originally published 5.26.2017 Though they are drastically different films, the Coen Brothers’ Barton Fink and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining share more in common than you might think, especially when it comes to their depictions of haunted writers. And though these hauntings manifest in extremely different ways, they are both brought on by the same impetus:Continue reading “Video Essay: The Haunted Writers of BARTON FINK and THE SHINING”
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CinemaGrids: FIGHT CLUB/ A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
When David Fincher set out to adapt Chuck Palahniuk’s hyper-violent novel FIGHT CLUB, the first and only film that sprang to his mind was Stanley Kubrick’s absurd nod to ultra-toxic masculinity, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, itself an adaptation of the novel by Anthony Burgess. The result was a murky counterpart to Kubrick’s film; where CLOCKWORK wasContinue reading “CinemaGrids: FIGHT CLUB/ A CLOCKWORK ORANGE”
CinemaGrids: 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY/2010 THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
It’s tough to follow Stanley Kubrick, and it’s even tougher to follow his masterpiece – the groundbreaking, genre-shifting, immortal 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. But Peter Hyams did just that with 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT, based on Arthur C. Clarke’s literary sequel to the original source material. Hyams realized, wisely, that the trick hereContinue reading “CinemaGrids: 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY/2010 THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT”
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