Surrealism – Page 2

Charles Walters
14th January 2019
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Enemy. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. E1 Films. 2013.

Enemy. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. E1 Films. 2013. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Charles Walters Charles Walters https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8d0697af5cee42b8e5f28faad59a25c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th January 2019 25th May 2021

Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy follows Adam, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, a history professor, disillusioned with life and suffering from a feeling of social malaise, and Anthony, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, a wannabe actor…

Charles Walters
13th December 2018
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Enemy. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. E1 Films. 2013.

Enemy. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. E1 Films. 2013. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Charles Walters Charles Walters https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8d0697af5cee42b8e5f28faad59a25c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 13th December 2018 25th May 2021

Warning – Pictures of Spiders, if you hate spiders, stop reading now! Final Warning! The final scene of Enemy is the culmination of the spider motif that runs throughout the movie. Adam/Anthony…

Anya Portus
12th December 2018
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Dir. Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones. EMI Films. 1975.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Dir. Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones. EMI Films. 1975. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Anya Portus Anya Portus https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7f59d9a9de41b5d509d588b8de769a59?s=96&d=mm&r=g 12th December 2018 25th May 2021

This iconic scene fully exemplifies the film’s absurdist representation of the violence of the crusades, particularly the disproportionate violence of the Western invaders. It explores this using the similarly lopsided…

Alice Connolly
12th December 2018
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Twelve Monkeys. Dir. Terry Gilliam. Universal Pictures . 1996.

Twelve Monkeys. Dir. Terry Gilliam. Universal Pictures . 1996. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Alice Connolly Alice Connolly https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/81e2c386326b73756835be5f5d1bf2df?s=96&d=mm&r=g 12th December 2018 25th May 2021

Do you want a second chance, Cole?” In other words – Do you want your body experimented upon to benefit our research again, Cole? The film cuts to a scene…

Valery Tokarev
21st May 2018
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Black Swan. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2010.

Black Swan. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2010. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Valery Tokarev Valery Tokarev https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4be7d2e762bc1377d15f345ea4ebf103?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21st May 2018 25th May 2021

The movie Black Swan could be assigned to a psychological horror movie that was directed by Aronofsky and released in 2010. The film deals with the main protagonist Nina who…

Valery Tokarev
20th May 2018
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Black Swan. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2010.

Black Swan. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2010. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Valery Tokarev Valery Tokarev https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4be7d2e762bc1377d15f345ea4ebf103?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th May 2018 25th May 2021

Black Swan – Dir. Darren Aronofsky – 2010: When you watch certain movies over and over again, they are most probably good. When you have the urge to rewatch 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…

Annie Mullineux
25th January 2016
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The Lobster. Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Picturehouse Entertainment. 2015.

The Lobster. Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Picturehouse Entertainment. 2015. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Annie Mullineux Annie Mullineux https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2c487db0afd23f401707c00bae1e50f7?s=96&d=mm&r=g 25th January 2016 25th May 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU29VfayDMw The Lobster is a modern parable in which societal norms are completely called into question by absurdity of form. In the not too distant, or not too past, world of The…