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The Grand Finale
As I stare at my computer with my bag of sunflower seeds (busy food) and my trusty spit bottle, I wonder what movie I really want to write about. I’m thinking about either “Portrait of Jennie†or “The Glass Key.â€Â … Continue reading
The painting: Is it really Jennie? Does only Eben know this Jennie?
I got into this today right at the end of class. But I thought I might elaborate a bit more. In the clip Dr. Campbell showed us of when Jennie first looks at the painting she says “Is it really me?” Just … Continue reading
Genre
“Suspense Noir”  the book seems to be very suspenseful and very dark. You never knew when Jennie was going to come back to Eben. All of a sudden Eben would be talking about a meal he was eating, he’s walking … Continue reading
Weeeeeee! I’m going to have my portait done!
After watching the first 50 minutes of “Portrait of Jennie” I can’t help but think how ridiculous the movie was. The movie won the Oscar for Best Special Effects and was nominated for Best Cinematography and I respect that. I’m … Continue reading
Manipulation through Music
There are two scenes that I saw that were manipulating the most in FC&OOC: The first scene was the Brooks birthday party scene in which a black and white scene follows Rodney through a corridor when the cheesy inspirational music … Continue reading
Robots and evolving
In FC&OOC the scenes where Brooks is talking leading up to the birthday party scene, he elaborates a lot on robots and there evolution. Morris has an intricate way of showing the evolution of the robots as Brooks talks in … Continue reading
Lawyers
I found today’s discusion about lawyers and how all they care about is winning interesting. Metcalf seemed that all that he cared about was being called right. He kept saying that he wasn’t right but then he wasn’t wrong. The … Continue reading
“Little Women” on “Friends” Episode
“Little Women” on “Friends” Episode
Budd’s Theory of Coping (3/12)
I reallly like John’s theory today about using certain characters as coping mechanisms. I think that this may be one of the reasons that most moovies try too have atleast one big name in them even if they look terrible … Continue reading