It deifies humanity's hope for peace and treats it as a utopian, impossible, distant dream. It commits that the main factor controlling humanity is the instinct for violence in humans, and in this reversed idea, it suggests that the peace mentioned can only be achieved by accepting dangerous motives and allowing them to be satisfied. It takes this from a distorted/irregular, particular perspective.
I understood post-memory as passing down stories and images of one’s experiences that are not your own. For decades, rape has been depicted in cinema through a third-person perspective, leaving the viewer to observe rape; not to experience it.
Based off the book of the same name, ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ (2018) follows teenager Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) after she is caught being intimate with another girl and then sent away to a gay conversion camp.
Izzy and Prince Thomas learn that taking control of their own destiny requires following their hearts and making their own decisions.
Happy Halloween! If you were debating capping off Spooky Season with a viewing of Hocus Pocus 2, it is just very clear that this is more for the younger audience as opposed to people who grew up with the original.
How closely should film adaptations follow their source material? Let's take a deep dive into "Norma Rae", and find out.
