Annie Kapur
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English Lecturer
đLiterature & Writing (B.A)
đFilm & Writing (M.A)
đSecondary English Education (PgDipEd) (QTS)
đBirmingham, UK
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A Filmmaker's Guide to: Montages in Cinema
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "A Good School" by Richard Yates
"A Good School" is a novel by Richard Yates, author of the famed text "Revolutionary Road". Yates is normally known for his half-romanticist, half-realist style that captures both the raw emotion, melancholy and splendour of real life situations in which he is able to insert a cast of characters which we cannot help but become involved with. This is also true for the novel "A Good School" in which we meet a whole load of students studying at a boarding school when World War 2 and Pearl Harbour both break out. The novel becomes this battle between detachment, the want to feel involved and this deep-seated symbolism of feeling displaced and dislocated. The character of William Grove being one of the most relatable characters in the book, he experiences deep-seated trauma at the hands of his classmates who taunt and bully him day-in day-out.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Westfront, 1918" (1930)
G.W Pabst was a director who is probably most associated with being a filmmaker of the German conscience during the times of great turmoil like the war. The director who also is most associated with being part of the German 'talkies' and really did push the boat out when it came to script, realism and what you could and could not depict on the screen. In the film "Westfront, 1918" (1930), G.W Pabst attempts to depict the very realistic insights of human turmoil in Germany during the first World War. The series of different characters go through their own woes.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Edvard Munch" (1974)
This film is probably one of the best biopics I have ever seen because there are no massive actors involved, there seems to be no real structure apart from the basis of the chronological story. Directed by Peter Watkins, this movie makes a genuine effort to blend together Munch's style, his life and his mental instability. It seems like the director is not just trying to tell us a story of his life, but a story of how he fit into and ultimately did not fit into his time. The director tells us in various interview snippets that not only did the Edvard Munch expert not like the idea of making a film about the personal side of Munch for the public to see, having some worry about his reputation - but there is also a danger in calling the film a 'documentary' - which, understandably, it is not.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Memorial" by Christopher Isherwood
An early work of Christopher Isherwood, author of "Goodbye to Berlin" and "A Single Man" that is normally regarded as flawed and imperfect is "The Memorial". Honestly, I have to say that I do not know why people regard this work as flawed or a bit off - only really because it is not up to the Isherwood standard that we hold him to today.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: F.W Murnau
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Dr. Mabuse
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Balcony in the Forest" by Julien Gracq
Set in the war of 1939, the Second World War that is, this book makes an attempt at being a subversive war novel from the rest. Including dream sequences, almost folklore-ish creatures and stories, the book is almost trying to hard to get away from the type that is already running through it via its premise: a war novel. Do I think that this takes away from the harsh realities of the war? Yes, but only slightly. Let me explain.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Serve
The Importance of "Ulysses" by James Joyce
Published in Paris on the 2nd of February, 1922, James Joyce's giant novel 'Ulysess' would go on to receive public acclaim as one of the most difficult novels ever written and yet, also simultaneously one of the greatest of all time. The importance of this work is immessurable and honestly, I have only ever read it once. When I first read it I must have been around eighteen years' old and it took me an entire month to read because:
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Der MĂŒde Tod" (1921)
Fritz Lang's name conjures up images of a cinematic overlord, a man with a plan, an artist, a deity of the early screen and yet, I have often seen people overlook the film "Der MĂŒde Tod" (The Weary Death) in favour of more popular later films such as "M" (1931) with the incredible Peter Lorre, or even the famed and ever-popular series of "Dr. Mabuse". I am a massive Fritz Lang fan, I am a fan of all the early German directors - but especially Lang ("Dr. Mabuse"), Murnau ("Nosferatu") and Weine ("The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"). One watch of a Fritz Lang movie normally puts me right in the mood to rewind the whole thing and watch it again just for the depth and analysis. I find that if a movie does that to me, then it is worth a solid five out of five. Let's take a look at what it is about first then, shall we?
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Existential Dialogues II" by Daniel Chechick
If I have said it once, I have said it a million times - I wish I had these books whilst I was doing my Master's Degree Philosophy essays (which, by the way, I did not choose to do - I had to take that class). I wrote my essay on Existential Philosophy and Oriental Philosophy and these books would have made my life a whole lot easier. The point is, these books kind of remind me of reading things like Plato's "Phaedo" because of the dialogue style they are written in. There is something incredibly fluent about each chapter and, reading like an interview, the reader feels as if they are sitting in on the conversation as opposed to being outside of the argument.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "A Posthumous Confession" by Marcellus Emants
This book is most definitely one of the best I have read of 2021 so far and that being said, the character has also brought me much to think about. When first going through the book, I noticed that the character, at the beginning is someone we should feel sorry for in terms of his forced solitude and emotional isolation but as the book continues, he becomes less and less likeable and ultimately you simply cannot pity him at all.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks