Sidney Nolan

The movie The Prestige follows an intricate and remarkable story about the rivalry between the two 20th century magicians, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden. Directed by Christopher Nolan, this movie’s story grows from simple acquaintances to taking drastic measures just to one-up each other, and be the better magician. The movie contains many plot twists, the largest of which was that Borden and his ingénieur Fallon were actually twins in disguise. This and some of the other plot twists were…

The Auteur Theory is defined by a director who is the main force for a film. A main creative force is usually someone who wrote, directed, and maybe even edited their own film. Although in MMP’s it’s extremely rare for a director to edit their own movies, it’s not unheard of in the indie market. It is debatable whether if directors who are the main creative forces in their film make it any better, because sometimes they fail. A great example of an auteur theory director is George Lucas, and he…

It takes many factors to make a good director: a director must be calm, he must be articulate, and most of all he should be inspiring. However, Christopher Nolan is not simply a good director, he is one of the greatest directors of all time. Not to mention his impeccable writing, his directing expertise is beyond comparison: he skillfully draws the best performances out of the renowned actors in his cast, his imaginative stories can bogle even the most ingenious of minds, and his movies, while…

Leonard, the main character in the movie Memento, finds himself in a situation no man wants to be in. His wife was murdered and because he witnessed his body goes into shock causing him to lose him memory which is his downfall throughout the movie. He keeps polaroids and tattoos of clues that will lead him to his wife’s murder so that he won’t forget them. Throughout the movie it shows Leonard waking up in a hotel room. The film genre that best fits this film is Detective but also mystery and…

Inception. Memento. Two award-winning films directed by one of the greatest storytellers of our generation, Christopher Nolan. Inception: a story of a man struggle to determine whether he is living in a fantasy or a reality. Memento: a story of a man trying to avenge the death of his beloved wife. At glance, both films seem anything but alike. However as the possibly of deeper meanings are explored, we find that this is far from the case. Memento tells the tale of former insurance investigator,…

Our 11th year is getting off to an exciting start with four new BOD members. We are incredibly excited about the new energy and talent joining the Board. Our community meetings last Fall were tremendously helpful along with the support we received from Floricane. New C3 Board Chair Jennifer Tompkins says, “This year is really about setting up for the next 10 years and we are looking forward to expanding the reach of C3 more broadly across RVA.” After nine years on the C3 Board and the last two…

Momento is a movie about a man, Leonard Shelby, with anterograde amnesia, severe loss of the ability to form new episodic and semantic memories. These memories are formed and retained in the hippocampus and when there is an injury to this part of your brain it can cause short-term memory loss. Leonard sustained short-term memory loss when he was hit over the head and knocked out after witnessing the rape and murder of his wife. Throughout the remainder of the movie we see snippets of actual…

Report – Performance Meeting Notes, Trevor Kitt Claas Harvest Centre (CHC) - Warragul Meeting Notes: Trevor Kitt Informal Meeting – 15 September, 2015 8:15 AM Meeting was called to discuss Trevor’s management of the spare parts department and the effective delivery of spare parts to the workshop and customers. During our meeting, Trevor reacted negatively towards my requests for him to improve his management of the Spare Parts department. We also discussed the need for continuous improvement in…

The concept that created video game consoles was based out of an idea. As technology continues to grow, it will always contain the origin of where the idea came from. For most people, they would think that Pong was the first video game that was invented. However, before Pong, there was the pinball. The creator David Gottlieb who made “Baffle ball” gave an inspiration to the evolution of video game. (Kent 2) Baffle Ball was similar to pinball because it is basically the same concept. The only…

Essay 1 First Draft Marijuana has been a schedule 1 drug and strictly regulated since the seventies. However, a change is happening and twenty-nine states have legalized it for either medical or recreational use. In a result to legalization of marijuana much controversy has been involved. One of the main issues why marijuana is not legal is the belief it has an effect on IQ. For years the public has been informed about how marijuana has a negative effect on your IQ. As a teenager you are…