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Growing older gracefully
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pveugelaers
DVD movie commentary If being older is an art, would you buy a body double? Regaining youthful ways and appearances is taken a step further than reality in Self/less (2015, USA). The movie brings youthfulness into more of the conceptual realm rather than a true reflection of reality. However, the movie’s focus on living younger…
A chance to connect
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pveugelaers
Movie commentary The background to A Royal Night Out (2015, UK) is that the Nazis have surrendered to allied forces, in World War II. World War II forced the English princesses, the only children of the King and Queen of England, to be ‘holed’ up inside the royal palace, according to A Royal Night Out.…
Beauty cannot fail
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pveugelaers
High wire artist Phillippe Petit refused to think he couldn’t cross between New York’s twin towers on a high wire. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Phillippe tells us this in the opening seconds of The Walk (2015, USA). It is a good piece of writing to get unbelief out of the way first. Otherwise, the audience would…
The valley is there for a reason
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pveugelaers
DVD movie commentary Maze Runner The Scorch Trials (2015, USA) is, on the surface not about teenage life problems, but on closer inspection, it sort of fits adolescent life. There is a theme we can take from the story that reflects adolescent life; The Maze Runner subtly explores surviving the turbulent years of adolescence. In…
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