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Reel Club · 5d ago

Real Fantasy: Fantasy and Reality in Burton’s BIG FISH

20 May 2012 As auteur, Tim Burton generally casts aside reality in favor of fantasy with his films, and his 2003 fantasy-adventure Big Fish is no exception. With Big Fish, Burton emphasizes fantasy by exploring what the tall tales of a dying man may look like. However, unlike other films in his re

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Reel Club · 1W ago

The Right Kind of Wrong: Burton’s ED WOOD

13 May 2012 Edward J. Wood Jr. (1924-1978) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, editor, and novelist who, just a few years after his death, was awarded the Golden Turkey Award for “Worst Director of All-Time” by film critic Michael Medved and his brother, Harry Medved, in their 1

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Reel Club · 2W ago

Bat’s the New Black: BATMAN RETURNS and Film Noir

6 May 2012 As a sequel to his 1989 blockbuster, Batman, Tim Burton revisited Gotham City in 1992 for Batman Returns. Evident in Batman and unmissable in Batman Returns, Burton tends to employ the film noir style in his movies. Yet, his use of the noir style in the Batman films has been criticized

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Reel Club · 3W ago

The Art of War: Narrative Messages in Cameron’s AVATAR

29 April 2012 James Cameron’s Avatar (2009) broke box-office records around the world, despite predictions the film would not obtain commercial success. As with almost every Cameron film, Avatar’s success is not a result of its narrative; instead, Avatar’s stunning, cutting-edge, Cameronian visuals

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Reel Club · 1M ago

“I’ll Be Back”: The Conscious and the Unconscious in James Cameron’s THE TERMINATOR

22 April 2012 In 1983, the year James Cameron’s film The Terminator went into production, three nuclear plants, worldwide (USA, Argentina, and Germany), each malfunctioned, for different reasons and at different times, sending panic across the globe. Moreover, 1983 is the same year a young American

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Reel Club · 1M ago

Seeing and Believing: Suspension of Disbelief and Cameron’s THE ABYSS

15 April 2012 Without fail, James Cameron’s films take viewers into a new world. At the heart of every Cameron film there is always an “every(wo)man,” the average, ordinary protagonist, who is either brought to a new world/place or exists within a world/space very unlike the one we, the viewers, kn

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Reel Club · 1M ago

Making the Reel More Real: TITANIC 3D and the 3D Experience

8 April 2012 To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Titanic’s demise (which will be official on April 15th, 2012), James Cameron released a 3D version of his epic film Titanic (titled Titanic 3D for the rerelease). Unlike many 3D films released today, Titanic 3D is not your run-of-the mill conversio

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Reel Club · 1M ago

“Get Away From Her, You Bitch”: Mother vs. Mother in ALIENS

1 April 2012 While still at work on The Terminator, James Cameron proposed a sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 science fiction film Alien. At first Cameron met with resistance about the project, as Alien’s success was not financially astounding enough to ensure a profitable sequel. Nevertheless, Camer

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Reel Club · 2M ago

Being Melodramatic: THE MAGDALENE SISTERS as a Contemporary Melodrama

25 March 2011 In film, a melodrama is a subcategory of the drama genre, and it explores the hardship of humanity. More pointedly, the melodrama looks into moral issues as they pertain to ordinary people. A melodrama typically centers on conflict, usually a highly emotional, ethical conflict, which

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Reel Club · 2M ago

Balancing the Butcher with the Boy: The Butcher Boy, a Black Comedy

18 March 2012 Neil Jordan’s 1997 film The Butcher Boy is one of those rare films in which content is in opposition with construct. Put another way, The Butcher Boy is a black comedy. This film confronts serious issues, such as death, depression, mental disorders, homicide, child molestation, alcoh

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