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Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and the Crime Films of the Nineteen Nineties

Martin Scorsese's films, GOODFELLAS and CASINO, and Quentin Tarantino's RESERVOIR DOGS and PULP FICTION are examined to determine if the crime film of the 1990s has become increasingly more in the style of film noir. The differences and similarities between the two crime films each director has either written or co-written in the 1990s are delineated to demonstrate this trend. Other crime films of the latter 1990s (SEVEN, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, and MULHOLLAND FALLS) are also examined to aid in def… more

Date: August 1996

Creator: Magnani, Matthew Daniel

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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A Study in Cultural Conflict: the Controversy Surrounding Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ

When the filmed version of The Last Temptation of Christ was released in the United States, it met with significant protests from conservative Christians who felt it was blasphemous. Using the controversy surrounding the film and its reception in Austin, Texas, this is a case study in censorship as a social process and in the cultural conflict it signifies. Certain societal factors must converge to create an art controversy. Through an examination of the film, the groups involved in the protest… more

Date: December 1995

Creator: Scheffler, Lisa K. (Lisa Kathryn)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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[News Clip: "Raging Bull"]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: December 18, 1980, 5:00 p.m.

Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections