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- An uncommon example of purely allegorical cinema, Paul Fraser’s My Brothers foregoes plot almost entirely in favor of thematic resonance. The characters, their objects, and the situations in which they find themselves are so clearly representative of big, clunking abstract concepts that the film quickly becomes all subtext and no story.
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- 1984 (Michael Radford, 1985) The ultimate example of an allegorical film, 1984 is an adaptation of George Orwell’s novel of the same name and tells the story of Winston Smith (played excellently John Hurt) as he goes through his oppressive and confined life within a dystopian world of which “Big Brother is always watching”.
- Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) Metropolis is a landmark film in cinema, not just in German cinema but in film as a whole. A classic German surrealist picture whom many Australian students may be familiar with as a studied text in year 12.
- Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999) Neo-noir film David Fincher master took a step back from his hit crime thriller Se7en to deliver a surprisingly brilliant satirical drama based on Chuck Palahniuk’s novel by the same name.
- Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) A beautiful film which featured prominently in many people’s early lives, Spirited Away follows a girl Chihiro (Rumi Hiiragi) whose parents are promptly transformed into swine after ‘pigging out’ on the food of spirits.
With the impending death of there father from an unnamed illness that’s slowly killing him, his three sons Noel (Timmy Creed) 17, Paudie (Paul Courtney) 11, and baby of the family Scwally (TJ Griffin) end up going on a wet, obstacle ridden journey to replace their father’s cheapo watch from an arcade machine by the seaside after Noel gets into a...
Apr 29, 2010 · Written by Irish screenwriter Will Collins, 33, and directed by British man Paul Fraser, 37, it’s a tender story about three young working class Cork brothers who take an impromptu road trip...
Nov 30, 2012 · Drama. 1h 27m. By Stephen Holden. Nov. 29, 2012. The road trip that squabbling Irish siblings make in “My Brothers,” the directorial debut of Paul Fraser, takes place over Halloween weekend in...
Aug 17, 2012 · Directed by Paul Fraser. Starring Timothy Creed, Paul Courtney, TJ Griffin, Don Wycherley, Kate Ashfield, Terry McMahon 15A cert, general release, 88 min. YOU COULD reasonably argue that Ireland is...
An uncommon example of purely allegorical cinema, Paul Fraser’s My Brothers foregoes plot almost entirely in favor of thematic resonance.
