Category: Essays
Collection of film essays from across my academic career. The nerdy stuff!!
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Why are there so many Blockbuster Films at Major Film Festivals?
This is a re-edited essay I wrote as part of my UCL Film Studies Masters’. At first thought the words Film Festival and Hollywood Blockbuster fit together as well as Michael Bay and arthouse production. However, the relationship between the two is very close. Cannes has premiered many Pixar releases, including Inside Out (2015) and UP (2010), and the… Read more
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The True Illusion behind The Prestige: How Christopher Nolan’s film deconstructs humanity through Freud.
This is a re-edited essay I wrote as part of my UCL Film Studies Masters’. It’s a long one but well worth a read to anyone interested in Nolan’s unique style, and the film of course is where my blog takes it’s design inspiration. Full Spoilers Ahead!!! The Prestige (2006) stands as one of Christopher Nolan’s… Read more
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John Woo and the Hyper-Masculine: How the action auteur’s films reflect different visions of masculinity in Hollywood and Hong Kong.
This is a re-edited essay I wrote as part of my UCL Film Studies Masters’. The action film has always proven a key site in articulating contemporary understandings of masculinity for, as Mark Gallagher writes, ‘The contemporary action film…respond[s] to cultural crises about masculinity and male social roles’ (Gallagher,2006:45). John Woo’s unique status as an… Read more