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scholarship@kkc » Bonnie and Clyde
Today we talked about the film Bonnie and Clyde – if you want to read about it try these links: Roger Ebert: “Bonnie and Clyde,” made in 1967, was called “the first modern American film” by critic Patrick Goldstein, in an essay on its 30th anniversary. Certainly it felt like that at the time. The movie opened like a slap ... [Link]
scholarship@kkc » Inception Explained: Unraveling The Dream Within The Dream
We have talked a little about Inception, here is an interesting post on the film from Cinema Blend. Inception crashed into theatres last night at midnight and if you haven’t seen it, we hope you will soon. When you do, it’s sure to be the only thing you’ll want to talk about for at least the next week. Internally here ... [Link]
scholarship@kkc » The Catcher in the Raichu
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english@kkc » Formal Writing Update
Feeling much happier now … good to get that writing in. Shannon tried Q7 on animal testing and I have added her introduction below – any thoughts? Imagine living locked inside a steel cage, alone. Nowhere to go and nothing to do. You can’t choose when and what you eat. Think about spending your entire life being injected, stabbed poked ... [Link]
english@kkc » Formal Writing Due Today!
How much of the requested formal writing have I had in? Diddly. That will change today. Choose one of the following topics and hand in to me today by the end of period three. Resistance is futile. Imagine that you are writing to the editor of your local newspaper. Your letter, which will be published in the newspaper, should explain ... [Link]
english@kkc » A plague on both your houses!
In Romeo and Juliet there are some very effective insults. Choose one and research its meanings. Did the filmmakers use it correctly or change it for their own purposes? [Link]
english@kkc » The Masked Ball
On one level the masked ball is a way to get Romeo to meet Juliet. The ball would also have been something that Elizabethan audiences would have enjoyed for the costumes and a glimpse of upper class life. In both films that we watched it provides a musical interlude and a break from the violence. We also see that when ... [Link]
english@kkc » Romeo and Juliet on film
We have now seen two highly regarded film versions of Romeo and Juliet. The last one we saw was the Zeffirelli film from 1968 and it has been popular with viewers for many years. In that film the use of 16 and 17 year old actors to play the title roles has been well received. Another factor in Zeffirelli success ... [Link]
english@kkc » A heartwrenching account of evil
Interesting reading on Night and the ideas of indifference and evil. The word ‘banal’ is used in this article and if you are unfamiliar with the word it can be defined as “so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.” Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a powerful indictment of how a society’s indifference to the suffering of others ... [Link]
english@kkc » A soul shrivels in the flames of hell
Some revision on Night. Elie Wiesel’s autobiography, Night, tells of the Jewish children, men and women who were herded into Nazi extermination camps. It is the story of his survival but also of the tragedy of an innocent, religious youth who, when confronted by a systematic human evil, comes to reject and hate his God for allowing it to happen. ... [Link]
scholarship@kkc » Erase against Time
More on Eternal Sunshine – read a little below: Like the quarrelling lovers in Michael Gondry’s film, emotion battles it out with reason, writes Avril Moore. “Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.” Friedrich Nietzsche ALTHOUGH literary references are scattered throughout Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind it is important to view director Michel ... [Link]
english@kkc » Party Tricks – Revising 1984
Give this a read! In the opening of George Orwell’s powerful novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, everyman Winston Smith describes his physical surroundings. The clock strikes a punctilious 13 as our protagonist drags himself up seven flights of stairs due to the poorly maintained elevator and electrical shortages. The weather reflects his life; there is a “vile wind” and it is bitterly ... [Link]
scholarship@kkc » The Science of Eternal Sunshine
An interesting article from Slate magazine that discusses the neuroscience of the film. One of the many rewarding parts of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the fact that the film contains almost no dialogue that sounds like actual neuroscience. The film, as you may already know, tells the story of two star-crossed lovers whose stars have gotten so ... [Link]
scholarship@kkc » Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
For those of you looking at the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind here is a link to Roger Ebert’s review. How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!The world forgetting, by the world forgot.Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d. – Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard” It’s one thing to wash that man right ... [Link]
english@kkc » Literal Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer Parody
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scholarship@kkc » Finish Him!
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english@kkc » Quentin Tarantino
This is for Sean. May be of interest to others. One of the most recognisable pop cultural icons of the 90’s, Quentin Tarantino has established himself as a true film auteur with a respected philosophy that places the finished project high above the paycheck. Quoted, mocked and copied to death by almost every media outlet (including “The Simpsons”) over the ... [Link]
scholarship@kkc » Sarah Palin’s struggle with English
Have a read of this article that takes Sarah Palin’s struggle with English and goes on to discuss portmanteau words and malapropisms. Sarah Palin’s ongoing struggle with the English language entered a new phase this week, when she called on her Twitter followers to “refudiate” the proposal to build a mosque on the site of the World Trade Center. Mockery ... [Link]
english@kkc » Booze: Time for stronger measures
Another discussion about changes to our drinking laws and out booze culture. This article is from The Sunday Star Times and it may be helpful for your research and formal writing preparation. The government’s liquor reforms, to be officially launched tomorrow, will not put an end to the arguments about New Zealand’s heavy-drinking culture. Anthony Hubbard reports. THE GOVERNMENT wants ... [Link]
english@kkc » The Alpha and Omega Man
Go here to read an interesting discussion on Children of Men and I Am Legend. Children takes place in London in 2027, eighteen years after a pandemic of infertility renders humankind unable to produce offspring. In the face of impending extinction, Theo Faron (Clive Owen), a white, middle-aged bureaucrat, helps Kee (Claire-Hope Ashitey), a black, inexplicably pregnant refugee, rendezvous with ... [Link]
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