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How we perceive spectacles (extra credit)

Posted on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 by Liz Zuo
While reviewing the film Nope, digging down to its biggest theme of relationship between human and spectacle, the way different characters’ treat the spectacle made me relate to one of the most hotl... Read More

Searcher post on the disputes of RRR’s political message

Posted on November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 by Liz Zuo
https://slate.com/culture/2022/06/rrr-review-indian-blockbuster-netflix-hindu-nationalism.html The article from this website talks about the troubling subtext of the film RRR, with main focus on its r... Read More

Personal view of Do the right thing

Posted on November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 by Liz Zuo
Before talking about anything, I would like to state that this is just my own opinion as an East Asian student. I don’t speak for any group or anyone else, but only talk about what I took away f... Read More

(Extra) Random thoughts on values brought by Carax

Posted on November 7, 2023November 10, 2023 by Liz Zuo
After watching the Holy Motor, Carax’s personal attitude of being a filmmaker and his ideology towards life and death attracted me so much that made me want to watch it one more time. The thesis of ... Read More

Reading Metaphors on vision (extra credit)

Posted on November 7, 2023November 14, 2023 by Liz Zuo
I also finished the reading of <From metaphors on vision> before the reading adjustment was made, and I was impressed by several points the author made. Brakhage first explains that our eyes are... Read More

(Reader)Reading Bordwell’s art cinema and interview of Carax

Posted on November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 by Liz Zuo
Just as the definition says, experimental film is cinema made outside of the film industry on an artisanal basis, largely without regard to the structures and demands of traditional narrative film. Ac... Read More

(Viewer) How far is Paris?

Posted on November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 by Liz Zuo
As a documentary film that recorded the history and development of ball games in New York city in the 80s, Paris is Burning reveals the obstacles faced by the group that is “black, male and gay” f... Read More

(Searcher) Spacial narratives and importance of ending in “Parasite”

Posted on October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 by Liz Zuo
Webpage of an article studying spatial narrative in the film “Parasite” This paper examines the spatial narrative structure in the South Korean movie “Parasite” by analyzing the physic... Read More

Reading Eisenstein’s dialectic montage film language and Bazin’s total cinema theory

Posted on September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 by Liz Zuo
From reading ‘A Dialectic Approach to Film Form’, I discovered that the whole idea of Sergei Eisenstein’s theory towards arts, more specifically filmmaking, is the presentation and construction ... Read More

Montage and other editing methods used in All The Heaven Allows

Posted on September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 by Liz Zuo
Montage sequence is used throughout the film of All That Heaven Allows to construct the central conflicts of characters, including conflicts between characters, conflicts between character and society... Read More
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