HAR: Domestication

LPerek-Gokce1
26th January 2023
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The Banshees of Inisherin. Dir. Martin McDonagh. Searchlight Pictures. 2015

The Banshees of Inisherin. Dir. Martin McDonagh. Searchlight Pictures. 2015 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TBI-POSTER-scaled.jpg 1707 2560 LPerek-Gokce1 LPerek-Gokce1 https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4f5c28c296763be91c3395454abb282e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 26th January 2023 6th March 2023

“Do you think God gives a damn about miniature donkeys, Colm?” “I fear he doesn’t. And I fear that’s where it’s all gone wrong.” Martin McDonagh’s, “The Banshees of Inisherin” (2022),…

Abbie Whelan
20th January 2023
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The Future. Dir. Miranda July. Roadside Attractions (US). 2011

The Future. Dir. Miranda July. Roadside Attractions (US). 2011 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Abbie Whelan Abbie Whelan https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7eaa5dac51383ecfd68261bab7c81009?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2023 20th January 2023

Figure 1. The title of the film, The Future, is emblematic of the very thing the characters fear, what is the unknown. July certainly lets the cat out of the…

Katherine Milman
17th January 2023
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Hocus Pocus. Dir Kenny Ortega. Walt Disney Pictures. 1993

Hocus Pocus. Dir Kenny Ortega. Walt Disney Pictures. 1993 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/NINTCHDBPICT000439499143.jpg.webp 1000 541 Katherine Milman Katherine Milman https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6158a3db270a3e2a357e213f176a9c15?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2023 17th January 2023

https://youtu.be/OFm_2RyxXjQ Figure 1 Figure two, internet discourse surrounding the personality of cats. Thackery Binx is one of the central figures of Hocus Pocus, and in doing this the film considers…

Lili Cave
2nd February 2022
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Corpse Bride. Tim Burton. Warner Brothers. 2005.

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‘In the act of othering, what is projected onto the other is all that must be refused in constructing the identity of the self’[1]. Consequently, establishing a human/animal binary often…

Ben Cole
20th January 2022
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Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!. Dir. By. Peter Lord. Columbia Pictures. 2012.

Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!. Dir. By. Peter Lord. Columbia Pictures. 2012. 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 20th January 2022 12th April 2022

Figure 1-The Pirate Captain and his dodo comrade Polly embrace Charles Darwin. Aardman never shy away from the ludicrous. So when a crew of incompetent pirates endeavour for protagonist The…

Emily Finan
20th January 2021
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Crocodile Dundee. Dir. Peter Faiman. Paramount Pictures. 1986

Crocodile Dundee. Dir. Peter Faiman. Paramount Pictures. 1986 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Emily Finan Emily Finan https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f3003dbd631d64981689174c28ee6f10?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2021 25th May 2021

“A city girl like you? You wouldn’t last five minutes, love. This is a man’s country out here.”– Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) Theatrical Poster for Crocodile Dundee (1986) Crocodile Dundee…