Storytelling in the bulk of genre cinema follows a singular protagonist’s perspective. It makes sense for actions and horrors to streamline the formula to ‘rebels vs empire’ or ‘teenagers vs serial killer’ and focus the direction on the set pieces, with critically acclaimed pictures implementing underlying themes for more engaged audience members. Traditional Westerns are […]
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My passion for cinema began during adolescence and grew through IMDb’s Top 250 Movies list. I remembered entries one through twenty by heart, often reciting them during spirited debates of people’s favourites. Martin Scorese’s The Departed was always my go-to pick, coming in at a respectable 45th place – not as basic as Forrest Gump,
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The Coppola name comes with significant weight. Nicholas Cage removed it to differentiate from his uncle; Jason Schwartzmann flies under the radar within Wes Anderson pictures. Factor in the male-dominated film industry, and there must have been an enormous amount of pressure on Sofia Coppola’s shoulders preparing for her feature debut. Even with filmmaking in
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