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Tag Archives: Critical Analysis
Film Noir: The Mother of the Psychological Thriller
I believe it is possible that psychological thrillers such as Rope (1948), The Shining (1980), Jaws (1975); and the genre of psychological thrillers as a whole are natural extensions of film noir. Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis
Tagged Critical Analysis, Critical essay, film, film noir, film student, Film Theory, Hitchcock, Jaws, Kubrick, movie review, Movies, Spielberg, Thriller
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‘Tis the Season . . . to Apply to Film Schools (Part II)
Last time, I talked about my top three choices: USC, UCLA, and CalArts. Today, I’m going to give brief descriptions of 4 more schools, some of them unusual choices. Continue reading
Film, TV, & Modern Media as the New Mythology
In the 1988 mini-series “Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth,” one of the ideas Campbell explores is that fictional media (TV, radio, movies, etc) have taken the place of traditional mythology (religious texts/rituals/verbal histories) in the American culture. He further posits that this new mythology is insufficient to support the American psyche in the same way as ancient religions. Is this so? Continue reading
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Tagged Critical Analysis, film student, Film Theory, Movies, Mythology, Religion, television, TV
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The Angsty, Angsty Antihero
My previous post about superheroes got me thinking about the rising popularity of antiheroes. In attempting to define antiheroes, however, there seems to be some conflict as to whether an antihero is a protagonist who happens to be a villain or just a severely flawed hero… Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis
Tagged Antiheroes, Critical Analysis, Dexter, film student, Film Theory, Hamlet, movie review, Movies, Semantics, Superheroes, television, TV, Vampires
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Is There an Easy Genre of Film to Write?
Although, like any form of writing, easy is purely subjective; it seems like some genres are easier to write than others. I don’t know about most people, but for me relationship-based melodramas and horror stories are the easiest. Continue reading
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Tagged Critical Analysis, film student, Movies, Screenwriting, television, TV
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Are the aliens in The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) Intergalactic Eco-Terrorists?
The violent invaders in the new Day the Earth Stood Still are certainly a far cry from the essentially pacifistic aliens of the original version, but are they really eco-terrorists from space? Continue reading