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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Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul
House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal
Naming, and Defining, Avant-Garde or Experimental Film
Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast
House of Flying Daggers - flashcards
Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology
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Teacher of Business Studies & Economics
Print Exhibition at Wingfield Barns
CABARET THE MUSICAL. London. Y9-13. Weds 15th April 2026- Only a few places left
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Examinations Modernism GCE ZEN Film Studies GCSE Year 9 Policy Students Art Work Year 10 Vertigo Do The Right Thing Editing Fallen Angels Mocks Parent Information Art Exhibition Theory Local Art Gallery House Of Flying Daggers Avant-Garde
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