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[11 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 58 views]
Examining the Possibility of Asian Cinema to rival  against Hollywood’s domination in the world film market

Preface:
Since the 1920s, Hollywood has been dominating the film industry and in most cases, it is not unusual to find someone who has not watched a film that is produced by his own country. Thus, national films, especially those from the Asian region suffer as Hollywood films draw away their audiences.
In recent years however, there has been a rapid surge in international recognition of Asian films. Though this is partly due to them being more readily available on video and DVD, films from Asia are also increasingly winning top …

Asian Cinema, Classics, Featured »

[11 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 51 views]
The Depiction Of Women In The Classical Japanese Cinema Of Ozu and Mizoguchi.

This paper briefly explores the depiction of Japanese female central characters in
the classical cinema of Ozu and Mizoguchi and the reasons surrounding why
these directors chose to do use women as protagonists.

Featured, Singapore Cinema »

[10 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 18 views]
One Rule to Rule Them All: a Study of Singapore Censorship

The authorities claim that censorship is a necessary element of Singapore’s society simply because the general population is still largely conservative and such controversial content would prove too much to handle. But is this truly the case? Is censorship a necessary evil or merely a hindrance to local filmmakers? This paper will attempt to take a closer look at the beast that is censorship and study its role and necessity in 21st century Singapore.

Featured, Foreign Cinema, Podcasts »

[9 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 15 views]
The Groundbreaking Director Nicolas Roeg

Nicolas Roeg is a British film director known for breaking the conventions of editing and his ability to use atmosphere well, Roeg stretched the boundaries of what could be done with film.
He is famed for stringing together disjointed stories in which everything was semi-coherent until the very end, where a crucial piece of information was given to help make sense of the story. He has a foreboding sense of atmosphere that is still influencing the directors of today, and his original approach to editing resulted in some of the …

Featured, Foreign Cinema, Podcasts »

[2 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 35 views]
28 Days Later

28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic film starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson and Christopher Eccleston, and is directed by Danny Boyle. Yes. Danny Boyle – the man who also directed the award winning Slumdog Millionaire. 1Now, returning to 28 Days Later. The story opens with a group of animal rights activists breaking into a primate research facility to free the caged chimps. Unfortunately to them, the chimps are infected with a virus, known as RAGE. Of course, the virus spreads around and all hell breaks loose.
Listen …