Action Cinema (Week 10)

I feel this blog is a good place to write an opinion based piece on Action Cinema. This week’s film was Ronin (1998), directed by John Frankenheimer. My personal opinion of the film was that it was OK for an action film, especially as I…

The Bottle Drama (week 9)

The bottle drama!  A central theme of the bottle drama is the idea that due to the lack of freedom/lack of interesting space and change, the director, writers, etc, have to come up with some really interesting emotional script to keep the viewer interested. The…

Film Noir (week 8)

This weeks film, The Killers (1946) directed by Robert Soidmak, was probably the only “classic” film noir I have seen. I quite enjoyed the film, although many in our class found it flat, and felt despondent about it. As a class we discussed the illogical usage…

Exegesis Discussion & vampire flicks (week 7)

This week involved our class presentations and also some snippets/discussion of vampire flicks, as I was away for this discussion, and also focused on vampire flicks for my first exegesis, this weeks blog will focus on the class presentations/ideas for coming projects, with only a…