Kirsten Dunst Essays

  • The Mise-en-Scene in the Film Marie Antoinette Directed by Sofia Coppola

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    “Marie Antoinette” (2006) directed by Sofia Coppola is a drama/comedy, that is centered on the life of the notorious Queen of France, in the years leading up to the French Revolution. Coppola’s film style was very modern avant garde. The film focuses on Antoinette point of view throughout all her adventures and difficulties. She was the character with whom the viewer identified with the most, her observation were the most important (aside from the audience). Therefore there were many close ups and

  • Film Review Mona Lisa Smile

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    students who firmly believe a woman's only role is to be a wife and mother. The girls were more interested in nabbing a good husband than achieving scholastic and intellectual growth. The main characters were; catty but well brought-up Betty (Kirsten Dunst), potential graduate student Joan (Julia Stilies), insecure Connie (Ginnifer Goodwyn) and campus slut Giselle (Maggie Gyllenhaal). All of the women in the film were defined by their relationsh... ... middle of paper ... ...essor of Italian

  • Patriotism in Spiderman Movies

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    The portrayal of the feelings of the general public is constantly used in film to stir the audience. If the filmmaker can rouse their feelings, people will be more engrossed in the movie than they would be otherwise. What is arguably the strongest emotion in many people is the feeling of patriotism. As George Bernard Shaw said, “Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.” Though this feeling is not necessarily based on logic, it

  • Beauty Pageants: The Damaging Effects Of Beauty Pageants

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    Damaging Effects of Beauty Pageants One would believe that a life of glamorous hair and make-up, beautiful gowns, and sparkling tiaras would be every young girls dream, unfortunately, for numerous, this dream often turns into a nightmare. In today’s world, little girls are being subjected to the world of pageantry. Beauty pageants in America have seemed to multiply over the years. Now, these pageants are so popular with little girls. They will do anything and everything they can to do pageants. Although

  • Kristen Gillibrand: A Champion for New York State

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    Now serving as the Junior Senator of New York State, Kristen Gillibrand has been dedicated to making New York a place that her constituents can be proud of. Throughout her variety of careers, Gillibrand has served New Yorkers in a variety of ways, including her work as an intern, attorney, House of Representatives member, and now in her role as a United States Senator. She served as the House of Representatives member for New York’s 20th congressional district, which consists of the capital region

  • Research Paper On Spider Man 3

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    The highest grossing picture domestically in 1007 was Spider-Man 3. After the success of Spider-Man ($821,708,551 - Worldwide) and Spider-Man 2 ($783,766,341 - Worldwide), Sony Pictures greenlit Spider-Man 3, a tentpole movie for the studio. Due to its predecessors, Spider-Man 3 had both a presold ticket sales and audience awareness. Sony was guaranteed a high ticket sale turnout for the film not because the film was a highly anticipated sequel, but also based off a popular comic book. Comic book

  • Spider Man Research Paper

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    crush, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), in the arms of Flash.

  • Dorothy Rosen Hidden Agents

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    change agent because she saw an opportunity for growth within NASA and capitalized on it. She recognized the IBM computer would equate to job loss for the West (African American) computers; however, instead of standing by as Vivian Mitchell’s (Kirsten Dunst) team did, she prepared. Dorothy risked her freedom numerous times along the journey including, taking the computer programming book from the library and the frequent visits to the IBM room. She not only taught herself how to program and operate

  • Spotless Mind Psychology

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    from depression to the repercussions of childhood trauma. The possibilities are endless. But, you can’t simply just erase a memory and send the patient back into the world without some kind of psychiatric help. In the case of Mary, played by Kirsten Dunst in the movie, this kind of theoretical treatment may only work so well. Throughout most of the movie Mary seemed to be perfectly fine and normal, but as the movie was coming to an end her emotions for Dr. Mierzwiak returned and it was discovered

  • The Influence of Shakespeare

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    Across the universe of time: Shakespeare’s influence on 21st century society. It is harder to imagine a more universal writer than William Shakespeare. Rarely if ever is one of his many plays not being performed somewhere in the world and similarly rare is the tertiary English student who has not examined his work at length. His plays, sonnets and poems are common fodder for high school English departments across the globe. Shakespeare has perhaps contributed the most to the English language of

  • Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Essay

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    movie, a memory is seen as a tangible object which can be wiped away, thrown out of the window, and erased like it simply never happened. To put it into terms, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind purely blew my mind. Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, and even Elijah Wood entered the facets of my mind and made me think, what if this could actually happen? How would everything play out in the end? A serious Jim Carrey delivers a great role as Joel Barish, fluctuating from his previous

  • Analysis Of The Movie Tower Of Terror

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    Steven Guttenberg, a famous actor from the 80’s) is a journalist who was fired from his job at the London Banner Buzzy now writes supermarket-styled tabloids about supernatural occurrences for a living with the help of his niece, Anna (played by Kirsten Dunst). Buzzy seems to act this certain way because he is determined to comeback from his dreaded incident at this old job. He either wants to grab the attention from his old boss, Jill Perry, in order to get his job back or he wants to earn money a

  • Little Women - Movie vs. Book

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    records, Louisa May Alcott's novel "Little Women" has seen itself recreated in four TV series, four made for TV movies and five feature length movies since 1918. The most recent version appeared in 1994 and features Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, Samantha Mathis, Eric Stoltz, Susan Sarandon, and Gabriel Byrne. As a long time fan of the novel, who has happily carted her large leather bound gold-gilded unabridged edition whenever she has moved, I find that I was disappointed in this newest

  • The Virgin Suicides

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    as much about those guys, "we," as about the Lisbon girls. About how Trip Fontaine (Josh Hartnett), the leader of the pack, loses his baby fat and shoots up into a junior stud who is blindsided by sex and beauty, and dazzled by Lux Lisbon (Kirsten Dunst), who of the perfect Lisbon girls is the most perfect. In every class there is one couple who has sex while the others are only talking about it, and Trip and Lux make love on the night of the big dance. But that is not the point. The point

  • The Bling Ring Social Conflict Theory

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    Marc Hall arrives as a new student at Indian Hills High School and immediately becomes friends with Rebecca who just happens to be obsessed with fame. While at a party at Rebecca’s house, the two go out on the street and took valuables such as cash and credit cards out of the unlocked vehicles. Then the next day the two break into an unoccupied house and steal a handbag, cash, and the keys to the Porsche that was sitting outside in the driveway. With the cash they stole, they go on a shopping spree

  • Review of Spiderman 2

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    at that, could be one of the most entertaining superhero movies that have been created. The story begins a year on from the last film and Spider-Man's got problems a plenty. In Spider-Man 2, his powers are failing him; Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) is engaged to another man; his best friend, Harry Osborn (James Franco) blames Spider-Man for his father's death; he's been fired from his job as a pizza delivery boy; he's failing his college science class an cannot seem to keep up with his

  • Spider Man Research Paper

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    The original films feature Mary Jane Watson the love of Peter’s life played by Kirsten Dunst. Throughout the films Mary Janes character is always peters biggest supporter and will always there for him. The problem with her character is that she is not much of a character on her own and does not have a purpose other than someone for Spiderman

  • Fargo Movie Analysis

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    Twenty years after its premiere, the movie remains a quotable classic. Laurie Ulster Mar 8, 2016 26 SHARES 23 0 0 Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her role as police chief Marge Gunderson in "Fargo." (Photo: Gramercy Pictures/Photofest) Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her role as police chief Marge Gunderson in "Fargo." (Photo: Gramercy Pictures/Photofest) “OK, so we got a trooper pulls someone over, we got a shooting, these folks drive by, there's a high-speed

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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    Meet me in Montauk Have you ever wanted a bad memory erased? Is love erasable? These questions are attacked head on in the wonderfully complex drama Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. After working together on the film Human Nature, director Michael Gondry and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman discussed the possibility whether or not they would have their memory erased of a bad relationship should the opportunity present itself (dvdtalk). Out of that discussion a movie idea was formulated, pitched

  • Little Women Movie Vs Book

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    With the technological advances, today it is much easier to go to the movie theater to see a movie than it is to sit down and digest the words from papers and the storybook brought to life drew many to the theaters in 1933 and 1994. First released in 1933 and a more modern version in 1994, Little Women has been kept alive in the hearts of young girls worldwide, either in print or in the movie theatre for generations. This paper will briefly discuss the style and differences between the book and