Tag: HAR: Interest/Observation
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Big Fish. Dir. Tim Burton. Columbia Pitures. 2003.
Tim Burton’s, Big Fish [1] follows the life of the charismatic Edward Bloom in his search for adventure far from the confines of his small town in Alabama. Upon leaving his town, his hedonistic search for excitement becomes chaotic and animalistic as he is led primarily by his primitive desires, such as sexuality. This is particularly…
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Ratatouille. Dir. Brad Bird. Buena Vista Pictures. 2007.
Brad Bird’s 2007 computer-animated film Ratatouille uses its mode as animation to establish an alternate logic to the real world, enabling communication between humans and animals. The turning point that establishes this communication is when Linguini captures Remy in a jar. After asking a series of aggressive questions, Linguini calms down, and begins to take a more…
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Walking With Dinosaurs: Time of the Titans. Dir. Tim Haines and Jasper James. BBC Worldwide. 1999.
Walking With Dinosaurs: Time of the Titans is a 1999 BBC animated documentary that brought together paleontologists and animators alike with the aim of bringing the age of dinosaurs to life, giving the audience a feeling of what it was like when dinosaurs roamed the earth. This particular episode is part two of a six episode…
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Bringing Up Baby. Dir. Howard Hawks. RKO. 1938.
In this article, I will analyse the scene in which David first encounters the dog, George, and Susan’s aunt, Mrs Random, while caught wearing Susan’s dressing gown. I will argue that here a direct comparison can be made between Susan and George. George is used to emphasise that rather than sharing characteristics with a wild…
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American Beauty. Dir. Sam Mendes. DreamWorks Pictures. 1999.
Despite its iconic lusty red petals, Sam Mendes’ American Beauty is abundant with other striking images – one of which is a dead bird, lying on the grass of the school grounds, under the lens of Ricky Fitts’ camera. The bird becomes part of a vision of freedom and liberation, in a film where most of the…
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Fly Away Home . Dir. Carroll Ballard. Columbia Pictures, Sandollar, The Saul Zaentz Film Center. 1996.
Fly Away Home focuses on 13-year-old Amy Alden who has just lost her mother due to a car accident. She has to move to her dad Tom, whom she hadn’t seen for years and whose passion for pottering aircrafts seems weird to her. Being alone, Amy finds a nest with 16 eggs, which have been abandoned…
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Fly Away Home . Dir. Carroll Ballard. Columbia Pictures. 1996.
Fly Away Home focuses on 13-year-old Amy Alden who has just lost her mother due to a car accident. She has to move to her dad Tom, whom she hadn’t seen for years and whose passion for pottering aircrafts seems weird to her. Being alone, Amy finds a nest with 16 eggs, which have been abandoned…
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Wir sind im Zoo. Dir. Bruno Kleberg. Progress Film-Verleih. 1953.
We are at the zoo is an 1953 Film about a class of pioneers visiting the Leipziger Zoo in the German Democratic Republic. On their visit the class is being accompanied by an Off-Speaker, who comments on the action and introduces the animals while the pioneers walk through the park. In most cases this is…
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Touching Wild Horses. Dir. Eleanore Lindo. Chesler / Perlmutter Productions. 2002.
Image 1: DVD Cover Image Eleanore Lindo’s 2002 film, Touching Wild Horses, tells the story of a young boy named Mark (Mark Rendall), who is sent to live with his aunt Fiona (Jane Seymour) after a tragic car accident kills Mark’s father and sister and puts his mother in a coma. On Sable Island, both characters…