Cinema and modernism
Modernism was concerned with everyday life, perception, time and the kaleidoscopic and fractured experience of urban space. Cinema, with its techniques of close-up, panning, flashbacks and montage played a major role in shaping experimental works such as Mrs Dalloway or Ulysses. Here Laura Marcus explores the impact of cinema on modernist literature.
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House of Flying Daggers - flashcards
5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns
Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag
‘Captain Fantastic’ Review: Wilderness Family With Great Vigor and Viggo
Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens
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art & science exhibition of year 8 work
Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.
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Examinations Modernism GCE ZEN Film Studies Year 9 Options Film4 Spike Lee The New York Times MUBI GCSE Internet Safety Carol Films Artists House Of Flying Daggers Trips Wellbeing Avant-Garde Design Health
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