JAWS was the box-office sensation of 1975 and the number-one hit movie of the decade until 1977's STAR WARS, at a time when the success or failure of a few blockbusters began to determine the course of the entire motion picture industry. Similar to several of ...

Consider the significance of the auteur theory to the development of film theory and film culture. Is it still a relevant concept?In this essay, I shall endeavor to outline the beginnings of the auteur theory, and show the arguments that support and oppose the relevance of the auteur theory in mode...

Like a light bulb in the night attracting insects, movies as a form of entertainment have clutched people's attention. Through out the last 60 years the duration of the film industry has enabled directing techniques to evolve. This also has allowed computer animation, sound effects and make up to de...