Animal: deer – ZooScope

Rosemary Sharpley
20th January 2023
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Annihilation. Dir. Alex Garland. Netflix. 2018.

Annihilation. Dir. Alex Garland. Netflix. 2018. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image-12.jpeg 516 344 Rosemary Sharpley Rosemary Sharpley https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/db572b9b5728eec5b0a91ff6b424d332?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2023 6th March 2023

“It’s not destroying. It’s creating something new”. https://youtu.be/0m3cPEbwwhg Figure 1 – film trailer Annihilation, by definition, is something “Completely destroyed; nothingness, non-existence”, Yet Alex Garland’s 2018 film entirely rethinks what…

Jamie Creese
17th January 2023
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Train to Busan. Dir. Yeon Sang-ho. Next Entertainment World. 2016.

Train to Busan. Dir. Yeon Sang-ho. Next Entertainment World. 2016. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TRAIN-TO-BUSAN-3-1.jpg 1920 1036 Jamie Creese Jamie Creese https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0b90c6dfc5e45c0a290f59efe7383258?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2023 17th January 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVK-OnHFuG4&t=56s Content warning: This article contains images of real animal death. The opening of Yeon Sang-ho’s action-horror film Train to Busan (2016) interprets the circumstances that lead to the epidemic…

Nuruleine Qadar
17th January 2023
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We Need To Talk About Kevin. Dir. Lynne Ramsay. 2011. Youtube.

We Need To Talk About Kevin. Dir. Lynne Ramsay. 2011. Youtube. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1339217915_2-e1672954363593.jpeg 1876 816 Nuruleine Qadar Nuruleine Qadar https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9c708398793b068e0307df252da0d115?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2023 17th January 2023

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to mourn Mr. Snuffles, who was snuffed out.“ Lynne Ramsay’s psychological thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin portrays the debate of nurture versus…

Eleanore Speight
27th January 2022
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Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020.

Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Eleanore Speight Eleanore Speight https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c0f264bf796ee6a77380619766f16b91?s=96&d=mm&r=g 27th January 2022 29th January 2022

This wild land must be civilised. Whilst this film’s premise – the child-friendly tale of two young werewolves attempting to end Oliver Cromwell’s invasion of Ireland – may sound bizarre,…

Eleanore Speight
18th January 2022
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Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020.

Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Deer-1.png 570 268 Eleanore Speight Eleanore Speight https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c0f264bf796ee6a77380619766f16b91?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 21st January 2022

The woods are getting smaller every day. At the core of 2020’s Wolfwalkers is a fable about environmental degradation: the mounting destruction of the natural world, and the subjugation of…

Ben Cole
14th January 2022
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The Deer Hunter. Dir. Michael Cimino. EMI. 1978.

The Deer Hunter. Dir. Michael Cimino. EMI. 1978. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Ben Cole Ben Cole https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8b56010303c3bc561a8eca6b871dd8bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th January 2022 16th January 2022

Figure 1: Death of the deer from the first hunt. The Deer Hunter (1978). Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter explores the impact of the Vietnam War on Americans, depicting protagonist…

Alexandrea Bilton
12th January 2022
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Paulie. Dir. John Roberts. Dreamworks Pictures. 1998

Paulie. Dir. John Roberts. Dreamworks Pictures. 1998 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/p20966_p_v10_ab.jpg 1536 2048 Alexandrea Bilton Alexandrea Bilton https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/487cecc7512af334276b120dd18c712f?s=96&d=mm&r=g 12th January 2022 17th January 2022

Paulie is a blue crowned conure, trapped in a small cage within a Research Institute. When he befriends Misha the janitor, Misha realises that Paulie can do more than talk-…