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On Kenneth Lonergan
In this article, Caleb Lee highlights how Kenneth Lonergan’s screenwriting lets his films masterfully capture the humiliating scale of grief through pedestrian details and ultrarealistic dialogue. Lonergan’s insistence on showing the messy and uncinematic side of everyday life creates a through line for his work to emphasize the irreparable nature of trauma.
Hang Me: Llewyn Davis as Gilgamesh
IG Caption: Taking one of the Coen brothers’ most subtle, pensive films, Carlos applies the framework of a text pupils of Columbia’ Core Curriculum are all too familiar with, and examines how beautifully this accidental adaptation ponders life, death, and the pursuit of purpose.
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