Annie Kapur
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A Filmmaker's Guide to: Artists on Screen
Caravaggio is my favourite painter, I have read multiple biographies on him, I have also seen a number of his works in real life. I have been keen to write an article explaining how to produce a Caravaggio-like effect on screen for a few years now but I was always scared of making it too long. So, I've tried my best to keep it to the bare essentials only and not go over the top about everything. There will be some references to paintings and the life of Caravaggio and so, the book "M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio" by Peter Robb may help if you're only just starting your Caravaggio journey. However, you can read this article without having read the book - the beginning of you Caravaggio journey can start here, I would be honoured to teach you about him.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
My Top Ten Favourite Books of All Time
I love reading and I said I would do this when I reached 100 on the list of 2020 reading that I'm doing so here it is. Books are eternal features of joy that contain masses of entire universes within them. I love receiving books for my birthday or for Christmas and if you're interested, at Christmas I received the book "Crying the News" by Vincent DiGirolamo and it was absolutely incredible. I loved every single minute of that book. I only didn't buy it myself because it was quite expensive at £25 and so, I let my parents buy it for my present. I then got a ton of books from the British Library when I went for my birthday present about a month later.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt. 5)
There are many books that have wet my literary appetite this year and if you don't know the point of this article already, let me explain it to you. First of all, the main point of this article is to document my reading. Second, it is to provide you with what I am reading so that you may get some ideas for your own TBR. Thirdly, it is because last year - I made an article of my reading at the end of the year and well, if I'm on 100 now then you can only imagine what it looked like. It was horrifying. Anyways, let us now continue to split it into 20s and go through it as so. If you haven't read the previous sections then check these out here:
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Pharmacist" (Netflix, 2020)
I had many different conflicting thoughts about this documentary because of the fact there were so many different people involved at the beginning. When it comes down to it, the various characters and their differing lifestyles made me question exactly how much I cared and sympathised with various people. I will explain the many different emotions I felt during the watching of this limited series and why these various emotions came to me.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Who Killed Malcolm X" (Netflix, 2020)
Malcolm X is one of my favourite people in all of human history, I absolutely love the guy to bits. He is an intelligent and amazing figurehead of a movement I wholeheartedly support. He is a man who began a movement that has rippled on straight into our own time and this documentary represents why, on the whole being that he was so powerful and good at what he did, he was ultimately assassinated.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Biography: James Dean
James Dean is synonymous with the rebellious rockabilly 50s that chimed in with musicians such as Elvis Presley and Eddie Cochran, fashion of swing dresses and leather jackets, and films starring Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando and of course, today's feature, James Dean. Today is his 89th Birthday. He may have been questionable in character and his acting talent may not have been as great as everyone claims it to be, but he sure was a cultural phenomenon that we will probably never experience again.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Eden is Burning: The Prophetic Nightmare in Bob Dylan's "Street-Legal" (1978)
Bob Dylan's "Street-Legal" (1978) is a massively underrated album and in some cases, it got very negative reviews. Rolling Stone Magazine for example, gave an unfavourable review to the album with the magazine's album guide giving it a two out of five rating. Overall, the reviews weren't favourable and neither were they very right. With only smaller magazines like "Melody Maker" giving it a good review, this was possibly one of the biggest outrages I have found in my Dylan exploration. I feel personally, as if this album hasn't been heard amongst the noise made by the following Gospel Era and the previous folk-hero-gets-a-divorce albums like "Desire" and the all-favourite "Blood on the Tracks". This album seems to fall in between two colossal moments for Dylan and so, gets lost amongst them and forgotten from time to time.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Beat
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Best Performances: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Biography Born in Fairport, New York and the son of professional workers, Philip Seymour Hoffman is probably one of the greatest actors of the late 20th and early 21st century. Severely underrated, a lot of his work includes very metaphysical roles and complex characters with a history of mental illness and/or disability and/or have serious challenges to their lifestyle making the undertaking of the task at hand increasingly difficult. When it comes down to it, Philip Seymour Hoffman's privateness about his lifestyle helped him to build a fascinating career filled with a credible resume and unfortunately, a crippling drug addiction that remained secret for a very, very long time.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide: "City Lights" (1931)
"City Lights" (1931) is possibly one of Charlie Chaplin's most famous cinema features and yet, so little people in the 21st century have actually seen it. What we're going to do today, to celebrate the release day of this spectacular film, is go through the following:
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Best Performances: Christian Bale
Christian Bale is quite possibly one of the best and most versatile actors of his era. Going from the English pretty boy to becoming the American Psycho, Batman and even portraying Dick Cheney - Bale has gone from strength to strength which was probably the reason he won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in "The Fighter" (2010).
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks