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Movie scene

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I really like this scene from apocalypse now as it depicts a very important conversation in the movie, also I think it’d be good to recreate as the lighting is very interesting in how the colonel is obscured. Also at this point in the film this is one of the first times we meet the colonel.

Trainspotting - Charcter Breakdown

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Mark Renton Mark renton is a scottish heroin addict and the main protagonist of the film. He narrates the film and we tend to root for him throughout the film. He is a typical heroin addict who always says hell get off of it but never does. He is the character who delivers some of the most iconic lines in the movie. Half way through the movie he gets off with an underage girl, diane, and moves to central london. Quotes :  Straight away he clocked us for what we were. Small time wasters with an accidental big deal It's SHITE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete assholes. It's a SHITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in th...

Weekly Film - The Lobster

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The lobster is a 2015 absurdist dystopian black comedy film written and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. The film is set in a dystopian society where single people are forced to go to a hotel and find a relationship within 45 days or else they will be turned into an animal of their choosing. We follow Colin Farrels character of David, he has been recently divorced and is forced to in role in the hotel. Each person has a defining characteristic and has to find someone with the same one. David is short sighted. The film has a soundtrack that constantly repeats itself throughout the movie. Its one particular song, if you can even call it that, which repeats through some scenes. As a result when the sound is heard its very jarring. When its heard it makes the audience uneasy but also informs them when a major part of the plot has been uncovered. As the scene is a dystopian black comedy, its self explanatory that the colours are bleak and dull. But what the lobster does differently is r...