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Author: Leo Chen

Unpacking ‘Parasite’: A Cinematic Masterpiece of Social Inequality and Hidden Meanings

Posted on December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 by Leo Chen
Recently, I was able to rewatch The Parasite again over the holiday. The story follows the impoverished Kim family, who infiltrate the wealthy Park family’s household by securing jobs as their serva... Read More

Documentary Forms of Ideology and Critique: A Comparison of Malcolm X and Do the Right Thing

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Leo Chen
During this Thanksgiving break, I had the chance to watch Malcolm X, another piece of work by Spike Lee which he presents the racial tensions in the American society in a completely different forms co... Read More

Opposition to Reality of the Holy Motors

Posted on November 13, 2024November 13, 2024 by Leo Chen
The YouTube video is about Leos Carax introducing and partially “explaining” his film Holy Motors after it has just come out in 2012. While the meaning and the whole film is still very con... Read More

Rethinking Genre: Exploring Romance in Portrait of a Lady on Fire and All That Heaven Allows

Posted on October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 by Leo Chen
Reading this chapter has changed my prior beliefs about what defines a genre. I thought it would be very clear and specific like comedy, science fiction, horror, and action. But as the book mentioned,... Read More

How Citizen Kane is Still Not Outdated

Posted on October 16, 2024October 16, 2024 by Leo Chen
As a film from 1941, Citizen Kane did not bore me while I was watching it, which surprised me for a piece this old. Just like the book mentioned, the movie built the narrative using the non-linear plo... Read More

The Zone of Interest – An Imitation of the Inhumane Holocaust

Posted on October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 by Leo Chen
In conclusion, Glazor and the whole production team had spent lots of effort into the film to makes it more realistic and let the viewers truly understand what it was like being around the concentrati... Read More

Cinematography: How to make scenes more memorable

Posted on September 16, 2024September 19, 2024 by Leo Chen
Cinematography is all about the camera and the visualization of what the audience is seeing. The director is always making choices of what to put on the screen, what is the frame used, what is the lig... Read More

Review for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Posted on September 11, 2024September 17, 2024 by Leo Chen
I have not watched any films made by Wes Anderson, so I don’t know if it’s his style of making movie or it’s just in The Grand Budapest Hotel. The movie really gave me a sense of a t... Read More

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