Year: 2001 – ZooScope

Eve Bayliss
15th January 2023
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Spirited Away. Dir Hayao Miyazaki. Toho Company Ltd. 2001.

Spirited Away. Dir Hayao Miyazaki. Toho Company Ltd. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Image-1-4.webp 560 360 Eve Bayliss Eve Bayliss https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/857a2c1bc1d52ca8ed0b1f33f8dc46df?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th January 2023 15th January 2023

Miyazaki’s 2001 Spirited Away, blurs the binary of human, animal, mythology, and spirit. Each character has its own version of this intersectionality, creating different presentations of ontology that in turn…

Thomas Richardson
27th January 2022
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See Spot Run. Dir. John Whitesell. Village Roadshow Pictures. 2001.

See Spot Run. Dir. John Whitesell. Village Roadshow Pictures. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screenshot-2022-01-21-at-10.56.23.png 894 594 Thomas Richardson Thomas Richardson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/51335247dd6760feca26b1e2584fc0c8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 27th January 2022 27th January 2022

Agent 11 is one of the most decorated agents in the FBI, but he doesn’t always play by the rules. This time, his vicious attack on mob boss Sonny Talia…

Lucy Sutherland
17th January 2022
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Legally Blonde. Dir. Robert Luketic. MGM Films. 2001.

Legally Blonde. Dir. Robert Luketic. MGM Films. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lucy Sutherland Lucy Sutherland https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d9e7f5b706326ae283d2d15854dc8498?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 18th January 2022

Robert Luketic’s 2001 film Legally Blonde follows sorority girl Elle Woods’ journey at Harvard Law School, with her chihuahua, Bruiser. Bruiser is used as a demonstrative device of Elle’s hyper-femininity…

Lucy Hilton
3rd June 2018
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Jurassic Park III. Dir. Joe Johnston. Universal Pictures. 2001.

Jurassic Park III. Dir. Joe Johnston. Universal Pictures. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lucy Hilton Lucy Hilton https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/48973bb42d7ec02697d2a60d6370df12?s=96&d=mm&r=g 3rd June 2018 25th May 2021

“This is how you make dinosaurs?” “No. This is how you play God.” [1] Jurassic Park III revolves around the dinosaurs of the island ‘Isla Sorna’; genetically modified and inevitably abandoned…

Bethany Havercroft
20th January 2017
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Shrek. Dir. Vicky Jenson and Andrew Adamson. Dreamworks. 2001.

Shrek. Dir. Vicky Jenson and Andrew Adamson. Dreamworks. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Bethany Havercroft Bethany Havercroft https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c81a09515ad77cfde2f465a7fe9c5138?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2017 25th May 2021

Directed by Vicky Jenson and Andrew Adamson Produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg, Aron Warner, and John H. Williams Production Companies were Dreamworks, Dreamworks Animation, and Pacific Data Images _____________________________________________________ While the 2001 film Shrek has a…

Sophie Lott
16th January 2017
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Donnie Darko. Dir. Richard Kelly. Newmarket Films, Pandora Cinema, United Artists. 2001.

Donnie Darko. Dir. Richard Kelly. Newmarket Films, Pandora Cinema, United Artists. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Sophie Lott Sophie Lott https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6036385f31705c4624790b47bf7837b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

Set in 1988, Richard Kelly’s popular cult classic Donnie Darko deals with the teenage title character’s battle with diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia, fits of violent behaviour, and cynicism towards established institutions. Unlike other…

Emma Long
11th March 2016
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Monsters, Inc. Dir. Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich. Buena Vista Pictures. 2001.

Monsters, Inc. Dir. Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich. Buena Vista Pictures. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Emma Long Emma Long https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/915da76c1ed638c2c6b7975cb8928cf0?s=96&d=mm&r=g 11th March 2016 25th May 2021

Lovable monsters like Sully and Mike of Pixar’s Monsters, Inc (Docter, Silverman and Unkrich, 2001) manage to make the monster world not so scary. Despite their initial employment as professional…

Helen Greenough
25th January 2016
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Hannibal. Dir. Ridley Scott. MGM. 2001.

Hannibal. Dir. Ridley Scott. MGM. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Helen Greenough Helen Greenough https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a7267257bc4aeaf58a82d8a446097a0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 25th January 2016 25th May 2021

Hannibal the Animal: An Analysis of Animal Presence in Hannibal Fig. 1. Hannibal Lecter. All pictures are taken directly from film unless otherwise stated. The sequel to The Silence of the Lambs,…

Caragh Hargreaves
24th January 2016
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Shrek. Dir. Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson. DreamWorks Pictures. 2001.

Shrek. Dir. Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson. DreamWorks Pictures. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Caragh Hargreaves Caragh Hargreaves https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4b54009f923897357be66ba287eef684?s=96&d=mm&r=g 24th January 2016 5th November 2021

Shrek (2001) is a film that invests in the fairytale tropes found in literature to create humour. Characters are typecast and stereotypes are flung at the audience in the beginning scenes…

Jazmyn Ireland
2nd April 2015
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Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure. Dir. Darrell Rooney and Jeannine Roussel. Walt Disney. 2001.

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure. Dir. Darrell Rooney and Jeannine Roussel. Walt Disney. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Jazmyn Ireland Jazmyn Ireland https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/65d44dbd8028eefe1b95b56f4cb059dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g 2nd April 2015 25th May 2021

In this sequel to Lady and the Tramp, the story of Lady’s and Tramp’s rambunctious young pup, Scamp is followed. Scamp desperately wants to be free to run, play, chew,…