By Andrea Lule A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a mesmerizing Iranian vampire film directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. Set in the fictional Iranian ghost town, Bad City, the film revolves around the encounters between a lonesome vampire … Continue reading A Vampire Walks Home Alone at Night
Mack Stiles Breathless is a French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It follows Michel, a car thief who impulsively kills a police officer and seeks refuge with a woman he has close relations with, Patricia. As they evade capture, their relationship becomes strained, revealing themes of existentialism, the difficulties of love, and the pursuit of freedom. The film’s use of jump cuts and natural lighting created a new style of editing, leaving an impact on the film industry. Time is depicted in a very choppy manner, mirroring the chaotic lives of the characters. The use of jump cuts and a … Continue reading Crimes (f)or Love
Cassandra Kipp A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, but really, she doesn’t. An enigmatic vampire girl in Bad City, Iran, wanders the city, taking people to her home and entering others’. At the same time, Arash, a young man … Continue reading Where Else Will a Girl Walk?
Scooter Briody The American-produced Iranian-led independent film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night focuses on the inhabitants of the fictional Bad City, a town as desolate as its name implies. Arash, an idealistic young man taking care of his heroin-addicted father, … Continue reading Using Vampires to Explore Gender
By Jack Lumsden Michel embraces Patricia in the street. CREDIT: Rialto Pictures/StudioCanal Breathless, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, is a groundbreaking film in the French New Wave movement. The film follows Michel, a young criminal who steals a car and kills a policeman, … Continue reading “Breathless”: Breaking traditional conventions
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By Jack Lumsden Blood splatter. OpenVerse. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, is set in the eerie, fictional Iranian town of Bad City, a place filled with despair and lawlessness. The film, blending elements … Continue reading A Vampire’s Take on Gender and Society
Cully Cooper Breathless directed by Jean-Luc Godard, is a French New Wave defining film that follows the story of Michel, a young and rebellious criminal who impulsively kills a police officer and goes on a wild run across France. He finds refuge with his American girlfriend, Patricia, and their relationship is fast and violent. Michel is a figure who represents the fast-living criminal life of the post-war 1950s-60s. The film explores themes of young love and rebellion against the system. Michel is a character who is not very forgivable. Despite this, he is charasmatic and quick-witted. Rebellion against these norms … Continue reading Feeling Breathless?
Scooter Briody The 1960 French New Wave film Breathless uses its unique editing style and writing to communicate themes of conflicted love and existentialism. The protagonist, Michel, is on the run from the police and trying to convince his on-again … Continue reading Breathless-ly Letting Time Slip Away
by Joshua Purz The film Memento was directed by Christopher Nolan and premiered in 2000. The film depicts the character of Leonard Shelby who suffers from memory loss and is seeking revenge for his wife’s death. The film takes on the perspective of Leonard by mirroring his memory loss in its structure and scattering crucial information throughout the narrative. Thus, this enables a more personal examination of the themes in the story, such as freedom and identity. Director Christopher Nolan talking with actor Guy Pearce. Courtesy of Rex Features. The most prominent symbols that reoccur in the film are Leonard’s reminders, such … Continue reading “Now, where was I?” – gender and identity in Memento
Cully Cooper Memento (2000) directed by Christopher Nolan is a film based off a short-story following, Leonard Shelby, a retired insurance collector. Leonard suffers from short-term memory loss due to an injury he got while trying to prevent his wife’s murder. Leonard is on a quest to find her killer and seeks revenge – however, because of his memory condition, he relies on notes, Polaroid photographs, and tattoos to remember important information. (Leonard’s Polaroid that he used to remember things of importance). The film unfolds in two narrative threads, one moving forward in time while the other moves backward, ultimately … Continue reading Have you seen this Picture? (Memento)
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