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Miscommunication and Art – Subjectivity in Pierrot le Fou

September 24, 2013 Jeremy Shattuck 0

Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le Fou (1965) is a film about miscommunication and subjectivity that illustrates the impossible task of existing simultaneously in ‘the real’ and […]

The Value of Poverty: Charles Chaplin’s Modern Times and Sturges’ Sullivan’s Travels

April 13, 2013 Jeremy Shattuck 0

This article explores the representation of poverty in Charles Chaplin’s Modern Times (1936) and Preston Sturges’ Sullivan’s Travels (1941).

Amores Perros: Moments of Weightlessness

December 7, 2012 Jeremy Shattuck 0

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s film Amores Perros (2000) is a prime example of what Alissa Quart coined “Hyperlink Cinema” (Quart 1).  Essentially, a term that refers to […]

A Riddle in Temporality: Hollis Frampton’s Nostalgia

November 7, 2012 Jeremy Shattuck 1

Hollis Frampton’s black and white 16mm film, Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971), takes us on a journey through moving and still image and memory and anticipation: […]

The Marketing of Oldboy: A Recipe for British Bulgogi

October 5, 2012 Jeremy Shattuck 3

In this analysis we will examine the UK reception and image of Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy (2003), focusing on the subtext of the iconic images used […]

El Norte and Sin Nombre. Dangerous Journeys: Disassembling the Beast

October 2, 2012 Jeremy Shattuck 0

Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre (2009) and Gregory Nava’s El Norte (1983) show us the neo-realistic journeys immigrants from Central America and Mexico face on their expedition north to the […]

María Novaro’s El Jardín del Edén.

October 2, 2012 Jeremy Shattuck 0

Privileged Voyeurism: Life Within Emblematic Borders. María Novaro’s film El jardín del Edén (1994) is a film about the human condition and the self-imposed boundaries we must […]

Sequence Analysis – Last Yakuza in the Universe

September 16, 2012 Jeremy Shattuck 0

Last Yakuza in the Universe In the opening sequence of Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s Last Life in the Universe (2003) we see Kenji’s (Tadanobu Asano) imagined suicide.  […]

Is Nuclear Power Safe? The Physical Dangers of Meltdown

May 17, 2012 Jeremy Shattuck 0

Annabel Gillings’ Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? (2011) is a documentary that explores the aftermath of the “Core melt accident” at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear […]

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