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The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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
Where Are the Non-Binary Identities in Films and Books?
I may not be a non-binary person, but I sure as hell know them. They are teachers, they are commentators, they are scientists and engineers, they are students of degree courses, and they should be writers and filmmakers. Why am I saying 'should be'? Well, because I see a severe lack of films made by and including non-binary people and I see literature severely lacking in non-binary representation. Is this a problem? Yes it is. Everyone else is getting representation and I think non-binary folks should do too.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Suspense
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
Taking a Journey Through Dark Heat Alone
Bob Dylan's song "Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)" is often considered one of the best songs on the album "Street-Legal" and covers the journey that the narrator makes from one place to another whilst his woman is not with him. It is unknown whether she stays behind on purpose or she just gets up and leaves him entirely. But what is clear is that whenever he is meant to reach point B, she is not going to be there with him. This song is therefore not only about this journey that the narrator is taking, but the fact that he has to make it alone. There has been many other songs that Bob Dylan wrote about making journeys alone and without his lover so this is nothing new. The one thing that is different though is the way in which this song is put forward. Unlike Bob Dylan's previous, more structured and obviously folk songs, this song seems to add a little bit of soul in there as well, using the backing singers quite a bit to make the song more soulful, have more depth and have more atmosphere to it.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
Book Review: "A Very Easy Death" by Simone De Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir is one of the great writers of the twentieth century and I have read many of her books in the past few years. One of the books I loved by her was "The Second Sex" and honestly, I thought it was really well written and made a lot of good points. Simone de Beauvoir was an incredibly articulate woman and her knowledge of her own culture, time and place, her knowledge of her own philosophical context and the way in which people interact, remember and operate made her a woman way ahead of her own time. This book deals with the death of her mother. I was initially not very overly enthusiastic about this, being sure that Joan Didion's book about the death of her husband - "A Year of Magical Thinking" - would be better written. But I was wrong. I enjoyed this book a lot more because it is far more graphic, it is based more in realism and you can actually see it happening as the story goes along and the mother becomes weaker and weaker.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Easy Savoury Spiced Loaf!
Of course, you probably know me very well for invading Vocal with my film studies stuff and articles entitled āa filmmakerās guideā. I have often explained that I love to bake as well. Since I was young, I have loved the idea, the creativity and the relaxation of baking different things. I love to make macarons, layer cakes and gingerbread in particular and the activity of it really gets me away from my laptop (where Iām sure you know that I spend most of my life). So, I hope you enjoy me talking about what I bake and why I bake it complete with pictures (if not very good) of me actually baking, my baked goods in the process of being created and when theyāre finished. Iām really happy to share this with you. And if you like, you can show me your baking (yes, I spend a lot of time writing, but I also spend a lot of time reading other peopleās articles!), I would love to see it. Since I was in school, I was always interested in creating things, whether that be pieces of writing, welding things to make small statues or baking foods and making sweets (candy, if youāre American). I hope you enjoy looking at some of the stuff that has honestly kept me sane, because I seem to be going slightly mad.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Feast
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) dir. by Fritz Lang
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
Sixteen Years: Bob Dylan's Run-Up to "Street-Legal"
Everyone knows that āStreet-Legalā before āTime Out of Mindā is possibly Bob Dylanās darkest and most intense album. It is properly dark and scary with some incredible apocalyptic lyrics. From the beginning of his career with his self-titled album, āBob Dylanā, he has been consistent with his darkness though and honestly, I donāt think many people see this. I also think that this is because Bob Dylan has never really made it very much known except when he is actively portraying the atmosphere as dark and intense in itself as an active part of the narrative. Let us have a look at some of these songs back from when Bob Dylan released his self-titled album all the way through to āStreet-Legalā and thus, that is sixteen years of songs.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
Book Review: "Native Realm" by Czeslaw Milosz
Czeslaw Milosz is a writer I have been interested in for a while and I have read a couple of his works before reading "Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition". I have previously read the book of selected poetry published by penguin books and I have also read a brilliant book entitled "The Captive Mind". Milosz is always great at portraying the most difficult and confusing emotions to articulate through a series of vivid an psychological descriptions of the human mind put straight into anxieties. As we know, Milosz lived in a turbulent time and was obviously in Poland during this time and honestly, I cannot see anything more horrifying than having to see one of the worst atrocities in human history being committed in your very own country.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Paradoxes
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
5 Books I Dislike
I don't like every single book on the planet even though sometimes, it might seem that way. I have read books in my time that have made me think that it would be less painful to put my head through a brick wall. I have read books that I have often thought about for ages afterwards and then garnered the result: I hate them. But I would never say that I hated or disliked a whole author. If I don't like a book by them, I always give them the benefit of the doubt and read another book they have written with an open mind. It's more of me hoping that I dislike an entire author's work.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
