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Nicholas Gentry started the topic Does "The Station Agent" Have a Plot? What About a Hero? in the forum Film Talk 4 years, 11 months ago
We spent a good portion of class last week prefacingĀ The Station AgentĀ as a movie that lacked a plot. After watching the film, I disagree with that sentiment. In my opinion, if I can watch a movie or read a book or any other type of media, and at the end I can recap in chronological order the events that occurred in the narrative and their s…[Read more]
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Nicholas Gentry started the topic Cinematic Parallels & "Noble" Heroism in the forum Film Talk 4 years, 11 months ago
*As we established last class, there doesn’t appear to be a way to reply to people’s published blog posts, so to circumvent that I’m just going to just make my responses a new topic here on the forum.
I have a couple of topics that came up in some way or another in this weeks’ blog posts that I’d like to respond to. First, I’d like to discuss the…[Read more]
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Nicholas Gentry replied to the topic Luke as a Christ Figure in "Cool Hand Luke" in the forum Film Talk 5 years ago
I really like your interpretation, Jenna. When I was watching the film, these connections didn’t immediately stand out to me, but now that you’ve pointed them out it feels like sort of an “ah-ha!” moment. It really does feel like Luke is a Christ figure for the other inmates. I read someone else’s interpretation online and they pointed out that…[Read more]
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Nicholas Gentry replied to the topic The Selfless Hero in the forum Film Talk 5 years, 1 month ago
I have to disagree with you all on this. From my perspective, Rick is NOT a selfless hero. Frankly, I’m still unsure if I consider him a ‘hero’ at all, but where I really must disagree is in calling him “selfless.” Rick is a very selfish and bitter man. He does not exist in Casablanca as a symbol of morality, instead Rick is able to thrive by…[Read more]
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