In the period previous to the 1930's, the predominant form of filmmaking was that of the crank camera. This is not to say that motor-driven cameras were not possible. However, the motors to advance the film were so large that they were simply too cumbersome to be effective. Thus, it was the camera...

In the period previous to the 1930's, the predominant form of filmmaking was that of the crank camera. This is not to say that motor-driven cameras were not possible. However, the motors to advance the film were so large that they were simply too cumbersome to be effective. Thus, it was the camerama...

Throughout recent history there has been a constant battle between the media and the rest of America. The masses are disgusted with the sex, drugs, and the most important issue, violence, that are contained in today's mass media. Violence is present in almost every aspect of the media. It fla...

The Buck is Back .......and Baaaddderrr Than Ever! Scene 1: Outside a ticket box office in a suburban movie theater in 1967. About a dozen white couples patiently wait in line to purchase tickets to the "progressive" new film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner by Stanley Kramer. Cam...

A million little Osama's The Image of Arabs in American Popular Culture Hollywood is arguably the most important ISA (ideological state apparatus) in modern America. More than from parents, school or church do children get their ideas and values from the celluloid. This imposes on the mov...

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines The next offering in the Terminator trilogy, "Terminator 3," seems at first to exist only as a format for Arnold Schwarzenegger and his macho terminator character. However, underlying the fantastic special effects and minimal dialogue is a film geared t...