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Book Review: "A Posthumous Confession" by Marcellus Emants
This book is most definitely one of the best I have read of 2021 so far and that being said, the character has also brought me much to think about. When first going through the book, I noticed that the character, at the beginning is someone we should feel sorry for in terms of his forced solitude and emotional isolation but as the book continues, he becomes less and less likeable and ultimately you simply cannot pity him at all.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Circus of Horrors" (1960)
One of the great horror films of the British Horror Revival makes an appearance on my screen somewhat bi-regularly as a comfort film of mine. For the life of me, I cannot remember where I first saw it or when, but I have watched it multiple times by now and it is nothing new for me to bestow so many praises on this film, apart from some parts of its script which seem a little forced. The sheer violence of this film is absolutely brilliant in contrast to the storyline because it all happens so smoothly. None of it seems out of place and even though we are expecting it, it is still able to provide the shock value that the British Horror Films of the 1960s were so keen to show upon the screen.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Al Pacino
In this chapter of āthe filmmakerās guideā weāre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the āfilmmakerās guideā - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youāre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerās guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Existential Dialogues I" by Daniel Chechick
For many years I have studied psychology and philosophy and I have done this both at Bachelorās Degree level and Masterās Degree level but I can honestly say that just like everyone else, it has been difficult and often confusing. I have really enjoyed studying existential philosophy for many years of these and honestly, Soren Kierkegaard is my personal favourite philosopher. So when I found this book (and it has a part 2!) I was overjoyed that I was about to get a brand new lesson in existential philosophy. One thing I was most excited about when it came to this book was that it was written in the style of a dialogue. I have always preferred reading philosophy as a dialogue. Why? Well itās because it makes it not only seem more like a real conversation that you can get stuck into, but there is also the ease of reading. Philosophy is normally difficult to read because of the fact it keeps skipping between ideas and then relating back to other ideas. All this as one big block of essay can seem overwhelming and make you not want to read it. In this book however, you have this almost question and answer session. You get smaller blocks of texts, you get ideas that are far more understandable and most importantly, you can get lost in thinking about the conversation for ages. It is not only factual, it is not only understandable, but it is also entertaining and worth a good, intense read.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote
Truman Capote is one of my favourite writers in the entire world and honestly, this is the only book I had never read by him before. I have always made a point of reading everything by my favourite authors but I do not understand how I managed to miss this one. Anyways, this is just what it says it is - it is a Christmas story from Truman Capote's own childhood. I will not be discussing how much of it is true and how much of it might be fiction because really, that is not my concern. Instead, I am looking at how Truman Capote writes about his own life.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "All About Eve" (1950)
A brilliant film that I have seen a couple of times now, "All About Eve" is a difficult film to do a review on because you really do not know which concept you want to choose first as your main bit of the review. The genre is a brilliant thing to do it on, but so are the characters and the way in which the power dynamic changes throughout the course of the movie from one character to another is also brilliant. But let us first take a look at what the film is actually about.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Marilyn Monroe
In this chapter of āthe filmmakerās guideā weāre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the āfilmmakerās guideā - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youāre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerās guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Bestiary: Selected Stories" by Julio Cortazar
Julio Cortazar, author of the strange, whimsical and often dark novel "Hopscotch" wrote a book of stories and some of the best ones are collected in this fine anthology named "Bestiary" after one of the main stories in the text. I am compelled to say that this book was fairly difficult to understand because of the way some of the stories seemed to cut off at an abrupt moment. But, being in-tune with Cortazar's writing, I know that this is probably nothing new and that his writing is often expected to end in weird places where things are not fully resolved.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Cary Grant
In this chapter of āthe filmmakerās guideā weāre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the āfilmmakerās guideā - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youāre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerās guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954)
One thing I love about watching this movie is that every time you watch it, you notice something different in the way the monster is presented to us. Especially after Guillermo Del Toro's "The Shape of Water" went on to win big at The Academy Awards over fifty years' later - we have come to recognise that life has apparently been rather unfair to the creature as we treat him different based mostly on his difference in appearance and behaviours. A feature of humanity which is probably better lost and stamped out.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Katharine Hepburn
In this chapter of āthe filmmakerās guideā weāre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the āfilmmakerās guideā - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youāre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerās guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "North by Northwest" (1959)
Gosh there is so much to say about this film and I don't really know where to begin. I adore this film and I've seen it quite a few times now. I had thought of organising a filmmaker's guide to it, but I don't think I would be able to choose one thing to focus on. Instead, my review is going to go over the things I really enjoyed concisely. First and foremost is the storyline. I thought that the plot in all of its simplicity was able to be expanded into something more complex, something more than it was because of the fact that the root of it was simple. It was about a man, mistaken to be another man who does not exist. From that, the entire storyline is expanded to us for our viewing pleasure. It is known of Hitchcock to create plots that are so simple that he can expand them into something more complex rather than starting with the complex idea.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
