HAR: Metamorphosis/Transformation

I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Dir. Charlie Kaufman. Netflix. 2020.

I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Dir. Charlie Kaufman. Netflix. 2020. 696 350 Grace Hogg

“There’s just something… ineffable. Profoundly, unutterably, unfixably wrong here.”

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Kubo and the Two Strings. Dir. Travis Knight. Laika. 2016

Kubo and the Two Strings. Dir. Travis Knight. Laika. 2016 1454 620 Louise Smith

Figure 1: Kubo lifted in the air by wings made of origami birds. Kubo and the Two Strings follows a boy whose life is made even more extraordinary when a…

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An American Werewolf in London. Dir. John Landis. Universal Pictures. 1981.

An American Werewolf in London. Dir. John Landis. Universal Pictures. 1981. 863 484 Prail Coffell

“The wolf’s bloodline must be severed; the last remaining werewolf must be destroyed. It’s you David.” An American tourist, traumatised and alone wakes up in a London hospital after an…

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Song of the Sea. Dir. Tomm Moore. StudioCanal. 2014

Song of the Sea. Dir. Tomm Moore. StudioCanal. 2014 1920 1040 Kirsty Laverack

Figure 1 – Film poster Song of the Sea is full of magic, mystery and mayhem. Ben, a ten year old Irish boy, discovers that his mute sister Saoirse is…

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Porco Rosso. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1992.

Porco Rosso. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1992. 555 298 Catriona Keep

Porco Rosso follows a former fighter pilot who abandoned the Italian military, transformed into a pig, and becomes a bounty hunter that fights pirates. One day he meets American pilot…

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Spirited Away. Dir Hayao Miyazaki. Toho Company Ltd. 2001.

Spirited Away. Dir Hayao Miyazaki. Toho Company Ltd. 2001. 560 360 Eve Bayliss

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…

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Porco Rosso. Dir Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1992.

Porco Rosso. Dir Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1992. 150 150 Catriona Keep

The cinema scene in Porco Rosso tells us a lot about how stereotypes are assigned onto animals through media to serve specific agendas, in this case they are largely political.…

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Ginger Snaps. Dir. John Fawcett. Motion International.2000

Ginger Snaps. Dir. John Fawcett. Motion International.2000 1200 799 Lucy Gravil

Figure 1: A woodcut of The Wolf of Ansbach “B, I Just Got The Curse” Figure 2: A woodcut of Peter Stumpp In his direction of the initial werewolf attack…

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I. Dir. By David Yates. Warner Bros Pictures. 2010.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I. Dir. By David Yates. Warner Bros Pictures. 2010. 960 500 Danielle Marsh

Figure One – a promotional image. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2011) is the penultimate film in the franchise. Harry, Ron and Hermione begin a desperate race…

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske. Buena Vista Distribution. 1961.

One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske. Buena Vista Distribution. 1961. 150 150 Georgina Hartley

Figure 1. Still of the film’s conclusion which sees one hundred and one Dalmatians enter the living room of Anita and Roger’s London home. [1] One hundred and one Dalmatians,…

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