The Rabbitte Perspective

Beyond The Comprehensive Measure: An Artist's Cry It'll come to no surprise by those who are affiliated with the film-makers past cinematic endeavours and film-making style, that Darren Aronofsky revels in constructing luminous pieces of art-form that invites our own gaze into his own imagination. In being inspired by the contextual and editing trickery of the deceased Satoshi Kon, as seen in not only the bathtub sequence in Requiem of a Dream which resembles scene in Kon's very own Perfect Blue  but also in Black Swan  which has a similar contextual backdrop to Kon's already-mentioned animated feature, it's no surprise to see within Aronofsky's filmography that he savours in projecting surrealistic and ideological notions that simply challenge the way in which we interpret a particular theme; as shown in the said directors first feature of Pi which intricately delves into notions of obsession and other motifs of mathematical ideology. As much as each fil

You'll Float Too... From the various and menacing portrayals of The Joker from the 'Batman' franchise, to even Charles Dickens' serialised novel of The Pickwick Papers  which features a deprived and and unemployed jester, clowns are often characterised by their impish mischievousness and amusing but dangerous antics. Indeed, from the recent insurgence of Coulrophobia being applied to various mediums of entertainment, it's clear to see that the evil clown motif has certainly flourished with the prominence of modern horror films where they're often utilised for their ability to strike fear instantaneously. Despite it being a commodity of the past, one of the more notorious examples that seamlessly exemplifies this 'evil clown' notion is Tim Curry's memorable enactment of the evil clown Pennywise in the 90's T.V. mini-series of It . As sinister as Curry's performance was in the mentioned mini-series, it unfortunately doesn't compare t

Worth The Wait? Aside from the arguable quarrels that the superhero genre faces in this day and age, in relation to the genre conceivably saturating the cinematic industry with its vast array of films and how much monetary gain these features receive, one of the best things to come with the proliferation of superhero story-telling, across both cinema and television, is the growing complexity around heroism itself. From Christopher Nolan's sombre yet realistic take of the caped-crusader in The Dark Knight  to Marvel's ever-expanding yet conflicted cinematic universe, the superhero genre isn't merely the  genre that essentially provides the blockbuster-escapism path that audiences crave for, it's also a category of film that is 'maturing'; sweeping away the predictable tropes of old for more intricate and idiosyncratic narratives. While it may adopt a predictable outcome near to its closing stages as well as implementing sequences that's synonymous with

A Few Sandwiches Short Of A Picnic Alongside the vast array of superhero features and reboots of film title that are nonsensical and stagnant, live-action anime adaptations are slowly but surely becoming the latest cinematic trend at this moment in time. From the past failures of Dragonball Evolution and Speed Racer , fans of anime, quite rightly, tend to cringe at the prospect of seeing their favourite Japanese animation being taken down the live-action strain since they not only radically change certain elements of the source material to be more conventional and relatable to other demographics, but are shrouded in controversial topics of discussion that can never be avoided. The latest of which is the surrounding claims of whitewashing in Rupert Sanders's Ghost in the Shell which see's the main female role of the Major portrayed by an A-List film star in Scarlett Johansson. Aside the debatable dissensions, it's clear to see that Westernised live-action adaptation