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FILM 101-4 • Emory University • Fall 2024 • Professor Gregory Zinman

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Author: Allee Bourgeois

Something to Binge: Shrinking

Posted on December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 by Allee Bourgeois
Lately I’ve gotten my roommate hooked on Shrinking on Apple TV, and she proceeded to get her family and boyfriend to watch it too. Her mom finished all of Season 1 and what has been released of Seas... Read More

Thoughts on Art Cinema

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Allee Bourgeois
Bordwell’s paper makes me think about something one of my English teachers said after someone was complaining about a spoiler- “it’s about the journey, not the destination.” Most people ha... Read More

Expectations in Paris is Burning

Posted on November 6, 2024November 6, 2024 by Allee Bourgeois
Going into this film, I expected to see people getting crafty to make the stereotypical flashy drag outfits, accompanied by a tight-knit community that was bonded over similar backgrounds. I had a ver... Read More

What Makes Citizen Kane So Great?

Posted on October 16, 2024October 16, 2024 by Allee Bourgeois
After watching Citizen Kane, I didn’t understand why it was such a highly-regarded film. Other films we’ve screened in this class have been so clearly different from the movies I’d usually watch... Read More

Perspective and Realism in Film

Posted on September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 by Allee Bourgeois
In A Dialectic Approach to Film Form, Sergei Eisenstein believes in the idea of marrying art and science. He utilizes suggestive editing and the conflict between what is real and what is not to demons... Read More

Melodramatic Characters in All That Heaven Allows

Posted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 by Allee Bourgeois
While watching All That Heaven Allows I felt very entertained by some of the elements of melodrama, specifically the exaggerated characters. However, I also think simplifying and exaggerating some of ... Read More

Facial Hair in The Grand Budapest Hotel

Posted on September 11, 2024September 11, 2024 by Allee Bourgeois
One of the things that I noticed in The Grand Budapest Hotel was that every man had some sort of facial hair, and if they didn’t, they drew it on (Zero). Considering that makeup and character appear... Read More

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