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Book Review: "The Ruined Map" by KÅbÅ Abe
In comparison to the other KÅbÅ Abe books I have read, āThe Ruined Mapā may be a great concept, but I feel like it is not as well written as the others. With putting āThe Box Manā at the most probable top and next coming āSecret Rendezvousā, this book is going to come at a safe third because of the fact that I did not feel the same sense of existential unpredictability and socially motivated self closure that I got from the other novels. This novel was more or less an original storyline of noir/criminal nature closer to the novels written by Haruki Murakami than the books he had written previously. However, the book still identifies with his two previous books in the sense that it is written is a style that can confound the reader quite a bit when reading it for the first time.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
The Last Picture Show
In this article, we will be looking at 2019ās book ā1001 Movies to See Before You Dieā and going through each film in a random order that I have chosen. We will be looking at what constitutes this film to be on the list and whether I think this film deserves to be here at all. I want to make perfectly clear that I wonāt be revealing details from this book such as analyses by film reporters who have written about the film in question, so if you want the book itself youāll have to buy it. But I will be covering the bookās suggestions on which films should be your top priority. I wouldnāt doubt for a second that everyone reading this article has probably watched many of these movies anyway. But we are just here to have a bit of fun. Weāre going to not just look at whether it should be on this list but weāre also going to look at why the film has such a legacy at all. Remember, this is the 2019 version of the book and so, films like āJokerā will not be featured in this book and any film that came out in 2020 (and if we get there, in 2021). So strap in and if you have your own suggestions then donāt hesitate to email me using the address in my bio. Letās get on with it then.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Love in the Time of the 70s
In this decade, Bob Dylan is possibly most famous for his albums such as āBlood on the Tracksā, āDesireā, āSelf Portraitā and even āStreet-Legalā. But he is famous for one more thing as well. He is famous for his divorce from the stunning Playboy Model, Sara Lowndes, his wife of over ten years and mother of the majority of his children. This was a big deal since of course, everyone remembered the song āSad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlandsā which he wrote for her and confirmed in the song āSaraā from the album āDesireā in the seventies.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Docudrama
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
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
In this article, we will be looking at 2019ās book ā1001 Movies to See Before You Dieā and going through each film in a random order that I have chosen. We will be looking at what constitutes this film to be on the list and whether I think this film deserves to be here at all. I want to make perfectly clear that I wonāt be revealing details from this book such as analyses by film reporters who have written about the film in question, so if you want the book itself youāll have to buy it. But I will be covering the bookās suggestions on which films should be your top priority. I wouldnāt doubt for a second that everyone reading this article has probably watched many of these movies anyway. But we are just here to have a bit of fun. Weāre going to not just look at whether it should be on this list but weāre also going to look at why the film has such a legacy at all. Remember, this is the 2019 version of the book and so, films like āJokerā will not be featured in this book and any film that came out in 2020 (and if we get there, in 2021). So strap in and if you have your own suggestions then donāt hesitate to email me using the address in my bio. Letās get on with it then.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Cancer Journals" by Audre Lorde
Written when she was diagnosed with cancer and her first operation to remove her right breast. As Audre Lorde comes to terms with her new body experience, she tries to rationalise and reason the ways in which she can learn to live again whilst also reasoning with death. There was something about this book which was not only personal but deeply moving and introspective. Audre Lorde goes into herself and from looking within, she sees that one day she will die and although she doesn't know whether it will yet, she thinks that this may be a thing that can kill her. It is through this understanding and reasoning of death that she comes closer to herself and some of her best and deepest philosophical writings in all of her career.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
BIPOC Film is Still Missing...
Everyone knows that for as long as film has been around, it has mainly starred straight people who are also caucasian. The BIPOC folk are still missing from Hollywood movies and even though we have moved forward a little with the films of Ryan Coogler, Jordan Peele and Ava DuVernay, there is still a long way to go before people stop saying āthis is not diversityā when a film has an all-BIPOC cast. There is also a long way to go before films are truly diverse and not just the Hollywood meaning of diverse. Let us first therefore discuss what the Hollywood meaning of diverse is.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
My 3 Unpopular Opinions About Film
You probably remember last time when we had a look at my first three unpopular opinions about film and that now I think I'm going to have to apologise to James Cameron. I'm going to be honest though, I don't judge people on what they do or do not like - it's really up to you as to what you enjoy. But these articles are a bit of fun, we can all have a laugh at my expense and I don't have a problem with it.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
The Handmaiden (2016)
In this article, we will be looking at 2019ās book ā1001 Movies to See Before You Dieā and going through each film in a random order that I have chosen. We will be looking at what constitutes this film to be on the list and whether I think this film deserves to be here at all. I want to make perfectly clear that I wonāt be revealing details from this book such as analyses by film reporters who have written about the film in question, so if you want the book itself youāll have to buy it. But I will be covering the bookās suggestions on which films should be your top priority. I wouldnāt doubt for a second that everyone reading this article has probably watched many of these movies anyway. But we are just here to have a bit of fun. Weāre going to not just look at whether it should be on this list but weāre also going to look at why the film has such a legacy at all. Remember, this is the 2019 version of the book and so, films like āJokerā will not be featured in this book and any film that came out in 2020 (and if we get there, in 2021). So strap in and if you have your own suggestions then donāt hesitate to email me using the address in my bio. Letās get on with it then.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Box Man" by KÅbÅ Abe
I am going to be shivering about this haunting, spooky and chilling tale for a long while after I have written this review. I cannot imagine this actually happening in real life but I think that the "Box" seems to be a metaphor for covering yourself with a protective layer of thick skin against social ridicule. It is a brilliant metaphor and ends up becoming the central narrative for people who spy on others, people who are suicidal and even people who want to contemplate life and death without the talk and judgement of others. To me, life in a box does not actually sound that bad. You don't have to talk to anyone if you don't want to and you are entirely in your own space. You don't pay rent, you don't pay for heating and water - you just buy when you need. Of course, I can see several downsides to this and in reality, it would not work. But it serves as a pretty good metaphor for the incredible amounts of social isolation suffered by the protagonist and what this leads to as his own identity starts to fall and crumble before him.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
The Social Nightmare of "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine"
When I first heard this song I was a teenager and the very first thing I got from it is that someone seriously does not want to be a part of this witch-hunt culture of people who are religious or believe in something that others are against. Bob Dylan, as we know is white, and there are a group of white people who witch-hunt others who are not like them as we all know. We wonāt say their name since we donāt want to give them traction. But in this song, there is a clear want to separate the narrator from any time in which people would have done this by taking a historical perspective. Well, thatās just what I get from it.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
