This film I found to be most like that of a USA or UK film. It was similar to many independent gangster films such as ‘Sexy Beast’, ’The Business’ and ‘Goodfellas’. It had all the conventions of a typical gangster film; quick editing, hand-held cameras, flashbacks and a narrator. It portrayed the conventional ‘rise and fall of the [...]
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‘Achilles and the Tortoise’
I’m not sure about the film, it was easy to understand and followed a similar structure to our films (unlike ‘Old Lady In White’) but it didn’t seem to resolve as such. The narrative structure meant that it had the traditional equilibrium-dis equilibrium- new equilibrium and a love story- albeit was minor- but the actually [...]
Lecture from John Berra 3/2/2010 for CUEAFS
I found it really interesting learning about the Japansese film industry. I didn’t realise how long there had been a Japanese film industry and how popular the films are in Japan. Most of the highest-grossing films are Japanese rather than international Hollywood films. It surprised me as well how many of the films are part [...]
The Grudge- Old Lady In White -4/11
For starters, I don’t know why I was there because I hate horror films- they scare me half to death! Even writing the title makes me scared! But it was good though, what I saw of it out of the corner of my eye haha! But seriously, it was good. I liked the way they [...]