There are a million scholarly theories about the meaning of the shark in Jaws. Some see it as a metaphor for our limited understanding of nature—unstoppably powerful, unheeding of man, driven by...

Jaws is famous for not showing the shark much, but images of sharkdom are never off the screen for long. Brody pores over books filled with pictures of sharks, shark fossils, shark paintings, shark...

Colors can hold just as much meaning on film as they do in a painting. In Jaws, Spielberg uses color as a hint, a warning, a reminder, etc. Sometimes this can be very straightforward. What would yo...

Brody's the man who's been acting like a bullied, frightened kid—unable to confront the mayor, helpless in the face of the shark attacks, afraid of the water. His character's progression througho...