Jeremy Irons navigates with the seeming impossibility of his character René Gallimard’s ignorance of the truth about his Chinese lover.
M. Butterfly (1993): One of Cronenberg’s Worst Films, Based on David Henry Hwang’s Play, Starring Jeremy Irons in an Impossible Role
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Crimes of the Future (1970): Cronenberg’s First Film
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Having nothing in common with his 2022 film of the same name, the 1970 “Crimes of the Future” is an early artifact of Cronenberg’s obsessions with flesh and sex.
Film Theory: Film Movements–Concept, Thematics, Stylistics, Reality, Actors (Huaco)
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Three waves of film art which represent stylistically homogenous cluster. They had a historically specific beginning, duration and ending. They can be approached as a totality.
Janet Planet: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker’s first film
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Janet Planet is about this mother-daughter relationship, one that sustains while men drift in and out.
Oscar Speeches: Ngor, Haing S.–Supporting Actor, “The Killing Fields”
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Born in Cambodia and trained as a doctor, Haing S. Ngor was captured and tortured by the Khmer Rouge after their takeover of the country. Ngor escaped to Thailand and finally settled in the United States, where he worked at various jobs. He made his debut in “The Killing Fields” (1984), for which he won […]
