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Emily Ludwig wrote a new blog post Warmth and Quiet Contemplation in Leave No Trace in the group Film Talk: 7 years, 3 months ago

The film Leave No Trace felt warm and inviting throughout, despite tackling difficult issues almost constantly, and taking place in a wet and cold environment. I believe this almost cozy atmosphere is due in part […]
Brianna Forgione wrote a new blog post Fragile but still Strong in the group Film Talk: 7 years, 4 months ago

Leave No Trace is about the relationship between a girl and her father. It’s a patient movie and a thorough one. It takes its time unveiling the details of their relationship and their lives. The father, (Ben […]
Molley Gross wrote a new blog post Ringing In Your Ears: The Relevance of “Children of Men” Today in the group Film Talk: 7 years, 4 months ago

Alfonso Cuaron’s “Children of Men” opens on news reports of the chaos that has consumed the world in 2027. We soon discover humanity is suffering from an infertility crisis and that the U.K. is seemingly the only […]
Una McGowan wrote a new blog post Plot Armor in The Thing (1982) in the group Film Talk: 7 years, 4 months ago

The concept of Plot Armor has existed forever and is something that any audience understands even if they don’t know that it has a name. In any given book, movie, tv show, or other form of story, the hero is g […]
Aileen Mack wrote a new blog post Setting the Tone in the group Film Talk: 7 years, 5 months ago

I think because I had already seen “Wind River” before we watched it in class I was able to appreciate the way director Taylor Sheridan was able to use the harsh Wyoming landscape to create the overwhelmingly […]
Mikhayla Graham wrote a new blog post Could there possibly be two heros? in the group Film Talk: 7 years, 5 months ago

I went into this film never even having heard of it, and I finished the film thoroughly enjoying it. Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner), is a wildlife conservation officer soon turned into a criminal investigator in a […]
Kelsey Kwandrans wrote a new blog post Losing a Voice in The Razor’s Edge (1984) in the group Film Talk: 7 years, 5 months ago

While I was not necessarily hoping for a voice-over to represent the narrator, a possibility we discussed in class, I’ll admit my surprise at hearing that the whole character of the narrator was not included in t […]
Jessica Drechsler wrote a new blog post The Inauthentic Portrayal of Larry in The Razors Edge in the group Film Talk: 7 years, 5 months ago

The 1984 film adaptation of the Somerset Maugham’s novel “The Razors Edge” starring Bill Murray was considered to be a massive failure by both critic and audience alike. The budget for the film was 12 million […]
Aileen Mack wrote a new blog post What Happened to Larry? in the group Film Talk: 7 years, 5 months ago

As we discussed in class, film adaptations are a tricky business. The Razor’s Edge proved to be an especially difficult adaptation as the novel’s characters are all filtered through the mind of the narrator, who […]
Patrick Alexander edited the blog post If a Tree Falls in the Woods… in the group Film Talk: 7 years, 6 months ago

Labels like “hero” or “villain” are things that can only be given to someone by someone else, and are therefore based on outsider’s perceptions of those people. Novels like Deliverance or movies like Bad Day at B […]

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