(Searcher) The Exploitation of Animals in “NOPE”
https://collider.com/nope-animal-exploitation-spectacle-jordan-peele/ In Jordan Peele’s NOPE, the exploitation of animals is depicted as a central theme of the film. This article, written by Molly K... Read MoreThe Uncanny Disturbing Reality of Jordan Peeles’ “Nope”
In Peele’s film, he conveys a sense of human confusion toward “non-behaving” non-human entities, like the Chimp, Gordy, the alien ship-shaped threat, and even O.J.’s horse, Lucky. ... Read More(Searcher) Death of the Western Genre?
Continuing the discussion of film genres as outlined in chapter 9 of Bordwell & Thompson’s Film Art: An Introduction, I became fascinated by their inclusion of “The Western” as o... Read More‘Nope’: a genre-disrupting masterpiece
In “Nope,” Jordan Peele delivers another film that challenges genre conventions, infusing the horror and sci-fi genres with an intellectual, curious, and playful perspective that feels ess... Read More(Searcher) The Spectacle
I thought that the movie “Nope” by Jordan Peele was a mix of horror, comedy, and Western. Throughout the movie, OJ and Emerald Haywood choose to deal with a foreign creature that floats ar... Read More(Reader)The 4 Genres
While Genres in film are definitely not limited to the four listed below, these four genres are very important in the landscape of the history of American filmmaking The Western – one of t... Read More(Reader) Film Genres: Themes, Conventions, and Iconographies
Like any other art form, film can be characterized into different groups characterized by style, thematic conventions, presentation, and specific iconographies. In the first half of Chapter 3 of Film ... Read MoreOverview of Genres (Reader)
This week’s topic is genre. Genre is a broad idea that the film shows to the audiences. Based on cultural differences, genres could vary, and each specific culture may have its own type of genre or ... Read More