HAR: Interest/Observation

  • Lorna Mooney
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Blue Velvet. Dir. David Lynch. De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. 1986
Blue Velvet. Dir. David Lynch. De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. 1986 150 150 Lorna Mooney

Lynch has made a career out of the surreal, exploring the dark and often animalistic nature of human existence. His 1986 neo-noir mystery/psychological horror Blue Velvet centres around college student…

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  • Maya Thomas
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Ernest and Celestine. Dir. Benjamin Renner. StudioCanal. 2012
Ernest and Celestine. Dir. Benjamin Renner. StudioCanal. 2012 150 150 Maya Thomas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ1rmOYLr2U [1] Ernest and Celestine[2] (2012) is a French animated film that presents the unorthodox relationship between a bear and a mouse. Introduced as a struggling musician, Ernest is starving and on…

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  • Andrea Dauden
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A Dog’s Journey. Dir. Gail Mancuso. Universal Pictures. 2019.
A Dog’s Journey. Dir. Gail Mancuso. Universal Pictures. 2019. 150 150 Andrea Dauden

They say that dogs are man’s best friend, but what if that best friend who with you from birth stayed longer than a lifetime? Two years after A Dog’s Purpose…

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  • Ellie Parkinson
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American Honey. Dir. Andrea Arnold. British Film Institute. 2016.
American Honey. Dir. Andrea Arnold. British Film Institute. 2016. 150 150 Ellie Parkinson

Figure 1: Film poster Prior to American Honey, Arnold’s filmography was distinctly British, primarily focused upon the harsh reality of poverty in Britain. However, American Honey deviates from this pattern,…

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  • Lisa Leak
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Mrs. Doubtfire. Dir. Chris Columbus. 20th Century Fox. 1993.
Mrs. Doubtfire. Dir. Chris Columbus. 20th Century Fox. 1993. 150 150 Lisa Leak

Fig. 1 In this family comedy directed by Chris Columbus, Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) uses cartoon animals to reflect Daniel’s anarchic behaviour, letting the audience stipulate as to whether he is…

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  • Ellie Parkinson
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American Honey. Dir. Andrea Arnold. 2016.
American Honey. Dir. Andrea Arnold. 2016. 150 150 Ellie Parkinson

Andrea Arnold’s films are renowned for their nuanced focus upon human behaviour. However, as Michael Lawrence recognises in his analysis of her 2011 adaptation of Wuthering Heights, Arnold ‘privileges the…

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  • Andrea Dauden
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Coraline. Dir. Henry Selick. Focus Features. 2009.
Coraline. Dir. Henry Selick. Focus Features. 2009. 150 150 Andrea Dauden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItlsPgjGFRg Coraline is a stop-motion animated movie, based on Neil Geiman’s novel with the same title, featuring mice, rats, insects, dogs and a cat. Of all these animals, the nameless…

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  • Andrea Dauden
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A Dog’s Purpose. Dir. Lasse Hallström. Universal Pictures. 2017.
A Dog’s Purpose. Dir. Lasse Hallström. Universal Pictures. 2017. 150 150 Andrea Dauden

Figure 1: Bailey’s point of view shot running towards Ethan with the rugby ball. Lasse Hallström’s film A Dog’s Purpose presents the relationship between a dog and its first owner,…

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  • Alice Connolly
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Twelve Monkeys. Dir. Terry Gilliam. Universal Pictures . 1996.
Twelve Monkeys. Dir. Terry Gilliam. Universal Pictures . 1996. 150 150 Alice Connolly

Twelve Monkeys begins: human beings whoop and rattle in cages, buried deep underground. Wild animals roam free in the streets; in the churches, on top of this underground prison. But who…

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  • Amelia Ward
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The Cat Returns. Dir. Hiroyuki Morita. Toho. 2002.
The Cat Returns. Dir. Hiroyuki Morita. Toho. 2002. 150 150 Amelia Ward

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp-H_YOcYTM&feature=emb_title The Cat Returns (2002) is a Japanese fantasy film animated by Studio Ghibli, which follows dissatisfied schoolgirl Haru Yoshioka, who after saving a cat from a road collision, discovers she…

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