Epic – ZooScope

Kirsty Laverack
14th January 2023
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Epic. Dir. Chris Wedge. 20th Century Fox. 2013

Epic. Dir. Chris Wedge. 20th Century Fox. 2013 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/title-image-4.jpg 1197 503 Kirsty Laverack Kirsty Laverack https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7c923c701e877b89dccd1bfc6f26ba7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th January 2023 14th January 2023

The mouse encounter, experienced by characters MK and Nod in the animated film Epic, displays an inversion of the relationship between human and animal. The stereotypes that form this interconnection…

Callum Ratcliffe
17th January 2022
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2001: A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. 1968.

2001: A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. 1968. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Callum Ratcliffe Callum Ratcliffe https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8807390e24ef91b0082deeae33988f3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 18th January 2022

Figure 1: Parody recreation of the ‘Dawn of Man’ sequence in The Simpsons S3 Ep8 (1991) dir. Carlos BaezaFigure 2: Animal Mother (pictured)Inscribing violence onto the body of animality and…

Yelin Jang
15th January 2019
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D-War : Dragon Wars. Dir. Hyung-rae Shim. Freestyle Releasing, Showbox. 2007.

D-War : Dragon Wars. Dir. Hyung-rae Shim. Freestyle Releasing, Showbox. 2007. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Yelin Jang Yelin Jang https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eb3ea2933f62e2da4156dfa6fe119e22?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th January 2019 25th May 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAwm-dRRv6M&feature=emb_logo The movie, D-War : Dragon Wars, begins with introducing the Korean legend of the ascension of Imoogi, a gigantic pre-dragon stage serpent. Every 500 years, one good Imoogi was rewarded…

Elaine Yee Lam Wong
26th February 2017
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Noah. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Paramount Pictures. 2014.

Noah. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Paramount Pictures. 2014. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Elaine Yee Lam Wong Elaine Yee Lam Wong https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ac0efec18d2659d4bba1a6b6da465219?s=96&d=mm&r=g 26th February 2017 25th May 2021

God says to Noah: Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a…

Amy Fuller
15th January 2017
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Weekend. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Athos Films. 1967.

Weekend. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Athos Films. 1967. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Amy Fuller Amy Fuller https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d183c92a8227e849c21e28289c8f1585?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th January 2017 25th May 2021

Weekend (1967), dir. Jean-Luc Godard (watch the full film with English subtitles here) Jean-Luc Godard’s 1967 film Weekend follows the distinctly middle-class experience of Roland and Corinne as they take a trip to Corinne’s…

Hannah Lumb
14th January 2017
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The Revenant . Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu. 20th Century Fox . 2015.

The Revenant . Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu. 20th Century Fox . 2015. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Hannah Lumb Hannah Lumb https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/049970fb889538f375191ce24cec8160?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th January 2017 25th May 2021

While much of The Revenant’s plot focuses on the quarrels of men and the seeking of revenge, the bear attack scene makes us forget this for a moment. González Iñárritu instead creates…

Chloe Bolton
20th January 2015
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The Green Mile. Dir. Frank Darabont. Warner Bros. Pictures. 1999.

The Green Mile. Dir. Frank Darabont. Warner Bros. Pictures. 1999. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Chloe Bolton Chloe Bolton https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6733add27ecb8eff7a23ae1ef45b91b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2015 25th May 2021

Adapted from Stephen King’s novel, The Green Mile tells the story of Paul Edgecomb, a prison guard on Death Row, and his relationship with John Coffey, a convicted of the rape and…

James Pearson
18th December 2014
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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. Dir. Zacharias Kunuk. Sony Pictures. 2001.

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. Dir. Zacharias Kunuk. Sony Pictures. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 James Pearson James Pearson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dc8457f764c4dc5d8e8518250aa87bb5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th December 2014 25th May 2021

Michael Sherbert
4th June 2014
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Brave. Dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell. Disney-Pixar. 2012.

Brave. Dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell. Disney-Pixar. 2012. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Michael Sherbert Michael Sherbert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4843b5144e2da27c08a79c619f91a7fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g 4th June 2014 25th May 2021

The Disney-Pixar film, Brave (2012), directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell, is a computer-animated film set in Medieval Scotland featuring Merida, a skilled archer and princess, who is determined…