in love with the Joker, but she loved him and she thought that Joker loved her too. So on January 6th…

Term Paper Proposal: Clinical Case Assessment Research Paper Introduction The character, Melvin Udall, from the film As Good As It Gets (1997), played by Jack Nicholson, will serve as the client for this case study. Previously, Melvin, a successful author, received a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder by his psychiatrist, Dr. Green. Recent changes in his life provoked a desire within Melvin to take his medication, and reestablish therapeutic sessions, after abandoning them two years…

The chinese name of the film "Infernal Affairs" is translated as "unrelenting" or "Relentless Hell", which is a more forceful representation of the suffering in the 8th lower level of hell expressed in the Buddhist scriptures. Alan Mak is the scriptwriter and co-director of "Infernal Affairs", he first conceived a story of a good guy as undercover against the bad guy within the gang. Mak waited for two years, before the project was accepted by co-director Andrew Lau. Lau, was setting up a new…

“Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown” (Film “Chinatown”, Roman Polanski) The brilliant film “Chinatown” has longstanding entered the lists of the greatest films of the twentieth century. This statement applies, of course, to the lists compiled by the American film critics. It is considered that the film is made in the style of Noir, but, first of all, it felt not Noir but outstanding so-called Hollywood style. At least I feel the author’s handwriting Roman Polanski - Polanski, whom we know from his…

The Last Detail, a 1973 comedy-drama, is the product of many respected industry players of the time. It was directed by Hal Ashby (Harold and Maude, Shampoo) and starred Jack Nicholson (Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces), an actor who is almost synonymous with New Hollywood. The screenplay is an adaptation by Robert Towne (Bonnie and Clyde [uncredited], Shampoo) from a 1970 novel of the same name. Although it had an all-star team behind it, that alone is not what makes it a Hollywood Renaissance…