Category: 1990s
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I was aware of Candyman’s racial impact before having seen the movie, although I hadn’t truly grasped it before last night’s screening. I was aware of the 2018 remake by Nia DaCosta that aimed to more fully tackle the racial elements of the 1982 film, but all I had heard was that it failed to…
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One of the most stirring images in The Thin Red Line (1998) is the shot where the camera appears to float over the grass in the Guadalcanal battlefield. After all the bloodshed and destruction, Terrence Malick’s tendency to focus on the more peaceful and philosophical shines through, not unlike how the sun shines through the…
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I had a very unpleasant time watching Funny Games (1997), which I now understand was the point. Unlike the other films we have seen in this class, director Michael Haneke deliberately sought for the audience to view the violence onscreen as bystanders. This is exemplified by Peter and Paul breaking the fourth wall to interact…
BEYOND THE FRAME 